In a tiny venue called the Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, in front of a sold-out crowd of only about 300, Mutemath…
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Half-comedy, half-tearjerker: ’50/50′ shows an unfun reality
by Tyler Zeutenhorst October 7, 2011Director Jonathan Levine portrays a real-life situation that none of us want to be faced with in his new film “50/50.” The…
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‘Dolphin Tale’ swimming in emotions and box-office cash
by Michael Gutsche October 7, 2011From the production company who made the story of Baltimore Ravens star Michael Oher into the successful film “The Blind Side,” comes…
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It was about two minutes into her first song when I fell for St. Vincent. After seeing her perform live in Minneapolis,…
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Feist mixes sounds and styles in newest album, “Metals”
by Brittany Leikvoll October 7, 2011Feist, as the 35-year-old Canadian song writer best known for her 2007 hit “1234” is known to listeners, takes on a totally…
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Flames and Chainsaws blast The Locusts to certain death in ‘Gears of War 3’
by Michael Gutsche September 30, 2011Following the continuing story of Delta Squad, the small clump of humans that were part of the war effort against “The Locusts,”…
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Life is complicated. For every blessing, there are curses. That’s what Switchfoot’s new album, “Vice Verses,” is all about. After 15 years…
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For many college students, Blink-182 was as big a part of the music of their youth as the Backstreet Boys, N*sync or…
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Like a classic David and Goliath story, “Moneyball” is the underdog tale of a poor, small market team led by an obsessive…
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‘Birds Swirl’ brings a new rush of sounds
by Corinne Vanden Bosche September 30, 2011The typical view of electronic music has been broken, thanks to the Russian artist Monokle and his latest EP album, “Birds Swirl.”…