The Ames Scene: June 10, 2016
Live at the Crib's June Lineup
Prairie Moon Winery's annual "Live at the Crib" series runs throughout the summer and into the early fall, featuring...
The Ames Scene: June 3, 2016
Stutterin' Jimmy at DG's
The Des Moines blues rock ensemble Stutterin' Jimmy lives in the pocket grooves of a seasoned rhythm section who are all...
The Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos (ATO) Review
I was a big fan of Sean Lennon’s 1998 album, Into the Sun. There was a lot of whimsy, and a lot of relaxed...
The Ames Scene: May 27, 2016
Christopher the Conquered's Album Release Show
It's been a whirlwind year for the Des Moines artist Christopher the Conquered, having already toured the US and...
Talking Touring with Extravision’s Ryan Stier
The impossible and the actual are never very far apart. "These kinds of things just don't happen here" is forever the mantra of the...
An Interview with Singer-Songwriter Ben Schrag
Ben Schrag moved to Ames with his family only a couple years ago but if you didn't know better you'd probably peg him as...
The Ames Scene: May 20, 2016
Prairie Moon's Live at the Crib Summer Series Highlights
The local winery and vineyard Prairie Moon - which shares a large countryside property with the...
The Ames Scene: May 13, 2016
Druids at DG's Tap House
The Des Moines metal trio Druids will be appearing at DG's on Friday night as they prepare for the release...
Patrick Tape Fleming’s 15 Greatest Songs (So Far)
Little by little by little we are all getting older...
An obsession with death runs through the work of Patrick Tape Fleming but that doesn't...
Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool (XL) Review
The new Radiohead album came out today, after a long gap (King of Limbs, their last album, came out in 2011) and some...
