Eight One Sixty

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we'll talk about and play music from some of our favorite albums and EPs of 2020 so far. As we’re halfway through this insane year, we’ll take a moment to celebrate what these great Kansas City musicians have created in 2020.

We’ll hear selections from Una Walkenhorst, The Sluts, Bijuu, The MGDs, Clay Hughes, Amy Marcus, The Pedaljets, Katy Guillen and The Drive, Tiny Spys (Dominique Sanders), and The Roseline. And last week on the show we heard from three other acts that made Chris's list: Hermon Mehari, Lava Dreams and Blackstarkids.

It should be a good time as we take a second and give some songs a victory lap as we’re halfway through 2020.

It's all about new music on this week's episode of Eight One Sixty! Even in quarantine and as things slowly begin to reopen, several musicians have been hard at work putting out new music.

Wwe'll hear new singles from these acts: Jo MacKenzie Music, Black Stacey, Brent Windler, KLOV aka Keisha Frazier, Kadesh Flow and we'll hear two singles from KC record label, Manor Records: Brat Pitt and Scabb and Strings.

We'll hear music from these acts with brand new EPs: Lava Dreams and OH DEAR OH MY.

And we'll hear selections from new full-lengths by Hermon Mehari and The Republic Tigers via The Record Machine.

And this is exciting, Blackstarkids, a young band from KC, recently caught the attention of The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy. They're now signed to The 1975's management company, Dirty Hit Records, and were just featured in Clash Magazine. We'll hear the opening track off of their great album, "Surf."

It's all about new music on this week's episode of Eight One Sixty! Even in quarantine and as things slowly begin to reopen, several musicians have been hard at work putting out new music.

Wwe'll hear new singles from these acts: Jo MacKenzie Music, Black Stacey, Brent Windler, KLOV aka Keisha Frazier, Kadesh Flow and we'll hear two singles from KC record label, Manor Records: Brat Pitt and Scabb and Strings.

We'll hear music from these acts with brand new EPs: Lava Dreams and OH DEAR OH MY.

And we'll hear selections from new full-lengths by Hermon Mehari and The Republic Tigers via The Record Machine.

And this is exciting, Blackstarkids, a young band from KC, recently caught the attention of The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy. They're now signed to The 1975's management company, Dirty Hit Records, and were just featured in Clash Magazine. We'll hear the opening track off of their great album, "Surf."

On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we dive into KC hip hop. We’ll hear brand new and recent releases from these acts: STEDDY P., Kadesh Flow, Duncan Burnett, They Call Me Sauce, Heartfelt Anarchy, Kemet Coleman, Eems, BLKFLANL and some new jazz from the one of the best horn guys around, Hermon Mehari. Chris also sits down with Steddy P, who has been part of KC's hip hop scene for nearly two decades. In addition to creating his own impressive catalog, in 2006 he started the IndyGround record label and has released music for acts from KC and beyond.

As these are historic times, Steddy P. will talk to us about the ongoing protests here in KC and in Columbia, MO. He’ll also talk with us about what white allies and supporters can do to help — what we can sign or donate to help make a difference.

Chris asked each musician to send a song from their catalog that fit into the mission of this week's show, and a few sentence on the story behind the song.

On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty on 90.9 The Bridge, we dive into KC hip hop. We’ll hear brand new and recent releases from these acts: STEDDY P., Kadesh Flow, Duncan Burnett, They Call Me Sauce, Heartfelt Anarchy, Kemet Coleman, Eems, BLKFLANL and some new jazz from the one of the best horn guys around, Hermon Mehari. Chris also sits down with Steddy P, who has been part of KC's hip hop scene for nearly two decades. In addition to creating his own impressive catalog, in 2006 he started the IndyGround record label and has released music for acts from KC and beyond.

As these are historic times, Steddy P. will talk to us about the ongoing protests here in KC and in Columbia, MO. He’ll also talk with us about what white allies and supporters can do to help — what we can sign or donate to help make a difference.

Chris asked each musician to send a song from their catalog that fit into the mission of this week's show, and a few sentence on the story behind the song.

On this week's episode of the Eight One Sixty, we celebrate KC music from the '90s. This show was a lot of fun to put together — digging through hard drives, looking up old articles and blog posts, and scouring through YouTube and Discogs. Things are weird right now, but maybe we can give you a brief moment of escape, to sit back and enjoy some KC music from a couple decades ago.

We'll hear from these bands:

On this episode of Eight One Sixty, it's another show dedicated to new and recent releases from KC-area musicians! Even though we’re in the middle of a pandemic, musicians are getting creative on how they create, produce and distribute their art. We’ll hear brand new music almost a decade in the making from The Republic Tigers, who are releasing "Mind Over Matter" on June 5 via The Record Machine. We'll also hear from Saint Sé (featuring Allison Gliesman of Mess), Nan + The One Nite Stands, Andrew R Morris (of The Matchsellers), Jordana, Duncan Burnett, Sam Arjes Music, a remix by BODYE (aka Marty Hilliard of EBONY TUSKS and Cowboy Indian Bear) of a song from HEALTH, David Burchfield & the Fire Guild and we’ll wrap up with a new tune from DJ Lee, AKA Rockababyrock. 

We'll begin the show by announcing the grand total raised by KC Bands Together for Midwest Music Foundation! The two-night event, with 6 hours of live-streamed music (and an hour-long highlight reel on KCPT Kansas City PBS) has been viewed by more than 34,000 people online.

On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, Chris is playing new music and giving a quick shout-out to those who helped with the KC Bands Together livestream over the weekend. He'll also provide info about how you can watch an hour-long recap of the event this Friday at 8 p.m. on KCPT Kansas City PBS and on The Bridge's Facebook page (as well as Midwest Music Foundation and You Found Music. 

After that, we’ll dive into new music from KC musicians and bands. We’ll hear a beautiful, brand new song that debuted during KC Bands Together from The Elders, called “We Are Same.” Then we’ll hear new ones from Sam Arjes, Good Saint Nathanael, Chase The Horseman, They Call Me Sauce, Hotel Leo, SHINER, The Jinxed, Timbers and Jo MacKenzie Music.

On this week's episode of Eight One Sixty, we turn our attention back to a special Facebook livestream event happening this Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 — KC Bands Together • A Livestream Concert Event! It’s happening both nights at 8:30PM, featuring 10 acts each night. The event is a fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation, but bigger than that, it’s a celebration of Kansas City by great musicians that either live here now or are from here, playing for you in comfort of your home. You can watch the Facebook livestream on these Facebook pages: 90.9 The Bridge, MMF and You Found Music.

We'll play music from several of the acts, including — recently added to the lineup — Samantha Fish, and we’ll also have an interview with Enrique Chi of Making Movies. We’ll talk to Enrique about his nonprofit organization, Art As Mentorship, and the work he’s doing to change the lives of kids. We'll also talk about Making Movies playing a 10,000-capacity room in Mexico City opening up for their hero, Rubén Blades, and an inspirational story about his band being touched by Midwest Music Foundation.

We’ll hear music from Samantha Fish, Danielle Nicole Band, The Greeting Committee, Fritz Hutchison, Making Movies, and we’ll kick of the show with a new project from David George. It’s a song called “When We All Come Together," featuring 100+ KC musicians playing and singing a song that he wrote. 

Also, how long has it been since you bought a new band tee? Maybe it’s time! And do you have a face mask yet? Head over to KCbandstogether.com and to snag some great merch courtesy of Seen Merch, with all proceeds going to Midwest Music Foundation.

Tonight's episode of the Eight One Sixty includes a very special announcement! KC Bands Together is an upcoming livestream concert that will take place via The Bridge's Facebook page on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. It'll include 20 Kansas City-based acts positioned all over the world, and benefits Midwest Music Foundation, a KC-based nonprofit that provides emergency health care grants to musicians and music workers in the area. We'll hear some tunes from a few of the artists performing, including Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, Krystle Warren and many more!