All Ages Matinee with:
Those Manic Seas
Hailing from Nashville, TN // Richmond, VA, Those Manic Seas is a dynamic four piece group that combines elements of post rock and shoegaze to create unique, danceable songs and lists bands such as Interpol, the Killers and Mutemath as influences. Their debut album ‘Telegenic’ was released 04.21.17 and the band is currently on a 25 date record release tour.
Madison Ray
Madison Ray is unpredictable. One day this musician might be designing clothes and the next, he may be a TV personality.
He was trained by Johnny Contardo of ShaNaNa and has performed with the likes of: Aaron Carter, Mya, Belinda Carlisle, Latin Grammy award winner Nestor Torres, Christopher the Conquered, the River Monks, Little Ruckus, prettygirlhatemachine, Gloom Balloon, Tokyo’s KAZOKU, Crunk Witch, Freakabout!, Planet Booty, Dominique Morgan, Ellis Hall of Tower of Power, Martha Wash, Debbie Gibson and Victor Wooten. He sometimes sings with the Des Moines Metro Opera and once even starred in RENT as Tom Collins.
He is the anti-pop Pop Art musician, he is a creative dynamo, he is the Naked Emperor, and he has been crafting a sound he lovingly calls Stanque Pop, an eclectic blend of Rock, Soul, Jazz and Funk.
His work includes: an EP known as “The Revolution, Vol. 1,” a full length album with All the Single Ladies titled “Starship to Mars” as well as the records “Aviators,” “LOVE,” and “Diamonds.”
He might steal your girlfriend.
He might steal your boyfriend.
Liz McDonough
Liz McDonough is a singer and keyboardist out of Des Moines. The daughter of a hippie church organist, Liz has been playing piano and singing for the majority of her life. After singing in Europe with the Iowa Music Ambassadors and cultivating a YouTube page of unexpected piano covers, Liz moved to Des Moines and has lead multiple bands, most notably The Dirty Kids. Liz has written music for the ‘How Did This Get Made?’ podcast, and continues to attempt to be Prince and Courtney Love’s illegitimate giant white daughter.