The Fuss released their first full-length back in July, but I hadn’t heard about them until a few days ago. After touring around Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota to support the record, they went back to Des Moines to film a video for the song “Boy” with visual master Bruce Bales and the DEFT crew. When I first heard the song my immediate thought was that … Continue reading The Fuss-Boy (Video Premiere)
Any occasion to share new music from Gloom Balloon is reason for excitement. The release of Patrick’s latest album is still a month away, but he made videos for a bunch of songs and is slowly debuting each one on different sites. He asked me which one I’d like to host, because we have a good relationship, and I chose “Alone In My Head.” I … Continue reading Gloom Balloon-“Alone In My Head” (Video Premiere)
Our old friend Patrick Tape-Fleming produced the debut record from Quick Piss, Rock And Roll Impotence, and as you might suspect based on his previous work it’s really good. The Des Moines-based punk group’s album came out back in August, but they’re still slowly rolling out material from it, including this DEFT-shot video for the song “Information Withdrawal.” The video reminds me a bit of … Continue reading Video Premiere: Quick Piss-Information Withdrawal
I’ve written about a lot of Iowa bands over the years. None of them are dripping with blue-eyes soul like The Maytags on their newest track “Marry Ya.” On the cusp of releasing their album Love Lines (July 1), the septet hit all the right notes in this classic-style black and white video. (Directed by Bruce Bales from Deft Production, so you know it’s good!) … Continue reading The Maytags-Marry Ya (Video)
It’s been a long week and it’s finally Friday, so I’m giving you a treat in the form of a new video from our unofficial favorite shooter Bruce Bales. This one is for a Des Moines-based band just starting out called GoodcaT. They paint with a pretty big brush, so you’ll find all kinds of influences in their music: folk, rock, psych, ska, and chamber-pop … Continue reading GoodcaT-[Turn Signal]
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