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There has been ample opportunity to check out the War on Drugs in concert since their last studio album, 2021‘s I Don’t Live Here Anymore, but not much in the way of new music. That changes today with “Who’s That?“ the band’s first offering in four years. The song was...
Jet delivered an amazing performance to the KC area crowd at The Truman on Sunday night. [Photo credit: Pam Whisenhunt] PAM WHISENHUNT | Go Venue Magazine It was a hot, stormy night in Kansas City when Jet brought their Down the Moonlit Mile Revue tour to The Truman, September 6, 2026. Jet is a...
Jan St. Werner, AKA one-half of the German electronic duo Mouse on Mars, has a new solo record on the way. Squares Will Fall, due out November 13 on Thrill Jockey, features contributions from Sufjan Stevens, Justin Vernon, Beirut’s Zach Condon, the National’s Ben Lanz, and more. You can listen...
Chad Gray and his band took the stage at the iconic Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.[Photo credit: Alex Gryczanowski] ALEX GRYCZANOWSKI | Go Venue Magazine Chad Gray performed at the Bourbon Theatre on Sept. 2 on his “30 Years of Madness” tour, playing songs from...
The boys are fighting. This week, Yeat mysteriously vanished from Slime Language 3, the third installment of Young Thug’s YSL label compilation series. The rapper was originally featured on the track “Eaters” alongside Travis Scott, Future, and Tezzus before fans noticed on Monday (August 31) that his verse had been...
Amelia Dimoldenberg has announced the final series of her long-running, algorithm-conquering interview series Chicken Shop Date. The deadpan host welcomed the likes of Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish, Dave, and Sabrina Carpenter across a 12-year run, posing acerbic, flirty, and fearless questions that used spontaneity and awkwardness to jolt guests off...
A Las Vegas jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, guilty of arranging the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, bringing one of the most notorious unsolved killings in history to a close. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before delivering the verdict. Davis’ sentencing is scheduled for...
Toto at Morton Amphitheater on Monday, August 24, 2026 Riverside, Missouri (Kansas City). [Photo by Peter Amisano] PETER AMISANO | Go Venue Magazine On August 24, 2026, at Morton Amphitheater just outside Kansas City, three very different bands turned an otherwise ordinary Monday night into a celebration of nearly five...
Mac DeMarco fans awoke to a surprise on Friday: four new albums from the singer-songwriter. Well, they’re sort of new—some fans have already heard Dog on the Rock, Seven Off the Two, Seaplane Dog, and The View From Tian Tian, after being handed copies of them on CD-Rs during DeMarco’s...
AZ Chike and Tyler, the Creator have dropped a new song together, “Look Like My Mama,” along with its music video. The cinematic clip, directed by Stacking Memories, opens at “NRFTW High School.” There, taped across lockers that look suspiciously like the ones in Napoleon Dynamite, are flyers that read...
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