Iowa rocks with new music as 80/35 Festival comes Friday & Saturday, July 7th & 8th:
FRIDAY, JULY 7th
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The War On Drugs, 9:30 PM Claimed to be “Best New Music” by Pitchfork for their 2011 album, Slave Ambient, The War On Drugs are often known for the jauntily confections of atmospheric guitars and rolling drums (QRO live review). The Philly outfit (QRO photos) later saw Kurt Vile spin-off for his own successful career, and followed up Slave with 2014’s Lost In the Dream (QRO mp3 review), 2017’s acclaimed A Deeper Understanding (One of QRO’s Top Albums of 2017), which won the Grammy for Best Rock Album, and 2021’s I Don’t Live Here Anymore (QRO review), and now come to 80/35 (QRO ’22 photos). |
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Sudan Archives, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM Brittney Denise Parks brings the violin out of the stuffy classical setting of old and into the modern, multicultural era as Sudan Archives (QRO ’23 photos). |
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Deerhoof, 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM A band (QRO photos at a festival) that’s always hard to peg down, the prolific Deerhoof (QRO photos), led by the unmistakable Satomi Matsuzaki, come to 80’35 (QRO photos) behind this year’s Miracle-Level. |
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Elizabeth Moen, 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Iowa’s own singer/songwriter Elizabeth Moen plays her third 80/35 (QRO photos at 80/35 ‘18 – QRO photos at 80/35 ’17). |
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Kum & Go Stage |
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Ric Wilson, 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Gustaf, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Tayls, 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Ramona & The Sometimes, 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM DMMC Summer Camps, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
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Bud & Mary’s Stage |
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House of Large Sizes, 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM From right over in Cedar Falls, the nineties’ alt-rock House of Large Sizes play their third 80/35, reuniting for their first show in a decade! |
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Maxilla Blue, 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM Des Moines’ own hip-hop trio Maxilla Blue finally return to 80/35 for their fourth time, after a long absence. (QRO photos at 80/35 2012). |
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Also: Neil Anders & The Brothers Merritt, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM Pictoria Vark, 5:45 PM – 6:15 PM Monstrophe, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
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Iowa Public Radio Stage |
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Salt Fox, 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Annie Kemble + B. Well, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Big Salt, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
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SATURDAY, JULY 8th
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Big Boi, 9:45 PM Still probably best known for being one-half of massively successful duo OutKast (QRO photos at a festival), Big Boi (QRO photos at a festival) first showed off his solo skills (QRO photos at a festival) in the Speakerboxx half of OutKast’s 2003’s double-LP, Speakerboxx/The Love Below (the latter half being partner Andre 3000’s own solo debut). But the hip-hop artist (QRO photos) went out with his own (QRO photos at a festival), fully solo Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty in 2011 and Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors the following year. More recently, he teamed up with Phantogram (QRO photos at 80/35 ’18) as ‘Big Grams’ (QRO photos at a festival), but has since returned to his solo work with 2021’s Boomiverse, and now comes to 80/35. |
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Cautious Clay, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM The breakout hip-hop/R&B star – with the greatest name since Nipsey Hussle – is Cautious Clay (QRO photos at a festival), who comes 80/35 (QRO photos at a festival) behind 2019’s Table of Context. |
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Blu DeTiger, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM NYC’s Blu DeTiger (QRO live review) came up playing bass for the likes of Caroline Polachek, Bleachers, and FLETCHER, but has since gotten big on her own (QRO photos), most recently as one of ‘Forbes 30 Under 30’. |
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Also: William Elliott Whitmore, 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Ax & The Hatchetmen, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Ancient Posse, 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Emma Butterworth, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Kum & Go Stage |
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Thumpasaurus, 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM Etran De L’Air, 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM Disq, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM McKinley Dixon, 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Kiss the Tiger, 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM Kyle James, 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Allegra Hernandez, 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Basketball Divorce Court, 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Glass Ox, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Girls Rock! Des Moines, 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM |
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Bud & Mary’s Stage |
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Lipstick Homicide, 9:00 PM – 9:45 PM Annie Kemble, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM Us Vs Them, 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM Hurry Up, Brothers, 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM Lady Revel, 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM Penny Peach, 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Zap Tura, 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Belin Quartet, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM The Crust Band, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lost Souls Dound, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM |
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Iowa Public Radio Stage |
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McKinley Dixon + Teller Bank$, 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Sharane Calister, 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Flyspace, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Greg Wheeler & The Poly Mall Cops, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Surf Zombies, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Flash in a Pan, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM |
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