This week on Little Village Live we hosted progressive jazz group Koplant No. This local ensemble features a contemporary electronic edge to complement their classic jazz compositions, resulting in a group that has fast become a staple of the Iowa City music scene. You may have already caught the group once or twice, perhaps at […]
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Show Photos: Firecracker 500 Festival, Day One – 7/1/11
Well folks, tonight is the third and final night of the resurrected Firecracker 500 Festival at the Blue Moose Tap House. To entice you to check out the last day of Iowa City garage rock greatness, here are some photos from the first day. Included you will find shots of the last four bands of Friday evening: The Bent Scepters, Half Rats, HOTT and The Coathangers. This was a seriously good night of music.
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Video: Horse Feathers on Little Village Live
Justin Ringle and Nathan Crockett of Horse Feathers paid a second visit to Little Village Live last week, putting on a lovely set before rejoining the rest of their band mates for a sold-out performance at the Englert Theatre. The two had performed as a duet in the past, but until this most recent appearance […]
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Video: Del the Funky Homosapien, Mac Lethal and Bukue One
Del the Funky Homosapien, Mac Lethal, Bukue One and the Serendipity Project put on one high-energy hip hop show , and we’d be remiss if you might somehow miss this footage.
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Podcast: Koplant No on Little Village Live
This week on Little Village Live we played host to local experimental jazz group Koplant No. You can download the full hour-long show here.
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Iowa City Weekender: July 4th Especial
The Week music heavy this weekend, but there is a lot of excellent music happening in this town over the coming days. This is a little preview of what’s out there for you.
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Show Photos: Techno Lincoln and the Technicolor Union – 6/20
I go to a lot of shows. They range from pained to good to great, and some defy description. This show was in the third category but not at all in an unfortunate sense. Techno Lincoln and the Technicolor Union flabbergasted me with their rock opera…a spectacle of costumes, fight scenes, and reggae renditions of classic rock songs.
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Show Photos: Ed Gray on Little Village Live – 6/15
Ed Gray is as unpredictable as he is talented. He hit the modest stage at PS1 with his freshly released album the Old Bending River. He played the album in it’s entirety over the KRUI airwaves, speckling the performance with his playful, erratic humor. I laugh at the thought of people on their homebound commutes tuning in to hear Ed’s sporadic, blaring shouts in to the mic, his dry, on point sarcasm and flippant responses to the hosts’ queries.
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Podcast: Horse Feathers on Little Village Live
This week on Little Village Live we hosted Portland’s Horsefeathers. Download the full hour-long show here to get your folk on.
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Iowa City Weekender: June 23-25
This weekend, there are egos, assassins, and thieves all on the prowl. The awesome part is that they all want you to have a good time, and they won’t steal from you in any way. In fact, they will only give to you.
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Video: Ed Gray's Performance on Little Village Live
Ed Gray dropped by Little Village Live last week to play us a few songs, because that’s just the kind of guy Ed Gray happens to be. Music Editor Kent Williams recently wrote a review of Gray’s newest release, Old Bending River, which can be found here. Nobody writes them like Williams, so I’m letting […]
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Show Preview & Ticket Giveaway: Horse Feathers
Next Wednesday, Horse Feathers returns to Iowa City for an Intimate at the Englert show. The show sold out quickly, but we’re giving away one more pair of tickets here.
