Rock Iowa

Posts, articles, and videos relating to music.

After hanging with this Brooklyn duo and getting a sweet interview (video link), we caught two great songs from these up and comers. They enamored the crowd, pimped 80/35, and had us dreaming of their return. The first song is called “Okay” from their new album. Buy it on

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Packaging, presenting, and promoting yourself is the topic of an upcoming Metro Arts Alliance workshop. Yours truly will be presenting. I will be in good company with Deb Copeland, casting director and owner of Copeland Creative Talent and Laura Burkhalter, assistant curator at the Des Moines Art Center.
This event will be casual, inclusive, and, hopefully, informative. [...]

Can’t wait until November 4th to get your voting fix? Then head over to the LG Rally for Music and vote for Iowa boys and 80/35 vets The Dig Angees.
As you may recall, Rock Iowa caught up with them at 80/35 for this interview:Incredibly nice guys and a great band to boot. They are currently [...]

 
You’re not going to find our latest video here for a little while. Nope. If you want to see the latest Rock Iowa vid featuring Tyborn Jig opening for Flogging Molly, you’ll have to head over to our page on Facebook.
The video will be ad-free and exclusive to Facebook for a few days. While you’re [...]

Part 1: Rock Iowa interviews KaiserCartel
Part 2: KaiserCartel interviews KaiserCartel
One video, two ideas. It’s fast and fun, so check it out:

We caught up with KaiserCartel at Vaudeville Mews after missing an interview at 80/35. They put on a great show at Vaudeville and luckily we got some video of it! Performance vid coming soon.
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