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Review: Anthrax

Photos by Megan True/The Star

Pioneering hip-hop act Public Enemy mentioned thrash metal band Anthrax in its groundbreaking 1987 song “Bring the Noise.” The seemingly unlikely reference indicated that the members of Public Enemy considered Anthrax a similarly disruptive act bent on challenging established conventions in music.

New music alert: Reviews and notices

craig finn | ‘clear heart full eyes’

| By Steven Wine, The Associated Press

Just before the final chord on the song “Terrified Eyes,” Hold Steady lead singer Craig Finn counts out the beat — “one, two, three, four” — to ensure the band finishes together.

This weekend: Old-time country and an 'Oz'/Floyd tribute

Talking Heads get the tribute treatment Sunday at the RecordBar.

This weekend’s music docket includes some old-time country music, some dinner-time funk and some familiar music, thanks to a couple of tribute shows.

Anthrax: The future sounds like the golden past

Anthrax headlines at the Midland theater, 1228 Main St. Testament and Death Angel open. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.Anthrt

When Anthrax took the stage for 2010’s Big Four tour with thrash-metal peers Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica, it was the only band without any new material.

Who's your Big Four? Metal enthusiasts speak up

If you’re in the vicinity of the Midland tonight, you might not only hear what’s going on inside, you might feel it too.

Anthrax headlines a show with two fellow thrash-metal bands, Testament and Death Angel.

Review: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Photo by Fred Blocher/The Star

A cliché may be a worn-out truth but it’s a truth nonetheless, and one well-known truth came forth boldly Tuesday night inside the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: Music is a language the whole world speaks.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the nine-piece a cappella chorale from South Africa, performed for a crowd of about 1,600 in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre for two hours, including an intermission, entertaining them with song, dance, comedic bits and stories about their music and their homeland.

Presale news: Van Halen, Aldean

Presale for the March 17 Jason Aldean show at Sprint Center runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. Go here and click on the "on sale soon" tab. The password is PARTY. Prices: $25.50 and $50.25. Luke Bryan and Lauren Alaina open.

Presale for the May 22 Van Halen concert at Sprint Center runs from 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, to 10 p.m. Friday , Jan. 27. Go here and click the "on sale soon" tab. The password is PANAMA. Prices: $47.50 to $147.50.

Your ticket-sale alert

Ten shows go on sale this weekend, including the Van Halen show at Sprint Center on May 22. Beyond those, there's an avalanche of good stuff. Read it and plan acccordingly.

Janelle Monae gets presidential props

Springsteen announces first leg of tour ... and we're not on it

His U.S. tour opens in Atlanta, then goes north and east, west and south before ending in Jersey on May 2. He and the E Street Band will be in Europe from May 13 through  July 31 so it looks like any show in KC will have to wait until fall. You can preorder his new album, "Wrecking Ball," and hear one of its tracks, "We Take Care of Our Own," at his web site. Tour stops are listed below.