Eight One Sixty

We sit down with Bill Brownlee and talk about his BEST OF 2018. Brownlee freelances for The Star, he has blogs about music and jazz and he goes to more concerts than almost anyone we know. We hear music and talk about these musicians with KC connections: Logan Richardson, Kelly Hunt, Tech N9ne, Peter Schlamb and Stephonne.

We also talk about some non-KC acts as well and hear about some of Bill's favorite concerts of 2018. 

It’s a holiday for us at the EIGHT ONE SIXTY as we celebrate Mark Manning Day!  Do you know Mark Manning? He’s an amazing person, a radio show host on KKFI 90.1 FM, a philanthropist, a teacher, an amazing community leader and several other things as well. Every year he counts down his 100+ favorite songs of the year on his radio show the Wednesday MidDay Medley, every wednesday from 10AM-noon on 90.1 KKFI. 

We’ve got a full house of special guests this time on the show. First up, Sons Of Great Dane stop by and play live in our studio and we talk about their big gig this Friday, opening up for the great Lucero at The Madrid Theatre - that’s going to to be a great show. After that Shaun Crowley of Manor Records will stop by to talk about a fundraiser for MOCSA happening on Friday evening at Blip Roasters featuring Chloe Jacobson (we play brand new music from her), Mason Blaize and Rachel Cion.

Also, hear an insane track from darsombra, their spaceship is descending on KC tomorrow and they’re playing at recordBar with The Philistines.

We play some new music as well as music from bands with upcoming gigs that you should check out. Hear new music from a brand new project called MYRY. Also, new music from Yes You Are, Erin Eades and Wallace Loyal. Then, hear recent releases from Second Hand King, Mess and Dragon Inn 3. Plus, an old one from The Get Up Kids and one from Duncan Burnett with a little help from Marilyn Manson.

Here’s some shows to catch from these acts:

We celebrate our 200th show! Thank YOU for tuning in and listening!

We kick off the show with Billy Brimblecom Jr. to talk about Thundergong, happening this Saturday in KC at Uptown Theater featuring special guests Chance The Rapper, Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte and more. All money raised from the event benefits Steps Of Faith Foundation. There are still some tix left!

We also hear music from some musicians that are playing Apocalypse Meow 11 this weekend, Friday at Mills Record Company and Saturday at recordBar, Chase The Horseman and Chris Meck.

Also, check out a brand new track from OLIVIA FOX, it’s an impressive treatment of Zombie by The Cranberries, just in time for Halloween.

Then we are joined by special guest Robert Castillo of the band The Sextet as we talk about a new FREE concert series happening at a great non-profit here in KC called Cross-Lines Community Outreach, Inc at 736 Shawnee Ave in KCK. The first FREE concert is this Sunday at 4PM featuring Enrique Chi of Making Movies and Miki P - hear music from those musicians too.

It's a great show and as a special treat Jon Hart co-hosts!!!

We turn our attention to a 2-day fest happening in KC this weekend at recordBar called Outer Reaches. The fest showcases the ‘out there’, left-of-center, under-the-radar artists experimenting within and pushing boundaries in their respective genre. The fest features nearly 20 acts, some from right here in KC and some from as far away as Australia. Joining us on the show will be two of the fest organizers, Brenton Cook of Haymaker Records and Steve Tulipana of several music projects and co-owner of recordBar. We hear music from Sound of Ceres, Mysterious Clouds, Lava Dreams, Death Bells, Abandoned Bells and J Fernandez, all are playing the fest.

After that, ICYMI, election day is coming up on Tuesday, November 6. We play a brand new song by Bob & Una Walkenhorst about that (it’s so good) and you can catch Una Walkenhorst at Bier Station on November 7 and then a song from Amy Farrand and The Like who are playing a fundraiser show for Sharice Davids this Thursday at recordBar.

Two musicians playing at Groovefest this saturday at Knuckleheads join us on this show! Damon Parker of The MGDs and Sean McDonnell of Stone Cutters Union are in the studio and we talk to them about the event and play music from their bands as well as other bands on the bill: Andy Frasco, The Band That Saved The World, and The Kris Lager Band.

Also, hear music from other bands with upcoming gigs:

Tonight's show is about TWO great events! First up, we announce the lineup for the annual Apocalypse Meow 11, it’s the huge fundraiser concert for Midwest Music Foundation. We talk about the event and play music from some of the acts on the bill. and the second great event is this weekend, it’s the mega-huge weekend of Open Spaces KC at Starlight Theatre this weekend featuring so many great acts, we talk about it and play music from several of them.

On this show it’s all about new music! Our inbox was full and we share new music from several different acts with you. Hear music from Y God Y, Wyndsrfr (the new project from Jacob and Danielle of Blackbird Revue), Lazy Projector, MaDDi, Lauryn VonAhnen, Kala, Kowala, The UK’s and Broken Arrows. We also throw in some music from The National and Alvvays, they’re in KC this weekend playing out at Starlight on Sunday night. 

For our special pledge edition of the Eight One Sixty we are joined by Second Hand King to talk about his new album and upcoming show at The Riot Room. You can also hear some music from bands performing at NKC Music Fest like Berwanger and Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival!