As I sat at the Pressed And concert at the Mill on Feb. 7, I watched a couple of young men rock the stage. “Rock” might be inaccurate as they were sitting cross-legged for the show. Anyway, the spacey, hip-hop styled instrumental music that the two were making live fit well with the videos of […]
March 2012
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A-List: Lower Dens – 3/10/2012 – Grinnell
Lower Dens w/ Fort Francis // Saturday, March 10 // 9:00 p.m. // Gardner Lounge, Grinnell, IA If one thing has been made clear in this issue, it is that March is huge for indie music and culture in Iowa City. As we all patiently await the Mission Creek Festival at the end of the […]
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Bowerbirds Interview
Bowerbirds w/ Sharon Van Etten, The Lonelyhearts, Alexis Stevens The Mill | Friday, March 30 | 8 p.m. | $15/18 TICKETS When Phil Moore and his band, Bowerbirds played the Mission Creek Festival in 2009, they silenced a packed Mill crowd with their brand of bare-boned acoustic folk. I remember walking away that night with […]
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Iowa City Weekender: March 1-4
Welcome to March and welcome to another Weekender. The column is coming at you a little later in the day than usual due to some technical difficulties, so I hope no one’s lives are too out of alignment at this point. Don’t worry though, there’s still plenty to do. The theme this week seems to […]
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Rotten Tomatoes Grammy Reviews: Bon Iver – Holocene (Jeff Lehman)
“Rotten Tomatoes” is a review writing and critiquing class being offered as a section of “Writing Commons: A Community of Writers” at the University of Iowa. For many of these authors, this is their first publication. A League of its Own: The Case of the Bon Iver Single By Jeff Lehman In a time of […]
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Rotten Tomatoes Grammy Reviews: Bon Iver – Holocene (Tom Podczerwinski)
“Rotten Tomatoes” is a review writing and critiquing class being offered as a section of “Writing Commons: A Community of Writers” at the University of Iowa. For many of these authors, this is their first publication. The Appeal of Holocene Tom Podczerwinski Whenever I talk to anybody I know about Bon Iver – specifically the […]
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Rotten Tomatoes Grammy Reviews: Bruno Mars – Grenade (Spencer Hawk)
“Rotten Tomatoes” is a review writing and critiquing class being offered as a section of “Writing Commons: A Community of Writers” at the University of Iowa. For many of these authors, this is their first publication. The Selfless Bruno Mars Spencer Hawk Relationships are tough, guys. Sometimes they work out, and other times they turn […]
