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Why Make Clocks

iowa
iowa indie

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Why Make Clocks photo — Photo from the public record

Shows on record: 3
Rooms played: 3
Cities: 1
Releases: 13
Last show: Mar 24, 2013Gas Lamp

About

Why Make Clocks is a band from Des Moines, IA, tagged iowa, iowa indie by its sources. Shows on record run from 2012 to 2013, across 3 rooms in 1 city.

Why Make Clocks is based in Des Moines — MusicBrainz
Chuck Hoffman: member — MusicBrainz
Dan Hutchison: member — MusicBrainz
Why Make Clocks has 5 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1998–2009 — MusicBrainz
Why Make Clocks is based in Des Moines, Iowa — Why Make Clocks on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Demos EP (2013-03-08) — Bandcamp
Why Make Clocks has 305 listeners on Last.fm — Why Make Clocks on Last.fm
Why Make Clocks has released 4 recordings between 1998 and 2009 — Why Make Clocks on Discogs

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

3 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20121 show
20132 shows

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Mar 24, 2013	Gas Lamp · Des MoinesSupportwith Dharmonic Deluxe, Vaj of Courage, Spacecamp	Support	Dharmonic Deluxe, Vaj of Courage, Spacecamp
Mar 22, 2013	The Fremont · Des MoinesSupportwith C. Gibbs, aka Christian Gibbs	Support	C. Gibbs, aka Christian Gibbs
Apr 23, 2012	Vaudeville Mews · Des MoinesSupportwith Foot, Dylan Sires	Support	Foot, Dylan Sires

Where they play

3 rooms in 1 city

Rooms played most

Gas Lamp · Des Moines1 show
The Fremont · Des Moines1 show
Vaudeville Mews · Des Moines1 show

Cities played

Des Moines3 shows

Releases

13 releases, 1998–2013

Demos EP
Mar 8, 2013 · Album · 11 tracks
These Things Are Ours CD
Aug 14, 2009 · Album · 10 tracks
These Things Are Ours
2009 · Album
Ego Reflector EP
2007 · Ep
Midwestern Film
2006 · Album
Fifteen Feet and Twenty Degrees
2002 · Album
The Transient Swivel EP
Jun 1, 1998 · Album · 4 tracks
The Transient Swivel
1998 · Ep
Why Make Clocks EP
Album
Sonic Harvest Compilation
Album
Rocket Transfer Demos Dec. 2002
Album
Dissolving Tightly: The Final Shows
Album
Live at Bi-Fi 9-7-01
Album

Lineup

Chuck Hoffman
Dan Hutchison

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Why Make Clocks — Demos EP — Release art · Demos EP — release

Why Make Clocks — These Things Are Ours CD — Release art · These Things Are Ours CD — release

Why Make Clocks — The Transient Swivel EP — Release art · The Transient Swivel EP — release

Why Make Clocks — Gas Lamp, 2013-03-24 — Poster · Gas Lamp, 2013-03-24 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
Why Make Clocks on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
Why Make Clocks on Last.fm	Artist facts
Why Make Clocks on Discogs	Artist facts
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.