Equal parts hard rock, heavy metal and Southern rock Jackyl is coming to The Rust Belt with special guests Electric Shock! Jackyl, with special guests Electric Shock, rocks in Tuesday, October 19. To get tickets: https://bit.ly/TRBJackyl From the moment their first album was released in 1992, Jackyl has defied gravity. They were introduced at a time that rock music was taking a drastic turn toward the “shoe gazing” and the “anti-star” alternative music and/or the grunge of Seattle. No one would have bet on this band to make any kind of a showing. The possibility that this band would hang... Read More

Equal parts hard rock, heavy metal and Southern rock Jackyl is coming to The Rust Belt with special guests Electric Shock! Jackyl, with special guests Electric Shock, rocks in Tuesday, October 19. To get tickets: https://bit.ly/TRBJackyl From the moment their first album was released in 1992, Jackyl has defied gravity. They were introduced at a time that rock music was taking a drastic turn toward the “shoe gazing” and the “anti-star” alternative music and/or the grunge of Seattle. No one would have bet on this band to make any kind of a showing. The possibility that this... Read More

There are TONS of bands of all styles and stripes coming to the Mississippi Valley Fair starting tonight! After a covid-marred year in 2020, the Mississippi Valley Fair is back at the Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport! There’s so much going on, and so much to see, and here’s a rundown of the schedule of bands for the entire week: PAVILION TUESDAY 4-7 HAP HAZZARD 7:30-12 CORPORATE ROCK WEDNESDAY 4-7 FAR OUT 283 7:30-12 WILD OATS THURSDAY 4-7 MOONSHINE RUN 7:30-12 MEGALORD FRIDAY 4-7 JUST CUZ 7:30-12 NORTH OF 40 SATURDAY 4-7 CROOKED CACTUS 7:30-12 NUCLEAR PLOW BOYS SUNDAY 4-7 STONE... Read More

Everyone is up in arms about the outcome of last Friday’s 97X-Posure Battle of the Bands, held at Rascal’s in Moline, IL, but the majority of the loudest opinions falling on opposite sides of one another are debating the wrong point. Which is better: dogs or cats? Mustang or Corvette? Have your answer in mind? Great. Now ask yourself why you’re even thinking about this right now because you should have stopped two sentences ago. These questions are fundamentally flawed. Yet, it seems to be the way most people are talking in the wake of the 97X-Posure Battle of the Bands, the final round of... Read More