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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard released three albums just last month for a total of six records in 2022. Blake Daly is a musician and superfan of the band. We asked him to write about the band, their music and their fan culture.
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Caroline Kid is a singer/songwriter with Iowa roots who is now based in Nashville. She just released a six song self-titled EP. Her debut recordings have caught the attention of CMT, ET, E! and the Academy of Country Music.
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Weird Harold’s opened in a tiny building on Central Street in 1972. The record shop moved to a couple other locations before eventually settling into its current storefront at 411 Jefferson St. in the mid-1980s.
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Rick Noggle, a Cedar Rapids based hip-hop artist, has opened a new retail store highlighting 80’s and 90’s vintage clothes, shoes and music.
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Lefty, the beloved canine mascot for Lefty's Live Music in Des Moines, passed away this week at the age of 15. He will be sorely missed by musicians and central Iowa concertgoers alike.
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In advance of our next All Access Live! show at xBk on Thursday, Oct. 6 in Des Moines, we asked band-leader Lyndsay Nissen to introduce the band to Studio One listeners and fans. The act has a history of only playing on full moons, and we asked her to write about why.
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The first PorchFest DSM festival happened in Union Park on Sept. 11, where 17 Iowa-based artists played free shows on residential porches. We asked one of the organizers, Anne Ducharme-Jones, to write about it.
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Annalibera is playing Max Ames Music Fest this weekend before setting out for three dates opening for the classic indie-band Pavement.
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A newly formed tribute band from Cedar Falls pays homage to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Radiohead. Yes, you read that right. We talked with them about how they pulled it off.
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We asked Iowa singer/songwriter Kat Darling, a music coach with Girls Rock! DSM, to write about why she makes time to volunteer.