Side H - "Dirt"
Aaron RhodesMarch 06, 2021
Side H. Photo via Bandcamp. Side H is Harley Astorga, an Olathe native currently residing in Los Angeles. Though he is best known for his wo...
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In My Headache 001: The Body, R+R=Now, Avril Lavigne
Aaron RhodesMarch 03, 2021
In My Headache is a podcast hosted by Kansas City based music critics Bill Brownlee and Aaron Rhodes. On each episode, Brownlee (the younges...
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Watch: Amira Wang - "Use Ya Back" at recordBar
Aaron RhodesMarch 03, 2021
What happens when you put Amira Wang in front of a crowd of hardcore kids? At least one or two start twerking. The Kansas City rapper took ...
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Laaee Uzumak! - "Yes!"
Aaron RhodesMarch 02, 2021
Laaee Uzumak! Video directed by Souped Up. If any of you reading this knew about Laaee Uzumak! last year and decided not to tell me about he...
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Dwalk - "Off Da Dribble"
Aaron RhodesMarch 02, 2021
Dwalk. Video directed by JuanShotThat. One of my favorite emojis is the smiling purple devil. You can draw your own conclusions about what t...
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Zig Zag - It Gets Worse
Aaron RhodesFebruary 25, 2021
Zig Zag. Photo by Camden Pink. Almost every new release I write about on the site features a band or artist that is currently based in or or...
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In My Headache with Bill Brownlee and Aaron Rhodes - Trailer
Aaron RhodesFebruary 24, 2021
As evidenced in this trailer, Bill Brownlee and Aaron Rhodes are not actors. They are, however, two Kansas City music critics who are hostin...
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Nx Blame - A True Love Story
Aaron RhodesFebruary 22, 2021
Nx Blame. Photo by Lauren Phariss. Sometimes love is the only shelter we have in a world that seems to only being growing colder. Kansas Cit...
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Shuttlecock Podcast: Ron Knox
Aaron RhodesFebruary 18, 2021
Ron Knox is a journalist with bylines at the Washington Post, Noisey, NPR, the Kansas City Star, The Pitch, and is currently working as a se...
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Riley The Musician - "99"
Aaron RhodesFebruary 16, 2021
Riley The Musician. Image by Jessie The Artist. It's an exciting time to be Riley The Musician. Three years ago, they released their fir...
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Aaron's Party Playlist
Aaron RhodesFebruary 15, 2021
I figured you might want to know what music I'm listening to besides the local stuff. The new Aaron's Party playlist -- shoutout to ...
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Watch: Solomonluvbugs - "No More" at recordBar
Aaron RhodesFebruary 11, 2021
Solomonluvbugs performed his song "No More" a little over a year ago at a show we booked at recordBar. At that point, the song was...
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Foil / Sylvie S - Split
Aaron RhodesFebruary 09, 2021
Jame Mendenhall playing in Dopamine at Parker 2 in 2020. Photo by Aaron Rhodes. Jame Mendenhall has been putting their pandemic downtime to ...
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4oe Baby - Slide Down
Aaron RhodesFebruary 08, 2021
4oe Baby. Photo by Corteece. 4oe Baby has spent the past year becoming Kansas City's foremost underage emcee, but he respectfully asks t...
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Best Kansas City Metro Projects 2020 Playlist
Aaron RhodesFebruary 07, 2021
Have you checked out our articles featuring the best local full-lengths and EPs/demos of 2020 yet? I hope so. After you have (or instead, ...
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Zarin Micheal - DaysBeforeAMMA
Aaron RhodesFebruary 07, 2021
Zarin Micheal. Photo by Amir Williams. Zarin Micheal has been sounding a lot more grown-up lately. The Kansas City rapper is newly engaged a...
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Trauma Plate - Demo
Aaron RhodesFebruary 05, 2021
Jonah Hamilton sings in Rat Bastard at Gacy's Place in 2016. Photo by Aaron Rhodes. Kansas City's punk scene has hit something of a ...
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Shuttlecock Podcast: Jass
Aaron RhodesFebruary 04, 2021
Jass is a singer/multi-instrumentalist from Kansas City, Missouri who put our one of the best local albums of 2020 and one of the best loca...
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Roman Alexander - Between You & Me
Aaron RhodesFebruary 02, 2021
Roman Alexander. Photo via Twelve6 Entertainment. I promise you I have not been kidnapped, held hostage, or blackmailed. Like many other kid...
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Conductor Williams on Remy Banks' The Phantom Of Paradise
Aaron RhodesFebruary 01, 2021
Conductor Williams. Screenshot from his Instagram. Remy Banks is arguably one of the most talented and consistent New York rappers of the la...
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Shun Ann - "Forever"
Aaron RhodesJanuary 31, 2021
Shun Ann. Video directed by Benicio Baeza. Sometimes less is more. Other times, more is more. But on Shun Ann's new track, "Forever...
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Hometown Highlights Archive Playlist
Aaron RhodesJanuary 31, 2021
Relive some of your favorite local music moments of the last five years with Shuttlecock's new Hometown Highlights Archive playlist on S...
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Deep Breath - "Double Entendre"
Aaron RhodesJanuary 30, 2021
Deep Breath. Photo by Oscar Ouk. Deep Breath is a duo of New York transplants; Sol from Atlanta, Georgia and Fuzon from here in Kansas City,...
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Rachel Cion - "Violin"
Aaron RhodesJanuary 29, 2021
Rachel Cion is back. Well, she never really went away; she was just busy releasing two EPs with her band Bigfatcat over the past two years....
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Top 15 Kansas City Area LPs/Full-lengths Of 2020
Aaron RhodesJanuary 28, 2021
After a month or so of agonizing over this list (you can tell by how many honorable mentions there are), I am happy to deliver you a fully...
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Premiere: Solomonluvbugs - "Pain Again"
Aaron RhodesJanuary 18, 2021
Solomonluvbugs at recordBar, 2019. Photo by Aaron Rhodes Solomon is an artist that has never had any issue experimenting with his sound. His...
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Shuttlecock Podcast: P. Morris
Aaron RhodesJanuary 14, 2021
P. Morris is a producer, DJ, and one of the founders of Team Bear Club (purveyors of the Goombawave sound), originally from and currently ba...
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Acid Seven: Telharmony
Patrick SandersJanuary 07, 2021
Press surrounding new technology puts a lot of stock in tech's 'revolutionary' potential. The market language of 'disruptive...
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Shuttlecock Podcast: Mark Serrano
Aaron RhodesJanuary 07, 2021
Mark Serrano is the owner and creator of Mixtape Monkey. Online since 2011, the website is home to hundreds of hip-hop and R&B mixtapes ...
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Top 20 Kansas City Area EPs/Demos Of 2020
Aaron RhodesJanuary 01, 2021
Below, in no particular order, you will find my favorite EPs and demos from the Kansas City metro in the year 2020. As shitty as the year wa...
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