I thought I’d give a quick mention that tonight Fishboy will be playing with Big Fresh and Joybombs at the Shrieking Shack (503 Oldham Ct, Lexington). So head over there tonight to take a break from your finals, celebrate the end of your finals or celebrate the fact that you don’t have to deal with […]

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Yup, we’re bringing ‘em back again: White Denim
Oops! I thought we were announcing this today, not yesterday. My bad! Hot Freaks have saddled up with the fine folks at the Monolith Music Festival to help pick out some of the awesome bands that you see below. There are a lot more bands to announce, so […]

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Another sweet thing about FreeKY fest: psychedelic lights shot onto the neighboring condos and office buildings.

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When the Coup arrived in our fair city, we learned that they were drummerless. Apparently he was a no-show for the festival so they fired him. They thought about playing with no percussion, but we insisted that we’d find them a suitable replacement. After lots of phone calls to every drummer we could think of, […]

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I had to miss Mahjongg the last time they came to Lexington, so it was good to finally catch up with them. They were a fantastic combination of Holy Fuck and !!! and were a welcome close to the midday festivities.

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Talking to the Hair Police guys before the show, I determined that they were all in agreement over one thing: They couldn’t believe they were going to get to play as loud as they could on a rooftop in downtown Lexington. And while I’m not exactly a noise music fan, it was worth braving the […]

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I was absolutely heartbroken when I realized that the Rosebuds were playing the same day that I’d planned to write a final paper and prepare for an 8am final. So naturally I did what any red-blooded music fan would do: I went to the show. Now, I can’t claim to have stayed longer than five […]

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Proving yet again that WRFL’s FreeKY Fest managed to pack in every assortment of music, the Health and Happiness Family Gospel band did a set of mostly traditional gospel favorites, punched up enough to make them seem like the Blues Brothers of gospel music. They were tons of fun, even if many of the college […]

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