Rock Iowa

News and videos from Scented Vinyl, a weekly live radio program at Mars Cafe.

There’s a whole teen rock band scene we did not really know about til we caught the Naked Station on Scented Vinyl at Mars Cafe. Played some fun tunes and talked about civil rights

If you weren’t at Scented Vinyl then you missed Ben Williams of Truth Be Told (and Lady Blue), August 4th. Ben is a well known guitarist and an active participant of the local jam scene. TBT is his latest venture to get more into the jam band sound he loves. For the show he played more [...]

We caught up with John Statz at Scented Vinyl on Monday, July 28. John is a singer-songwriter from Madison, WI. Check out a couple of his songs and interview clips. Head over to ScentedVinyl.com for more photos and MP3 downloads.

Midwestern Remedy live on Scented Vinyl at Mars Cafe. A bit of the interview, a bit of the boys covering “Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show, a bit more of the interview, and one of their originals “Officer Friendly” at the end. Want to hear more? Stream the interview and three songs courtesy of [...]

Timing worked out to shoot a happening of Scented Vinyl at Mars Cafe and guess who was there? Maxilla Blue! We can’t get enough of these guys, apparently. The opening also features some members of the Floor Spiders b-boy crew. If you’re not hip to it, Scented Vinyl is a live radio-style program hosted at [...]