I love shows in places where shows don’t usually happen. I was especially stoked for this one – not only because SSP is the real deal, but also because I could smoke inside at a show again….a reminder of days of yore, before ordinances and laws messed it all up. Of course the Bowl was packed, the lights out, amps were cranked and the band was on pointe.
April 2011
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Show Review: Eugene Kelley, Golden Birds – Revival – 4/01/2011
Friday’s show at Revival featured solo performances in a funky clothing shop. I didn’t get there in time to see Alexis Stevens open, but I did see Eugene Kelley play honest, workingman’s folk. His earnest voice has the right amount of gravel; not by pretense, but by raw emotion. Golden Birds’ Roger plays driving guitar but […]
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Show Photos: Stare Case, Mirror/Dash @ the Mill – 3/31
After a full day of lecture/q&a style appearances, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore and Chris Corsano took the stage at the Mill to make some pretty sweet noise. I enjoyed watching Kim and Thurston smear their guitars over various items on stage – the amps, a chair, a mic stand…at one point Kim even picked up […]
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Show Preview: The Ragbirds, Yacht Club 4/2
The Ragbirds have toured 40 states to the tune of 150+ shows a year since 2006, but only first visited Iowa on December 1, 2010. How did they not know we’d love them here?
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The Old Revolution: An Introduction to The Walkmen
The Walkmen will be playing Wednesday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m. alongside The New Pornographers in the IMU 2nd Floor Ballroom.
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Day Four: Video from the 2011 Mission Creek Festival
We’ve passed the midpoint of the 2011 Mission Creek Festival, so why not mark the occasion with an absurd amount of video from the festival’s Wednesday night performances? Below you’ll find video of Peter Wolf Crier, Utopia Park, Native and many more, so scroll, scroll, scroll. Go on and give that mouse wheel a workout. […]
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Show Review: Or, the Whale — Iowa City Yacht Club — 3/30/2011
There was country music in the Yacht Club last night, and it was glorious. Most of us know the Yacht Club as a funky basement with a heady smell, home to blistering jams and dance parties. However, last night’s show was full of twang from beginning to end. Dubuque’s Kerosene Circuit opened with their gritty roots rock, […]
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Photos: Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano; Das Racist on KRUI – 3/31
Since KRUI has hunkered down at Public Space One for the week, they have seen a myriad of performers trek through. On Thursday, I snuck down there just in time to catch Kim, Thurston and Chris chatting with our lovely KRUI djs.
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The Hops: Fuller, Smith and Turner P.L.C. London Pride
Now that spring has sprung, the ivy at Wrigley is slowly starting to leaf out and all Irish drinking holidays are behind us, the beer version of spring fever takes over. Gone are the cravings of thick, creamy stouts and spicy winter warmers–it is time for the hops, fruit and lightness of warm weather beer. […]
