In March of 2012, Erika Owen sat in a management class and decided to check out for the day. Instead of taking notes, she created a blog—Band Bombshell. Early on, the website focused on acts local to the Des Moines area. Since graduating from Drake University, she has moved to NYC and continues to cover bands, both local and international acts. At its core, Band Bombshell is all about showing local bands and musicians some love. 

Beginning in 2014, Band Bombshell has grown to include a growing team of writers and photographers. If you're interested in being a part of the Band Bombshell team, send us an email. 

Musicians: Contact us. We're always looking for new music to share and write about.

Head honcho at The Wire Frames. This account is to get feedback on home studio recordings. Also, if you want to license any of these songs and pay me thousands of dollars, I would be okay with that.

Yoo Soo Kim started hitting and strumming all sorts of musical instruments since he was 6 years old. A self-proclaimed multi-instrumentalist, he started with the piano and has since picked up the guitar, bass, drums, viola, violin, and more.

The diversity of the instruments he plays seeps into his music. Songs can range for minimally bare to lush and orchestrated. Growing up on old school Korean folk as a youngin' and seething on punk rock as a teenager, his music also carries a honed in eclecticism - a kitchen sink of different genres that, in the end, still sound like one distinct style.

Aside from solo adventures, Yoo Soo is the singer-songwriter for the indie rock band, Hemmingbirds.

Mike Givens (bass, keyboards), Pat Amdahl(guitar), Kyle Jones (drums), Miles McKee (alto and tenor sax).

"The Des Moines band Foxholes formed in late August 2012, and its first album is set to be released March 1. Can’t Help Myself is a surprisingly mature work, in the sense that a band this new has a clear sonic identity – rooted in late-’80s/early-’90s alternative rock – yet it doesn’t use its touchstones as crutches; the songs in no way suggest a group trying to find its feet over its first year-plus, or an ensemble beholden to its influences... Foxholes’ listed influences are undeniable, but the band has the conviction, creativity, and chops to own its sound and never comes across as nostalgic for the heyday of 120 Minutes – although it might make listeners pine for the era." - Jeff Ignatius, River Cities' Reader (http://www.rcreader.com/music/foxholes-in-rooms-rozz-tox/) 

"For an album I didn’t expect to hear coming into 2014, “Can’t Help Myself” delivers in spades," - Dave Murphy, Des Moines is NOT Boring (http://www.desmoinesisnotboring.com/wordpress/2014/03/foxholes-cant-help/)

"While they have very clear influences and great direction, their sound is currently in that amazing, almost awkward, phase where they know who they are, but are still taking risks, like an angst-y teenager, but in the best way.  It will be fun to see what this band does next, " Cady Colosimo, Band Bombshell (http://bandbombshell.com/album-reviews/dsm/2014/1/31/song-review-shoegazing-by-foxholes)

With You As Always Is Chris (formerly Depression Session with Chris Biagini) is a low-fi conversational show about mental health. We share our thoughts, feelings, struggles, and triumphs while searching for strength in our vulnerability.

Naturally these conversations lead a lot of sad subjects, but we also find excuses to giggle and appreciate the little things.

The Wire Frames are brothers Curtis Weigel and Ethan Rietz. Curtis has an unyielding need to express himself through the magic of song, and Ethan has a passion for beating drums and mathematics. They are often accompanied on stage by Peter Gartin, a handsomely bearded maestro in his own right.

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