Category: Music

Four Winds Music & Arts Fest!

Since Covid put the kibosh on Total Drag’s always-awesome live shows, we’ve been itching to get some local-ish live music in to our ear holes. This weekend we’re gonna get the chance!

The Four Winds Music & Arts Fest is coming to Big’s Bar. Now, of course Big’s ain’t as hip as Total Drag or the Icon space downtown, but they do have plenty of room and good-sized stage and enough grit on everything to make it feel like a real rock-n-roll hangout. If it’s your crowd that takes over for the night, you’re gonna feel right at home. (Talkin’ to you, hipster!) We’ve spent some good times with a few of these bands over the last few years, and it’s gonna be good to get back and get out and have a little fun.

Go Big’s or stay home!

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Spotted in Town!

Billy Gibbons, last-surviving bearded member of the legendary Texas boogie-rockers ZZ Top was just spotted at Guitar Center in Sioux Falls.

Why?

Well, as comedy-mastermind (and Guitar Center employee) Nate Hults tells us, “He was stopping through on his way to Sturgis. His lady wanted to stop at TJ Maxx.”

True story! Yes, even when you’re on your way to melt faces at the world’s biggest bike-rally, you gotta listen to your special lady. Remember that, gentlemen. Some things never change.

Go ZZ Top! We hope you’re kicking bass-less butt in the Black Hills. Do it for Dusty!

Jack’s Bash Brings the Music Back!

Jacks Bask at SDSU
Here’s what it looks like from space!

Need a live music fix? Yeah, we all do. Here’s a glimmer of hope for you: SDSU is hosting a big-ol’ stadium concert Septmeber 8th.

And, like everything right about now, the line-up’s a little weird, trying to do a little something for everyone we suppose. Headlining the show is the Zac Brown Band, the kind boys of country. Opening are mall-punk favs Fall Out Boy, and American Idol contestant Gabby Barrett.

How that works together to make for one-night-of-unforgettable rock, we don’t know. But it does look like a good time, and Brookings is only an hour or so away. This being a sponsored event by SDSU and First Premier (sorry, PREMIER!) Bank, we’d expect first-dib tickets to go to students and employees. But there’s always some floating around out there somewhere. Stayed tuned and we’ll let you know what we hear.

Indie Rockers Pinegrove Fly Our Flag!

Astute Redditor u/skoogdoo spotted the semi-official Sioux Falls flag flying proudly behind the band Pinegrove on recent YouTube video.

Pinegrove Sioux Falls Flag

Pretty cool!

We aren’t sure what’s up with that, but we plan on reaching out to them soon to find out. Pinegrove has played some great shows here, both at the old Icon, and at Total Drag. (Remember shows, kids????)

We chatted up lead singer Evan Stephens Hall at Total Drag when they were here. Funny thing. We didn’t know who we were talking to. Just thought it was a random record-loving hipster kid. Then the light went on. “Oh! It’s you!” He was cool with it, seemed to enjoy the friendly, neighborly vibe of the conversation. Man we miss shows. Especially at Total Drag.

Country Crooner Chris Young Bows Out!

This is Chris Young…somewhere that’s not Sioux Falls.

Not sure exactly what the point of this thing was supposed to be, but Kristi Noem and T. Denny were planning a Go! South Dakota! bash at the premier center October 24th.

But looks like their big draw, country star Chris Young has decided to pull the plug on his performance. Turns out the guy takes Corona seriously, and didn’t want to be tagged a “super-seeder” by the press.

After the flack Smash Mouth got from Sturgis, we can’t blame him.

But don’t cry too much kids, we’re sure there’s plenty tear-in-my-beer bro-country coming to The Denny for years to come.