In Plain Speech by Circuit des Yeux Circuit des Yeux In Plain Speech www.circuitdesyeux.bandcamp.com Circuit des Yeux, the project of Chicago-based experimental songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Haley Fohr, is winding circuits around the world touring her latest release, In Plain Speech. The album’s release in May has launched an ambitious tour cycle that has will […]
Iowa City live music
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Interview: Sharon Jones on her cancer rebound, life on the road and the state of contemporary soul
Hancher Presents: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Iowa Soul Festival (main stage) — Friday, Aug. 28 at 8:30 p.m. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ latest album, Give the People What They Want, is an energetic record with analog warmth and a near-intangible immediacy missing from modern soul music. It was released in January of last […]
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Iowa City’s Seth Wenger to open for Burlington’s Eric Pettit Lion at The Mill
Eric Pettit Lion The Mill — Friday, August 21 at 9 p.m. Burlington, Iowa lends Iowa City their homegrown river folk rockers this Friday night, Eric Pettit Lion. These four guys, (Eric Pettit, Dave Schwarm, Tim Buhmeyer, Greg Floyd) will deliver organic story-like songs through their Americana stylings and raw lyrics. Their sound nods back […]
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Field Division to play the Yacht Club this Friday
Field Division Iowa City Yacht Club — Friday, Aug. 21 at 10 p.m. The perfect soundtrack walking around the rainy streets of Iowa City this fall will be Reverie State, the 2014 debut EP from Des Moines-based duo Field Division. Their music is a delicate dance between acoustic folk and a synthesizer, a balance they […]
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Interview: Tarra Thiessen of Brooklyn-based band Sharkmuffin
I had the pleasure of chatting with guitarist Tarra Thiessen of the Brooklyn-based band Sharkmuffin in anticipation of their show at Gabe’s on August 17…
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Family, Food, and Fun at Iowa City Latino Festival 2015
The fourth annual Iowa City Latino Festival takes place in the Pedestrian Mall this Saturday, Aug. 15. Kicking off in Upper City Park with a fundraising walk to support the Manantial Group…
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Witching Hour Festival announces Doomtree, PHOX, Su Friedrich and more
Friends: The clock is set for Witching Hour — a new festival set to launch in Iowa City this fall. Presented by the Englert Theatre and Little Village…
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Folk icon Eric Taylor and Nathan Bell to play The Mill
In a musical landscape dominated by bombast, we too rarely find ourselves invited to pause and reflect to the sounds and stories offered by musicians familiar with the power of language. The double feature of Eric Taylor and Nathan Bell…
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The Bassturd returns to Gabe’s this Saturday (in the form of Bumping Uglies)
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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Poet and battle rapper Sage Francis heads to Gabe’s
Hip-hop heavyweight Sage Francis is set to perform at Gabe’s this Friday as part of his “Going Through Hell Tour,” touting his latest album Copper Gone…
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The Beggarmen get intimate at the Englert this Saturday
Delve into the heart of Celtic music with the Iowa City-based Irish quartet The Beggarmen this Saturday. Part of the Intimate at the Englert Series, those who attend (100 tickets available) will share the stage with the band, creating an experience not to be missed…
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Interview: Erik Hall (Wild Belle, In Tall Buildings) brings indie-pop tapestry to the Mill
It is possible that I find his new album, Driver (Western Vinyl), amazing not because it is a perfectly rich, multi-instrumental sound carpet seamed…
