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We♥KC – March 8-16 Upcoming Shows (Kansas City / Lawrence KS)

JohnC@weheartmusic.com March 5, 2022

Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence area for the 2nd WEEK of MARCH

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The Sword at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (9 March 2014)

The Sword w/ Big Business and O’ Brother at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (9 March 2014) concert review

JohnC@weheartmusic.com March 15, 2014

Austin, TX bred The Sword headlined the evening with a 75 min. set of no-frills, so-called stoner doom metal… that inexplicably began with the intro music of Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’. The four-piece is out in support of its fourth and latest effort, Apocryphon (Razor and Tie), with song titles not out of place in a Tolkien novel or as an episode name on Game of Thrones. While the newer songs embrace more of a classic hard rock sound (think early Sabbath), they fit seamlessly within the context of the older, darker material.

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