Sound Check

Ringing in the New Year (and new material) with Split Lip Rayfield

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/dec/25/266549/ A year’s come and gone, and Split Lip Rayfield has been nowhere to be found. Their last record, “I’ll Be Around,” was released by this Wichita punk-bluegrass trio in 2008, a long five years ago. After a year out of the ...

Looking Forward: Dec. 26 – Jan. 1

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/dec/25/266548/ **Benjamin Cartel** Releasing solo debut album “Money and Love” this year, this New York singer-songwriter has been musically active since 2004 when he put his solo act on hold to co-found indie folk duo Kaiser Cartel. Tracks on ...

Music for Murals: making the Lawrence community shelter home

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/dec/19/266270/ The Lawrence Community Shelter is putting on a Music for Murals benefit concert at Gaslight Gardens on Friday, Dec. 20, to raise money for the first large community mural that a couple of local artists are facilitating for shelter ...

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne coming to Love Garden this weekend

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/dec/18/266258/ Wayne Coyne is headed back to Lawrence this Sunday, Dec. 22, at 5 p.m. The Love Garden in one of five stops on this week's Record Store Tour. The Flaming Lips frontman came to town in 2011, handing out gummy baby fetuses containing ...

Looking Forward: Dec. 19-25

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/dec/18/266205/ **Fast Food Junkies** It started with a banjo and an upright bass at the Walnut Valley Festival, where they met the third member who would round out their sound with powerful vocals, guitar playing and songwriting skills. Fast Food ...

Looking Forward: Dec. 12-18

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/dec/11/265862/ **Cowboy Indian Bear** Lawrence’s own indie rock phenomenon is playing at the Granada to support last spring’s *Live Young, Die Old* 13-track album of beautifully engineered orchestral sounds, captured by producer Joshua ...