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T H U R S D AY, A U G U S T 8 Billy Currington: KC Live Stage at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand. Yonder Mountain String Band, Devil Makes Three: 7 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.
F R I D AY, A U G U S T 9 Matt Nathanson: 8 p.m. KC Live Stage at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand. Corey Smith, the Dirty Guv’nahs: 7 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454. Paul Thorn with Cassie Taylor: 9 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.
S AT U R D AY, A U G U S T 10 Paul Thorn: 9 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.
S U N D AY, A U G U S T 11 Kottonmouth Kings, Dutch Newman, Taste Bud G-Spot, Naydivz: 7 p.m. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
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The Pitch Music Awards
Air-guitar hero and Dead Girls drummer Eric “Mean” Melin once again hosts our annual Pitch Music Awards. In addition to Melin and a few other guest appearances, you get performances from old-school jumpin’-jazz group Grand Marquis, thundering psych from the Conquerors, and hearty cock rock from Cherokee Rock Rifle — for an $8 entry ($25 if you want in on the two-hour open bar at the adjacent Conspiracy Room starting at 6 p.m.). It’s one of the best Sunday parties of the year, and not to be missed. Sunday, August 11, at the Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665)
Bruno Mars
It is very hard not to like Bruno Mars, who is now filling arenas with a high-energy stage show that’s as appealing to teens as it is to baby boomers. Mars is part Michael Jackson, part Sam Cooke, part Prince and part Elvis (he was doing professional impersonations of the King at age 4). He plays guitar, he dances charismatically, he tips his fedora like a gentleman. He’ s a song-and-dance man who channels
soul, funk and R&B influences from the past, but in a way that feels seamlessly modern. You have to go back to MJ to find a pop star who has arrived so fully formed. Friday, August 9, at Sprint Center (1407 Grand, 816-949-7000)
Hockey
For its first album, 2009’s Mind Chaos, Hockey wrote a batch of songs from its home in Portland, Oregon, that resembled the work of acts popular in New York at the time: MGMT, the Strokes, LCD Soundsystem. The group has since relocated to New York and accordingly made an album — this year’s Wyeth Is — whose beachy synth-pop vibe feels very West Coast. Opener Swimm’s danceable psych pop should be a natural lead-in. Tuesday, August 13, at the Riot Room (4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179)
Chance the Arm
celebrating the release of its new album, The Green Groves of Erin. Joining in the festivities: the Clementines, Burning Tide, Mad Libby and Killing the Calm. No word yet on what color beer will be served. Friday, August 9, at VooDoo Lounge (Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Drive, North Kansas City, 816-472-7777)
The Hips, with Forrest Whitlow
A classic townie band in the best possible sense, the Hips is made up of former and current members of Lawrence acts Drakkar Sauna and Fourth of July. The group plays about once a quarter, and rarely outside Lawrence, and that’s a pity because its groovy-goofy roots pop is pretty on-the-nose. For this, the first KC show that I can recall, they’re joined by long-running KC singer-songwriter Forrest Whitlow. Saturday, August 10, at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634)
Listen up, laddies: Chance the Arm, a local seven-piece of Irish rock traditionalists, is
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Bruno Mars (left) and Hockey
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............................................Moves Like Jackson
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Insomniac Folklore, Loaded Goat, Pioneer: 10 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Lawson: 9:30 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Paula Nelson Band: 8 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816-753-1909.
FUTURECAST AUGUST SATURDAY 17 The Spinners, the Emotions: Kemper Arena SUNDAY 18 Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus with B.B. King, Sonny Landreth and Davy Knowles: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts SATURDAY 24 Journey: Kansas Star Arena, Mulvane
SEPTEMBER TUESDAY 3 Steely Dan, Deep Blue Organ Trio: The Midland TUESDAY 17 Andrew W.K., Six Percent, American Ghouls: The Granada, Lawrence THURSDAY 19 Dane Cook: The Midland FRIDAY 27 Tommy Emmanuel: The Midland
OCTOBER TUESDAY 8 Franz Ferdinand: The Granada, Lawrence FRIDAY 11 ZZ Ward, the Wild Feathers, James Bay: The Midland SATURDAY 12 Tim McGraw: Kansas Star Arena, Mulvane MONDAY 14 The Moody Blues: The Midland TUESDAY 15 Hanson: The Granada, Lawrence