19 Apr 2005

New Cruise Offers Floating Flaming Lips

By John James
Start saving your pennies and packing your bags. Following the success of the Jam Band Cruise, a new ocean liner full of musical magic is preparing to set sail with the Flaming Lips at the helm. Calling itself Xingolati: Groove Cruise of the Pacific, the three-day journey from Los Angeles to Ensenada, Mexico, is set for the weekend of October 14.
19 Apr 2005

The World's Most Unfortunately Appropriate Band Name

By Administrator
This Saturday's show featuring the local metal band From the Wreckage offers one of the most unfortunately ironic - and appropriate - uses of a band name. On September 3, 2004, the band was driving home from a gig in Kankakee when its vehicle was rear-ended by a truck and pushed into a lane of oncoming traffic.
19 Apr 2005

SoVoSó Delivers on Its Promise of Soul, Voice, and Song

By Administrator
SoVoSó is such a unique vocal ensemble that its members call it an a cappella "band" rather than a group, because they use their voices to sound like musical instruments. As part of the Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Program, the San Francisco Bay Area group is in the area for two weeks, giving a total of 36 performances at schools and businesses.
12 Apr 2005

"Kings of Musical Excess" Come to Davenport

By Administrator
The Quad Cities' first taste of a band that has restored some people's faith in heavy metal comes this week. Strapping Young Lad will play at Quad City Live in Davenport on Wednesday, April 13, with The Agony Scene, Misery Signals, and Reflux.
12 Apr 2005

Putting the "All" Into All Ages

By Administrator
It's no surprise that Quad Cities' favorite ultra-lounge band has yet another treat in store for us. The Metrolites have pulled together an impressive group of bands to play a truly all ages show that's worth getting off your rear end and paying the $3 for.
12 Apr 2005

"Northern Soul" Gets Recognition in New Record

By Administrator
• Without a doubt, the hottest record auctions on eBay fall into two categories: homegrown psychedelic LPs and Northern Soul 45s. If you're not familiar with the passion of Northern Soul and the collecting of these seven-inch singles at jaw-dropping prices, don't feel left out; not many of us Yanks passed through this legendary dance scene in the north of England in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
05 Apr 2005

Christian with Crossover Potential

By Jeff Ignatius
The first word Kim Wiseman sings on her debut CD, He's Not That Far, is "Jesus." The Quad Cities-based singer understands the effect such up-front religion might have on some people. "I don't really care for all Christian music," she said.
05 Apr 2005

Concert Celebrates the "Mother of the Symphony"

By Administrator
Horacio Gutierrez demonstrated his talent on the piano, creating beautiful music with each touch of his hands to the instrument. But he wasn’t the only pianist lauded by the audience at the Quad City Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday.
05 Apr 2005

Excellent Rockumentary Hits Store Shelves

By John James
• With twice as much hubris and psychedelia as the common VH1: Behind the Music tragedy, next week every American living room can bear witness to DIG!, last year's award-winning wild ride rockumentary by Ondi Timoner, culled from seven years of filming the friendship and eventual train wreck of The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
29 Mar 2005

La Traviata a Pleasure, but It Misses the Heart

By Abbie Dombrock
Sacrifice, passion, love, and death took center stage during Opera Verdi Europa’s performance of La Traviata at the Adler Theatre on March 22. Strong vocal performances, a solid pit orchestra, and a grand set contributed to an enjoyable, although somewhat unemotional, evening of music and drama hosted by the City Opera Company of the Quad Cities.

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