Daytrotter will cease live shows after this weekend in its Brady Street location, and will lay off an unspecified number of employees, according to multiple sources that asked not to be identified. New York-based Wolfgang’s Vault, which owns Daytrotter, confirmed the closing and layoffs in reports to other area media, but could not be reached by QuadCities.com to independently confirm the move. The venue, at 324 Brady Street, opened in 2016. Since then, Daytrotter has seen the departure of founder Sean Moeller as well as other key members of the original Daytrotter team. The studio space for... Read More

Chicago’s Lucille Furs will be opening for Diane Coffee at Daytrotter, 324 Brady St in Davenport, on Sat, June 2 at 8PM as noted at http://www.daytrotter.com/live-shows/133.html After a successful run of showcases at SXSW and a show at Elsewhere in Brooklyn recently, Lucille Furs are looking forward to several shows/festival performances this summer, including a set at Daytrotter on Saturday, June 2! The band’s most recent single is entitled “Another Land” and is out now via Chicago’s Treehouse Records. “Another Land” is streaming at https://soundcloud.com/ treehouse-records-chicago/... Read More

Chicago psychedelic rock group Umbra & the Volcan Siege will be playing a set at Ragged Records at noon on Saturday, April 21, in celebration of Record Store Day as noted at http://www.raggedrecords.org/blog/2018/3/26/event-record-store-day-2018. Umbra and the Volcan Siege was founded in 2006 by JIm Licka embracing his “super hero ultra-identity” as UMBRA. Umbra is surrounded by his siege of musicians which help create a sound-scape of genre bending music. Umbra and the Volcan Siege has released three albums and is releasing their 4th “Someone Will Love You But It’s... Read More

There is a new festival coming to the Quad Cities! The downtown Davenport area will be transforming into a massive celebration of music, film, comedy and art! The inaugural Alternating Currents festival will take place on Friday Aug 25 and Saturday Aug 26. A dozen venues downtown Davenport will be hosting an impressive amount of live music, film screenings, comedians and visual artists. The only venues that will require ticket purchase will be the Adler Theatre, Triple Crown Whiskey Bar & Raccoon Motel, Daytrotter and the Redstone Room at River Music Experience. All other entertainment venues... Read More

The Smoking Popes will be lighting up the stage at Daytrotter this weekend, bestowing their musical blessings at 7 p.m. Saturday at the DT venue, 324 Brady, Davenport. For tickets click here: https://www.bandsintown.com/event/14912847?affil_code=fb_events&artist=SmokingPopes&came_from=268  Read More

There’s so much music these days springing from so many different sources. It can be tough to keep up. Are you looking for a daily one-stop shop for all things music? A place where you can find album reviews, song recommendations, interviews with emerging and legendary artists alike? Where you can watch those artists perform live in a custom-built recording studio? Where you can have unlimited free access to the world’s largest archive of live recorded music? Check out the all new Paste Music & Daytrotter. Starting Aug. 17, Paste Music and Daytrotter will be joining forces to deliver... Read More

You can hang your coat on this: The Coathangers are coming to Daytrotter. The critically acclaimed band will perform at 7 p.m. July 29 at 324 N. Brady. Tickets are available at www.eventbrite.com. The Coathangers’  latest, “Parasite” is the companion EP to their last album, “Nosebleed Weekend,” featuring vocals from all three members and showing the band baring their teeth a bit… On Nosebleed Weekend’s release last April, was named album of the week by SPIN, and praise from Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, NPR, and more came through for it. Their live show was on fire last fall… and... Read More

This week, the indie music world blew up with news that the band Deerhoof was aiming their horns and charging squarely at local and national music site Daytrotter. According to various sites and magazines, including Pitchfork and Spin, Deerhoof are ticked that Daytrotter released an LP of a session they did eight years ago. They claim they did not give permission for the session to be released. They also claim they weren’t paid for the LP nor did they receive royalties, and likewise, that their work for the site was placed behind a paywall for which they likewise received no royalties. Daytrotter,... Read More

As always, Sean Moeller is a very, very busy man, booking shows at his various venues. I’d say there are too many shows to list, but, wow, somehow we’ve managed to do just that. See below… Upcoming Moeller shows: June 22 — KRISTIN DIABLE w/FREDERICK THE YOUNGER at The Raccoon Motel :: TICKETS RIYL: Anderson East, The Head and the Heart June 23 — DAWG YAWP w/THE TOO’S at The Raccoon Motel :: TICKETS RIYL: Cat Stevens, weirdo Beatles stuff, Hayes Carll June 24 — ROONEY w/RUN RIVER NORTH, TWINSMITH at The Village Theatre :: TICKETS :: ALL AGES RIYL: Weezer, Phoenix, Phantom... Read More

Time to tighten your belts and wrassle your way to the Turnbuckle for some fun comedy, music and wrestling. It’s a festival Andy Kaufman would love, Sean Moeller has announced Turnbuckle, a few fest for Memorial Day Weekend At Codfish Hollow – featuring Comedy, Music and Professional Wrestling! Moeller Nights, Codfish Hollow, Bummer City and the Nerve Center Present: Turnbuckle, a comedy, music and professional wrestling festival set for Memorial Day weekend, May 26-27, 2017! It will be a weekend of HARDY CHUCKLING, BOD SWINGING and ATOMIC PILEDRIVERS the likes of which have never been seen! Over... Read More