IMAGE BY WES EISENHAUER
Later Babes Without the internet, Later Babes would not exist.
After more than 3,000 CDs went in and out of post offices, the band garnered nearly 800 concertgoers at only its third show. It’s because of the con-
The cost would have been too high, say Isaac Show and Wes Eisenhauer,
nections they’ve made that Eisenhauer can enlist friends to help him stage
two of the Sioux Falls group’s four members. Without the internet, they
their 605 Summer Classic set like a house party. They can consider it all:
could not pay for the thousands of songs that Show digitally dissects then
dancers, shooting T-shirts, and something that might require a fourth wall.
reanimates, juxtaposing music like the pancake-loving classic rock of Head East with the blunt rap of Rick Ross.
“I would love for someone to be playing Mario Kart,” Eisenhauer says, having imagined a floor plan that will almost (but not quite) spill over the
The two artists, Eisenhauer and Show, would still have helped to build the
festival stage.
Sioux Falls music scene through their other bands like We All Have Hooks For Hands and Soulcrate. But even if they cobbled together a Frankenstein
Later Babes has used the internet to gather that support and create a fol-
of record realignments, Later Babes wouldn’t have had Twitter to amplify
lowing. And because Show can cull his musical ingredients easily and cheap-
their initial call: For a time, anyone could send their address to receive a
ly, he’s helped arrange musical summits between opposing genres.
free album in the mail. Let it be known, Show reveals: “Hall and Oates will always work with Jay-Z.”