His latest solo album Break Me Open lauded by Pitchfork magazine as "somber and searching, filtering personal vulnerability through his familiar delicate melodies and vocal effects," famed Bon Iver vocalist/drummer S. Carey headlines a solo concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on April 11, his most recent recording inspiring Under the Radar magazine to rave, "The dark and prescient record is majestically expansive."

With Pitchfork magazine deeming his most recent album This Is a Photograph "an earnest, ambitious collection that touches on family, nostalgia, and mortality," indie-rock and -folk singer/songwriter Kevin Morby headlines an April 9 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's prolific output over less than a decade encompassing seven studio albums, 13 singles, and 11 music videosto date.

With his popular band Jared & the Mill lauded by College Times for its "its willowy jangle rock and hook-laden lyrics," the group's frontman Jared Kolesar will perform as a solo artist when his outfit Wheelwright headlines a concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's April 8 engagement treating fans to the talents of a singer/writer whose band, according to PopMatters, delivered "a scorching rock performance that consistently shifts in how it musically tells its story."

Currently touring in support of their 2022 album What Are We Waiting For?, which became the duo's first number-one entry on Billboard's Christian Albums chart, the performing siblings of For King & Country headline an April 6 concert event at Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK, the pair's latest recording also landing chart-topping singles with "Relate" and "For God Is with Us."

On April 2, the Vibrant Arena at the MARK will be filled with the thrilling sounds of corridos, bandas, and romanticos when the Moline amphitheater presents a night with the touring artists of Los Dos Carnales, the norteño musicians whose prolific output includes the release of three studio albums and three EPs in 2021 alone.

A quartet of rock, punk, and metal acts will take the stage at East Moline venue The Rust Belt on April 6 with the area arrival of the Nu-Metal Madness Tour 2, an exhilarating night for the genre's fans boasting a lineup of touring artists (hed)p.e., Crazy Town X, Adema, and Tantric.

Best known for his tenure with the Southern hip-hop ensemble Rehab, country rapper Demun Jones headlines an April 2 solo concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the artist's songs on his album Jones Country lauded by The Front Row Report as "loaded with country lyrics with some insane rap beats and rap skills that can stand with the best of them."

A band whose whiskey vocals, masterful harmonica, and keen original songs were perfected by decades of house parties and honky tonks, The Dig 3 plays the Moline Viking Club on April 1 in a concert co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, the group composed of blues and roots masters Andrew Duncanson on guitar and vocals, Ronnie Shellist on harp, and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Hundt.

An exhilarating party-rock band composed of of Mike Hanford, Jeff Dutton, and Tim Kalpakis of Los Feliz, California, the Sloppy Boys headline an April 4 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the musicians additionally beloved as members of the television and touring sketch-comedy group The Birthday Boys.

Lauded by Billboard magazine for their "catchy, danceable beats paired with melancholy lyricism and shimmery melodies," the indie rockers of Plastic Picnic headline a March 29 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the musicians also praised by NPR as an ensemble that "has a real knack for making synthesizers sound epic."

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