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This Sunday (Easter I know!) April 12th, the enigmatic David Bazan, curator of the now defunct Pedro The Lion, is set to play a unspecified house show here in Des Moines. A posting on …
For you old-timers (if you’ve been coming to the site more than six months), you might remember a video by Minnesota’s One For The Team. Wholesome hooks sprinkled with sugary keys fronted with boy & …
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5 questions + 5 facts about 1 person you should know.
5 facts
1. I am originally from (i.e. hometown): Aberdeen, Washington – A place fellow Aberdonian Kurt Cobain once described as “the armpit of the world”.
2. …
I’ve watched a handful of enjoyable plays, and watched even more wonderful pieces of writing reduced to shabby miniatures of their previous selves, but only a few plays truly deserved the sadly requisite standing ovation at the end of modern performances.
At Souvenir, not only did I happily consent to the applause, I may have been one of the last to stop clapping.
Gypsy-Slavic- Mariachi-Punk-Folk sensation DeVotchKa will be making a stop in Des Moines at People’s Court downtown TOMORROW March 18th.
Based in Denver, DeVotchKa has gained national renown for their musicianship and sound and garnered a underground …
When he left to get ready for the show, the interview had been so calm that it was hard to imagine what would follow – most good bands rile up excitement wherever they play, throwing it behind them like snow from under a tire; Murder By Death showers the crowd with it like a snow-blower gone wild. Whiskey was downed, sweat could have filled the empty shot glasses, so more whiskey was downed to keep everyone standing, and two entire albums were played straight through.
In Honor of Rock Iowa’s March “Midwestern Sound” Ottumwa feature, 5-1-5 is going 6-4-1 \\\ 6 questions + 4 facts about 1 person you should know.
Andy Ruble | Editor, Ottumwa Scene | www.myspace.com/theottumwascene
6 Facts:
Where you …
Lots of buzz building lately about the return of 80/35. The inaguaral event was held at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines over 4th of July weekend in 2008. Fans of the first event …
Andrew Bird deigned to swing through Des Moines again this weekend– his second visit in nine months. Hoyt Sherman Place played host to a packed show. Our Joe Crimmings stopped in with his camera and …
If you hadn’t noticed, things are a little different ’round here. Please pardon our mess (missing images and links, etc) while our little worker bees are busy cleaning up the new site. We’ll update this …
