Jan 29, 2013

I attended college in Ames, Iowa from 1997-1999. Back in those days, it seems like all I ever heard from a lot of young people in Ames was a lot of negativity about how “lame” Ames was, and how they would have rather been in Iowa City. Fast forward to today, and Ames is home to a burgeoning music scene with some truly impressive national touring bands...

Oct 18, 2012

I am not one of those guys who goes on and on about drinking or whatever. I find it slightly uncouth. However, there is a good chance that I have drank more at North of Grand shows than pretty much any other band, ever. To be fair, this is as much a product of how many times I have seen them perform over the last decade, as much as anything else. However, there...

Oct 11, 2011

It always bothered Des Moines resident Laurie Dephillips when she’d attend a great local music concert, and there were just a handful of people in the audience. After seeing this happen at too many good shows, she started to think there was something she could do about it.  An avid blog reader, Dephillips realized that by writing about the Des Moines music...

Aug 11, 2011

As I mentioned in last week’s column (and to pretty much anyone within earshot) I went to Lollapalooza last weekend.  On the final night, rock band Foo Fighters went head to head with new school electronic act Deadmau5 (pronounced “dead mouse” for the uninitiated).  Despite the obvious differences in genres, the two had something in common: volume.  I...

Aug 1, 2011

As the week starts, we thought it would be unique to look at a few events that we recommend attending during the work-week.  You can usually find a Top 5 list of things to attend for a weekend, but not so much for the work-week. Well, we want to change that. Find our selections to “get out of the heat” below: YPC Quarterly Connections –...