In Rooms at Des Moines Arts Festival
We are excited to announce that we will be playing the new Acoustic Stage at the Des Moines Arts Festival alongside many other great Iowa/Midwestern artists!
Learn more about the Des Moines Arts Festival here: http://desmoinesartsfestival.org
The Peacock Waltz - NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest submission!
There really aren't enough waltzes about peacocks...
On January 25, 2016 Bruce Bales (DEFT) came over to help us do some filming with the Magnavox Movie Maker. The video was filmed as an entry to the 2016 NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest. We hope that you enjoy the video for our new song, "The Peacock Waltz".
All Right
We decided that before Brooke Peters left town, we should make another video with the newly acquired Magnavox Movie Maker (circa 1989). Thanks to Dustin Smith for filming!
We made it home!
So it has been a few days since we returned home from our short tour down to Austin and back. We had a really wonderful experience. Here are some reflections on our trip: We played our first show in Ames at DGs Tap House and had a blast. Crazy birthday party for Melvin the Mel-Man. Kind of a different show to play as our Ames debut, but it was definitely an entertaining and good time.
We reunited with the wonderful Oklahoma Cloud Factory in Tulsa (check them out they are great!). Such great people, and it was such a pleasure to play with them again.
We got to play 2 nights in Austin at two wonderful venues that we hope to play at again sometime (Hotel Vegas & Cheer Up Charlies). Saw our great friend Paul Kresowik who now plays with the outstanding band The Western Front (formerly of Iowa and now out of Austin). We also played with the Austin band Magia Negra... super talented musicians and really great people. Super thankful that Casual Strangers helped us out with sharing gear. Had great conversations with Tsvetelina & James of Same Sex Mary. Met many local musicians and music lovers in Austin who were so nice and encouraging. So appreciative that friends from home in Iowa and work either living or passing through Austin came out to see us. And let's not forget the time spent not playing, wandering the streets of Austin with excellent recommendations from Paul & Victor.
We are really looking forward to making this trip again - hopefully before next January!
In Rooms... in the basement!
We recently made this live video for one of our new songs as a submission to NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Contest. Great excuse to make a fun video!