Year-end lists from the staffers at Mission Creek.
Music
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Show Photos: Santafest at the Wherehouse, 18 Bands, One Night – 12/18
I spent somewhere between 9 and 10 hours at the Wherehouse yesterday for their holiday art and music extravaganza. I showed up for the potluck at 5pm and finally called it a night after the last band played which was sometime after 2am, but I don’t remember exactly what time it was… There was something […]
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Show Photos: Englert Theater's Festival of Carols – 12/16
Last night the Englert Theater held their annual Festival of Carols. This free, family-friendly show drew a full theater of folks eager to kick their holiday spirit into high gear. This event was one of the most diverse I’ve seen here, in relation to age. Families with kids, college students, couples and seniors sat side […]
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Show Photos: Langhorne Slim, Brooks Strause & the Gory Details, Ryan Lauder @ the Blue Moose – 12/10
My blogging catch up frenzy continues…this time with a show from last week instead of digging back into last month. Bear with me, as I am obsessively posting things before the sun has begun to rise. These three acts were well worth venturing out into a spitting wintery evening to get to the Blue Moose. […]
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Show Photos: Olivia Rose Muzzy, Stephanie Rearick, Alex Body @ the Mill – 11/13
I managed to pull a double show night, hurrying my tail through the cold of the Ped Mall between sets to shoot this lovely show at the Mill, while simultaneously shooting a show at Gabe’s (Featuring Coyote Grace and Sam Knutson — see those photos here). Not to toot my own horn, but I didn’t […]
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Video: Sam Locke Ward and William Elliott Whitmore, What a Load of Craft VII
This Saturday marked the seventh annual What a Load of Craft event, drawing hundreds of craft enthusiasts to the Johnson County Fairgrounds to enjoy live music, countless homemade goods and locally-provided vittles. Those who braved the blizzard-like conditions were treated to the musical talents of William Elliott Whitmore, Skye Carrasco, Sam Locke Ward and Lipstick […]
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Video: Free Energy Live at Public Space One
Live from Iowa City and hosted by KRUI 89.7 FM, Philadelphia’s Free Energy put on a free-to-attend show yesterday at Public Space One. The event was broadcast live on KRUI 89.7 FM, marking the first in a series of KRUI remote broadcasts set to be held at Public Space One. These events will be open […]
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Show Preview: S. Carey at The Mill, Dec. 10
From the beginning, S. Carey has been known for being ostentatious – this is most noted by his work with Bon Iver. Upon hearing that Justin Vernon was looking to expand his one-man project into a full band, S. Carey spent two weeks dissecting For Emma, Forever Ago in his bedroom. He learned the drum and vocal parts; then after approaching Vernon at a show and briefly jamming with him, he was hired on the spot.
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On the Beat: Hometown sound
In Everything But The Girl’s “25th December” (one of those great non-Christmas Christmas songs that end up on “indie xmas” mix tapes), Ben Watt sings about the quintessential winter feeling: regret. “I’m thirty and I don’t know nothing no more,” he whines in the way that only British people can whine, thinking about old friends, […]
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Show Preview: Times New Viking, November 30th
Times New Viking w/ Solid Attitude | 9 PM | The Mill | $8, 21+ On the 30th of November, the Mill will be receiving a rather noisy guest in the form of Times New Viking. Hailing from Columbus, OH, the trio has been burning the country down for the past few years, playing their […]
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Show Preview: Kathryn Musilek @ Blue Moose Tap 11.26.2010!
Formerly of Iowa City, now kicking ass and naming names in NYC, Kathryn Musilek is back to play a show the day after Thanksgiving at the Blue Moose!
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Show Photos: "Name Crisis", Coyote Grace, Sam Knutson – 11/13
I joined some friends at Gabe’s for a show I didn’t really know much about and I learned to always trust these particular friends’ taste in music. This was a great show (as so many of them are). Name Crisis is called such because they haven’t yet picked a name, but they have certainly solidified […]
