Pretty Fort Weekly

Adam has journeyed from the parking lot to the Pink Room for an hour of mourning the loss of Vaudeville Mews, an iconic Des Moines venue. We swap our favorite memories and wax poetic about the creaky stairs, sticky floors, and unforgettable nights on 4th and Court. This episode was recorded in late October – thanks for bearing with us on the slow turnaround!

We're goin' back-to-back this week, baby! It's time to talk about "I Am Christopher," the follow-up to 2016's stellar "I'm Giving Up on Rock & Roll" from Des Moines (turned Denver) singer/songwriter/piano journeyman himself, Christopher the Conquered. Rad!Thumbnail photography by Lucas Jensen (Instagram: @lucasleeland).

Yo! It's a new look for the PF boys! We're talking about the long-anticipated LP3 from Des Moines indie rocker Gloom Balloon titled "So Bergman Uses Bach to Get His Point Across, I Feel Like I Have Chosen Rock but at What a Cost." Absolutely rad, man!Thumbnail photography by Lucas Jensen (Instagram: @lucasleeland).

Hey! PR & Chase are catchin' up on the tunes they've been listening to plus the new single, "Emerald," from Des Moines metro singer/songwriter Hendy. Super dope, man!

The boys are back in town! Were they ever outta town? No! But now they're back and talkin' the new EP "In Isolation Sessions" from Rockwell City, IA country singer/songwriter Ethridge Netz! Rad!

The boys are tired but there's a whole lotta new music to talk about! We discuss the new demo tape EP hybrid "Soak the Master Sessions, Volume 1" from the familiar road trip rock crew, Holy White Hounds. Then we take a peek at two new music videos from Des Moines indie stars Gloom Balloon and Christopher the Conquered, plus peep the deets on their upcoming albums. Finally, we cover "Timeless," a new single from Des Moines pop singer/songwriter EleanorGrace. Wow, that's a lot of music, man!

The boys are bummed out this week.

PR & Chase are talkin' the debut EP, "Cold Open," from Ames emo outfit, Redcoat. Radical!

#BlackLivesMatter Today we're talking about the long awaited LP, "Dream On" from Iowa power-pop-band-turned-dusty-rustic-crooners Twins. Keep on spinning!

THE BOYS ARE BACK! And today we're talking about the new LP from Des Moines roots rock outfit The Host Country.

Hey it's Chase. I wanna say sorry for posting this so late. I also wanna say thank you to all the Iowan musicians keeping their chins up and their grooves groovy through this tough time. Clayton Ryan's new record, "Free" is out tomorrow!

Well the world is certainly a different place than the one PR and Chase recorded this laid-back episode in. But we've still got music and we've still got good vibes. Keep it wavy, thanks for sticking with us.

And we're back! Chase is 75% through his emotional breakdown but the studio is so close to done that the boys had to break it in with a big one: Hex Girls! Their debut record "More of That" dropped in 2018 but as the band ramps up to play Hinterland (and release some new music), Chase and PR break down their thoughts on the band's discog so far. Tight!

Better late than never! Chase has a new cat and Parker is stoked about our Hinterland interview (search Pretty Fort Interviews to find it!). The boys are chatting about the new single "In Your Twenties" by Waterloo singer/songwriter, Ben Rendall. Tight!

Chase has a squeaky voice and Parker is here to commiserate. What records do you listen to when you're down? AJR?

This week (or last week, really!) the boys are talking about the new single "Big Splash" from Des Moines hip hop/R&B collective LAV.ISH – radical, dude!

SKIP to 7:00 if you want to avoid the Toy Story 4 spoilers we start talking about a few minutes into the podcast. This week we're talking about the KILLER Audiotree Live session from singer/songwriter Elizabeth Moen. Also, Chase somehow wills a Halfloves session into existence with nothing but his fandom.

The boys are back! Chase is moving and everything's been delayed but the boys are back! And they're talking the garage rock single "Party's Over" from Jonny Dexter.

See ya later, 2010s! Parker and Chase cover their top five local songs/albums/EPs of the year and the decade.

Chase is medicated and Parker is rolling with it. This week the boys discuss the new single "Was You" from the Maytags frontman D. Smith!