Blog: Wayward Blog

Notice something different? We've combined The Pitch 's longstanding blogs (Plog, Fat City and Wayward Blog) into one stream of news, entertainment, food and events: The Fast Pitch .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Geek-chic jazz fusionists Steely Dan just announced a pretty massive North American tour, and Kansas City is getting a piece of that smooth action. They'll be at the Midland Tuesday, September 3 .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Great American Poet John Darnielle just posted a pretty long blog entry on the Mountain Goats' website explaining that the Goats will be touring as a duo this summer. It'll be just Darnielle and bassist Peter Hughes, and they'll be at RecordBar Wednesday, June 19 .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

It's unlikely KC will offer a better opportunity this summer to bro out than at the just-announced Starlight Theatre triple bill featuring 311, Cypress Hill and G. Love and Special Sauce. It's happening Tuesday, July 2 .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

British metalheads Iron Maiden just announced a bunch of 2013 dates, and among them is a stop at the Sprint Center on Saturday, September 7 . Tickets aren't on sale until May 17.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

It has been several years since I last saw Sigur Rós in Kansas City. That performance was a the now-defunct Madrid theater, and that show was memorable for a couple of reasons: first, the band was as impressive live as advertised.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Middle of the Map Fest officially starts tonight, but the best show in town is about seven miles northeast, at Starlight Theatre, where the Icelandic post-rock titans in Sigur Ros is performing. The group has a well-earned reputation as one of the finest live acts in the world.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

The Crossroads KC at Grinders summer dates keep trickling in. Today, word came in that California folkies Dawes will play the venue on Tuesday, May 28 .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Wikipedia says the Matchbox Twenty (formerly Matchbox 20; keep it straight, y'all) song " Real World " hit the airwaves back in 1998. That means I've been doing an impression of Rob Thomas singing I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho in his stupid voice for roughly 15 years.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

In addition to burning a bunch of Saabs for the sake of a music video, Vampire Weekend has rescheduled its May performance at the Midland. The new one is a ways down the road: Tuesday, October 8 .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

In print this week, I wrote about Acoustic Sounds, Chad Kassem's vinyl empire in Salina, KS. The company retails records online, records artists, reissues classic albums, and now plates and presses records at a subsidiary, Quality Record Pressings.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Constant Energy Struggles , the hotly anticipated new LP from KC rhyme assassins CES Cru , dropped yesterday, on iTunes and in stores that have actual walls, like Best Buy and FYE. It's the first album from the duo since landing at their new home at Tech N9ne's Strange Music label.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

It's possible you're unfamiliar with Kansas City rhymer Gee Watts . He's released some solid mixtapes and albums in recent years, and delivered some blistering live performances, but has flown under the radar even within KC's hip-hop scene.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Last October, we wrote about Ross Brown's various musical pursuits and his pretty-excellent solo album, Small Victories . Brown also fronts the local band Fullbloods , and last week they dropped onto the webs a four-song EP called Making Face .… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

We here at the Pitch aren't exactly known as church-going types. But we do enjoy homegrown gospel music.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Mumford and Sons, or Mumford, as some people who are really into the band say for short, is pretty much the most popular band in the world . We all agree that's kind of weird, right?… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Dancefestopia, the hip-hop and pop festival that debuted last year at Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park, will return for another go later this summer, on Friday, September 13 , and Saturday, September 14 . Two-day GA tickets are $99.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Who knew the Salina Masonic temple was so pretty? Or had such cool old-timey sets in its theater, which can change from vignette to vignette Sound-of-Music style? Olassa did, apparently, and has released two videos in the past couple of weeks shot in the temple by Scott Jolley Production Services.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Looks like the illness-related cancellations are going around. In addition to Morrissey's cancellation , it appears that Animal Collective is now out, too, due to a severe case of strep throat suffered by frontman Avey Tare.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

At South by Southwest, it is easy to become desensitized to what in other situations would be considered rather remarkable. For example, on Friday I walked down a busy street, and a stage had been erected on a corner lot, and Kool Keith was on the stage, wearing a sequenced scarf on his head, rapping crazy words about himself.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]