Lily DeTaeye is a Des Moines native, harmonica-wielding singer songwriter signed to Station 1 Records. After the release of her EP, appropriately titled “The EP”, November 2017, DeTaeye has been traveling the highways of the Midwest touring solo and with her band. Her new album, recorded at Jim Eno’s (Spoon) Public Hi-Fi in Austin, TX, is out now.

DeTaeye’s music combines the Black Keys’ grit with Brandi Carlile’s eloquent lyric-writing into one high energy show. She’s like if your neighborhood librarian rocked a blues harp in yellow overalls. You definitely don’t wanna miss her.

Find Lily on Spotify, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7HD4yLYRGDHNZfwwcgLtKH?si=0eCAXJB2SKOaGGNNvpNwxA

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“A skewed cabaret band of blues, jazz and rockabilly…a sensibility that feels equal parts James Dean and David Lynch” – Minneapolis Star-Tribune

​“A revelatory blend of jazz and blues, stirred with punk brio. There are also dashes of classical and world music, and enough stops, starts and hairpin turns to suggest the giddiness of Raymond Scott’s cartoon music…How do they do it?” – Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune

Established in Birmingham, AL, The Brook & The Bluff is a four-piece band that consists of front man Joseph Settine, drummer John Canada, guitarist Alec Bolton and bassist Fred Lankford.

The Brook & The Bluff have quickly become recognized for their evocative blend of instrumental talent and vocal harmony. These elements are readily apparent in the band’s debut track, “Masks.” Having initially gained momentum via Spotify, the song has helped spur the band forward in their musical pursuits.

The group’s first year as a full band was widely successful. From charting on Spotify’s US and Canada Viral 50 Playlists, performing at the NAMM shows in both Nashville and Anaheim, and selling out shows in Atlanta, Birmingham, Huntsville, Nashville, Auburn and more, the band has had an exhilarating start.

Originally an acoustic duo, Alec and Joseph started turning heads in local venues with clean vocals and expert guitar work. John and Fred noticed the talent and potential of the duo and joined the group, expanding their sound with driving rhythm and four-part harmonies. The band instantly locked in and have been playing together ever since.

Hailed as ‘a talent to outrank Ryan Adams or Conor Oberst’ by Uncut and praised for his ‘spare and easy sounding guitar songs’ by NPR, Rouse first emerged in 1998 with his debut album, ‘Dressed Up Like Nebraska,’ which Billboard called a ‘dark horse gem.’ Over the next two decades, he’d go on to release a steady stream of critically lauded records that would solidify his status as one of the his generation’s most acclaimed songwriters, both in the US and Europe, where he’s lived on and off since 2004. Q called his breakout album, ‘1972,’ ‘the most intimate record of the year,’ while Rolling Stone dubbed his follow up, ‘Nashville,’ ‘a landmark album,’” and EW described 2013’s ‘The Happiness Waltz’ as ‘a big contender for Rouse’s best work.’ In 2014, Rouse won a Goya Award (the Spanish equivalent of an Oscar) for best song for “Do You Really Want To Be In Love,’ from the film ‘La Gran Familia Española.

Doors: 6:30PM // Show:  7:30PM

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Melodic and guitar driven, Super City is known for their hooky pop sound that blends heavy rock elements and danceability, all with coordinated band choreography that results in killer live performances. This Baltimore band expertly crafts guitar and synth earworms that thrive on the creative tension between bombastic rock and roll and stylized movements. Their structures and melodies leave no room for a dull track. At times soothing and inviting, at times posturing and timeless, Dan Ryan and Greg Wellham vocally guide this pop band into a new, heavy and beguiling territory that is both memorable and brash. Super City is Dan Ryan (lead vocals, guitar) Greg Wellham, (lead vocals guitar), Brian Brunsman (bass, vocals), Jon Birkholz (guitar, keys, vocals), and Ian Viera (drums & vocals). Super City has played with a variety of national acts, including Tokyo Police Club, Bombino, Rubblebucket, White Denim, Your Smith, Yelle, Baum, Durand Jones and the Indications, Vetiver, The Oh Hellos, and Cuddle Magic, as well as appeared at Artscape, Light City and other notable festivals. They are very active in the Baltimore scene, and their song “Artificial Sin” was one of 89.7 WTMD’s top played songs of 2016. Further, they are known for their active tour schedule, with several cross country tours under their belt. Released in 2018, Super City’s full-length Sanctuary has solidified the band’s approach, combining the raw, heavy rock of Queens of the Stone Age with the danceability of Prince. Sanctuary was awarded Album of the Year by 89.7 WTMD, and continues to make waves with the lead-off video for the title track.

A special evening with two sets.

“Five Stars – Incredible voice, talent and heart” – Charles Walton, The Examiner

Bonne Finken is an Upper Midwest EMMY® award recipient for her Original Score/Song for the Cultural Documentary by IPTV “FarmHer”

Iowa native Bonne Finken is an independent and award-winning alternative pop/rock songwriter and producer as well as vocalist and live performer.

Bonne implements the same technology traditionally found in the EDM genre to compose & perform her original chamber rock/pop music – from layered drum opuses to cinematic orchestral compositions.

Her unique sound comes from combining these original and electronic compositions with a live rock band. “Her music is the sound of someone not only embracing the future, but creating it” – U.K.’s Dancing with Architecture

Bonne has performed hundreds of shows, from rock clubs to festivals, and has supported artists such as KT Tunstall, Blue October, and musical icons Joan Jett and Lisa Marie Presley. Her original music has charted as high as #1 on college radio stations and been featured on television shows such as: MTV’s The Real World; E! Keeping Up With The Kardashians; Oxygen’s Total Divas. Finken received an Upper Midwest EMMY® award for her Original Score/Song for the Cultural Documentary “FarmHer” (2016). ​

Doors: 7:30PM // Show: 8:00PM

Miss Christine:

Night Moves new album, Can You Really Find Me, pulsates and glows with the same sublime energy that radiated from breakout single “Carl Sagan” in 2016, however in the intervening years, John Pelant and Micky Alfano have grown up. The songwriting, while still steeped in super-catchy, velvety riffs and pure pop glaze, feels more sophisticated and modern. Since the pair met in high school, awestruck by such ear-candy wizards as Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren, Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham, they set off to craft their version of what sophisticated, emotional modern pop music can and should sound like. 2016’s Pennied Days was a breakthrough, and set a new bar for the members of Night Moves. After spending the subsequent two years on Can You Really Find Me, they’ve scaled new heights, where the sounds are still just as sweet, but now smarter and more evocative.

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing as many as 300 shows each year, Rev. Peyton, the world’s foremost country blues finger-style picker, along with the biggest little band in the country has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there. This following is sure to eat up the band’s latest offering, Poor Until Payday, (the second on their own Family Owned Records label through hip Nashville indie Thirty Tigers) out October 5th, a country blues record that was made the right way — two feet on the ground and both hands getting dirty.

With all the power of a freight train, the Big Damn Band is known for its live shows. Rev. Peyton delivers guitar pyrotechnics the old fashioned way — ten fingers, a 6 string and an amp cranked at full tilt. In the country blues style, he plays the bass with his thumb, while picking the lead with his fingers at the same time. When he lifts the guitar behind his head to play there’s nothing but skill and 16 gauge nickel strings to make the sounds coming out of the speakers.​

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Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and she’s been on the road ever since playing her unique mix of haunting original songs and traditional fiddle tunes. So far the singer-songwriter and violinist has appeared in 43 states and 8 countries – she’s graced the stage of renowned venues like Nashville’s Music City Roots, The Kennedy Center and House of Blues Chicago. Although she most often headlines her own shows, Gaelynn Lea has also opened for several well-known bands such as Wilco, The Decemberists and the industrial rock supergroup Pigface.

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Rolling Stone once named 15-year-old EmiSunshine among “10 new country artists you need to know.” There is no better way than to get to know this young singer/songwriter than “Family Wars.”

“Family Wars” is EmiSunshine and The Rain’s most personal project to date. With ten songs and one bonus track, the album addresses domestic violence, dysfunctional families, political corruption, mass murder, lost love, and freedom—those who have it, and those who seek it.

“The album is about working through different types of conflicts,” Emi says. “I’m just voicing my opinion about what I see going on in the world, but hopefully in a way that won’t offend. I’m looking at problems and trying to make something beautiful out of them.”

Emi has been attracting national attention since the age of nine, with appearances on “The Today Show,” NBC’s “Little Big Shots,” “Pickler & Ben,” the Grand Ole Opry and elsewhere. In 2018, she was featured in the Grammy-nominated Elvis Presley documentary film “The King,” alongside Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Ashton Kutcher, Alec Baldwin and other stars.

Ducharme-Jones perform original Americana, Roots-Rock, hailing originally from Austin, Texas and now residing in the Des Moines Metroplex.  Performing either as a duo or a five piece band (Scot Sutherland-bass, Jim Stevens-drums/percussion, Al Kabela-pedal steel), the project features the songwriting and performance of David and Annie Ducharme-Jones. Their songwriting is lyrical with strong harmonies, a hook to draw you in, along with solid, melodic, and sophisticated guitar. Performances include many of their own songs as well as their take on some of their favorite covers including, but not limited to Lucinda Williams, Gov’t Mule, Linda Ronstadt, Jimi Hendrix or Dolly Parton.  Their love of different genre’s becomes evident in their eclectic style and performance. Their most recent compilation of thirteen songs, Ducharme-Jones/Vagabonds & Poets, was released July 2019.

(photo: Jim Stevens)

Get ready to crank it up, tell your friends, and prepare your best rock moves (and tunes!) The Des Moines Music Coalition are partnering with Station 1 Records and XBk Live to create a monthly music showcase providing young bands, musicians, and acts an opportunity to perform onstage and in a professional environment!

This will be a monthly showcase held the first Wednesday of each month. Each show will have new acts, different genres, and more to come!

Doors at 5:00 and the show starting at 5:30. It is FREE and ALL AGES!

COME TEST YOUR MIGHT!
a Ninja themed experience to deem one worthy of being a shinobi! WHO DOESN’T LOVE ANIME OR NARUTO!

Doors @ 6:00.

All Ages!

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