MISSION CREEK + KRUI LOW FREQUENCY SERIES PRESENT: SHABAZZ PALACES w/ CUTICLE – Live @ Gabe’s (April 25, 2012) ====== CUTICLE SHABAZZ PALACES “32 Leaves” “Youlogy”
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LVTV | Record Store Day 2012: Brooks Strause + GOLDENDUST – LIVE @ The Record Collector // 4/21/2012
Brooks Strause and GOLDENDUST ::: LIVE at Record Collector for Record Store Day 2012 =============== BROOKS STRAUSE “Lady Heartless Desire” “The Question” GOLDENDUST
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Album Review: Caterwaulla
Caterwaulla Self-Titled facebook.com/caterwaulla Since I was born in 1957, my life corresponds approximately to the life-span of rock and roll. In that 55-plus years, there have been times when rock has seemed to be tired and played out. But there’s always some snotty group of kids who come along and beat it back into shape. […]
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Frame by Frame: Harriet Woodford on cancer and the art projects that helped see her through.
Photos by Steve Erickson | On display until June 8, 2012 | UI Hospitals and Clinics (Near the Rooftop Cafe on the 8th Floor) | FREE Benefit ft. Alejandro Escovedo w/ Illinois John Fever| May 19, 2012 | The Mill | $50/$60. | 19+ after 10 p.m. Diagnosed with breast cancer in Oct. 2010, Iowa City […]
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Album Reviews: Slip Silo – Monsoons / Koplant No – Transit EP
Slip Silo and Koplant No are two local groups which share two members (Brian Lewis on trumpet, keyboards and laptop, Drew Morton on bass, synth and vocals) with adjacent releases. This invites a classic English Final “Contrast and Compare” review. Firstly, Slip Silo (also starring Matt Logan on vocals and guitar and Justin Leduc […]
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LVTV | William Fitzsimmons “Passion Play” – LIVE @ PS1 [Mission Creek 2012] // 3/28/2012
LIVE at KRUI’s Lounge @ Public Space One [March 28] [Mission Creek 2012]
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Record Collector celebrates its 30th Anniversary with Record Store Day
Smooth black discs, with indentations that serve as a path for a needle to follow, generate music that must be flipped over when the first side is complete. They can’t be easily reproduced like CDs or massively downloaded from a server, and they certainly can’t be shuffled. Yet, there’s a whole day dedicated to celebrating […]
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Show Preview: Musical Charis @ Uptown Bill’s Tuesday April 17
WHO: Musical Charis WHERE: Uptown Bills’s 730 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA 52240 WHEN: 7PM Tuesday April 17th, 2012 Uptown Bill’s is an Iowa City music venue that doesn’t get the same coverage as the bars in town that feature live music. But UB’s deserves special mention because it’s much more than a place […]
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Show Preview: Koplant No and Slip Silo – April 14 at the Blue Moose
This Saturday at the Blue Moose Taphouse, two bands who are joined at the head (i.e. overlapping personnel) will be having a CD release party, for the new Slip Silo CD. If you aren’t familiar with these guys, they’re mostly graduates of the University of Iowa Jazz program. Like other alumni (I’m looking at you, […]
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Show Photos: Adult Swim Carnival Tour
Students filed into Hubbard Park Monday night for Adult Swim’s 2012 Free Carnival Tour featuring Dan Deacon. The night was fully charged with outrageous games, prizes, and live performances. Iowa City’s ION (Sam Alexakis) kicked off the night and DJ Arbiter (Josh Messer) dropped the bass as a free-for-all dance off ensued. By dusk the […]
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Show Review: The End Times Spasm Band @ The Mill 4/8/12
The End Times Spasm Band brought their apocalyptic message in spirit of the prohibition era to the Mill on Sunday night, turning the stage into a 1920s speakeasy. With an arsenal of high-brow lyrics, intense energy and classic vocals The End Times Spasm Band coaxed even the most timid of audience members into joining the commotion and taking […]
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Show Review: Dirty Beaches @ Gabes 3/30/12
Mission Creek started low and quiet Friday night as people slowly filed into Gabe’s to see the lo-fi bill that promised a night of dreamy textures and pop sensibility. Kicking off the night was Iowa City’s own Savage Young Taterbug and Wet Hair, both known for their hauntingly loony storytelling and spastic syncopation. Together they […]
