In the crowded gallery of rising bands, few make as bold a splash as Iowa’s own prog pop-punks Spin Art, performing live at Lefty’s in Des Moines this weekend.
San Diego’s iconic blackgaze band, Deafheaven will be performing tonight at the Capitol Theater as part of their tour following the release of their most recent album, Lonely People With Power.
On Saturday October 4th, World’s Worst took the stage at Gabe’s. The band took some time after sound check to chat with me, discussing their latest record “American Muscle”, how they got started playing music, and The Real Housewives of SLC.
Jefferson Starship landed in Iowa City’s Englert Theater on Sunday the 21st of September for a spectacular show. As the show began, the projector took us through time, introducing the band’s long history and members that shaped their legacy, with pictures and videos eliciting our minds’ imagination to the past lives of the other 99% of the room. It. Was. AWESOME.
This Saturday, October 4th, Louisville rock group White Reaper will be performing with Lip Critic and World’s Worst at Gabe’s, presented by the Englert Theater’s Track Zero series. This show will be one of the band’s first since the release of their 5th studio album, Only Slightly Empty.
Father John Misty returns to Iowa tonight on October 1st at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines for the first time since performing at 80/35 festival in 2022, a show I was not only at, but also vaguely remember.
Read about the writings of Isaac Fitzgerald, Alice Sola Kim, and Saeed Jones that took place during the Mission Creek Festival. (Image via: Buzzfeed.com)
Chicago native hip hop duo, The Cool Kids, paid Blue Moose Tap House a visit on the fourth night of Mission Creek Festival (via Merry Jane).
Dickie, The Feralings, and Pieta Brown all performed at The Mill during this year’s Mission Creek Festival. (Image via: redhouserecords.com)
Meka Jean, Flint Eastwood, and Mykki Blanco were full of energy and passion at this year’s Mission Creek Festival. (Image via: mykkiblancoworld.com)
***Warning*** Explicit/vulgar language used in this article. Reader discretion is advised. It’s Margaret Cho, what else would you expect?
Ghostface Killah and friends gave a killer performance at the Englert Theater. (photo via: mn2s.com)
