Minneapolis based hip-hop duo Moodie Black will bring their noisy, experimental style of rap to the Yacht Club on Saturday. The brainchild of MC and producer of K. (Chris Martinez) and guitarist Sean Lindahl, Moodie Black have had their abrasive sound tagged with variety of experimental hip hop genre labels like noise rap, post rap, and rap-gaze. Moodie Black’s music is certainly harsh — the beats mixing industrial soundscapes with feedback, white noise, and sound experiments.
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Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin to conduct swim clinic for Iowa City youth
The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and the Iowa City Eels swim club (ICE) have recruited Olympic gold medalist swimmer…
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Reverend Horton Heat, the punk hero of rockabilly, heads to Gabe’s
The Reverend Horton Heat are all set to melt some faces off tonight at Gabe’s. The Dallas-based band has been around since…
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UI students compete in stand-up comedy contest
University of Iowa students compete tonight at the Iowa Memorial Union for the biggest laughs in “Last Comic Standing,” a student competition…
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One Book, Two Book: Fourth annual children’s lit festival heads to downtown Iowa City
A new generation of readers get their due when the UNESCO City of Literature’s fourth annual children’s literature festival, “One Book, Two Book,” comes…
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American roots band Mipso to perform at The Mill
Bluegrass-inspired band Mipso will perform their soulful music at the Mill this Friday for a night of good, solid fun. The quartet is easily mistaken as a solely bluegrass band; however, their sound has developed into a complex…
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Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers “A Deeper Black” lecture at Englert on Wednesday
Ta-Nehisi Coates, national correspondent for The Atlantic, author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle and a writer whom The New Yorker has described as…
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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, along with Girls Rock! performers, play the Englert
Two of the country’s best banjo players, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, play the Englert Theatre tonight. The husband-and-wife duo have been…
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Interview: Comedian Eddie Pepitone sounds off on Marc Maron, sports and using stand up to rebel
Comedian Eddie Pepitone, headlining this month’s Green Gravel Comedy Festival, is a longtime favorite of the L.A. comedy scene who, in his 50s, is finally getting…
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Alt-Country Act Houndmouth Heads to Blue Moose Tap House
Indiana-based group Houndmouth will perform their brand of sweet, alt-country music tonight at the Blue Moose Tap House…
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Interview: Author Boris Fishman discusses émigré novel ‘A Replacement Life’
Author Boris Fishman visits Prairie Lights Thursday to read from A Replacement Life, his highly acclaimed debut novel. The New York Times selected it for their…
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So many games to play: Gamicon kicks off this weekend in downtown Iowa City
Gamers, your weekend has arrived. Gamicon, Iowa’s longest-running gaming convention, kicks off this Friday at 1 p.m. in downtown Iowa City…
