This Saturday at Hotel Fort Des Moines, don't miss the best in local music at the GDP Festival!

State Room
6:00 – Wolves In The Attic
7:00 – Man Of The Mountain
7:45 – Adam Robert Haug
8:15 – Dark Mirror
9:15 – Gaiden Gadema w/ Richie Daggers
10:00 – Tyborn Jig
11:00 – The Autumn Project

Grand Ballroom
6:15 – Beati Paoli
7:15 – The Dig Angees
8:00 – Aeon Grey
8:45 – Cashes Rivers
9:30 – Finding The Warren
10:30 – Cleo’s Apartment
11:30 – The Envy Corps

  I'm so excited for the new William Elliott Whitmore album I can hardly stand it, I think I've mentioned this before.  He is my favorite Iowa musician, and I hope to have him on the Capital Backyard some day.  Click on the picture to go to his website...

 

  It's weird that what will probably end up being one of the top albums of 2009, was released on the very first Tuesday of 2009.  The new album from the Animal Collective was one of my most anticipated albums of this year, much like their album Strawberry Jam was in 2007.  Since seeing them play at the Picador in Iowa City, I've been completely hooked on Animal Collective... their new album Merriweather Post Pavillion doesn't disapoint.

And the album art is just playing crazy...you have to do to this for vinyl...yeah this is really it.

  Well, I made a favorite album of 2008 list, which I’m pretty happy with.  And looking back at one of my favorite years ever, I’ve decided to make a favorite moment’s list.  In order, here are my favorite moments of 2008.

 

1.      Dancing on stage with the Flaming Lips at 80/35…of course

2.      Meeting Nick Cave outside of a concert in Chicago…he was eating a carrot.

3.      Getting a tour of Slipknot’s recording set up at Sound Farm Studios

4.      Singing “Don’t Go” on stage with the Poison Control Center at the Mews

5.      Bonnaroo…from camping by the entrance, meeting Nathan Followell of Kings of Leon, to seeing Sigur Ros and and Broken Social Scene, this was the greatest Bonnaroo yet!

6.      Broadcasting from the 80/35 Festival, the whole weekend was like a dream

7.      Seeing William Elliott Whitmore multiple times

8.      The Silver Jews at the Picador, a great band that more people should listen too

9.      Ryan Adams in the Capital Studio

10.  Every local show that I saw and loved, there are too many to name…here’s a few…Radio Moscow, Cleo’s Apartment, PCC, Envy Corps, Dirty Little Rabbits, Public Property

  What a great year for music!!  A lot of albums came out this year that I fell in love with; some from old favorites, some new.  This is a list of my favorite albums of 2008, not necessarily the best albums of the year, just my favorites.  You'll probably be surprised with most of them, if it's an artist you haven't heard of, you should check them out.

These are in order, if that’s possible…

1.      Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig!

2.      The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely

3.      My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

4.      Kings of Leon – Only By The Night

5.      Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Lie Down In The Light

6.      Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone

7.      Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

8.      Bob Dylan – Bootleg Vol. 8

9.      The Black Keys – Attack and Release

10. Broken Social Scene – Presents Brandon Canning

11. Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride

12. Weezer – Red Album

13. Sigur Ros – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

14. Beck – Modern Guilt

15. Cleo’s Apartment – Tenants EP

16. Okkervil River – The Stand Ins

17. Envy Corps – Dwell

18.  Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Cardinology

19.  Maxilla Blue – S/T

20. Cloud Cult – Feel Good Ghosts

21. Adam Robert Haug – Bedrooms and Basements

22. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

23. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line

24. Neon Neon – Stainless Style

      25. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular