New video of Gabe Cordova singing at the last Indie Potluck, watch here

Caught Electro-rockers, Paper Route after their mesmerizing set at 80/35 this weekend. Zach Harper led the interview as we filmed.

Paper Route Myspace

If you weren’t at the Indie Potluck, then you missed the majestic Raise High The Roof Beam in their full glory. But before your day is full of bemoaning and such, we got a video …

The second lineup announcement for the 2009 80/35 Music Festival was just announced live over video webcast.
New additions include:
Canada’s indie collective Broken Social Scene and warpainted Man Man are the big names.
Followed up by indie …

A Midwestern Sound
A Mini-documentary starring She Swings She Sways
In the humble town of Ottuwma, IA, a small but loyal music community thrives. In the thick of it, we caught country-fried pop band She Swings, She …

Bro and Sis duo, This Frontier Needs Heroes, entertain riders on our new trolley. Soulful folk emanates from these Brooklynites as well as Italian heritage and sibling rivarlry come out as we scoop the loop.
TFNH …

Off a recent tour with The Arcade Fire and recently featured in Spin, Wildlight is climbing into stardom. We caught them after their set with Tapes N Tapes to talk about their big secret, their …

Rock Iowa’s Keri and Dani chilled with tweeps and tweeted some tweets at Des Moines’ version of the Twestival at Mars Cafe. Check the pics here.

Yes I know the post names a little lame… and yes.  I did have to google “how to type umlauts” in order to even write the damn thing.  But that’s besides the point.
The point is …

The Rock Iowa crew would love for you to join them here at Market Street Media Foundry on Tuesday, January 27 from 7-9pm for an informational and organizational meeting. This will be a hands-on meeting: …

Rock Iowa Radio will kick off soon as a monthly one-hour radio-style stream and podcast. We’re looking for guests to interview and music submissions from Iowa bands.
The first recording session is January 31st beginning at …

80/35 vets Colourmusic returned to the capital city for a show at the Mews, but not before having cookies and coffee with the Rock iowa crew. The experiences of an outsider band coming to Des …