Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
To drink or not to drink: On Dec. 17, KCCI and the Des Moines Register both reported that The Marquee — the former Ingersoll Dinner Theater — was losing its [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Posted December 26, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
By the time everyone reads this — no doubt from the comfort of your new smoking jacket or Trans Am, or whatever people give one another as gifts nowadays — [...]
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Posted December 19, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Ravi Shankar — the finest sitar player of his generation, inspiration to everyone from The Beatles to Philip Glass and father to Norah Jones — passed away last week. It’s [...]
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Posted December 12, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ The Week
The world is a slightly less groovy place now that jazz legend Dave Brubeck shuffled off this mortal coil on Dec. 5. Whether you stick to standards like “Take Five” [...]
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Posted December 05, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
The final numbers are in for Kingston VanderKallen’s benefit show, played at House of Bricks in November. The event — put together by Lazer 103.3’s Samantha Knight and Metro Concerts [...]
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Posted November 28, 2012in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
The White Elephant — pride of Wapello, Gross Domestic Product alums and frequent rockers of Des Moines’ finer establishments — are crowd-sourcing their second album. The swamp rock trio launched [...]
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Posted November 21, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week:
As Lazer 103.3’s Samantha Knight said last week, “It’s a tall order, asking people to do a show on a Saturday night for nothing.” But time and again, bands and [...]
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Posted November 14, 2012in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
The Vaudeville Mews has announced plans to celebrate the venue’s 10th anniversary on Dec. 5. Having played host through the years to acts like Of Montreal, Fall Out Boy and [...]
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Posted November 07, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ The Week
Valley Junction is putting out the call for performers to liven up the mood of its “Jingle in the Junction” holiday events, which take place for three consecutive Thursdays, starting [...]
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Posted October 31, 2012in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Downtown Des Moines said goodbye to one of its highlights on Oct. 27, as People’s closed its doors for the final time after its “Night of the Living Dead Moines” [...]
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