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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Rock band Anthony Worden and the Illiterati awes Gabe’s with '60s, '70s nostalgia

Rock band Anthony Worden and the Illiterati awes Gabe’s with ’60s, ’70s nostalgia

Megan Conroy, Arts Reporter February 29, 2020

The second floor of Gabe’s slowly filled with a crowd anticipating a night of excellent music. From 9 p.m. to around 11 p.m., the crowd at Gabe’s grew as friends and fans of Anthony Worden and...

Safari Room set to give their sophomore performance at Gabe’s

Safari Room set to give their sophomore performance at Gabe’s

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter February 26, 2020

Hailing from Nashville, indie rock band Safari Room will return to Iowa City tonight at Gabe’s at 9 p.m. The band currently seeks to differentiate themselves from recognized indie bands, something they...

Iowa City Dandelion Stompers to celebrate Mardi Gras with show at the Mill

Iowa City Dandelion Stompers to celebrate Mardi Gras with show at the Mill

Samantha Murray, Arts Reporter February 24, 2020

Every Mardi Gras, the Mill lights up with music and dance. No one show is the same, but it is the same band every year bringing their unique sound. In celebration of Mardi Gras, Iowa City-based...

The Quire composer Steve Milloy/Contributed

The Quire tells the story of Bayard Rustin through song and narration

Ashley Dawson, Arts Reporter February 22, 2020

Members of the Iowa City community came together at the First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City Friday to welcome The Quire, an LGBTQ+ choir group, as they told the story of Bayard Rustin, the chief...

Brother Moses comes to Gabe’s in anticipation of their newest album

Brother Moses comes to Gabe’s in anticipation of their newest album

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter February 17, 2020

New York City-based band Brother Moses will bring a new foray of pop music to Gabe’s on Wednesday night. The band consists of the multi-talented James Lockhart on vocals, guitar, and keyboard,...

GZA is coming to reminisce with audiences by performing his album, Liquid Swords

GZA is coming to reminisce with audiences by performing his album, Liquid Swords

Samantha Murray, Arts Reporter January 29, 2020

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of one of the most acclaimed hip hop albums of all time, founding member of the Wu Tang Clan Gary Grice, better known as GZA, is taking the album Liquid...

The Iceman Special perform at Gabes in downtown Iowa City on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020. The Iceman Special is a New Orlean's funk band that has rock and roll and disco roots along with a "Fucka-Delic" sound.

Grooving at Gabe’s with funka-delic band, The Iceman Special

Jacob Shafer, Arts Reporter January 29, 2020

In an interview before the show, one member of The Iceman Special jokingly named P-Diddy as the biggest influence for the group’s unique blend of funkadelia and metal sounds. At a performance at Gabe’s...

Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange perform at their concert at the Englert theatre on Tuesday, January 28, 2020.

Mandolin Orange bluegrass-folk acoustics fill Englert Theater

Ashley Dawson, Arts Reporter January 28, 2020

The Englert Theater welcomed duo Mandolin Orange Tuesday night, as well as opening act Kate Rhudy. They played out the evening with cool, ocean-wave folk vibes that echoed throughout the theater. Originating...

Mac Miller’s posthumous Circles paints an intimate picture of the rapper’s state of mind

Mac Miller’s posthumous Circles paints an intimate picture of the rapper’s state of mind

Naomi Hofferber, Senior Reporter January 20, 2020

“Everybody’s gotta live And everybody’s gotta die Everybody just wanna have a good good time I think you know the reason why” Mac Miller’s posthumous album Circles dropped Jan. 17,...

Whitey Morgan and the 78’s perform during a concert at the Wildwood Saloon in Iowa City on Sunday, December 15, 2019. (Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan)

Whitey Morgan and the 78s turn Wildwood Smokehouse and Saloon into honky-tonk heaven

Ashley Dawson, Arts Reporter December 16, 2019

Multiple amplifiers scattered the stage, the projector played a kaleidoscopic light show, and the chandelier glistened with the multicolored stage lights at Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon on Sunday night,...

Iowa City singer/songwriter Hannah Frey performs at her album release party with Young Charles and Ivory James at Trumpet Blossom on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.

Hannah Frey warms crowd on a cold night at Trumpet Blossom Cafe

Austin J. Yerington, Arts Reporter December 13, 2019

Trumpet Blossom Cafe hummed with the noise of an excited and passionate crowd. The venue was filled with attendees waiting for local musician Hannah Frey to start.  Frey’s first album White Picket...