Bassist Nat Baldwin is best known as the bassist for Dirty Projectors, but listening to his solo work, one can hear an inversion of sorts, where his bass playing…
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Just released: Listen to Mark McGuire’s latest album
The ever prolific Mark McGuire is hitting another one out of the park with the release of his latest album, Along the Way, out on Dead Oceans today. Stream the album here. Perhaps best known for his work in the Cleveland-based drone group Emeralds, McGuire split from the band last year to pursue […]
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Mission Creek adds Of Montreal, S. Carey, Kishi Bashi and more to 2014 lineup
The Mission Creek Festival released its second round of lineup details today, adding more than 20 artists to the initial billing announced last month…
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First details released for the 2014 Mission Creek Festival
Mission Creek officials revealed the first lineup details of 2014 today, boasting a list that includes famed composer Philip Glass and former Drive-By Truckers guitarist/songwriter Jason Isbell. In addition to its usual slew of literature, film, lecture and music events, the 2014 festival will include a new Mission Creek Tech + Innovation Mini-Conference set for April 4-5, as well as a film series co-curated by FilmScene.
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Teaadora wraps up Flat Black Studio session, plays the Trumpet Blossom Friday
The Trumpet Blossom Cafe is hosting a very special free show with Mission Creek Artist in Residence Teaadora Friday. A soft-spoken singer with an ethereal voice…
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Mission Creek Night Cap: Weekend Photos
I hope you’ve all had time to recover from last week’s festivities and that you’re now counting the days until Mission Creek ’14. I wanted to leave you all with one last set of photos. In this post you’ll find photos of Deerhoof, Wet Hair, Love Songs for Lonely Monsters, Brooks Strause and the Gory […]
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Prairie Pop: The story of Quirk
When Too Much Joy frontman Tim Quirk played Riverfest in the early-1990s, things didn’t go well. Mother Nature unleashed a shitstorm of epic proportions, so after a long delay, the gig was relocated to a club downtown. Adam Sandler, the opener, was the first to face the out-of-control audience…
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Overheard at Mission Creek: Part five
Overheard at Mission Creek is a selected list of Tweets-from-last-night. Each day we’ll take you through a collection of some of the things Iowa City folks have been Tweeting about the festival. Join us, won’t you?
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Your guide to Mission Creek: Sunday
Well, it’s the last day of Mission Creek! I’m both ready to get my life back to normal and sad for the week’s excitement to end. Hopefully this guide has helped you navigate and maximize your fun this week, and luckily, today the schedule is straightforward and free of conflicts.
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Interview with Pete Swanson, playing tonight at Yacht Club
Pete Swanson was one half of the experimental electronic music band Yellow Swans, who made their mark as extremely ambitious musicians, and whose performances balanced improvisation, chaotically complex sound treatment and emotionally affecting harmonic progression.
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Hitting the wall
My doughty Mormon forbears–who from what I understand stayed for a while at Student Housing over by Coralville on their way to Utah–walked over a thousand miles without the benefit of modern medicine, scientifically engineered footware or Facebook. Maybe if I set off for Salt Lake with all mod cons on foot I’d get used to being on my feet for long stretches. But when I hit the wall during Mission Creek, I hit it feet first.
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Your guide to Mission Creek: Saturday
It’s Day five of Mission Creek, and hopefully everyone had the chance to sleep in a bit this morning and recharge. I know I feel better after logging a full eight hours, which is extra necessary considering today is quite the literary, food, and music puzzle.
