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THURSDAY
9 Parts of Desire | Riverside Festival Stage at City Park | 8 p.m. | $8-12
Tonight is opening night for Dreamwell Theatre and Iowa City Community Theatre’s production of 9 Parts of Desire, a play by Heather Raffo that offers a glimpse into her many hours of interviews with Iraqi women describing their experiences living with war.
Find more information about the play, and the local production, at Dreamwell.com
Also Thursday:
Sexy Delicious, Purple Asteroid Cadillac and Red Daughters | Gabe’s | 9:30 p.m. | $5
Emmure | Blue Moose Tap House | 5:00 p.m. | $15
Hamell on Trial, The Lonelyhearts | The Mill | 9:00 p.m. | $7
D. Bess (of Public Property), David Skinner | The Yacht Club | 10:00 p.m. | $5
FRIDAY
Neutral Uke Hotel, Golden Bloom, The Motion Sick | Gabe’s | 7:00 p.m. | $6
While not exactly a one-album-wonder (there were a couple of other releases), Jeff Magnum’s record In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is what comes to mind for most people when they think of Neutral Milk Hotel. If you don’t think you’ve heard of the band, go find a few tracks online and see if you recognize the strained, hyper-caffeinated crooning and humming; I’ve little doubt you’ve heard Aeroplane‘s title track at some wedding or funeral, or just about any coffee shop in the world.
Few albums leave such a mark, and the drunken catharsis of singing along to Every. Single. Word of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, even if it isn’t Jeff Magnum himself conducting, is too attractive, far more than many people will be able to pass up, no matter how cool they might be the rest of the week.
The proposition is simple: It’s a guy that plays Neutral Milk Hotel songs…with a ukulele. If you aren’t sure how you feel about this, or especially if you haven’t had your Neutral Milk Hotel moment yet, you should probably lower the curtains and spend a day and a half inside. By Friday night, you’ll find yourself a part of a whole new family, one that gets drunk and sings together, “soft and sweet.”
oh yeah, and the uke guy, he’s good
Also Friday:
Lower Dens featuring Jana Hunter, David Israel, Alex Body and Skye Carrasco | The Mill | 9:00 p.m. | $6
Shame Train, Old Man | The Yacht Club | 9:00 p.m. | $6
Sand in the City | Iowa Avenue, Downtown Iowa City | (event goes Friday-Sunday) | FREE
SATURDAY
Mother Nature’s Ball | Chimney Rock | All weekend | $35 (includes camping)
One last festival to round out the summer, the 15th annual Mother Nature’s Ball takes place this weekend at Chimney Rock, on the upper Iowa River, in beautiful Northeast Iowa.
Lineup including:
Mad Monks
Lick It Ticket
Deep Soul Deities
Bad Boys
MeH Funk
The Gglitch
Dead Larry
Visit the Facebook event page for more information and links
Also Saturday:
The Wheelers The Post Mortems, Nebula Was | Gabe’s | 8:30 p.m. | $5
Con Queso featuring Greg Norton of Husker Du, Blood Beats | The Mill | 9:00 p.m. | $7
Smashing Pumpkins Tribute featuring Smashed Pumpkins | The Yacht Club | 9:00 p.m. | $7
Have a great weekend!
~LV
