In Kansas City, bands have many theories on how to take their sound to the next level. Some concepts, though tried repeatedly, fail: “Hey, let’s tune our guitars really low and play everything in a dismal mid-tempo.” Others are proven repeatedly: “Hey, this band is already damn good, but let’s add Mike Stover to the [...]

Is Steve Tulipana the Charlie Parker of post-everything electro-noise? Well, he is an established and uncompromising Kansas City musical force, having put in more than 20 years of playing, recording, and touring. And he’s a known innovator, a pillar of pioneering KC legends Season to Risk (“They don’t sound like any other band, and when [...]

Probably the best thing about assembling this column is hopefully the best thing about reading it: Getting to know a little more about the people you’ve seen and heard for maybe years. Keenan Nichols is a great example. You know he’s a hard working rocker, guitarist for the always moving Architects. But did you know [...]

Guitar heroes are alive and well and roaming the Midwest. For every niche and substrata of music, there are players who those in the know consider a cut above. In the surprisingly robust metal segment of Kansas City music, Patrick Renk is one of those guys. The poll-winning guitarist took KC juggernaut Moire to a [...]