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Music Review

Video Premiere: Quick Piss-Information Withdrawal

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

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Concert photography, Music Festival

Music.Defined. Best Photos Of 2016

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned what I think about taking pictures at concerts. I take more of a photojournalists approach to the art form, preferring to show images that capture the moment as it was. I do not understand the obsession with double exposure shots, vivid editing that changes the colors to appear much brighter than they actually were, or Prisma filters that make … Continue reading Music.Defined. Best Photos Of 2016

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Music Review

MaZoo-Earth

All the best songs come from real life. Fun, sugary pop songs are great to dance to and drive around blaring to annoy old people, but music that you truly connect to has to come from a place to which you can relate. That’s why so many of The Beatles songs still hold up-universal themes with which people find connections (“Octopus’s Garden” not withstanding). Des … Continue reading MaZoo-Earth

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Concert photography, Music Festival

The Decemberists at 80/35

The end of a music festival is always a bittersweet time. All the good times are coming to an end and you have to go back to your day job or whatever on Monday. What better way to close it out than with the sublime music of The Decemberists? It was the band’s first stop in Des Moines in 13 years, and they quickly made … Continue reading The Decemberists at 80/35

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