An Iowa rock blowout featuring The Bumping Uglies and friends takes over Gabe’s this Saturday at 10 p.m. The Bumping Uglies’ Dan Butler (formerly of Iowa City…
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Cut loose with Diarrhea Planet at Gabe’s
Bring an extra pair of pants to Gabe’s tonight because you will no doubt lose your shit to the four-guitar mayhem of power-punk Nashville band Diarrhea Planet. The six-piece rock band formed back in 2009 when Jordan Smith, Evan Donohue and Casey Weissbuch wanted to stick it to the man…
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Alt-rockers Local H crash Gabe’s for Valentine’s Day
Looking to put a slightly grungy twist on Valentine’s Day? Bring your date (or your single self) to Gabe’s this Saturday at 9:30 p.m. to catch Local H — mainstays of the ’90s alt-rock scene. The Chicago duo, now consisting of frontman Scott Lucas and drummer Ryan Harding, are touring in support of upcoming album, Hey, Killer, set to be released April 14. It will be Harding’s first album as part of the band, having just replaced long-time drummer Brian St. Clair…
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Nerdcore with a spooky twist: MC Chris heads through IC on ghost-themed tour
Just in time for Halloween, MC Chris, a staple of the nerdcore rap scene, swings through Gabe’s once again this Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. for his national…
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Hollie Fullbrook of Tiny Ruins performs tonight at Gabe’s
On first glance, Tiny Ruins’ Hollie Fullbrook doesn’t have what you may call “edge.” She isn’t armed with a tormented back-story, has no fluorescent punk hairdo, and doesn’t get into Twitter wars with twerking pop nymphets. Instead, she comes across as a helpful assistant at Prairie Lights, or an efficacious museum attendant.
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Metal at its most transcendent: OM plays tonight at Gabe’s
Tonight’s OM show at Gabe’s is a chance to see just how far a metal act can evolve while still being completely true to the genre.
OM was started by members of legendary metal band Sleep, who are famous for recording Dopesmoker, arguably the best doom metal album of all time. The only track on the album is an
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Just announced: LV presents a free performance by Hoba Hoba Spirit tonight at Gabe’s
How’s this for late notice? Tonight at Gabe’s at 8 p.m., Little Village presents a free performance by Hoba Hoba Spirit on the downstairs stage. LV Editor Arashdeep Singh describes Hoba Hoba Spirit as “Morroco’s answer to the Clash.” The group is coming off a Friday performance at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. The free […]
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Did you know? New York’s Frankie Cosmos is playing a free show Thursday at Gabe’s
Thursday night at Gabe’s is going to be a cool, lo-fi affair, with Frankie Cosmos and Porches hitting the downstairs stage for a free show. Their first…
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Into the black: The Black Dahlia Murder swing into Gabe’s this Wednesday
The Black Dahlia Murder perform this Wednesday at Gabe’s, and although mid-week might not be the ideal time to catch a high-energy heavy metal concert…
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Golden Donna is playing a free show tonight at Gabe’s
Tonight at Gabe’s, expect some serious hipster-house greatness, as Golden Donna, Reaches, Dad HD and Cuticle play a free show together. Each artist has staked out their particular style of strange, heady dance music and should make for an intriguing evening, to say the least…
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Indie hip hop straight out of Nashville: Spoken Nerd to play this Sunday at Gabe’s
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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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.
