This Sunday at Gabe’s, indie hip-hop artist Spoken Nerd will take the stage as part of his ongoing “Skele-tour” along with Iowa City’s Von Neumann Architecture…
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Catch up with Iowa City songstress Jennifer Danielson
Iowa City’s Jennifer Danielson will be playing Uptown Bill’s Coffee House this Saturday at 7 p.m. as part of the venue’s Saturday Night Music Night series. Danielson’s music is very much in the vein of local legends Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown (who, incidentally, appears as a backing vocalist on several of Danielson’s recordings). Her songs are thoughtful and lived-in, built around her acoustic guitar and strong, angelic voice,..
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Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk are hippin’ and hoppin’ over to the Mill this Thursday
Jazz and hip-hop fans alike will be wise to catch Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk when they play The Mill this Thursday. The eight-piece group, which includes an emcee, jazz…
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Album Reviews: Doll Food – Marrow Deep
Doll Food, a former Iowa City improvisational noise duo (now based out of Chicago), has been crafting zonked-out and eerie soundscapes for about a year now. Brandon Volz and vocalist Bri LaPelusa’s composing process is deceptively simple: Each song begins with LaPelusa layering vocal loops into a Julianna Barwick-esque, one-woman chorus, followed by Volz creating a decaying soun
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Asthmatic Kitty artist Chris Schlarb is stopping by PS1 to play some experimental guitar music
Public Space One will offer two kinds of feasts this Sunday — the food kind and the music kind. The food-style feast will feature a roasted chicken, roasted…
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Folk duo ‘Crow Call’ to play the Trumpet Blossom
Minneapolis-based dark-folk act Crow Call will be rolling into town this Friday for a show at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe. Iowa City’s Breffis (featuring Nora Petran, one of the city’s most talented singers) will be playing their first ever show as well, so make sure to come out and support a new local music project.
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Milwaukee synth-punk weirdos: Dogs in Ecstasy play The Mill this Thursday
The Mill is going to get weird this Thursday when two of the Milwaukee’s wildest synth-punk acts, Dogs in Ecstasy and (ORB) come to party. Iowa City’s…
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New Hampshire’s Old Gray are going to scream in your face this Saturday at PS1
Public Space One is getting hardcore this Saturday with New Hampshire-based screamo act Old Gray and Milwaukee’s Scowler. Ice Hockey and Afterthoughts…
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Do the Robot: ‘Cyborg Support Group’ reads this Friday at Fair Grounds
For those still mourning the absence of Strange Cage, the high-energy reading series hosted by former Little Village arts columnist Russell Jaffe at Fair Grounds…
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Seattle-based country singer Dylan Jakobsen to play the Blue Moose Tap House
Dylan Jakobsen, an up-and-coming Seattle-based country singer, will be playing a solo acoustic show this Thursday at the Blue Moose. Eastern Iowa’s TJ Wilt and…
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Going away party: Nine acts to play PS1 this Saturday
We’re approaching the end of July, so, of course, Iowa City is gearing up to bid farewell to some of it’s most beloved residents. One such Iowa Citian, Jason Salek, will be leaving for Omaha this August. Before his departure, however, there is going to be one hell of a show at Public Space One on Saturday, July 19 to celebrate his contributions to the city’s music…
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Folk-pop powerhouse: Wild Child to play Sunday at Gabe’s
Austin, Texas’s Wild Child are playing an all ages show at Gabe’s this Sunday at 7 p.m. They’ll be joined by Walker Lukens and The Side Arms, also from Austin, and Iowa City’s Teen Daad. Wild Child was formed during a tour with the Danish band The Migrant, when two members of the touring band, Kelsey Wilson and Alex Beggins, began writing songs in the van while driving from show to show. Their songwriting chemistry was palpable, and almost exactly a year later, the group finished their first record, Pillow Talk.
