Eight One Sixty

Our "best of" continues as we sit down with the always interesting and forever insightful Bill Brownlee. Bill's a contributing writer to Ink Magazine, The Kansas City Star, KCUR 89.3 and a very active blogger. We wrangle with him in the friendliest of ways, hear his favorite songs and talk about his favorite shows of the year. Chris wanted to point out in December 2015 he introduced him to a 22-year-old hip-hop act out of Chicago named Chance The Rapper with the track Sunday Candy. And back in 2013, he introduced Chris to Stik Figa of Topeka, with music from his amazing album Blind Tiger. Who knows what he’ll introduce us to this week. It’ll be fun!

It's the show we look forward to every year!!!  Mark is going to preview his top 117 songs of 2017 with us for the hour.  We’ll hear from bands like: Of Tree, Jametatone, Krystle Warren, The 238s, Ramy Essam, Making Movies, Mysterious Clouds, Calvin Arsenia and maybe more. Mark Manning hosts the Wednesday MidDay Medley every Wednesday from 10AM-Noon on KKFI 90.1 FM, a couple clicks down the dial from us. We’ll also talk about some of his favorite shows of the year. It should be a great time!

Tonight on the show it's NEW(er) music from a lot of KC bands and our last week of shows before we dive into the holidays, the BEST OF SEASON and Mark Manning Day. Hear music from: Berwanger, Emmaline Twist, Barrel Maker/Morgan Cooper, Khrystal., Brooks Brown, Wyndsrfr, The Atlantic, Bad Dreamer, Clowder, GAS FOOD LODGING, and Use Your Atlas.

Some more special guests joining us on the show as we celebrate our 150th show! First up, Run With It will be stopping by to talk about a special gig they’re playing, A Benefit Concert for War Child on Friday, Nov. 17 at The Rino - also on that bill Duncan Burnett and Jake Wells. Hear music from all 3 of those acts. After that, Chase the Horseman will be joining us to talk about and share some new music.  Plus, music from Truck Stop Love who have three reunion shows next week and they’ve got a new vinyl comp, "Can't Hear It: 1991-1994". Their first KC show in 13 years is Friday, Nov. 17 at recordBar. Also, hear new music from Victor & Penny as they are releasing the first album on the new KC imprint, EAT. HEAR. RECORDS and they’ll be playing at recordBar on Wed., Nov. 15 to celebrate that.

Learn all about Jason Sudeikis & Friends Present Thundergong!- A Benefit Concert, happening in KC this Sunday night at The Uptown Theater. We're joined by Billy Brimblecom Jr. and Madisen of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear to talk all about that event. Also on the show, we sit down with Katy Guillen and The Girls and hear some music from their brand new album, "Remember What You Knew Before" and talk about their big album release show, happening Saturday at the Foundation Event Space.

We celebrate Halloween by hanging out with Hembree live in our studio. Their brand new EP, Had It All comes out on Friday, November 3 and we’re going to play the album track for track for you...then you can grab a copy on iTunes on Friday! We talk to Isaac in Hembree about their recent tour with JR JR, what’s next for the band, the importance of songwriting, how crucial editing is to finding the right songs for an album, their November 25 gig with Joywave at The Truman and many more things. Also, we kick the show off with special guest Michelle Bacon and talk about Apocalypse Meow 10, happening next weekend in KC, November 3-5. This is the TENTH annual event and fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation. We play a track from Brandon Phillips and The Condition, who is playing on November 4 at recordBar for the event.  Go here for more info: http://midwestmusicfoundation.org/apocalypsemeow/ 

We're hanging out with the guys from Momma's Boy, hear a new single from them. Also, they’re busy guys, one of them recently announced he’s starting a record label called Manor Records and another is currently interning at Ink Magazine. We also hear brand new music from Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type, The MGDs, Hot Suede, Rubeo, Hembree and Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival.

For our 146th show we dig through the concert calendar and play music from several bands with upcoming gigs: • Brand new music from Wick & The Tricks, they’re at The Bottleneck on Friday • Music from Aaron James of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, he’s at The Rino on Thursday • A reunion show of sorts with Roman Numerals and Olympic Size at recordBar this Saturday • Music from Katy Guillen and The Girls who are playing at Crossroads KC Beerfest on Saturday at CrossroadsKC at Grinder's • Brand new music from Famous For A Day, who have a gig on Sunday in Raytown • New music from Tim York, he’s playing on Monday, October 23 at The Riot Room • Brand new music from a brand new band, Joseph Warren & the Wanderlust Revival playing November 4 at Californos • Music from two upcoming shows at The Truman, Slowdive(band) on November 3 and Our Lady Peace on November 7 Lots of good music this week!

At the start of the show we announce the lineup for the 10th annual Apocalypse Meow 10 fundraiser for Midwest Music Foundation coming up the first weekend of November. After that we’ll do a deep dive into the 4th annual PorchFestKC happening in Midtown KC on Saturday, October 14. The fest turns porches on homes in three neighborhoods into a stage for 150+ acts. it returns to Valentine, and has grown to Roanoke, and the eastern edge of the Volker neighborhoods in Midtown KC. We will sit down with fest organizer Kathryn Golden and talk about the event, logistics, where to park and of course play music from several of the acts on the fest. Hear from Cameron Johnson Music, Pearl Allure, The Matchsellers, Noah Davis Music, Black Stacey, CUDO, Eems, Amanda Hughey Music and Streetlevel Uprising.

Tonight on the show it’s all about new music and new releases! Our inbox was full of music that’s been released over the last few months and we wanted to share it with you. We hear brand new music from The Roseline, Fathers, CANDYASS, Momma's Boy, They Call Me Sauce, KD Kuro, Andrew Foshee, Khrystal. and recent releases from The Old Son and The Dear Misses. and then NEXT Tuesday, October 10 is all about Porchfest KC!