Torrey Pines, live scored by Your Heart Breaks FilmScene — Monday, Oct. 24 at 9 p.m. Clyde Petersen’s stop motion film Torrey Pines, which was Kickstarted into life in 2013, will be making a stop next week, on Monday, Oct. 24, at FilmScene. Torrey Pines is just coming off its world premiere as an official […]
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Last week’s Larkin Poe show brought a contemplative engagement to Iowa City
Larkin Poe, two sisters (Rebecca and Megan Lovell) out of Atlanta, decided to use their night off from serving as Elvis Costello’s opening band to play The Mill last Wednesday, Oct. 5. As I suspected, they’re better live than their albums, which highlight their technical prowess at their most refined, would represent. Because they currently […]
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Jes Raymond & the Blackberry Bushes come to the Mill this Friday
Jes Raymond & the Blackberry Bushes The Mill — Friday, Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. When it comes to Americana, Jes Raymond and the Blackberry Bushes, hailing from the wilds of Seattle, WA, run the gamut of influences, with hints of everything from gospel and bluegrass to jazz and psychedelia. They will be hosted by […]
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Shovels and Rope provide Iowa City with an experience of radical intimacy
Shovels and Rope is a duo comprised of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, who married only after recording and releasing an album together. Their performances forefront this relationship by revealing a peculiar form of intimacy — one that is afforded by distance. During their set at the Englert on Monday, Oct. 3, they seemed […]
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Nick Lowe: the man you don’t know, who made the songs you love
Nick Lowe Englert Theatre — Friday, October 14 at 8 p.m. Nick Lowe has toured the globe, but when he brings his solo show to the Englert on Oct. 14 (8 p.m.; tickets $37.50), it will be his first time in Iowa City. I spoke with him last month, on the phone from his home […]
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‘Rock Against the TPP’ concert on the Iowa City Ped Mall tonight
Rock Against the TPP Black Hawk Mini Park, Ped Mall — Thursday, Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. A concert and rally to raise awareness about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal that has come under fire from critics including the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, will take place tonight at 5 p.m. in the […]
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Interview: Fiddle player Gaelynn Lea talks orchestra, advocacy and connecting to humanity
Gaelynn Lea The Mill — Sunday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. Gaelynn Lea, a fiddle player hailing from Duluth, MN, burst onto the national scene by winning NPR’s 2016 Tiny Desk Music Contest. She will perform at The Mill at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2 (tickets $8–10), and will speak the next morning at Systems […]
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Photos: Astronautalis and Oxymorrons at Blue Moose Tap House
It was a Monday after a crazy weekend in Iowa City and the turnout wasn’t great at the Blue Moose. Only a handful of people showed up to see Astronautalis and Oxymorrons, but those people got one hell of a show. When alternative hip hop five-piece Oxymorrons took the stage everyone was seated or standing […]
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Photos: Greensky Bluegrass at Blue Moose Tap House
The Blue Moose Tap House was alive with whoops, whistles and dancing Thursday night. Michigan five-piece Greensky Bluegrass got the devoted crowd moving with their jam band approach to bluegrass sounds, delivered through a rock ‘n’ roll stage show. Atlanta-based indie folk act Cicada Rhythm started off the night, quickly captivating the rowdy crowd’s attention. […]
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Say goodbye to summer with Iowa City’s final free concert of the season: Christopher the Conquered
Christopher the Conquered Weatherdance Fountain Stage (Ped Mall) — Friday, Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. Iowa City’s 2016 Summer of the Arts winds to a close this Labor Day weekend with their final installment of the free Friday Night Concert Series (located on the Weatherdance Fountain Stage in the Ped Mall). On Friday, Sept. 2, […]
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PUP, Meat Wave coming to Gabe’s Nov. 14
PUP Gabe’s — Saturday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale for PUP’s upcoming show at Gabe’s, set for Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The Canadian punk rock band will be playing a 19+ show as a part of their tour for The Dream is Over (SideOneDummy Records 2016), their second studio album. […]
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Photos: Bloated Saturday at Gabe’s
Bloated Kat Records brought 30 bands to Gabe’s on Saturday, Aug. 20 for Bloated Saturday, an all-day festival featuring local and touring pop punk, rock and hardcore bands.
