Get your Beach Slang on as that band, Harsh Times and Starry Nights perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Daytrotter 324 Brady St. Davenport. Tickets are $12 in advance/$15 at doors for the all-ages show, call 563-293-3240. Need more deets on Beach Slang? First there’s the choppy E chord, revving the song like a boot stomping a gas pedal: the sound of all that excess energy built up at the start of the night. Then comes James Alex’s fine-grain sandpaper voice: “Play it loud, play it fast / Play me something that will always last / Play it soft, play it quiet / Play me something that might save my... Read More

Beach Slang will be chatting their way into Codfish Hollow Barn in Maquoketa, Iowa, on Saturday. Their 7 p.m. show also includes opening acts Bleached, Campdogzz and Hunny. Also coming up on the Moeller Nights schedule, Mr. Little Jeans with special guests will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Village Theater in the Village of East Davenport. This show is selling out across the country. You have this one chance to see her in an intimate environment before she blows up. The shows are all ages. For more info and tickets, see https://www.facebook.com/moellernightsinc/?fref=ts.  Read More

Still regret missing Vampire Weekend playing at Huckleberry’s Pizza way back in the Daytrotter beginnings a decade ago? Now’s your chance to check out one of the band’s primary members, Chris Baio, during one of the Moeller Nights concerts this week. It’s an action-packed week for the former Mr. Daytrotter and here’s the schedule for Sean Moeller’s shows: Thursday, Oct. 20 — BAIO (featuring Chris Baio of VAMPIRE WEEKEND!!) w/special guests to be announced at The Village Theatre (7 pm), Davenport, IA; TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! Monday, Oct. 24 — DILLY DALLY, Archeress (record... Read More