Olympia, Washington’s Naomi Punk will be playing the Trumpet Blossom tonight alongside locals Joystiq, True Commando, and Phosphenes opening…
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Ontario punkers ‘Single Mothers’ are coming to Iowa City
Fans of raw, ripping punk music are gonna have a hell of a good time this Thursday at the Blue Moose Tap House as London, Ontario’s Single Mothers come to town to shout about how annoying everyone is in a college town, among other things…
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Chill, dude: Washed Out to play the Blue Moose Tap House
Washed Out is the project of multi-instrumentalist Ernest Greene. His music bears every signifier of the oft-maligned “chillwave” genre: clouds of warm reverb, sleepy synths and simple, stoned lyrics. Within and Without, Washed Out’s debut full length album, delves into darker themes of millennial alienation and angst in a crumbling economy, with the balmy, wonked-out production wrapping around Greene’s lyrics like a security blanket.
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Open House: Get to know everything there is to know about Public Space One this Friday
Deep in the basement of the Wesley Center (120 N Dubuque St.), mysterious workings are afoot, and the people in charge want to demystify them. The…
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Cedar Falls’ John June Year want to share the joys of rock and roll with you this Saturday
This Saturday, Iowa City will be in full-blown anti-UNI mode, as the Hawkeyes play the Panthers for the year’s first home football game. Fortunately, the Yacht …
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Bob Log III returns to the Mill this Thursday for a one-man Delta blues dance party
Bob Log III returns to The Mill to bring his skronked-out Delta blues dance party this Thursday. Iowa City’s most prolific son, Samuel Locke-Ward, will be playing with his…
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After a change in venue, Waterloo’s ‘DIY OR DIE FEST’ set for this Saturday
Seventeen bands from all over Eastern Iowa will descend upon Waterloo for the second annual DIY OR DIE FEST, hosted by Cedar Valley DIY. A huge variety…
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Interview: The Handsome Family’s Rennie Sparks on the joys of storytelling, Andrew Bird’s cover album
The Handsome Family have been playing since 1993, originally as a trio consisting of Brett and Rennie Sparks, and drummer Mike Werner (who has since left the group)…
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Icelandic singer-songwriter HEK to visit Public Space One
Have you heard the one about two New Yorkers and an Icelander traveling halfway across the country together? It’s not really a set-up to a good joke, but it is a good set-up for Friday night’s show at Public Space One, which will feature the music of Icelandic musician HEK, New York’s Julianne Mason and Luke Spartacus, as well as Iowa City’s own Crystal City and The Men from … Beyond.
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Saturday in the (Black Hawk Mini) Park: Watch dancer Sean Thomas Boyt and percussionist Andy Thierauf
If you haven’t had the chance to catch an IC Open City performance, this Saturday offers a perfect introduction to the public art project. Dancer Sean Thomas…
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Blast from the past: Fastball to rock the Blue Moose Tap House this Friday
Get ready to party like it’s 1998 this Friday as alt-rockers Fastball hit up the Blue Moose Tap House for one of the most nostalgia-ridden shows in recent memory…
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Legendary rockers sing about legendary baseball players tonight at Codfish Hollow
What are your plans for the night? If you didn’t immediately answer “seeing rock n’ roll legends play in a barn,” then you answered incorrectly…
