Josh Ritter comes to Crossroads KC this month.
The music calendar is gale-force busy this month. Here's a look at a few scores of shows. Let us know what we've overlooked.
- 07/03 Russian Circles/Spirit of the Stars/Plante at the Riot Room
- 07/03 Sam Adams/Gemini Revolution/Soft Reeds at the Bottleneck
- 07/03 Dark Star Orchestra at CrossroadsKC
- 07/03 Eisley/Merriment/We Are Voices at RecordBar
- 07/04 Fourth of July/The ACBs/DJ Priest On the Patio at Replay
- 07/05 Fitz and the Tantrums/Royal Teeth at CrossroadsKC
- 07/05 Busted Saints/David Hasselhoff on Acid at Davey's
- 07/05 Get Busy Living/Root and Stem/Cody Ross at RecordBar
- 07/05 LFK Field Day Pre Party w/Stephen Edgerton/Drag the River/Stiff Middle Fingers at Jackpot
- 07/06 Red Bull Locally Thrown at CrossroadsKC FREE SHOW benefit for MMF: Mike Scott and SpinStyles with Diverse; B-stee with Making Movies; Barbaric Merits with Hearts of Darkness
- 07/06 Crossroads Block Party near Mildred's in the Crossroads District
- 07/06 Deco Auto/Pedaljets at Midwestern Music at 18th & Locust
- 07/06 Andre Williams/The Conquerors at RecordBar
- 07/06 CES Fest 2012 with Ces Cru and many special guests at the Riot Room
- 07/06 Clay Hughes/Nicolette Paige/David George and a Crooked Mile/The Blackbird Revue at Czar
- 07/06 New Century Follies with Artie Vulgaris & Annie Cherry at the Folly
- 07/06 the Clementines/Deviator/Jumpship Astronaut at Davey's
- 07/06 the Atlantic/The Rocket Summer/The Scene Aesthetic and States at Granada
- 07/06 Young the Giant at P&L
- 07/06 to 07/07 Lawrence Field Day Fest! #LFDF at the Bottleneck: Friday: Mouthbreathers/The ACBs/Panda Circus/Radar Defender/Fuma/Sona and more; Saturday: Approach/Major Games/Radkey/Doubleplus/Deco Auto/The Empty Spaces and more
- 07/07 Body2Body with DJ Sheppa at the Riot Room
- 07/07 Jay Mohr at the Midland
- 07/07 Lee Langston Presents Tribute to the D'angelo Songbook at RecordBar
- 07/07 My Brothers and Sisters at the Brick
- 07/07 The Rumblejetts/The Pedaljets benefit for American Red Cross at CrossroadsKC
- 07/07 Uncouth/The Quivers/Panties Infero Burlesque/Bloodfeast at Davey's
- 07/07 Victor Wooten at Granada
- 07/07 Avant/Kenny Lattimore at VooDoo
- 07/08 Casket Lottery/Anakin/In the Grove at the Riot Room
- 07/08 Death Cab For Cutie/Maps & Atlases at CrossroadsKC
- 07/08 to 07/09 14 INK Stage at FanFest at Bartle Hall featuring 14 KC bands
- 07/09 Vans Warped Tour: Taking Back Sunday/All Time Low/The Used and more at Cricket
- 07/09 Young Empires/Humans at the Riot Room
- 07/09 the Bobby Watson Big Band at the Blue Room
- 07/10 Story in A Song: Dead Voices/Tiny Horse/Betse Ellis & stories from Mark Manning & more at RecordBar
- 07/10 Beach House/Wild Nothings at Liberty Hall
- 07/10 Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Knuckleheads
- 07/10 Graffiti 6 at the Riot Room
- 07/10 the Knux/Sweet Down Deep (Emily Frost & Madame E)/AvaBella at Czar
- 07/11 Jukebox the Ghost/Savoire Adore/Now Now at the Riot Room
- 07/11 Stefanie Fix & Union Specific at Knuckleheads
- 07/11 Lower Dens/No Joy/Alan Resnick at Jackpot
- 07/12 Clutch/Prong/Lionize at Granada
- 07/12 Gaslight Anthem/Dave Hause at the Bottleneck
- 07/12 Hog Hunt/Thee Swank Bastards/Rumblejetts at RecordBar
- 07/12 Sleigh Bells/Jel/Class Actress at Beaumont
- 07/12 Songwriters "In the Round w/Sky Smeed, Adam Lee & Tyler Gregory at Knuckleheads
- 07/12 The Appleseed Cast/Blood Birds/Muscle Worship at the Riot Room
- 07/12 RAW KC with Adaesemus/DJ Ashton at Uptown
- American Idol Live at Sprint Center
- 07/13 Brandi Carlile at the Uptown
- 07/13 Olassa/The Natural State/Moon Runner at Davey's
- 07/13 Ours/Mike Borgia and the Problems/Now Now Sleepyhead at Czar
- 07/13 R. Ring featuring Kelley Deal(of the Breeders)/Kristen May (of Vedera) at the Riot Room
- 07/13 RedRockKC: She's A Keeper/The Lonely Biscuits Red Cross event at CrossroadsKC
- 07/13 Deco Auto in store at Vinyl Renaissance on 39th St.
- 07/13 RumbleJetts/Haunted Creepys/Big Iron/Friday the 13th at the Brick
- 07/14 American Catastrophe (final show ever)/The Latenight Callers/Drakes Hotel at RecordBar
- 07/14 Parts Of Speech/Janet the Planet/Gemini Revolution & more at FOKL
- 07/14 Daymoths/Alice Sweet Alice/Deco Auto - Cancer Fundraiser at Czar
- 07/14 Federation of Horsepower/The Quivers/Electric Lungs at the Brick
- 07/14 Hearts of Darkness/Grisly Hand at Knuckleheads
- 07/14 Liars/Cadence Weapon at Granada
- 07/14 O.A.R./Rebelution at CrossroadsKC
- 07/14 Project H, Happy Hour show at the Brick
- 07/14 Reel Big Fish/Big D & the Kids Table/Suburban Legends/The Maxies at Beaumont
- 07/14 Sheryl Crow at Yardley Hall (JCCC)
- 07/15 Hollows/Quivers/Deco Auto at RecordBar
- 07/16 The Henry Clay People/Dead Ven at the Riot Room
- 07/16 Big K.R.I.T. at Granada
- 07/17 Comedy Show: Martin Plant and Teague Hayes at RecordBar
- 07/17 Fiona Apple at the Midland
- 07/17 Mayhem Festival: Slipknot/Slayer/Motorhead/Anthrax and more at Cricket
- 07/17 Tedeschi Trucks Band at Uptown
- 07/18 Dirty Projectors/Wye Oak at Granada
- 07/18 Hearts of Darkness at Kauffman Stadium at 6pm before the Royals game
- 07/19 Indigo Girls at Voodoo
- 07/19 Josh Ritter at CrossroadsKC
- 07/19 Simon Joyner/(of) Tree at RecordBar
- 07/20 Making Movies, Santana Tribute at Knuckleheads
- 07/20 and 07/21 Global Dance Festival at the Midland
- 07/20 Chicago & Doobie Brothers at Starlight
- 07/20 Ghosty/The Roseline at Davey's
- 07/20 Hidden Pictures/Record Release/Full Bloods/Shy Boy at the Brick
- 07/20 Nathen Maxwell of Flogging Molly/Boss Hooligan Soundsystems/New Riddim at Beaumont
- 07/20 Section 8 at CrossroadsKC
- 07/20 the Rich Wheeler and Matt Otto Quartet at Take FIve Coffee + Bar
- 07/21 FM Pilots/Panda Circus/Think Like Computers/Manbear at Czar
- 07/21 James Taylor at Starlight
- 07/21 John Velghe and the Prodigal Sons/Dollar Fox/John Statz at the Brick
- 07/21 Old Crow Medicine Show/Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys at CrossroadsKC
- 07/21 Robbie Fulks/Hidden Pictures at RecordBar
- 07/21 the Ants/Steady State/The Brannock Device at Davey's
- 07/22 Big Freedia/Body2Body with DJ Sheppa at the Riot Room
- 07/22 the BoDeans/Miles Nielsen at Knuckleheads
- 07/23 Dojo For Crooks/Horse Thief/Appropriate Grammar/Silver Maggies at RecordBar
- 07/24 Tenacious D (sold out) at the Uptown
- 07/24 the Atlantic/The Slowdown/In the Grove at RecordBar
- 07/25 Childish Gambino (sold out) at Beaumont
- 07/25 Moe. at Crossroads KC
- 07/25 Little Legend/Oliveti Letter/Max Justus at the Riot Room
- 07/26 Los Lobos (Street Party) at Knuckleheads
- 07/26 Empty Spaces/The Caves/Soft Reeds at the Brick
- 07/26 Hotdog Skeletons/Big Idea/Orthan Anderthan at RecordBar
- 07/26 The Avett Brothers (sold out) at CrossroadsKC
- 07/26 White Denim at Jackpot
- 07/27 Bearface/The Natural State/Akkilles at Czar
- 07/27 Sexy Accident/Hillary Watts Riot/Howard Iceberg and the Titanics at the Brick
- 07/27 Liverpool at Frontier Park (Olathe)
- 07/28 Be/Non/Lucky Graves/The Ned Ludd Band at the Brick
- 07/28 Chubby Carrier at Knuckleheads
- 07/28 Deadbeat Darling/Appropriate Grammar/The Killian Family at the Riot Room
- 07/28 Hidden Pictures/Southeast Engine/Eric Voeks at RecordBar
- 07/28 Jay Brannan/Bitch/The Blackbird Revue at Czar
- 07/28 Meiko Living Room Session "Special Event" at Knuckleheads
- 07/29 the Temper Trap at CrossroadsKC
- 07/30 Fang Island/Zechs Marquise/Various Blonde at Czar
- 07/30 Girl in A Coma/The Black Box Revelation at the Riot Room
- 07/31 Sonia Leigh/Scott Ford at the Riot Room
- 07/31 Counitng Crows at Starlight
I know I'm jumping to September, but I just saw on Knuckleheads calendar that Nick Lowe (!) will be there on Thursday, 9/27! Holy #@$%!! Have always been a fan, but only saw him once when he opened for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers back in the early 80's with a band that included Paul Carrack. Anyway, that's a must-see show. As for July, not a bad lineup. I am kinda bummed about getting a ticket to The Bodeans show at Knuckleheads in a couple of weeks before knowing that longtime member (and singer of my favorite songs by the band) Sam Llanas quit the group last year.
Posted by: Geordan | July 03, 2012 at 02:05 PM
Hey Geordan, Nick Lowe put on a fine opening solo set for Wilco at The Uptown!
Posted by: onthemark | July 03, 2012 at 02:18 PM
Sam Bush and Kelly Hunt are playing a free show on Friday night in Olathe. It'll be hot, but I predict a good time.
Posted by: Greg | July 03, 2012 at 02:37 PM
July 18th @ Knuckleheads...John McEuen (of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the guy who taught Steve Martin how to play guitar) and his sons. I saw John's previous show at KH's...very entertaining guy! It's a CD release party for their new album.
July 19th, also @ Knuckleheads...Mike McClure and Micky and the Motorcars.
Posted by: kcmom | July 03, 2012 at 02:53 PM
Yeah, OTM, I heard about that show. Seeing live performances of Nick in the past few years on TV and Youtube almost got me to that show, but as I've stated a few times 'round here, I am not really that into Wilco. Like Radiohead (another band I'm not knocked out by), I like some of their material, but a new album by either band doesn't excite me all that much these days. Just my own personal taste, but Nick Lowe is still making great music and an acoustic show with him playing some great songs and telling some good stories between them, is really going to be cool. Unsure if he is touring with a band this time around, but he does a bunch of solo shows, so we'll see. Lookin' forward to it.
Posted by: Geordan | July 03, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Nick Lowe at Knucks!
Did that just now show up on the calender?
I'm a big fan as well
Posted by: corky | July 03, 2012 at 03:49 PM
It's on the websites' calendar, Corky, but not yet on the upcoming show section. I always check the calendar instead of the upcoming shows, as it is much more a complete listing. No ticket info yet, but it should be on there soon.
Posted by: Geordan | July 03, 2012 at 04:07 PM
Geordan, It would have been worth the bucks to just see Nick Lowe open for Wilco. I was REALLY impressed with how well he did with just an acoustic guitar. Wasn't sure how that would play out and it was fantastic. Only disappointment with his acoustic set was that he didn't play Cruel to be Kind only to be blown away by the final Wilco Encore seeing Nick come out and realizing that they were going to play it full band. One of the best Encores I've ever seen.
Posted by: joe | July 03, 2012 at 04:59 PM
As it is, I saw one - maybe two shows on this list that I might be interested in. Regrettably, this may be the first July that I didn't attend any concert(s) in years. This miserable humidity is part of the reason that I passed up on DREAM THEATER last week at Starlight. I haven't seen them in years. Plus, the opener CRIMSON PROJEKT would have been okay to check out (I'm sure).
Posted by: Bubba | July 04, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Kien ikun jiswa l-bucks għal ftit tara Nick Lowe miftuħa għall Wilco. I kien verament impressjonat bil kemm kien mal biss kitarra akustika. Ma kienx ċert kif dan se jilagħbu barra u kien fantastic.Unsure jekk huwa touring bi strixxa din id-darba, imma hu ma mazz ta 'juri solo, hekk aħna ser tara. Lookin "jgħaddulha.
Posted by: air max bw pas cher | July 05, 2012 at 03:38 AM
My only time seeing Nick live was w/ band way back in the day at The Lone Star and it was great. I will definitely attempt to hit this one.
Sorry to hear that Llanas won't be a part of that BoDeans show as I was strongly considering going to that and reliving my old Parody Hall days. Is he part of the new album that was released a couple of weeks ago? Maybe I'll give that a listen before deciding whether to go or not.
Also make note that I believe Split Lip Rayfield will be playing for free as part of that Crossroads Block Party tomorrow night.
Posted by: pellboy | July 05, 2012 at 08:08 AM
From what I've read, Llanas is not involved with the new BoDeans record, Pellboy. I still may enjoy the show. You mention Parody Hall and I wonder today how many shows we were probably at on the same night. I saw the BoDeans at Parody Hall twice and then once at The Uptown with The Smithereens opening. Great show! As for Nick Lowe, I saw on Knuckleheads site this morning that tickets are $29.00 in advance and go on sale on 7/15. It will be a solo acoustic show.
As for Knuckleheads, saw that Leon Russell will be back on Saturday, September the 1st, so I may try to catch him this time around. I did pick up a ticket for Paul Thorn with Samantha Fish in November, and a ticket for the great Dread Zeppelin, who will be there the night before my birthday in September. Always a fun band to see live. Kinda wanna catch Fitz & The Tantrums at the Crossroads tonight, but with 104 degree heat today, that just ain't gonna happen. I envy the brave souls who make it down there tonight.
Posted by: Geordan | July 05, 2012 at 09:09 AM
Porbably did cross paths then as I saw them twice at Parody as well. Any word then on that new album, "American Made"? Almost picked it up the other day at Best Buy as they were selling it on the cheap ($7?). Still could be a good show, I guess.
Funny you mention Fitz as I scored a couple of freebies so I'm going to brave the Dump and the heat and go down there tonight. Like their retro sound and am kind of hot for Noelle Scaggs so what the hell.
Not a bad price for Nick, I'm probably in for that. Usually not much of a solo acoustic concert guy, but a classic artist like Nick works for me.
Posted by: pellboy | July 05, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Geordan and PB, if you ever saw The Morells at Parody Hall, then we crossed paths back then!
Posted by: onthemark | July 05, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Oh yes, definitely did some Morells.
Posted by: pellboy | July 05, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Where's Third Day with Samestate & The Wrecking at the Independence Events Center?
Posted by: Sarah | July 05, 2012 at 11:49 AM
This is a topic that's close to my heart... Thank you! Where are your contact details though?
Posted by: Visit Me | July 06, 2012 at 03:25 AM
Gosh, I miss Parody Hall and the Morells!
Posted by: Musicgal | July 06, 2012 at 01:08 PM
Musicgal, last time I saw them Donny, Lou and Rongo were playing as 'The True Liars' backing up Brian Capps. They have not played the KC area for a while.
I had some really good times at old Parody Hall!
Posted by: onthemark | July 06, 2012 at 01:29 PM
My first show at Knuckleheads in 2005 was the only time The Morells ever played there, as far as I know. A tour called "It Came From Springfield" which included Brian Capps, The Domino Kings, The Morells, and The Belairs (who come from Columbia, MO, but had just recorded an album produced by Lou Whitney at the time). The bands still played on the stage that was on the caboose, which changed that next year. That show began my love affair with Knuckleheads and the place just gets better every year.
Anyway, that was a good show, but I recall that it started at 7 PM and I when got there at 6:45 and The Morells (2005 version) were already playing. I caught about 45 minutes of them and was surprised that they played first. I did pick up the CD they released that year, called "Think About it" and it's really good. It wasn't "Shake And Push" but still fun stuff. Anyway, like those here who were there, Parody Hall provided KC music fans with many, many great shows, both on 39th street and down in the City Market area.
Posted by: Geordan | July 06, 2012 at 05:06 PM
I used to go to Parody Hall every Tuesday night (I think) to see the fabulous 4Sknns. Dang, I can't believe I used to go out on a regular basis during the week. I was such a whippersnapper. Plus Fools Face would swing through Parody every month or two. However one of my favorite bands at the "new" Parody Hall in City Market was The Phones out of Minneapolis. They covered several tunes by the great 60's band the Sonics like Have Love Will Travel and Psycho. Great tunes, great vibe.
Geordan - I too saw Nick Lowe open for Tom Petty in the early 80's at Municipal Auditorium. One of my first concerts was seeing Nick Lowe in Rockpile at the Uptown. The lineup was Rockpile, Mink DeVille and Elvis Costello & the Attractions.
Posted by: K | July 07, 2012 at 12:46 AM