Supersonic Piss lead singer Paige Harwell has updated the SSP blog with the details of the band’s decision to throw in the sweat-drenched towel and, I guess, call it a … whiz? Sorry. “Read it,” the vocalist/IC DIY tastemaker says on Facebook, “Have a cry, and come to our show.”
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Listening at Night: An Interview with Brandon Summers of The Helio Sequence
On November 7, The Helio Sequence, a Portland-based indie pop band, will be playing at The Mill. The duo of Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel recently released their fifth album Negotiations on Sub Pop. I got an opportunity to catch up with Summers before The Helio Sequence starts their fall tour to discuss various music […]
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Dreaming Big: An interview with Big K.R.I.T.
Big K.R.I.T. with Casey Veggies, BIG SANT // Blue Moose Tap House // July 15, 2012 // 7:00 p.m. $16-18 And they said rap would never last. Thirty-one years after Blondie’s “Rapture” video first appeared on MTV featuring Fab 5 Freddy and Grandmaster Flash, the genre has taken on uncountable incarnations, from “golden era” hip-hop […]
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Preview: Firecracker 500 Festival 2012 – June 28-30 at Gabe’s
This weekend at Gabe’s, the Firecracker 500 Festival is back! Twenty-five bands from Iowa City, Chicago, Tennessee, Alabama and other primarily midwestern spots will be creating enough noise to make your ears bleed for weeks. Beginning in 1997, the original Firecracker 500 featured The Exotics, The Delstars and Iowa City’s own The Bent Scepters (who […]
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LVTV | Groove Theory on Little Village Live! // 6/13/2012
Iowa City’s very own Groove Theory playing live at Public Space One on June 13. —- Part I Part II “Groove Theory is a contemporary jazz ensemble from modest beginnings in the small college town of Iowa City, IA. Dedicated to original compositions, Groove Theory has placed a […]
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Review: Moonface at the Mill – June 17, 2012
Moonface isn’t normally the kind of music that makes you want to get up and dance. But at their show on Sunday at the Mill, I found myself shuffling, nodding, swaying … riding a crescendo of sound that culminated in the closest approximation to “dancing” this non-dancer can manage. Yeah, it was that kind of […]
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Show Preview: Goldenboy at The Mill – 4/10/12
Goldenboy w/ Colloquialisms, the Noble Octopus | The Mill | April 10 | 9 p.m. | $8 | 21+ after 10 p.m. Goldenboy is fronted by Shon Sullivan, a native of suburban LA. His big break came as a multi-instrumentalist in Elliott Smith’s band, and Goldenboy grew out of that experience. “It started as […]
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2012 Mission Creek Festival: Official Festival Guide
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A-List: The Tanks Record Release – 2/17/2012 – Gabe's
The Tanks w/ Jabberjosh, Los Voltage // Friday, Feb. 17, 10 p.m. // Gabe’s Have nothing planned between Valentine’s Day and Sunday Feb. 19, the night of WWE’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view? And were you just planning on spending Valentine’s Day home alone anyway, eating a quart of Blue Bunny and watching Maximum Overdrive? And do […]
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Country Night! Justin Townes Earl added to Whitmore/Tetons bill – Mission Creek – Blue Moose – 3/30
Justin Townes Earle takes country back to its roots in old-time Americana. Son of the rebellious singer-songwriter Steve Earle, Justin inherited his father’s addiction troubles as well as his musical and lyrical talent, and uses his own journey to rock bottom – and back — as inspiration. His voice sounds wounded and wary, but his […]
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On Sale Friday: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Englert – March 31
Seun Kuti is the 27 year old son of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Seun (pronounced Shay-oon) has inherited his father’s booty shaking creation, Afrobeat, which mixes African highlife music with western influences like jazz and James Brown. Seun, like Fela, makes Afrobeat as primarily dance music that is also actively political. “In […]
