Eight One Sixty

We're kicking off August with special guest, Steven Michael Tulipana where we’ll talk about the NEW recordBar and a special benefit show on this sunday, August 7 with Season to Risk, (the)medicine theory, Not Sisters with other special guests. We’ll go back a bit and listen to some Season To Risk and an older one from The Life and Times (at rB on Aug 25). We’ll also hear music from three of the 40 acts playing Saturday at Indy Fest 2016 at (Indoor/Outdoor Stage) The Riot Room: STEDDY P., FAROUT and Second Hand King. Also, brand new music from a new musician, Jake Wells who is part of KC Hope Fest Featuring Modern Day Fitzgerald and The Engineers with special guests this Saturday at Morton Hall. We’ll hear from The Roseline (Aug 13 at Ollie's Local) and Various Blonde (Aug 6 at The Dubliner KC), both have upcoming gigs and they’re FREE. Aaaand we’ll wrap things up with music from a show Chris is really excited about next month, Tycho (Sept 18 at Uptown Theater).

This time on the Eight One Sixty we wrap up ”Blogger Month" with our 4th guest blogger, Chris Demencha Milbourn of Demencha Magazine LLC. We talk about his blog as he brings in music from: Hymnlayas, Be/Non, Dominique Sanders, DCPLX and Kemet the Phantom. We also hear music from bands with upcoming gigs: JAENKI (Saturday at recordBar with Wye Oak), Yes You Are (Friday at The Riot Room and also featured in the upcoming movie Bad Moms, out on Friday), The Phantastics (Thursday at Stockyards Brewing Co.) and brand new music from THE CONQUERORS.

July is Blogger Month on the show, and today we'll be joined by 19-year-old Aaron Rhodes, who runs Shuttlecock Music Magazine and is fall semester campus editor of The Campus Ledger. He's bringing in music from a wide mix of bands: LION, J-Tone, Eric Griffin Jr., Warm Bodies, Kye Colors, Blindside USA, Bruiser Queen, Campdogzz, The Widow's Ride and The Lowest Pair. Tune in and check out Shuttlecock Music at shuttlecockmusic.com.

July is BLOGGER month on the show and today we’ll have in the dynamic duo behind Playlistplay, Nick and Savanna Howland to talk about their blog and the story behind it. They’ve also brought music from: Storm Circus,Whale Bones, Darkbird, Talkie and The Woodsman's Babe. We’ll also hear brand new music from Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type (who is playing TONIGHT with ON AN ON at The Tank Room). We’ll kick off the show with Hembree (catch them at Chipotle Cultivate Festival) and a hard-hitting track from BLKFLANL (Barrel Maker & ConductorWilliams).

This time on the Eight One Sixty we kick off Blogger Month! KC/LFK has some great music bloggers and we’re going to hang out with 4 of them over the next 4 weeks. Today we’ll visit with the queen of LFK, Fally Afani of I Heart Local Music. She’s bringing in a bunch of music from great Lawrence bands playing at Lawrence Field Day Fest 5, coming up FRI/SAT/SUN July 14-16. We’ll hear music from: Vedettes, Stiff Middle Fingers, The People's Punk Band, The Sluts, Lincoln Marshall(featuring Dominique S.), Arc Flash, Something and the Whatevers and Sunday Heroine. But first, we’ll start the show with BRAND NEW music from Not A Planet and Rooftop Vigilantes via High Dive Records. Also, go check out Fally’s blog : www.iheartlocalmusic.com.

As you can probably imagine, we’re going to talk about and play some of our favorite tracks of the year SO FAR. We’ll hear music from these KC bands: Kristie Stremel, LION, Psychic Heat, Vigil And Thieves and Hipshot Killer. We’ll also hear music from Savages, Daughter, Mitski and The Range.

This week on the Eight One Sixty we're joined by Kristie Stremel for an interview and a live acoustic set, including an amazing song she wrote in response to the Orlando shootings. Kristie Stremel has been a music maker in and around KC since the 90’s, with Frogpond, other band ventures and also as a solo artist. She recently released a read-along book for her song, "Love Makes A Family," written for her son to explain the importance of family and to help celebrate the diversity in families today. She plays Boulevardia on Saturday night, June 18 at 7:15PM.

We'll also hear music from a few other bands playing Boulevardia: Making Movies, Eems, Duncan Hill and Mariachi El Bronx. The fest features 40+ bands, on 3 stages over 3 days, June 17-19. More info available here:www.boulevardia.com.

This time on the show we're hanging out with Pink Royal for an interview and a live session. PLUS,  hear music from other bands playing this year's Boulevardia. The fest features 40+ bands, on 3 stages over 3 days, June 17-19. Grab more information and tickets here: www.boulevardia.com.

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In the first half of the show we’ll sit down with the crew behind Crossroads Flock Party, coming up on First Friday, June 3. It’s the FREE 5th annual block party event, with 6 hours of music, food trucks and beer. We'll hear music from these bands on the lineup: Paddlefish (Springfield), THE CONQUERORS,ConductorWilliamsxWeaver and Toughies. Then, in the second half of the show we’ll sit down with the crew behind Center of the City Fest, coming up on Thursday/Friday/Saturday, June 2-4 at Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club. It’s also the 5th annual event,  featuring 45+ bands on 2 stages over 3 days for $15. We'll hear music from these bands on the lineup: Hipshot Killer, Red Kate, Deco Auto and The Electric Lungs.

This week on the show we sit down with Kansas City's own The Philistines for a live session and interview as they get ready to release their brand new album, "The Backbone of Night" on May 27 via The Record Machine; with a big album release show on June 4 at The Living Room. Also, we’ll talk about Boulevardia 2016 and hear music from a few bands playing the fest: THE ARCHITECTS, Radkey, Meg Myers,Mariachi El Bronx and English Beat.

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