We♥KC! October 14-16, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)
Kansas City Music Guide archives / Lawrence, KS archives October 14-16, 2025 Upcoming concerts /...
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Everclear at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall (October 12, 2025)
Everclear at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall (Oct 12, 2025) Everclear Setlist Electra Made Me Blind...
Djo with Post Animal at Grinders KC, Kansas CIty MO (2025-10-07)
read more Kansas City Music Guide DJO with POST ANIMAL at GRINDERS KC, KANSAS CITY...
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ Strasbourg 82
Today is jazz drummer Art Blakey’s birthday, and to celebrate Gearbox Records is releasing Strasbourg...
Bob Mould at Icehouse (October 10, 2025)
Bob Mould was playing the first of two solo Twin Cities shows, and unsurprisingly, played like the rock legend he is.
GoGo Penguin at Fine Line, Minneapolis (October 7, 2025)
Manchester trio GoGo Penguin brought their intricate, guitar-free blend of jazz and electronica to the Fine Line. Surrounded by keyboards, laptops, and acoustic drums, they delivered dizzying polyrhythms and luminous tension. Bassist Nick Blacka anchored the chaos.
Young the Giant at Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO (2025-10-05)
read more Kansas City Music Guide YOUNG THE GIANT with CASSANDRA COLEMAN at UPTOWN THEATER,...
Grandaddy at First Avenue, Minneapolis (October 8, 2025)
Twenty-one years after their last Minnesota show, Grandaddy returned to First Avenue to perform The Sophtware Slump in full. Note-perfect and emotionally heavy, the set traced millennial dread and fragile hope before loosening into celebratory encores—including birthday cake for guitarist Jim Fairchild. Vermont’s Greg Freeman opened with a beautifully restrained set.
Peter Murphy: Silver Shade
Silver Shade is Peter Murphy’s latest album; his first new music in over 10 years.
We♥KC! October 10-13, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)
Kansas City Music Guide archives / Lawrence, KS archives October 10-13, 2025 Upcoming concerts /...
elbow at First Avenue (October 7, 2025)
British band elbow played a great show at First Avenue, with a full band creating some amazingly layered sounds.
Royel Otis at Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO (2025-10-03)
Australian guitar-pop sensations duo Royel Otis played a crowded Uptown Theater (after being brought indoors and upgraded from GrindersKC) in midtown Kansas City, in support of their second full-length, hickey, released in August (via Ourness/Capitol Records). Explaining the album title, the pair has said "…because love bites harder than any other emotion in the world."
Caroline Kingsbury and Maris at Green Room, Minneapolis (October 4th 2025)
Alright, another Twin Cities music venue under my belt as the Green Room played host to co-headliners, Caroline Kingsbury and Maris. It’s a fun, intimate venue with plenty of great sightlines. The balcony allows for great views of the stage; straight on you still fell plenty close, and from the sides you feel like you’re practically on stage. When I review shows, I tend to move about and really couldn’t find a bad spot. If you haven’t been, check it out.
Laveda: Love, Darla
New York-based quartet Laveda released their third album Love, Darla on Bar/None Records.
The Cranberries: No Need to Argue (30th Anniversary Edition)
Not a popular opinion, but No Need to Argue is not my favorite The Cranberries album. I prefer the later records, particularly the Bury the Hatchet-era, when I felt the band was in top-form and understood how to write blockbuster songs. Still, No Need to Argue is important because this is the band’s breakout record.
Ehsan Matoori at The O’Shaughnessy (October 4, 2025)
Ehsan Matoori and friends brought an evening of world music to The O’Shaughnessy in St. Paul, performing original works inspired by the poetry of Rumi.
We♥KC! October 6-9, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)
Let’s take look at the Kansas City / Lawrence KS metro musical happenings for the first days of the month, October 6th-9th
The Chameleons: Arctic Moon
Manchester’s The Chameleons formed in 1981 (with a debut record Script of the Bridge in 1983), in an already crowded ‘Madchester’ music scene, such as The Smiths, New Order, Magazine, The Fall, and so on… but tragedy hit the band with the band manager’s death, so they agreed to break up in 1987.
Joan Osborne at The Dakota (October 3, 2025)
Singer Joan Osborne featured a set of Bob Dylan songs mixed with her own in the first of a two night set at the Dakota in Minneapolis.
Low Cut Connie at First Avenue (October 2, 2025)
Next up and right on time was Low Cut Connie. What more needs to be said about this bawdy, fun-loving house band. We are big fans and have seen them quite a bit over the years. There was John’s review in Nov, 2018
We♥KC! October 1-5, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO /Lawrence, KS metro)
Let’s take look at the Kansas City / Lawrence KS metro musical happenings for the first days of the month, October 1st-5th
Shonen Knife: Our Best Place (Expanded Edition)
Our Best Place (Expanded Edition) (Sep 19, 2025) Shonen Knife Discography Minna Tanoshiku (1982) Burning...
Tune-Yards at Fine Line (October 1, 2025)
Tune-Yards, with opener Kassa Overall, brought a tremendous start to Rocktober at Fine Line in Minneapolis.
Book Report: Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor
I was on a recent comic book hunter at my local Ollie’s (my favorite store in Florida). I didn’t find what I was looking for, but while browsing through their music book section, I came across Sinéad O’Connor’s book Rememberings.
Water From Your Eyes and Her New Knife at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (30 Sep 2025)
Water From Your Eyes and Her New Knife at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (30 Sep 2025)
Stacey Ryan at 7th Street Entry (September 29, 2025)
It was an early show at 7th Street Entry, as two young singer songwriters were...
KALEO at The Fillmore (September 29, 2025)
Icelandic blues rock band KALEO wrapped up their successful American tour with a stop at The Fillmore in Minneapolis. They closed on a bang.
John Maus at Green Room (September 28, 2025)
John Maus brought a unique energy to the Green Room in Minneapolis and unleashed an onslaught of music and stage presence.
Big Trouble at The White Squirrel Bar (September 27, 2025)
Big Trouble had their monthly residence performance at The White Squirrel Bar and the instrumental band played a wide variety of genres, highlighting their skills as musicians.
Record Player R612
The world’s best record players are all made by Audio-Technica. It is the brand that everybody, who is into vinyl, recommends. I would love to own an Audio-Technica product, but all their starter turntables are priced at $200 to $350. Those are the starters, which are the “cheap” entries. If you want to “Step-Up”, those starts at $400… and when you go all-in, you’re looking at $2,000 for a turntable. That is crazy money to throw at a record player, in my opinion.