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Album Review: Elizabeth Moen – Self-titled
Elizabeth Moen Elizabeth Moen www.elizabethmoen.bandcamp.com On “Songbird,” the first track from her eponymous debut album, Elizabeth Moen sings, “Singing at the top of my lungs trying to get...
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MCF Preview: Dawn of Midi is sensuous, immediate and visceral
Dawn of Midi w/ Tyondai Braxton Englert Theatre — Wed., Apr. 6 at 6 p.m. Dawn of Midi plays the Englert Theatre on Wed., Apr. 6 as part of the Mission Creek Festival. Dawn of Midi are an acoustic trio...
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Album Review: A432 – Broken
A432 Broken www.A432.bandcamp.com/album/broken A432 (Iowa City’s Logan Stimmel) calls himself a sound artist, rather than a musician — which means that I have high confidence many Little Village...
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Album Review: The LonelyHearts – Age of Man
The LonelyHearts Age of Man www.thelonelyhearts.net Full disclosure: I am incredibly jealous of Andre Perry, Executive Director of the Englert Theater, musician, author and past contributor to Little...
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Album Review: Suspect – Faux Empath
Suspect Faux Empath www.raccoo-oo-oon.org/np Suspect (AKA Ryan Beck, Iowa City to Chicago transplant) is part of the ever-growing group of artists — many with recordings released on former Iowa Citian...
View ArticleAlbum Review: FireSale – Furry Noises
FireSale Furry Noises firesale.bandcamp.com/album/furry-noises FireSale is a band made up of players currently finishing bachelor’s degrees at the University of Iowa College of Music. They share that...
View ArticleAlbum Review: The Phineas Incarnation – Liquid Karma
The Phineas Incarnation Liquid Karma www.thephineasincarnation.bandcamp.com Liquid Karma is the work of Phineas Brady, a 17 year old drummer from Iowa City. He wasn’t even born when the genre known as...
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Album Review: Josh Fina — Feel Me EP
Josh Fina Feel Me EP www.kindgesturerecords.com Electronic dance music’s natural habitat is a dark room with the sound system turned up until the bass hits you in the solar plexus and your fillings...
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Album Review: Samuel Locke Ward — Dunwich Piano Recital
Samuel Locke Ward Dunwich Piano Recital samuellockeward.bandcamp.com/album/dunwich-piano-recital Samuel Locke Ward hasn’t had an album reviewed in Little Village in over a year. Given that he released...
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Blake Shelton to headline Back Porch Revival concert at Kinnick Stadium
The Back Porch Revival Kinnick Stadium — Saturday, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. Country star Blake Shelton will headline Kinnick’s first Back Porch Revival — photo by Daniel Hughes Can the University of Iowa’s...
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Album Review: Hunter Dumped Us Here — I Understand
Hunter Dumped Us Here I Understand www.hunterdumpedushere.bandcamp.com The members of the band Hunter Dumped Us Here may hail from Cedar Rapids, but they have musical ideas and ambitions that extend...
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Album Review: Larry “The Wizard” Sievers — Kingdom of Mermaidia
Larry “The Wizard” Sievers Kingdom of Mermaidia www.larrysievers.bandcamp.com/album/mermaidia The artist formerly known as Larry “Machine Gun” Sievers is back with a new album of his unique original...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Kasper Hauser — Last Ghosts
Kaspar Hauser Last Ghosts www.kasparhauserchicago.bandcamp.com/album/last-ghosts Kaspar Hauser was formed in Iowa City in 1999, led by singer/songwriter Thomas Comerford. Since the last Kaspar Hauser...
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Elvis Costello rocks the Paramount in Cedar Rapids
Elvis Costello performs at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids. Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. See full photo gallery below. — photo by Zak Neumann The world’s oldest enfant terrible, Elvis Costello,...
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Jlin set to bring footwork-inspired electronic to Witching Hour
Jlin Gabe’s — Nov. 5, 2016 at midnight Photo via JLin In the late 1990s, footwork — a new style of dance music — erupted across Chicago’s black neighborhoods. Footwork’s hectic tempo and fragmented...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Jim Swim — Half Woke
Jim Swim Half Woke EP itsjimswim.bandcamp.com/releases Half Woke EP by Jim Swim Hip hop came to Iowa City in the boom box on the shoulder of celebrated University of Iowa basketball player Ronnie...
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Album Review: Anthony Worden–Demos
Anthony Worden Demos anthonyworden.bandcamp.com When I saw Anthony — aka A.J. Worden, formerly of Bull Black Nova — perform at The Mill recently, I was struck by how he sometimes sounds a little like...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Karen Meat — She’s Drunk Like the Rest of Us EP
Karen Meat She’s Drunk Like the Rest of Us EP karenmeat.bandcamp.com She's Drunk Like the Rest of Us by Karen Meat Karen Meat is a pop genius. Karen Meat sings a lot about barf. Karen Meat is not her...
View ArticleAlbum Review: JCϟjp — Self-titled
JCϟjp JCϟjp jcjp.bandcamp.com/releases JCϟjp by JCϟjp The name JCϟjp is an unpronounceable acronym of the group members’ names, Justin Comer and Jason Palamara. Palamara is a violinist and electronic...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Belly Belt — Stay True
Belly Belt Stay True EP bellybelt.bandcamp.com Stay True by Belly Belt Iowa City West High alum Kate Feldmann’s Belly Belt isn’t miles away from her day job dressing as a Disney Princess for...
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