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Miley Cyrus performs "Breakout" at the Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday, November 5, 2009.

About five years ago, the Los Lonely Boys experienced the thing most bands dream of but never achieve: a hit single.

So you play guitar, do you? What a surprise! Because the last time I checked, so does every damn person in college .

Ed Droste, a singer in the indie rock band Grizzly Bear, laughs - perhaps nervously - at the prospect: Most of the listening world now assumes that his account on the suddenly ubiquitous online social networking Twitter is powerful enough to help other bands sell music.

Why join? Artist Profile: Emery About the artist Like From Autumn to Ashes, Nora, and Hopesfall, Emery combines an alternative pop/rock foundation with elements of screamo and melodic hardcore.

This past July 4 in Kansas City, one of the busiest street corners in Kansas City was 76th and Troost -- the parking lot of 7th Heaven -- where from early afternoon to about 8 o'clock, rappers, bands and herds of neighborhood people held court at the second annual Taste of Troost festival.

Style: Contemporary pop/rock in the style of 38 Acres, blended with an old school 90s vibe of Amy Grant, Sonic Flood and Delirious.

Taste of Troost. Saturday, July 4, 10:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 7621 Troost. See tasteoftroost.com for more info.