If you are familiar with the work of only one artist in DSM, make it Lee Ann Conlan. She’s a consistently provocative painter who focuses primarily on figural work but throws in skeletons, architecture and …

If you had five minutes to talk to Des Moines, what would you say?

Its the question that the first-of-its-kind event, Ignite Des Moines, is posing this thursday night. Hosted by Impromptu Studio, speakers from around …

If you’re looking to skip the usual house party for some Halloween costumed – cover- band- karoke action this Friday check out the Mews First Annual Misfits Karaoke Halloween Ball.  Tyborn Jig and other bands …

rockiowa.tv part 1: Rock Iowa interviews KaiserCartel 
rockiowa.tv 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 …

We’re music people, okay? We’re not taskmasters. A bit slow in getting this together but we had a great time at the Flogging Molly/Skybombers/Tyborn Jig show at Val Air last month and are rolling out …

Caught up with Keith Lynch and his act Unknown Component on Scented Vinyl at Mars Cafe. Enjoy!

You can buy Unknown Component’s latest album here on iTunes:  or on CD Baby:

Finding the Warren, electro pop-punk outfit from right here in Des Moines, wants you to get know them and we can’t stop from helping them. Found their video blog on youtube and thought you would …

80/35 success aside, the Little Big Fest (along with the GDP) is the best collaboration of bands here in Des Moines. So keep your entire Nov. 29th (and maybe 30th) open. Focusing on jam, reggae, …

Not too many bands get to open for a gold medalist at an arena packed with over 7,000 people. Perhaps even more bizarre, they’re both Iowa grown. The Nadas helped kick off the homecoming celebration …

The Lemmings invited us out to their show at Vaudeville Mews. We shot a few tunes and did up an interview. They talk about the high school music scene, their influences and inspirations (including The …

All our concert photos are going to live in the new “Concerts” album right here. But we thought it couldn’t hurt to give each show its own post, too, so you can comment specifically and …

 
 
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. Watch Naked Station play some fun tunes and talk about …