Eight One Sixty

We’re almost to 500 and that blows my mind. On Tuesday we’ll dive into a stack of great new releases from a dozen or so KC area acts and most of them have upcoming gigs.

Tune in and hear music from these acts and then make plans to catch them live:

• Land Lion (featuring Ben Wendt), Friday, July 26 at Lemonade Park with Friendly Thieves, Car Microwave, and Jeremy Nathan

• Jeremy Nathan, Friday, July 26 at Lemonade Park with Friendly Thieves, Car Microwave, and Land Lion

• Lydia Alem, Friday, July 26 at The Mecca 13

• Eboni Fondren, Tuesday, July 30 at The Greenwood Social Hall

• SHINER, Friday, August 2 at recordBar

• The Creepy Jingles - catch Jocelyn Nixon the front person of The Creepy Jingles solo on Friday, August 9 at The Bottleneck with Oxytoxin, Lyd Low, and Lonnie Fisher

• The Sluts, Saturday, August 24 at Replay Lounge with Nature Boys and Drastic Plastic

We’ll also hear new releases from Jo MacKenzie Music, Callah, Morgan Grote, and Ethan & Charlie G.

And next Tuesday, how did this happen - it's show #500! Also, make sure Tuesday, August 20 is on your calendar, we’ll be doing our show live from The Beer Hall at Boulevard Brewery with special guests, The Canterberries - Tunesday with 90.9 The Bridge and The Canterberries. We’ll do the broadcast live there from 6-7PM, then a free concert from 7-8PM and the entire night will be a Pre-Party for Kansas City Irish Fest, coming up so fast on Aug 30, 31, and Sept 1 at Crown Center.

We’ll dive into a stack of new releases from several bands and musicians with upcoming shows, gigs, and festival appearances.

Tune in today at 6PM and hear music from these acts and then catch them here:

• Fritz Hutchison, on July 18 at The Greenwood Social Hall

• Dom Chronicles, on July 19 on the rooftop of Corrigan Station

• PURE XTC, this weekend at GRRRL Camp music and arts fest in Omaha, NE at Falconwood Park with Indigo De Souza

• Lorna Kay on July 20 at Nighthawk below Hotel Kansas City

• Lopan Banks a/k/a David Fairbanks, on July 26 at The Truman w/ Lost Wax and Ashton D J Martin

• Making Movies, on July 27 at Ameri'kana Music Fest at Concourse Park

• Hembree, on August 14 and 15, album release shows on the rooftop at Crossroads Hotel

• Adam Larson, on September 7 at Prairie Village Jazz Festival in Harmon Park

• Emma Jo on September 20 at Camp Leavenworth Music and Arts Fest

We’ll also hear new music from these acts AGGA DAGGA, Midwestern, and Hidden Murals.

We’ll also remind you about upcoming events that should be on your radar like Ameri’kana Fest, CMFKC/Crossroads Music Fest, Kansas City Irish Fest, Plaza Art Fair, and more.

Several of the acts that we're playing on the show have upcoming gigs that should be on your concert radar:

• Recycled Funk, JULY 11 at Lemonade Park with Marvel Years, Vincent Antone and Nofslinger

• elska, JULY 11, house concert in midtown KC, check her social for more info

• Musicbyskippy, JULY 12 at Westport Bowery (the venue behind Westport Flea Market)

• Truant Kids, JULY 23 at Replay Lounge with Foxpaw

• Zee Underscore, AUG 2 Frequency Fridays - Crossroads KC Street Market at 1901 Wyandotte

• The Greeting Committee, AUG 17 at The Midland with Beach Bunny, Boyish, and Miloe

• Rarish via The Record Machine, a new band with Sammy from Post Sex Nachos, catch PSN with Here Come the Mummies, SEPT 4 at Uptown Theater

We'll also hear new music from The Short Circuits, GRIZZ LEE, Jacob Joseph Berger, and from Manor Records the first single from Charlotte Bumgarner's new EP called Promise, out on July 26.

We look back on our Favorite Songs of 2024 so far! With the calendar turning to July, we just crossed the halfway point of 2024 and we’ve already logged nearly 700 releases (singles/EPs/LPs) by KC musicians and bands. We’ll dive in and share a stack of our favorites.

Tune in Tuesday at 6PM and you’ll hear music from Honeybee, Quiet Takes, Clarkes In Space, Waxahatchee, Kate Cosentino, Lava Dreams, The Highwater, and Monster Planet .

You’ll also hear music from these acts with upcoming shows:

• The Freedom Affair on AUG 23 at Light Up The Lawn at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College

• Kemet Coleman, Kadesh Flow, and FlareThaRebel, catch Kemet and Kadesh with Brass and Boujee on JULY 12 at The Ship

• Danny McGaw, Tuesdays from 6:30-9PM at TikiTaco

It’ll be a fun show as we look back at the first half of the year.

This show is all about new releases from KC area bands and musicians.

As we’ve been digging through radio shows and programming for Boulevardia and Make Music Day over the last several weeks the new releases have been piling up. We’re excited to dive into a stack of them on the show today. Tune in and you’ll hear new music from Hembree, Quinton Paige & Monster Planet , Dorothy June, Kate Cosentino, Parker, Leah Sproul, Land Lion, Emory Tilghman, Lucy Gray, Savanna Chestnut and Garrett Buster.