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The Lawrence band Pink Royal wil perform on Aug. 21. Picured are band members Josh Dorrell, Nick Carswell, Dylan Guthrie, Steven LaCour and Alex Hartmann.
Pink Royal and Phantastics to play Hawk Week
KATE HARTLAND
@katschats77
Live music has always been a staple for the University's annual Hawk Week, and this year is no different. Pink Royal will perform on Aug. 21 and the Phantastics on Aug. 25.
PINK ROYAL
With its mellow rock feel and easy beats, audiences will find themselves grooving
right along with Pink Royal at UnionFest on Aug. 21. Based in Lawrence, the band has cultivated its unique blend of hip hop and thoughtful lyrics, or self-proclaimed "experimental groove-pop," since 2012. The band's tunes feel similar to Young the Giant, and its song "Please Please Please" will be sure to hype up students for a new academic year.
Dylan Guthrie, lead vocalist for Pink Royal, said his favorite thing about Lawrence was the sense of community he feels, especially as a musician. He was introduced to other people who had similar thoughts and ideas during his freshman year when he lived in Hashinger.
"There's nothing better we can think of as an opportunity than a bunch of people who don't know anything about Lawrence and the first introduction they get is our music,
essentially," Guthrie said. Pink Royal will play two sets at UnionFest on Aug.21 in the Kansas Union. UnionFest runs from 7 p.m.to 10 p.m.
THE PHANTASTICS If you want something irresistible to get down to, the Phantastics are the dance-music makers for you. Dubbed "masters of funk" by The Pitch, a weekly publication covering Kansas City, the Phantastics unleash a collaboration of soul, rap, rock and funk wherever they play. The seven-member collaboration was so successful in Kansas City that it branched out to Lawrence.
Leigh Gibbs, vocalist for the Phantastics, said she enjoyed all energetic crowds, but especially liked how open college students are to different types of music.
"That really personifies the atmosphere of Lawrence to me: 'Hey weird music, where
are you?" she said.
Gibbs's favorite song to perform live is currently "Get Up," which she describes as "kind of James Brown-esque." The song is not on their album "Closer", so audiences will have to catch it at the performance.
Tunes at Night, where the band will jive, starts at 9 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the Lied Center.
Edited by Kate Miller
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