With the eventual release of the Neil Young Archives Volume One this year which spanned the years 1963 to 1972, that meant that it was time for Warner’s to work on the remasters of Neil’s releases on vinyl. Most of his popular (sold lots of) back catalog and all of his recent releases have been in print in [...]
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For Javelin's follow-up 12" due to drop on February 16, 2010 they are offering a unique opportunity. If you send in an album cover before January 18th you can have your copy of the 12" screened in a cover of your choosing!
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Last week I posted about the first of the three This Land is Your Music shows at The Mill Restaurant in Iowa City featuring Pieta Brown and selected regional artists. Last week’s show featured Pieta in a solo acoustic setting. This week’s show featured Pieta in her most common live configuration– in a duo with [...]
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I’ve mentioned Pezzettino here before and I have some more to write about her coming up. To sum up, Margaret Stutt who performs as Pezzettino is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and crafts her unique almost outsider-art singer-songwriter tunes centered around her life and experiences propelled by her trusty accordion.With two albums under her belt and an [...]
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As we reported back in January, Bloomington, IL bar-rockers Backyard Tire Fire went into the studio with producer/member of Los Lobos Steve Berlin. The band announces that the new album will be called Good to Be and will be released on February 16th, 2010 on the band’s own record label Kelsey Street Records, and will [...]
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Ultimately, I think this is a really cool thing that Pieta is trying to put together. The idea is pure-- bring the regional art together in celebration and give back. I think in our Internet-enabled era where we find our art and culture on a nearly boundless territory we often forget that there are artists in our own backyard that are worth supporting.
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Even though WPA is a collective effort of its members, it's clear that this band is really leaning on Phillip's songs since he's provided half of them. Sean Watkins, not content to stay at the bench, has contributed three standout songs (love "Paralyzed"!) and Luke Bulla's "Cry For You" is an easy favorite of mine and would seem to have a lot of potential to be a highlight live. Seeing this gro...
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Javelin is an electronic duo from NYC that is steeped in the tradition of old school cratedigging and cut up sampling. They’ve gained a lot of notice over their first self-released cassette Jamz n Jemz which Pitchfork gave a 7.4 rating saying, “At a time when it seems like everyone’s roommate is cooking up bargain-bin [...]
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Benson Ramsey and David Huckfelt are collectively known as the roots-folk group The Pines. Based in the Twin Cities and on the Twin Cities label Red House Records, Benson and David are part of the newest generation of the Eastern Iowa sound started by Greg Brown and Bo Ramsey (who is Benson’s dad) among others. In [...]
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November brings a special "songwriter in residence" at The Mill in Iowa City by Pieta Brown called "This Land is Your Music : Pieta Brown & Friends" which is a series of three shows on November 5, 12, and 19 which is described as "celebrating Music, Land & Community." Each of the shows will center around Pieta's music with her playing in solo, duo (with Bo Ramsey) and in a full band configurati...
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Next Tuesday night, October 27th, folk and blues singer-songwriter Chris Smither will be making a stop at CSPS in Cedar Rapids during his Fall tour in support of his new album on Signature Sounds Time Stands Still which came out on September 29th.A collection of stripped-down orignals and a few choice covers by Dylan, Knopfler [...]
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Next weekend-- 10/18-- we see a couple of female singer-songwriters both making their debut in Cedar Rapids and at CSPS. While both take a distinctively different approach to their art, they both are utilizing a business model that involves direct contributions from their fan base.
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Mojo Nixon has continued to record under various side bands and projects over the years after sucessfully wrenching his catalog from the Enigma/EMI/IRS deathclinch. He is apparently as onery as ever and during this economic recession is hoping that his package of free mp3's will stimulate everyone.
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Umphrey’s McGee is a band that embraces technology. This is one of the things that really impresses me about the band. You can download every show within days of the performance at umlive.com in mp3 and FLAC formats with cover art, you can purchase a CD of the show at the show if you prefer. [...]
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Iowa City-expats and current Fort Collins, CO residents Euforquestra have a new album titled Soup coming out on October 6th. The band is offering up the title track for free download.As if that wasn’t enough– as a motivator to get people to “fan” them on Facebook, the band planned to give a free download of [...]
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Doug Roberson of the Diplomats of Solid Sound posted a Facebook event for a yard sale he was having. He was moving across town in Iowa City and decided, like many of us would, that he had some things he didn’t want to move so he decided to have a yard sale. Knowing that Doug [...]
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Pieta Brown and The Iowa City Mill have announced a three-week residency in November called “This Music Is Your Land” and will have Pieta exploring her catalog in various solo and band configurations as well as showcasing local musicians.The shows will take place the first three Thursdays in November: 11/5, 11/12, and 11/19 and will [...]
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The fine folks in the Wendy & Lisa camp are giving away a remix of my favorite track on the new White Flags of Winter Chimneys album “Sweet Suite.” Done by the Philly DJ/Producer King Britt.The 9:57 track reimagines the stripped-down, dreamy, slightly melancholy track that I think could have sat alongside tracks on Parade [...]
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It’s week #2 of the Pax-Am reboot and we are treated with another digital single from Ryan Adams’s archives. This time we get a track that was dropped from early consideration for Cardinology and another track that surfaced a bit as a “foggy” video. The third track is another demo from Cardinology.Side A is the [...]
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Karl Denson is the sax player and frontman of groove powerhouse group Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe whose new album Brother’s Keeper (Shanachie) comes out next Tuesday, September 22nd. Karl has a fairly impressive career working with Lenny Kravitz on Let Love Rule and Mama Said as well as co-founding the jazz funk outfit Greyboy Allstars. [...]
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