A new(ish) improv art series is heading to the Trumpet Blossom Cafe. The free series will take place at Trumpet Blossom at 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday…
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Folk duo ‘Crow Call’ to play the Trumpet Blossom
Minneapolis-based dark-folk act Crow Call will be rolling into town this Friday for a show at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe. Iowa City’s Breffis (featuring Nora Petran, one of the city’s most talented singers) will be playing their first ever show as well, so make sure to come out and support a new local music project.
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Fruition, for now: Brendan Spengler and Gilt Gambrel headline works-in-progress variety show
Brendan Spengler hangs his head and sighs: “If I don’t put a strict deadline on myself, I’ll work on something forever, and never call it finished.” It’s a near-universal…
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Portland’s Mean Jeans to rock the Trumpet Blossom Cafe
With the recent glut of garage rock bands gaining more and more traction, Mean Jeans have a refreshingly lackadaisical approach. In interviews, they seem proud of the fact that they barely ever practice.
Taking extensive cues from The Ramones (right down to the band members’ themed stage names) the Portland-based trio specialize in two things: slammed-out power chords and snotty lyrics.
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Josh ‘Daddyhoff’ Hoffman is back in town and he wants you to listen to punk bands at the Trumpet Blossom
Daddy’s home! Josh Hoffman, former bass player for Supersonic Piss, organizer for the White Lightning Wherehouse, and Little Village writer…
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Trumpet Blossom to host psych-rockers Holy Wave
Although this year’s Firecracker 500 Fest is now in the rear-view mirror, there are still plenty of amazing garage and psych rock acts passing through Iowa City this summer. Holy Wave from Austin, Texas, for instance, will be playing this Thursday at Trumpet Blossom with local rock n’ roll fixtures Rusty Buckets and Maiden Mars. […]
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Doom metal meets art rock: Prizehog to play Trumpet Blossom this Saturday
Portland’s sludge-doom trio Prizehog will be playing at Trumpet Blossom this Saturday for a night of loud, wonderfully strange music. The show starts…
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Xerox returns for premier record release show
If there ever was a town that sucked in and expelled more musicians than Iowa City, it would have to exist in a spaghetti western or a Cormac McCarthy novel. Musicians ride into town, shoot up the place, become outlaws and ride out right before their infamy can be appreciated. And after they leave they can become a kind of faceless legend existing in the sprawl of the internet and exaggerated bar tales.
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Chicago Underground Duo, owners of the most literal band name ever, play Trumpet Blossom this Saturday
The Chicago Underground Duo will be playing at Trumpet Blossom Cafe on Saturday, April 26, with local electronic jazz group Jack Lion. The Chicago Underground…
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Trumpet Blossom Cafe to celebrate two years of business with all-day live music showcase
The Trumpet Blossom Cafe is celebrating it’s second anniversary this Saturday with food and drinks, hugs and high-fives and, of course, a ton of live music…
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Tonight at the Trumpet Blossom: Speedy Ortiz, Younger and Pile will entertain your ear holes
At this point, ’90s pop culture nostalgia is here to stay and I, for one, welcome our new 18-year-old grunge overlords. Although my references to the LA riots, Tanya…
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Younger debuts this Thursday, features members of Emperors Club and The Wandering Bears
Look out, Iowa City, you’ve got a veritable indie-rock supergroup on your hands. Younger — featuring members of Emperor’s Club (Amanda Crosby, Rachel Sauter)…
