the life and times

Photo: David Cubberly Kansas City, Missouri's math-rock extraordinaires Shiner have announced four shows for July 2015. It's strongly suggested that 2000's Starless will be made available on vinyl at the following dates: JULY 15TH: AUSTIN, TX RED 7 JULY 17TH: KCMO RECORD BAR JULY 18TH: MINNEAPOLIS, MN TRIPLE ROCK JULY 19TH: CHICAGO, IL EMPTY BOTTLE Their […]

The Life And Times have released a music video for “Passion Pit” from 2014's Lost Bees, which received a positive analysis from AltPress. Allen Epley segues through scenes of dad-life as the trio follows, carrying the beat wherever they damn please. Check out the video below along with some June 2015 tour dates. 6/8 – Omaha, […]

The Life And TImes Lost Bees Allen Epley has now been heading the Life And Times just as long as he was fronting Shiner, thriving on a fertile, creative mindset that's gotten just as much mileage out of breathy alternative/space rock as he did with the late-’90s/early 2000s post-hardcore math rockers. The Life And Times' […]

The Life And Times have announced their Lost Bees U.S. tour, which spans August and September 2014. Frontman Allen Epley offered up an update on the trio's new album, saying “Seems like we’ve been moving in slow motion getting this beautiful monster ready for consumption for the past six months, more like two years but who’s […]

The Life And Times No One Loves You Like I Do Kansas City’s the Life And Times have spent nearly a decade honing their lysergic space-rock jams. Their third full-length, No One Loves You Like I Do, is a logical sonic continuation of 2009’s Tragic Boogie—which is to say, it’s a solid collection of grayscale […]

Check out the premiere of the Life And Times' video for “Day One.” The song is on the Kansas City band's new album, No One Loves You Like I Do, out Jan. 17. Says vocalist/guitarist Allen Epley: “I think the way we wanted to approach this video was to create a fairly complex narrative between […]

The Life And Times Day II/Day III EP   Like so many great bands, Shiner offered a mammoth, life-altering album (The Egg) before quietly slipping away into the dustbin of music history. Shiner boasted unique vision and exciting songs that walked a swaying tightrope between guitar-powered indie rock and strange boundless experimentalism. Vocalist/guitarist Allen Epley […]