{"id":80058,"date":"2024-03-01T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=80058"},"modified":"2024-03-01T17:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:32:33","slug":"swallow-the-rat-comes-to-lfk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2024\/03\/01\/swallow-the-rat-comes-to-lfk\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallow the Rat Comes to LFK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Betsey Lewis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Swallow the Rat is a really cool post-punk band based in Auckland, New Zealand. The band is touring their second LP\u2013<em>South<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80062 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Swallow2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Swallow2.jpg 123w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Swallow2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Swallow2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/> Locust<\/em>, released September 1st\u2013in the States this March, and our beloved Lawrence, Kansas is third on their American galavant. My personal favorites off of the album are \u201cTerra Nullius,\u201d \u201cChain Mail,\u201d \u201cCave,\u201d and \u201cIdea of South.\u201d For fans of guitar-heavy sounds, intricately layered vocals, banging your head so hard to an album that your headphones fall off, and bragging about knowing smaller artists before they blow up, Swallow the Rat\u2019s <em>South Locust<\/em> is a must-listen! You can find them on all streaming platforms, as well as their <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swallowtherat.com\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and their <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/swallowtherat.bandcamp.com\/album\/south-locust\">bandcamp<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next week, Swallow the Rat will be performing at the SXSW Music Festival (March 8-16) down in Austin, Texas. But first, they are stopping in Lawrence this coming Sunday, March 3rd to perform at the Replay Lounge. These Auckland post-punk-rockers will be joined by three local bands, the likes of which you may be familiar!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blanky is Lawrence-local and recently performed in-studio for our Live @ KJHK broadcast and video series on Thursday, February 8th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Discotek Mama is another band local to Lawrence and frequents DIY and larger-scale bills around Lawrence. Last year, Discotek Mama made it to the finals in the Farmer\u2019s Ball, KJHK\u2019s Battle of the Bands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Powerline Lisa is yet another rockin\u2019 band local to the area who you might have seen on the stages of the Replay Lounge, The Bottleneck, Hobbit Hole, Farewell (in KC, MO), and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again, Swallow the Rat will be performing with Blanky, Discotek Mama, and Powerline Lisa this Sunday, March 3rd at the Replay Lounge in Lawrence, Kansas. The show is 21+, and the cover for the event is $5. Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Betsey Lewis &nbsp; Swallow the Rat is a really cool post-punk band based in Auckland, New Zealand. The band is touring their second LP\u2013South Locust, released September 1st\u2013in the States this March, and our beloved Lawrence, Kansas is third on their American galavant. My personal favorites off of the album are \u201cTerra Nullius,\u201d \u201cChain Mail,\u201d \u201cCave,\u201d and \u201cIdea of South.\u201d For fans of guitar-heavy sounds, intricately layered vocals, banging your head so hard to an album that your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":80061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-on-kjhk","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Swallow1-e1709335935831.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80063,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80058\/revisions\/80063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}