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Featured Story: Patches & Gretchen CD Release with Kevin Bowe, Adam Levy and Dan Israel

By: David de Young

Gretchen Seichrist of Patches & Gretchen - Photo by Pamela Diedrich (See more of Pamela's photos from this show here.) I arrived at the Patches & Gretchen Sugar Head Pie CD Release Party so early that the recently remodeled (yet again) Varsity Theater (it’s still not done, but it’s awesome – you must check out the bathrooms!) was still mostly empty.   My promptness paid off, however, as at 8 p.m. sharp, Dan Israel took the stage, filling the room with an incredibly good vibe right from the start. Sounding and looking great under the Varsity’s incomparable stage lighting, Israel’s ...

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Photo of the Week for March, 10, 2010

The Wapsipinicon celebrated the release of their debut album San Geronimo with a CD Release Party at the Kitty Cat Klub Saturday night, and though I had heard the record and even seen the band perform live at least once in the past, I was unprepared for the energetic and powerful show I witnessed on that small stage in Dinktytown.  Even breaking a string early in the set did not deter Sean Neary, the creative force behind the group which takes their name from a tributary of the Mississippi River in Northeastern Iowa, from presenting an incredible set, which I proclaimed a success right from the first song, a song which doesn't even appear on the CD. The Wapsipinicon is comprised of what can easily be called a verit...

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Photo by: Meredith Westin