Local News

08 May 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition

The Greater Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) and U.S. Cellular have announced a sponsorship for the 2008 80/35. The inaugural music festival will be held on July 4th and 5th in Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. Five top national touring acts have been named to the lineup including Friday night headliner, The Flaming Lips and Saturday night headliner, The Roots, as well as Yonder Mountain String Band, Girl Talk and Drive-By Truckers. An additional announcement of artists will be made on Tuesday, May 13.

06 May 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition

The next 80/35 band announcement is Tuesday, May 13.

28 April 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition
27 April 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition
18 April 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition

Blogs

20 March 2008
Jill Haverkamp

Here are some good music industry blogs and some recent posts I found interesting.

18 March 2008
Jill Haverkamp
You’ve worked hard scraping every last penny and exhausting every last resource to put together what you hope is a project worthy of at least some press and even more important, someone’s money. Then you go to get it reviewed and it seems like no one wants anything to do with it. Send it to the DMMC!
09 February 2008
Jill Haverkamp
03 February 2008
Jill Haverkamp
31 January 2008
Jill Haverkamp

Local Music Reviews

03 May 2008
Amedeo Rossi

Recently Formed Blues Rock band Ski Bunny Suicide has released an EP/CD with 5 original tunes and 3 "original" covers.   Locals Tony Jefferson (vocals, harmonica, guitar), George West (bass, vocals), Mike Lacey (drums, vocals) and Todd Guitar have laid down a strong intial offering.

03 April 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition
A band in central Iowa that plays any genre near metal has two options: fall in line and be like everybody else, or break rank and just do something different--there’s really no middle ground. Marcato comes so close to that second category you can almost taste it.
03 April 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition
26 March 2008
Corey Gella
18 March 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition

Interviews

26 March 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition

House of Bricks owner JC Wilson gives his five tips and pet peeves on getting and playing a show at his venue.

20 March 2008
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition
Dave Mason of CM Consulting spent more than six years years working with radio stations with the majority of his time devoted to music programming. He shares some general guidelines and do’s and don’ts for getting on the radio.
14 October 2007
DesMoinesMC.com Editorial Staff