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Posted May 01, 2013in Sound Stage

Unified alone

There’s something unique about seeing a musician perform solo. Performers fronting bands tend to banter between songs; they’ll joke with the audience or issue standard platitudes thanking the venue or [...]

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Posted April 24, 2013in Sound Stage

Gas Lamp goes acoustic

We can forget sometimes about the simple pleasure of an acoustic set. The hard rock and metal acts that dominate Des Moines’ landscape aren’t predisposed to an acoustic sound — [...]

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Posted April 17, 2013in Sound Stage

Bringing people together

Sometimes the music is enough. We can all hold different political beliefs or come from different economic backgrounds and a wide array of races and religions. But music — the [...]

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Posted April 10, 2013in Sound Stage

Stutterin’ Jimmy is Silky Smooth

I’m not going to lie. The Underground isn’t my favorite place to see a show. The seating is wonky, the sound is only OK and the lighting is nothing special. [...]

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Posted April 03, 2013in Sound Stage

Easter show in like a (bad) lion but with a brilliant finish

Vaudeville Mews was host to a slew of indie-folk acts on Easter Sunday. While not everything on stage this night was pretty, the good did outweigh the bad. Doubting Daniel [...]

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Posted March 27, 2013in Sound Stage

A hum-dinger of a show

One of my favorite things about Des Moines is that you never know where you’re going to stumble upon live music. There are literally hundreds of places in town to [...]

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Posted March 20, 2013in Sound Stage

Band Bombshell Birthday

Local music blog Band Bombshell celebrated its one-year anniversary at Vaudeville Mews last Thursday with a show that featured three local acts: Gloom Balloon, Dustin Smith and The Sunday Silos [...]

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Posted March 13, 2013in Sound Stage

Des Moines from a distance

I’ve been on vacation in Phoenix all week. So since I’ve been spending time in a strange city, I thought I’d take the opportunity to compare and contrast local music [...]

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Posted March 06, 2013in Sound Stage

Electrified pop

What tends to set a really good cover apart is when the artist comes at the song from such an unusual angle that it catches you off guard. If a [...]

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Posted February 27, 2013in Sound Stage

Old school cool

Is there anything more ring-a-ding-ding cool than sitting at Chuck’s Restaurant, having jazzy standards and covers crooned at you while you scarf down a mouthful of carbs? Saturday, Feb. 23 [...]

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