The Coachella Valley Music Festival line-up

Running April 15-17 in Indio, California, Coachella is one of the best music festivals going.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, Jan. 21 at 10am PST.  It's another great 2011 line-up features Interpol, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Big Audio Dynamite(!), Broken Social Scene, Kings of Leon, Kanye West, The National and The Strokes.  Below is a list of all the artist on DMPulse's playlist that are playing Coachella this year!

Friday, April 15th
!!!
Brandon Flowers
Cee Lo Green
Cold War Kids
Crystal Castles
Cut Copy
Interpol
Kings of Leon
Klaxons
Tame Impala
The Black Keys
The Drums
The Morning Benders
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Titus Andronicus
   
Saturday, April 16th
Animal Collective
Arcade Fire
Big Audio Dynamite
Bright Eyes
Broken Social Scene
Cage the Elephant
Cults
Delta Sprirt
Empire of the Sun
Foals
Freelance Whales
Here We Go Magic
Mumford & Sons
Phosphorescent
The Kills
The Love Language
The New Pornographers
The Radio Dept.
The Tallest Man on Earth
Two Door Cinema Club
Wire

Sunday, April 17th
Best Coast
Chromeo
CSS
Death From Above 1979
Delorean
Foster the People
Jimmy Eat World
Menomena
Neon Trees
Phantogram
PJ Harvey
She Wants Revenge
The National
The Presets
The Strokes
Twin Shadow

View the full line-up here!

DMPulse Top 30 - Week of January 17, 2011

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Album	Plays
1	16	The Fresh & Onlys	Waterfall	Play It Strange	25
2	12	The Black Keys	Everlasting Light	Brothers	24
3	9	Freelance Whales	Generator ^ First Floor	Weathervanes	24
4	8	Maximum Balloon	Communion	Maximum Balloon	24
5	14	British Sea Power	Zeus	Zeus EP	24
6	13	The Naked & Famous	Young Blood	Passive Me, Aggressive You	24
7	15	Wintersleep	New Inheritors	New Inheritors	24
8	7	Arcade Fire	Modern Man	The Suburbs	23
9	2	Florence & the Machine	Kiss With a Fist	Lungs	23
10	17	The Malpractice	Boss Stallion	Boss Stallion Single	23
11	11	Interpol	Success	Interpol	22
12	10	Kids of 88	Everybody Knows	Sugarpills	22
13	6	Sonny & the Sunsets	Too Young To Burn	Tomorrow Is Alright	22
14	18	Crystal Castles	Not In Love	Not In Love	14
15	19	Alexander	Truth	Alexander	13
16	20	Eels	I Like the Way This Is Going	Tomorrow Morning	13
17	21	Florence & the Machine	Cosmic Love	Lungs	13
18	22	Freelance Whales	Location	Weathervanes	13
19	23	Mark Ronson & The Business Intl	Bang Bang Bang	Bang Bang Bang	13
20	24	Peter Wolf Crier	Hard As Nails	Inter-Be	13
21	---	POLLS	The Gate	EP	13
22	26	Portugal the Man	When The War Ends	American Ghetto	13
23	---	Winter Gloves	Plastic Slides	All Red	13
24	---	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	Twenty-One (21)	12
25	25	Arcade Fire	Rococo	The Suburbs	12
26	1	Chromeo	Hot Mess	Business Casual	12
27	---	Common Loon	Dinosaur vs. Early Man	The Long Dream of Birds	12
28	27	The Decemberists	Down By The Water	The King is Dead	12
29	5	Deerhunter	Helicopter	Halcyon Digest	12
30	---	Fitz & the Tantrums	MoneyGrabber	Pickin Up the Pieces	12

The Decemberists - The King is Dead Reviews

Album:  The King is Dead

Artists:  The Decemberists

Release Date: Jan. 18, 2011

-Pitchfork gives is a 7.2

-Four stars from Rolling Stone

-Four stars from Consequence of Sound

-7/10 from Spin

Listen to an interview with the Decemberists from NPR

CoS's Top 50 Most Important Albums of '11

As mentioned in this space, there are tons of great new albums coming in 2011.  Releases start coming fast in the early part of 2011, with The Decemberists, Cold War Kids, Cake, Iron & Wine, and Bright Eyes all having releases in the next four weeks.  Go out only a little further, and you add new music from R.E.M. The Strokes, Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes.  Other music titans Foo Fighters, Radiohead, U2, Coldplay and Beastie Boys are expected to deliver new material in 2011. 

Consequence of Sound has a fantastic rundown of what's expected with links to listen to tracks already shared online.  Check out their "50 Most Important Albums of 2011"

Black Keys and Vampire Weekend on Colbert

Members of Black Keys and Vampire Weekend battle for Stephen Colbert's Grammy vote. Start this clip around 3:40.  See the video!

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Album Art Look-Alikes

Excellent music site Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good have a great write-up on album covers that look strikingly similar. Check out the really uncanny albums on their site. Here's an example of what they put together!

Parlours - I Dream of Chicago

The Parlours EP Release Party is Friday night at Vaudeville Mews!  Enjoy their beautiful video for "I Dream of Chicago" - the release party is Friday, January 14, with doors open at 9:30pm.

Top Ten Songs - January 8, 2011

1. Chromeo - Hot Mess

2. Florence & The Machine - Kiss With A Fist

3. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost

4. Best Coast - When I'm With You

5. Deerhunter - Helicopter

6. Sonny & the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn

7. Arcade Fire - Modern Man

8. Maximum Balloon - Communion

9. Freelance Whales - Generator ^ First Floor

10. Kids of 88 - Everybody Knows

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart tour dates

MFR has a list of tour dates for The Pains of Being Pure At Heart.  Close shows to Des Moines are Minneapolis and Chicago in late April.

Here's the complete list from MFR:

03.31 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

04.01 - Washington, DC - Black Cat

04.02 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle

04.04 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club

04.05 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl

04.06 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe

04.07 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks

04.08 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s

04.09 - Austin, TX - Emo’s

04.12 - Santa Fe, NM - VFW*

04.18 - Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door

04.19 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

04.20 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge

04.22 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile

04.25 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club

04.26 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall

04.27 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

04.28 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall

04.29 - Bloomington, IN - Rhino’s

04.30 - Columbus, OH - The Basement

05.02 - Milford, CT - Daniel Street

05.03 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club

05.06 - New York, NY - Webster Hall

NPR First Listen - Smith Westerns

Chicago's Smith Westerns really caught my ear when I heard "Weekend" for the first time.  Much to my surprise, DMPulse listeners didn't seem to care for that track.  Perhaps there's something else on their upcoming album, Dye It Blonde?  NPR music has the album as a "first listen", so check it out before it hits stores next Tuesday, January 18.

Link to listen to the album!

Late Night TV with Iron & Wine and The Walkmen

Pitchfork share performances by Iron & Wine from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and a song from The Walkmen on Letterman.

Parlours - EP Release Party

Celebrate and congratulate Parlours at their EP release party January 14th at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines.  The fun starts at 9:30pm with other locals Cashes Rivers and The River Monks. $5, 21+.  For more on Parlours, check out a nice write-up here or follow them on facebook!

2011 looks to be a great year!

It is good to take a moment and look at the upcoming releases we are expecting this year.  2011 looks to be another awesome year!

New music is expected from:

Radiohead

My Morning Jacket

The Strokes

The Shins

Beck

Bon Iver

Explosions In The Sky

Fleet Foxes

M83

Noah & The Whale

Peter, Bjorn And John

And releases are already scheduled from:

The Decemberists – The King Is Dead (Jan. 18)

Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (Jan. 25)

R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now (March 8)

Here's a nice list of upcoming releases for the new year!

Twin Shadow on Daytrotter

Twin Shadow has a new Daytrotter session up.  Go here to check it out!  Twin Shadow made quite a few 'best of' lists in 2010 and DMPulse listners will be familiar with "Yellow Balloon" and "Castles in the Snow" on the DMPulse playlist!

Top Ten Songs - January 1, 2011

1. Bombay Bicycle Club - Rinse Me Down
2. Wintersleep - New Inheritors
3. Maximum Balloon - Communion
4. Chromeo - Hot Mess
5. The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
6. Freelance Whales - Generator ^ First Floor
7. Best Coast - When I'm With You
8. Sonny & the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn
9. Interpol - Success
10. Kids of 88 - Everybody Knows

MGMT on Daytrotter

Quite a bit of buzz about MGMT's Daytrotter session from earlier this week.  Click here to check it out!

Red Sky Festival coming to Omaha

A new 6 day(!) music festival is coming to Omaha.  The Red Sky Music Festival was announced in December, and is slated to feature 50 bands over six days.  Dates announced were July 19-24.  Here's the original announcement.

The Red Sky Music Festival will be held at Omaha's new TD Ameritrade Park, and will have space for 20,000 fans a day. The headlining act each night will perform at the stadium. This has the potential to be a great addition to the summer festival line-up.  That part of Omaha has a great neighborhood vibe.  I was really impressed with the area when I saw a show at the Slowdown, which is near the stadium.  As of now, no bands have been announced and there isn't an official website, but stay tuned!

Top Ten Songs - December 28, 2010

1. Sonny and the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn
2. Black Mountain - The Hair Song
3. Alexander - Truth
4. Best Coast - When I'm With You
5. Kings Of Leon - Radioactive
6. Eels - I Like the Way This Is Going
7. Pete Yorn - Precious Stone
8. Broken Bells - The Mall and Misery
9. Bombay Bicycle Club - Rinse Me Down
10. Interpol - Success

Des Moines Music Coalition announces Gross Domestic Product date

The Des Moines Music Coalition recently announced the date for the sixth annual Gross Domestic Product.  This year's show will be held April 2 and continues to be at the Hotel Fort Des Moines.

No bands have been announced, and the DMMC is accepting band submissions through Jan. 18. Submissions can be emailed to info@desmoinesmc.com.

DMPulse Kickstarter update

Click here to go to our project!

 We are getting down the the final days of our Kickstarter project!  As of this writing, we need to raise $1,800 to reach our goal!  Please watch the video, and read through the project description and rewards through the link above. I hope you will considering supporting this project, and take advantage of the rewards we are offering our backers.

Please note, funding for Kickstarter projects is all-or-nothing. Backers credit cards are only charged if and when the $2,000 goal is reached.  Now is the time to stand up and say "I'm in if everyone else is too!" by backing the project.  Thank you for supporting the station, being such loyal listeners and helping us continue to discover great music together!

Let's get this party Kickstarted!

-Jay

Support DMPulse

Why support DMPulse?

Your dollars allow us to pay our royalty payment to SoundExchange and purchase the music you hear on DMPulse! 

Soundexchange is the organization that gathers performance royalty fees from internet radio and pays the artists we play.  Did you know, each month we submit a report to Soundexchange detailing each song we play on DMPulse? Soundexchange aggregates our report with everyone else to determine each individual artist's share of the performance royalty payments. So, every time you hear a song on DMPulse, the artist is receiving a royalty payment! In 2010, DMPulse paid $2,000 to Soundexchange, and we are set to make another $2,000 payment in January. Help DMPulse support the artists we play by making a donation today!

DMPulse Kickstarter project!

Kickstarting begins now!

Our project to launch a commercial-free audio stream you can access without a subscription to Live365 is live! During the next 30 days, we will attempt to raise $2,000 to launch this new stream in 2011.

Recall over the past year that you have help guide and shape our path forward, from continuing the station at this time last year, to our organization as a non-profit. This next project is another step forward for DMPulse. Based on listener's interest in having a DMPulse stream free of advertising, we are launching this project via Kickstarter.com.

Click here to go to our project!

Please view the video, read through the project description and rewards. I hope you will considering supporting this project, and take advantage of the rewards we are offering our backers.

Please note, funding for Kickstarter projects is all-or-nothing. Backers credit cards are only charged if and when the $2,000 goal is reached. Thank you for supporting the station, being such loyal listeners and helping us continue to discover great music together!

Let's get this party Kickstarted!

-Jay

Top 10 for Week Ending November 13

1. Kings Of Leon - Radioactive
2. Alexander - Truth
3. Arcade Fire - Suburban War
4. Perfume Genius - Learning
5. Tokyo Police Club - Bambi
6. Young Galaxy - Queen Drum
7. Wavves - Post Acid
8. The Pack A.D. - Crazy
9. The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
10. Interpol - Success

New Listener Survey! Kickstarter Project Rewards!

We are launching a project on Kickstarter.com to create a commercial-free audio stream you can access without a subscription to Live365! 

In exchange for backing the project, you can choose to select specific rewards. Rewards are items or unique experiences that inspire support for the project. Here's where you come in...help us determine what rewards to offer and at what dollar amount we should offer the reward!

Click Here to Take the Survey!

It is important for these rewards to be fun!  Based on previous listeners surveys, I think we have several creative reward ideas that allow you to be actively involved with the station.  For example:

 

Pay for a Day: choose 24 songs from our music library to be played during your day, with your backing being recognized on-air throughout the day.

Buy the Hour: program an entire hour of DMPulse, choosing all songs played that hour from our music library of more than 1,600 songs!  Imagine having control of one entire hour of our radio station!

Music Meeting:  attend our virtual music meeting where you will be able to hear songs being considered for airplay.  Have you ever heard of a radio station opening the meeting where the music decisions are made to listeners?  DMPulse is breaking new ground here!  Have access to new music before it is heard on the station, and share your input!

In Your Voice: record yourself saying "This is (your name) from (your city) and you are listening to DMPulse!" We'll then put your voice on-air in rotation for one year, so you will be able to hear yourself on the station. Imagine, slaving away at your desk at work, and hearing your own voice say "This is Bob from Duluth, and you are listening to DMPulse!" 

Click the red link above to go to Survey Monkey and take the six question survey!

Top 10 for Week Ending November 6

1. Matt & Kim - Cameras

2. Young Galaxy - Queen Drum

3. Beck - Ramona

4. Best Coast - When I'm With You

5. Wavves - Post Acid

6. The Drums - It Will All End In Tears

7. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

8. Arcade Fire - Suburban War - The Suburbs

9. Interpol - Barricade

10. Alexander - Truth

Favorite album of 2010?

This is the time of year when everyone rolls out their "best of 2010" list. 

I suppose I could throw my two cents in on the topic. It hardly seems fair. My favorite releases of 2010 are pretty obvious to DMPulse listeners, just check out the station! More interesting to me is what are YOUR favorite albums on 2010? Share them in the comments here or on our Facebook Page or DMPulse's twitter.

Time to Get This Party Kickstarted!

 If you believe in supporting the excellent artists we feature on DMPulse, and want to help us continue to introduce listeners to great new indie and alternative music, you will have opportunities to get involved in the coming weeks.  As a first move in that direction, take a look at Kickstarter.  Kickstarter.com helps rally financial support around specific projects, in essence "kick-starting" the creation of something.  Browse around and view the wonderful and creative projects, from film-makers and musicians seeking funds for their next project, to inventors needing to launch their idea. 
I thought this Iphone holder project was cool (and look how successful!): 

So, what would you like to help Kickstart for DMPulse?
Ideas:
- Help us launch a commercial-free stream that doesn't require a Live365 VIP membership?
- Help us get DMPulse t-shirts or other swag?
- Help us buy one CD a week in 2011.

Provide feedback on the above or share your own ideas by taking the Survey below:

Click here to take the Survey

New Facebook Page!

Have you joined our "official" DMPulse Page?  

Click here to get connected to great indie rock and the best indie rock radio station anywhere.  

Ready to discover great new indie artists? Click here to listen to DMPulse!

Sign-up for the DMPulse Weekly e-newsletter

The weekly e-newsletter is the best way to stay current with the great new indie rock, indie pop and alternative music we play on DMPulse.  Delivered to your inbox every Tuesday, the e-newsletter features a complete list of the new songs added the our playlist, with links to listen to them free on-demand!  Hear the latest music first, by joining our mailing list


Would you like a sneak peek at our e-newsletter?  Go here to view a past issue!


Go here to join our mailing list and  receive the weekly e-newsletter

New add this week: Wavves - Post Acid

Wavves - Post Acid
From the album: - King of the Beach

Des Moines Concert Announcement - Eisley

Eisley

@ Vaudeville Mews
Friday, Nov. 5 @ 6 pm

Tickets are $15 available via MidwestTix





Eisley songs on DMPulse's playlist:  Many Funerals, Pretender, Invasion, Telescope Eyes, Laughing City, The Winter Song, Marvelous Things, Over the Mountains, A Sight to Behold

Top 10 for Week Ending October 2

1. The National - Runaway
2. Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes

3. Two Door Cinema Club - This Is The Life

4. Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em

5. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You - Brothers

6. Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait - The Suburbs

7. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

8. Mumford & Sons - Awake My Soul

9. Interpol - Barricade

10. Dan Mangan - Road Regrets

New DMPulse Logo

Thanks to everyone who voted!  The new logo is:

New DMPulse logo

Vote on the new DMPulse logo

It is time for a new logo for DMPulse, and we are letting the audience decide.  Check out the logos below and vote for your favorite here!

DMPulse Logos

Logo #1

Ear buds as "d" and "p"









Click Here to Vote

Logo #2

 Headphones with "dmpulse" audio wave image




 Click Here to Vote

Logo #3

 Ear buds with "dmpulse" audio wave image

 Click Here to Vote




Logo #4

 Vertical ear bud with cord






 Click Here to Vote

Logo #5

 Vertical ear bud without cord





 Click Here to Vote

 


Logo #6

Horizontal ear bud 






Click Here to Vote

The Making of the next DMPulse Logo - Part 1

For the past several weeks, I've been working with Andrew from Ozone Consulting to develop a new logo for DMPulse.  After several teleconferences, and quite a bit of back and forth, we are ready to unveil our four finalists for you to vote on!  That's right, the DMPulse audience gets to chose the new logo!  Before we get to the unveiling, I wanted to share some of the early versions so you can see the process.

Fairly early, we landed on a font that we liked pretty well.  




But, something important to me is for our new logo to have a visual tie-in so you know easily what the logo is representing.  For example, a tire company logo that incorporates a wheel.  That is pretty challenging with an internet radio station.  What represents a radio station?  Andrew and I kicked around idea after idea...  We tried a microphone, but it looks too cartoon-y.



We tried earbuds in various states






We tried a boombox, but it's just too retro!



One brainstorm was to try to "visualize" DMPulse by using an actual image of the audio of our station "voice" saying DMPulse.  You'll see that incorporated here with one of our headphone versions.



None of the above made the cut, but they have helped get us to where we are now.  Keep an ear to the station, and an eye on this website, as we'll be rolling out finalists soon!



Share your thoughts on the logos above by emailing me at jay AT dmpulse.com!

Listen to DMPulse on your mobile device! More info here!

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DMPulse is indie rock radio! Originating from Des Moines, Iowa, DMPulse plays indie and alternative bands like: Arcade Fire, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Black Keys Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, Decemberists, The Envy Corps, Flaming Lips, Free Energy, Heartless Bastards, The Hold Steady, Interpol, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Metric, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Mumford & Sons, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pavement, Peter Bjorn & John, Phoenix, Pixies, Portugal The Man, The Postal Service, Ra Ra Riot, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Rogue Wave, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Sea Wolf, The Shins, Silversun Pickups, The Smiths, Spoon, Stars, The Strokes, Tegan and Sara, Tokyo Police Club, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The White Stripes, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Top 10 - Week ending Sept. 11

This Week's Top 10

1. Frightened Rabbit - The Wrestle
2. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
3. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
4. Dan Mangan - Road Regrets
5. Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
6. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
7. The Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
8. The National- Runaway
9. Free Energy - Something In Common
10. Mumford & Sons - Awake My Soul

Top 10 for Week Ending August 21

1. Delorean - Stay Close
2. Broken Social Scene - Art House Director
3. Blur - Fool's Day
4. Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure
5. The National - Sorrow
6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
7. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
8. Wolf Parade - What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way)
9. Two Door Cinema Club - This Is The Life
10. The Young Veins - Change

Pre-Order Interpol's new album

Interpol's new album, Interpol, is in stores Sept. 14, 2010.  You can pre-order it now for $7.99 via Amazon.com!

August DMPulse Listener Survey

Please take a couple of minutes to click the link below and take the survey. Question topics range from social media usage to your opinions on DMPulse being a non-profit organization.

The first meeting of the Board of Directors for DMPulse Media is being held in less than two weeks. The survey contains a few questions I want to share with the board. The final question is an opportunity for you to speak directly to the board. Do you have a question you'd like leadership to answer? Or, what would you like the leadership of DMPulse to know?

Click here to take the survey

Top 10 for Week Ending August 14

1. Blur - Fool's Day
2. Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
3. The Dead Weather - Hustle and Cuss
4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
5. Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes
6. The Drums - Forever And Ever Amen
7. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
8. The National - Sorrow
9. New Pornographers - Moves
10. The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part Of The City

Top 10 for Week Ending July 31

1. Mumford and Sons - Awake My Soul
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
4. Band Of Horses - Factory
5. The Envy Corps - Kid Gloves
6. Avi Buffalo - Whats In It For?
7. Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
8. The Young Veins - Change
9. Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
10. Mystery Jets - Flash a Hungry Smile

Des Moines Concert Annoucement - Tegan and Sara

See Tegan and Sara at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines on Tuesday, August 17, 2010!  

Hoyt Sherman Place is a great historic venue near downtown Des Moines, with easy access from I-235.

When: August 17
Show: 9:00pm
Tickets are $39.00 and $42.05 available through Ticketmaster.

Des Moines Concert Annoucement

See Phoenix at Five Flags Event Center in Clive on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.
When: August 10
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Tickets are $28.50 Available through TicketMaster.

Top 10 for Week Ending July 24

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2. The Envy Corps - Kid Gloves
3. The Black Keys - Next Girl
4. Stars - Fixed
5. Canby - Rat
6. Local Natives - World News
7. We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop
8. The National - Afraid of Everyone
9. Nathaniel Rateliff - Early Spring Till
10. Avi Buffalo - Whats In It For?

Pre-Order Arcade Fire "The Suburbs"

Click below to Pre-Order Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" via Amazon!  The new album is in stores Tuesday, Aug. 3.

Albums - Week of July 26

Des Moines Concert Annoucement

See Hot Hot Heat at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.
When: September 14
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Tickets are $15.00 Available through MidwestTix.

Iowa Artists - Canby

Canby started as a side project of Scott Yoshimura, drummer for the inde rock band The Envy Corps.  Yoshimura moves from behind the kit to share his songwriting talents.

Canby's full length debut can be purchased through Aqui Estamos Records
Website
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Twitter
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Top 10 for Week Ending July 17

1. Avi Buffalo - Whats In It For?
2. Arcade Fire - Month Of May
3. The Young Veins - Change
4. The Black Keys - Next Girl
5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
6. Hot Hot Heat - Goddess On The Prairie
7. The Futureheads - Struck Dumb
8. The Envy Corps - Kid Gloves
9. The National - Afraid of Everyone
10. Local Natives - World News

Des Moines Concert Annoucement

See Neon Trees with Civil Twilight & Paper Tongues at People's Court in Des Moines on Wednesday, August 4, 2010.

Civil Twilight

When: August 4th at 7pm
Tickets are $15.00 through www.midwesttix.com.

Des Moines Concert Annoucement - The Black Keys

See The Black Keys at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines on Sunday, August 8, 2010.

Here's the skinny:

When: August 8th

Doors: 7:00pm

Show: 8:00pm

Tickets are $25.00 Available through Ticketmaster.

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DMPulse is indie rock radio! Originating from Des Moines, Iowa, DMPulse plays indie and alternative bands like: Arcade Fire, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Black Keys Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, Decemberists, The Envy Corps, Flaming Lips, Free Energy, Heartless Bastards, The Hold Steady, Interpol, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Metric, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Mumford & Sons, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Pavement, Peter Bjorn & John, Phoenix, Pixies, Portugal The Man, The Postal Service, Ra Ra Riot, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Rogue Wave, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Sea Wolf, The Shins, Silversun Pickups, The Smiths, Spoon, Stars, The Strokes, Tegan and Sara, Tokyo Police Club, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The White Stripes, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Explore the DMPulse playlist!

Iowa Artists - The Envy Corps

The Envy Corps

Website

Wikipedia 

AllMusic.com


Envy Corps songs on the DMPulse playlist:  Kid Gloves, Wires and Wool, Story Problem.

80/35 Music Festival - Set-up begins!

Preparations are ongoing for the 80/35 Music Festival at Western Gateway Park in Des Moines!

80/35 - Sunday lineup

Here's the lineup for Sunday, July 4 at the 80/35 Music Festival

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Main Stage
Noon — The Workshy
1:45 p.m. — Avi Buffalo
3:15 p.m. — The Walkmen
5 p.m. — Railroad Earth
7 p.m. — The Cool Kids
9 p.m. — Modest Mouse

Kum & Go Stage
Noon — Dawes
1:15 p.m. — Family Groove Company
2:45 p.m. — Christopher the Conquered
3:30 p.m. — Sara Watkins
4:30 p.m. — Evangelicals
5:45 p.m. — Califone
7 p.m. — Dar Williams
8:15 p.m. — The Heavy

Mediacom Stage
4 p.m. — Guerilla Hustle
4:30 p.m. — Gadema & Richie Daggers
5 p.m. — Cleo’s Apartment
6 p.m. — Kanser
7 p.m. — Raj & Leeman
8 p.m. — DJ Diverse
9 p.m. — Maxilla Blue
10 p.m. — Qwel
11 p.m. — Brad Goldman & Mimic

80/35 - Saturday lineup

Here's the lineup for Saturday, July 3 at the 80/35 Music Festival

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Main Stage
Noon — The Atudes
1:30 p.m. — Omega Dog
3:15 p.m. — Particle
5 p.m. — Yo La Tengo
7 p.m. — Slightly Stoopid
9 p.m. — Spoon

Kum & Go Stage
Noon — Modern Day Satire
12:45 p.m. — Canby
1:45 p.m. — Psalm One
2:45 p.m. — Cashes Rivers
3:30 p.m. — Zola Jesus
4:30 p.m. — Solid Gold
5:45 p.m. — William Elliott Whitmore
7 p.m. — Earl Greyhound
8:15 p.m. — Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs

Mediacom Stage
4 p.m. — Tripp Marxx
4:30 p.m. — Adapt
5 p.m. — Flatform
6 p.m. — Guante and Big Cats
7 p.m. — Tim Grimes
8 p.m. — Muja Messiah
9 p.m. — Mustafa Avdic
10 p.m. — St. Paul Slim
11 p.m. — Oz and Dave Leo

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80-35 Music Festival - Getting There!

Here are directions to get to the 80-35 music festival in Des Moines.  The event is held at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines.

- Take I-235 to Downtown Des Moines
- Exit at Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.  Travel south on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and follow roadway east (take a left) along the south side of Downtown Des Moines after passing over Ingersoll and under Grand Ave. Along Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway there are several parking options.

From downtown parking options, the park is between 12th and 13th Avenues (north-south roads) and Grand and Locust streets, which run east-west.

Here's a link to directions from the 80-35 site.

80-35 Music Festival Artist List

Saturday, July 3
Spoon
Slightly Stoopid
Yo La Tengo
Particle
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
William Elliott Whitmore
Earl Greyhound
Solid Gold
Zola Jesus
Canby
Cashes Rivers
Psalm One
Omega Dog
Modern Day Satire
Flatform
Tripp Marxx
St. Paul Slim
Oz and Dave Leo
Adapt
Mustafa Avdic
El Guante
Tim Grimes
W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S.

Sunday, July 4
Modest Mouse
Railroad Earth
The Cool Kids
The Walkmen
The Heavy
Dar Williams
Avi Buffalo
Evangelicals
Sara Watkins
Dawes
Califone
Family Groove Company
Christopher the Conquered
The Workshy
Maxilla Blue
Qwel
Brad Goldman & Mimic
Cleo’s Apartment
Guerilla Hustle
DJ Diverse
Gadema & Richie Daggers
Kanser
Raj w/ Leeman on percussion

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This Weekend in Des Moines

Two great events this weekend in Des Moines!


First is the Des Moines Art Festival. It's held at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. While you're there, enjoy the Pappajohn Sculpture Garden.  More photos of the garden are here.
Des Moines Arts Festival
June 25-27, 2010


Friday, June 25 - 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 26 - 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. 
Fireworks at 10 p.m.
Sunday, June 27 - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.


Also this weekend, the 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, held at Drake University.
Drake is home of the annual Drake Relays, one of the largest and most important track & field events in the country.

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