Posted July 06, 2016in Sound Circuit
It has been a transformative time for Dylan Sires, Ross Klemz and Graham Howland. After forming in Waterloo in 2012 as Dylan Sires & Neighbors, the trio released a full-length album in early 2013, won the 80/35 play-in later that year, then kicked that year’s festival off with a set
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Posted June 29, 2016in Sound Circuit
Matthew James’ voice comes over the phone from his hometown of Carlton, Michigan. The 31-year-old musician moved to Des Moines two years ago, and now he has taken his new band on the road. “We’ve been out for a week,” he said. “Once we get back, we’re gonna finish editing
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Posted June 22, 2016in Sound Circuit
In October of 2014, No Good Deed released its first album, “Looking for a Mantra.” Now, almost two years later and sporting a new drummer, the band is ready to do it again. “It’s a different experience,” guitarist Doug Hansen explained. “The last album was, ‘Let’s do everything we’ve
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Posted June 15, 2016in Sound Circuit
When Dust Radio was first formed, the project began as something of a local super group. Guitarist James Nicholson started what is now Dust Radio with High Crest duo Kat Darling and Aaron Earl Short, and Brother Trucker’s Lyle Hogue and John Conklin. Over time, those four would be replaced
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Posted June 08, 2016in Sound Circuit
Rae Davis can be seen throughout the city as a part of a number of projects — fronting Rae & the Honeybees; supplying vocals for R&B powerhouse The Tighten Up; and bouncing between a number of instruments in her cover band, Cover Grrls. But for 2016, Davis has broken new
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Posted June 01, 2016in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
Kansas vocalist Ronnie Platt talks to Cityview about his good fortune and what it’s like to front an iconic rock and roll band. Ronnie Platt used to be a truck driver in Chicago before getting a text message in mid-2014 that led to the long-time cover band singer becoming the
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Posted June 01, 2016in Sound Circuit, What's Brewing?
The Other Brothers has a lot going on. The rock three-piece released a live album, “Live at Gas Lamp,” in January of this year while simultaneously working with Ames-based Nova Labs on a studio album. For frontman Eli Clark, there is no time like the present. “We have
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Posted May 25, 2016in Sound Circuit
Newton native Jacey Gutknecht has been interested in music virtually her entire life. By the time she was a freshman in high school, she was playing guitar and writing original songs. But for the 21-year-old, who now goes by just her first name, the road to the stage
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Posted May 18, 2016in Sound Circuit
The Curse of Hail has been doing its thing in town for nearly a decade. But now, the current lineup of vocalist Ken Payne, guitarists Josh Adamson and Luke Haffner, bassist Ben Monroe and drummer Adam Baszczynski (pronounced: “Baszczynski”) are forging some new territory for the band as they
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Posted May 11, 2016in Sound Circuit
For the past seven years, aspiring guitar players in Des Moines have had the option of learning from one of the best in the business, local guitarist James Biehn. Biehn’s Central Iowa Music Lab (CIML) has been operating across from The Shops at Roosevelt since 2009, and for the
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