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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Trendspotter: Girls with Low Self-Esteem

DI ARTS STAFF March 13, 2009

It’s been a hard week, hasn’t it? You wrote a seven-page research paper on Monday, gave a group presentation on Tuesday, and took two midterms on Wednesday — all after losing an hour of sleep to...

Roller derby becoming a hit in Iowa City

JED MILLER March 12, 2009

Before I see her, I can smell her. It’s an acrid mix — both flowery and sweaty. In the cacophony of swear words and rubber squeaks, I look up with a jolt from my notepad to see a hulking woman barreling...

Sioux City Pete prepare tribal, sexual Mill performance

DAN WATSON March 12, 2009

Sioux City Pete and the Beggars’ performances follow the philosophy of the sexually driven rock and roll acts of the 1970s, often taking a tribal and primitive spin. Pete Phillips, otherwise known...

Fathers bad as they want to be at Picador

DAN WATSON March 12, 2009

Los Angeles: home of angels, celebrities, traffic jams, and Bad Fathers. Nearly two years after leaving Iowa City, the rock/rap-based band will return to perform at the Picador, 330 E. Washington St.,...

When an Englishman learns English: ‘The Foreigner’

KATIE HANSON March 12, 2009

Visiting a foreign country can be exhilarating, terrifying, or spectacular. It can even be all three at once. But rarely is a trip abroad as ridiculous as Charlie Baker’s experience in the Iowa City...

Broken West: mixing Muppets with Shins and Byrds

MELEA ANDRYS March 12, 2009

If James Mercer of the Shins and Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn formed a band and enlisted Animal from the Muppets to play the drums, the resulting ensemble would sound a lot like the Broken West. At least...

Takes Tombs to tango at Picador

BRIAN DAU March 12, 2009

The members of Tombs refuse to succumb to the status quo. By the time the post-metal threesome released their self-titled, seven-track début EP last April, they had written the 10 songs that would make...

When the Sun is kidnapped, pop-punk fury ensue

REBECCA KOONS March 12, 2009

While the Heartland may not seem like a breeding ground for hard-core musicians, its welcoming atmosphere is what help set Kidnap the Sun’s punk/screamo music apart from other bands in the area. The...

Histronic’s ‘livetronica’ goes live at Yacht Club

NICK FETTY March 12, 2009

During its tour last spring the Histronic — a Minnesota band just over 1 year old at the time — nearly had its short history ended. When the group made a tour stop in Kansas, 18 tornadoes touched...

Iowa City’s Stickman rockin’ for a long time

RACHAEL LANDER March 12, 2009

Giving back to the local music scene is what this weekend means for Iowa City band Stickman. After band member Kylie Buddin successfully organized a reunion show last year of popular Iowa City bands from...

Menu: An Irish meal

DI ARTS STAFF March 12, 2009

St. Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching — this means drunken renditions of “Danny Boy,” parades, and lots of pinching. But celebrating all things Irish means so much more than wearing green and...

Marlboro music royalty heading to Iowa City

RACHAEL LANDER March 11, 2009

More than just a brand of cancer stick, Marlboro is a quaint town in Vermont. Passion, not nicotine, causes some of the world’s best musicians to travel there and dedicate their summers to the Marlboro...