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"









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Logo #2

 Headphones with "dmpulse" audio wave image




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Logo #3

 Ear buds with "dmpulse" audio wave image

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Logo #4

 Vertical ear bud with cord






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Logo #5

 Vertical ear bud without cord





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Logo #6

Horizontal ear bud 






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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!

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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!

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
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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