mission freak!

Thank the heavens for Daytrotter, our number one source for the latest and greatest in new music. The good people at Daytrotter, who live just under an hour away from us in the Quad Cities, are about to take the Mission Creek Festival to the next level. In an effort to strengthen this wonderful corridor of arts from Iowa City to the Quad Cities (and beyond) we introduce the Mission Creek Festival Satellite Shows, a series of events in the Quad Cities run in conjunction with the festival. These shows are intended to swell the fever pitch and ensure that everyone in our area has a darn good time. The first satellite show goes down at the Capitol Theatre in Davenport on Thursday, April 3rd, featuring Spoon, the Walkmen, and White Rabbits. More info on this particular show to arrive soon as well as more announcements about the other Satellite Shows. Yeah!

Do we really need to talk about these bands? Well, okay: Spoon, perhaps one of the tightest rock n’ roll outfits around, dropped a killer album this past year — GaGaGaGaGa — reaffirming that after 15 years of killing it, they’re still out for some indie blood. The Walkmen, a group of D.C. kids-cum-NYC gentlemen are perhaps the most modern and antiquated band at the same time. Their ability to channel brilliant new sounds out of equipment and influences that rival their parents in age never ceases to astound. Known not only for great albums and the occasional taking of the piss, the Walkmen routinely detonate dome-pieces like Scanners when they play live.