Eight One Sixty

For our 72nd episode we sit down with Katy Guillen and The Girls and hear 4 tracks from their brand new record, out on may 21 - they'll be at Knuckleheads Saloon that night along with Mikal Shapiro Music for a grand album release show, grab your tix now before it's sold out. Then we'll talk with Jody Hendrix of Little Class Records, The Westport Saloon and Westport Roots Festival which is happening in 2 weekends. The kickoff is Friday, May 27, the main event is Saturday, May 28 and the "recovery" event is Sunday, May 29. We'll also play music from The Kansas City Bear Fighters, Good Time Charley, Monzie Leo & The Big Sky, Shawn James & the Shape Shifters and J.B. Beverley.

This week on the show we’ll look ahead, playing music from upcoming events and gigs. Events like: Westport Roots Festival on 5-28 (we'll hear music from one of the headilners Sarah Gayle Meech), The Crossroads Summer Block Party on 6-2, Center of the City Fest 6-2 to 6-4 (we'll hear music from Nate Allen & The Pac-Away Dots). Also we’ll play music from four bands with upcoming album release shows: Katy Guillen and The Girls 5-21, Eems 5-27, Amy Marcus 5-19 and Psychic Heat 5-21. Additionally, music from Vigil And Thieves who play The Riot Room on 5-15 and some music from the great Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (thursday at CrossroadsKC at Grinder's) and one of my favorites Bloc Party (5-25 at The Madrid Theatre). Though, at the top of the show we'll of course take a few minutes to recap Middle of the Map Fest and say THANK YOU for coming out.

For our 70th show we're joined by one of our favorite humans, Tim Finn of The Kansas City Star and Ink Magazine. We treat the show as a "MOTM 101 session" discussing where to go to get your wristband, where you can buy tickets, what venues are going on what days and of course we’ll talk about and hear music from bands playing the fest. There's a premiere of a brand new track from John Velghe and the Prodigal Sons (playing the fest Sat. at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland) and music from: Krystle Warren (Wed. at Californos), Be/Non (Wed. at Mills Record Company), San Fermin (Thurs. at Californos), Manchester Orchestra (Sat. at CrossroadsKC at Grinder's), Gallant (Fri. at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland), Second Hand King and Heartfelt Anarchy (both on Sat. at The Tank Room) and the delightful Aimee Mann (Sat at The Midland).

For our 69th show it's a live session and interview from a very young KC band, Theta Intellect. They won a spot on the bill and get to play Middle of the Map MUSIC FEST 2016 on Friday, May 6 and get to open for Cold War Kids and The Struts at CrossroadsKC at Grinder's...these kids are all 16-18 years old. Then we'll hear music from bands playing 90.9 The Bridge's Day Party at Middle of the Map on Saturday, May 7 at the new recordBar - Bands like: Hipshot Killer, LionMaker (a project from Barrel Maker and LION) and Valley Hush from Detroit.

Tonight on the show we're playing music from bands with upcoming gigs like: Run With It (4/20 before TheKansas City Royals game at 5:15PM), Four Arm Shiver (4/21 at Davey's Uptown), Andrew Bird (4/21 at Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland) and MoodyMatic - Shamanrahs Album Release Party (4/23 at Uptown Arts Bar).

Then, Middle of the Map Fest officially starts next week with the Middle of the Map FILM FEST 2016, April 28 to May 1, so it's on to some bands playing the MUSIC FEST May 4 to May 7.  A brand new track from EBONY TUSKS (5/6 at Midland before Vince Staples), a new one from SHEL (5/6 at The Brick), dance tracks from GGOOLLDD (5/6 at The Tank Room) and Com Truise (5/7 at rB).

Also, you remember Making Movies Carnaval event at Knux last year? Migrant Kids played there and it was great (5/5 atCalifornos).

Additionally, maybe you caught their set at a packed recordBar last year, but SALES is coming back again this year for the fest (5/4 at Ernie Biggs Westport).

It's a special two hour pledge edition of the Eight One Sixty for our 67th show!  We're joined by Judy Mills of Mills Record Co. and Nicholas St. James to talk about Record Store Day, play two rounds of "7 Questions" and hear some live music!

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For our 66th episode we welcome special guests Rachel Mallin and The Wild Type as we hear a live session from them and sit down for an interview. Then we’ll talk with the crew from The Record Machine about their new compilation album, How To Keep Dreaming, Volume 3 featuring 20+ plus bands and the upcoming release party to celebrate it, Friday, April 8th at Mills Record Company (a free show w/B R O T H E R and Youth Pool. We’ll also hear music from The Philistines, Sharks In The Deep End, Momma's Boy and Santah.

It’s all about NEW RELEASES this time on the show because there’s so much new music coming out of KC right now!!! We play brand new music from 12 KC area bands: Me Like Bees, Kangaroo Knife Fight, Red Kate, Chris Meck and The Guilty Birds, B R O T H E R, Raymond of VIVID ZEBRA, Victor & Penny, Teri Quinn, Logan Richardson, BLKFLANL, Andrew Foshee and The Invisible World.

For this show we welcome special guests BLKFLANL… the project from ConductorWilliams and Barrel Maker who are about to release their 2nd album and are stopping by for a live session. We’ll also talk about BLKFLANL's gig at Middle of the Map Fest, sharing the night with Vince Staples and Gallant (both just received so much critical acclaim at SXSW) and hear music from them too.  Also, this saturday is the the annual Halfway to Winfield 2016 show at Knuckleheads Saloon, so we’ll hear music from Sugar Britches and Whiskey for the Lady who are both on that bill.  But first we kickoff the show with new music from Kawehi, catch her on April 2nd at The Tank Room.

See the videos from BLKFLANL's live Eight One Sixty Session:

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This time on the show we welcome special guests, The Ovaries-eez, a trio from Lawrence who have a brand new record coming out on Friday and we’ll get to hear a live session from them. Also we’ll hear brand new music from The MGDs, Stik Figa + Arkutec (featuring Rachel Christia & DEV3N) and Real Adults. Plus, recent music from a Swedish trio, BASKERY and from here in KC, the author and the illustrator. We’ll also talk about the great Louis Meyers to start the show.

Wanna use your eyes and ears?  Check out the videos from our in-studio session with the Ovaries-eez below!

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