Run to you
Labeling Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams a rock n’ roll refugee from the 1980s is akin to saying the Grand Canyon is nothing but a hole in the ground. No, pause [...]
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Posted March 05, 2014in Sound Stage
Posted December 25, 2013in Sound Stage
The making of Moxie
Iowa City-based Velcro Moxie is a five-piece, but most of what the band is about comes from two sources: vocalist Jasmine Terrell and guitarist/vox-man Nick Carney. “(Velcro Moxie) came from [...]
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Posted December 11, 2013in Sound Stage
Controlled chaos
Dan Green has a lot of irons in the fire. Splitting his efforts between performing on stage as SUBliminal Chaos, and acting as the driving force behind Des Moines’ 515 [...]
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Posted October 30, 2013in Sound Stage
Music in a void
The biggest mistake four-piece Broncho made in its set this past weekend was performing it in Des Moines on a weeknight. The difficulty in getting people to turn out for [...]
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Posted October 30, 2013in Sound Stage
Woes of a cyberphobe
Hello, my name is Patrick Boberg, and I suffer from a minor case of cyberphobia. I have developed websites from nothing, built databases and programmed applications. I enter every software [...]
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Posted October 23, 2013in Sound Stage
Poorly dressed
The Vaudeville Mews puts together shows like a 4-year-old picks out its own clothes. Take, for example, last Saturday night: Brooklyn, N.Y., indie four-piece Grooms came through town, and Des [...]
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Posted October 16, 2013in Sound Stage
Holy cow
Gas Lamp was a sold-out venue last Saturday for Holy White Hounds’ EP-release show, and all who showed up got their money’s worth. Kicking things off in proper fashion were [...]
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Posted October 09, 2013in Sound Stage
Not as gloomy
The Mews’ late show was kicked off by Patrick Tape Fleming’s Gloom Balloon. I’ve been critical of Gloom Balloon in the past, for reasons that are too complicated to indulge [...]
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Posted October 02, 2013in Sound Stage
Maximum Music Fest is an Ames showcase
The Maximum Ames Music Festival took place this past Thursday through Sunday, and the event is a testament to the hard work of a small group of people. A group [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Sound Stage
Let’s jam
Jamie Grimm does his best to please. “Let’s play ‘Fat Bottomed Girls,’ ” says a fellow named Mike, tuning up his guitar. Grimm shakes his head affably. “I don’t know [...]
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