The student group Young Americans for Freedom once again were allowed by the university to host another transphobic speaker at the Iowa Memorial Union. The lecture was met with protests outside by students and those in the Iowa City community who showed up to support trans people.
Five standout films from Filmscene’s annual Refocus Film Festival, with this year’s theme focusing on adaptation.
Seattle based dance punk band Zookraught talks about their new album “VIDA VIOLET”, touring, and the importance of the DIY community in punk.
On their sophomore album, indie pop duo Magdalena Bay manages to deliver an instant classic that showcases a progressive and genre-blending interpolation of pop music. This release cycle also featured a special performance at the University of Iowa.
Feed Me Weird Things, along with the help of the greater Iowa City community, bring forth this year’s FEaST festival from October 30th to November 2nd at The James Theater. The four nights and eight artists serve a variety of strange and esoteric palette of sounds.
Philadelphia band Her New Knife’s new EP “chrome is lullaby” continues their blasted out odyssey as standard bearers of modern shoegaze.
General Manager (tslowinski@krui.fm)
Major: Electrical Engineering
Year: Senior
Origin: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
Bring together cool people so they can do cool people stuff and share their cool people stories!
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Tom Waits, Big Thief, The Avalanches, Cornelius, Sheena Ringo
What is your favorite form of public transportation?
The train! choo choo
Editor in Chief (jglab@krui.fm)
Major: Journalism and Creative Writing
Year: Sophomore
Origin: Dubuque, Iowa
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
Build connections to get more people aware of and reading the content on krui.fm on both a local, and nationwide scale.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Parquet Courts, Ovlov, feeble little horse, RAP Ferreira, Krill, They Are Gutting a Body of Water
When will the world end?
May 18th, 2048.
News Director (cfenner@krui.fm)
Major: Education and creative Writing
Year: Senior
Origin: Grinnell, Iowa
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
I want to create a space where we make far-fetched dreams a reality, where we make the news as often as we tell it, and where everybody is safe, welcome, and validated.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Destroy Boys, Indigo Girls, The Mountain Goats, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Orville Peck
What’s love got to do with it?
Everything man, everything.
Production Director: pvenable@krui.fm
Major: Computer Science, Communications Minor
Year: Senior
Origin: Eaton, Ohio
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
I wanna start producing great media for the station, and getting much of our great staff involved while doing it.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Tyler, the Creator, MF DOOM, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Anderson .Paak
What makes you like a song?
I think the production of a song is often the most important part. I believe it dictates everything about the song. I’m always drawn to a song with a good beat or background.
Music Director (amoramata@krui.fm)
Major: Chemistry
Year: 4th-Year Graduate Student
Origin: Caracas, Venuzuela
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
Change the music proposition of KRUI, highlighting local artist and new sounds.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
DJ Babatr, Verraco, Bitter Babe, Nick Léon, Regal86, Ana Luisa, MJ Nebreda, INVT
What’s your favorite festival?
The Great Beyond in Minnesota. I went to their first edition and it was perfect. One that I haven’t been to but I want to go to really bad is Dekmantel in the Netherlands.
Sports Director (mmerrick@krui.fm)
Major: Sports Studies and Journalism
Year: Senior
Origin: East Moline, Illinois
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
Further expand the Sports Department and put out more social media and online content throughout the year.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Marlon Craft, Kota the Friend, J Cole, Aaron May, Dominic Fike
What’s your favorite sport to cover?
Basketball is easily my favorite sport to cover because there is always so much action on the court at once. Plus being able to commentate and watch Caitlin Clark in person is an insane experience.
Training Director (nlayeux@krui.fm)
Major: English and Creative Writing
Year: Junior
Origin: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
Help people use the radio equipment and give tips on running a show!
Who are your favorite artists right now?
The Magnetic Fields, Hüsker Dü, Wednesday, Guided By Voices, Dougie Poole
What is one show you wish you could’ve seen live?
Tia Blake at the Theatre du Vieux-Colombier, March 1972. This is the only show she did to promote her album “Folk Songs and Ballads.”
Marketing Director (she/her)
Major: Marketing
Year: Junior
Origin: Dubuque, Iowa
What are you trying to do wit KRUI this year?
I would like to reach a bigger audience within the student body and Iowa City community. As well as engaging with our listeners and getting them excited about KRUI as a station, and our events!
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Bon Iver, Ethel Cain, The Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Swift, Paramore
If you could choose any actor to play you in a biopic about your life, who would it be?
Sadie Sink!
Programming Director (mdunn@krui.fm)
Major: Human Physiology
Year: Junior
Origin: Davenport, Iowa
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
I am trying to put the best shows and DJs on air in Iowa City, and in all of student radio.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
JPEGMAFIA, Tame Impala, LCD Soundsystem, Fontaines D.C.
If a classical musician had to make a rap song, and a rapper had to make a classical song, who would do it better?
If the rapper was also a producer, the rapper hands down. Rappers and producers don’t get the credit they deserve when it comes to musical ability, especially when it comes to sampling.
Finance Director (edelgado@krui.fm)
Major: Journalism and Political Science
Year: Junior
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
By making sure we are present in the community by hosting events, selling merch and promoting our shows!
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Olivia Rodrigo, The Strokes, Cage the Elephant, The Beatles, Harry Styles
What would be your dream concert?
Hard to pick a dream concert but if time travel existed, I’d love to go and see the 1985 Live Aid, just because of the star-studded line up and old rock is one of my favorites music genres.
Underwriting Director (alessard@krui.fm)
Major: English, Creative Writing and Screenwriting
Year: Junior
Origin: Haddonfield, New Jersey
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
Learn new skills, meet new people, and help grow the organization!
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Taylor Swift, Eminem, AJR, Kesha, Marina
What is your greatest achievement?
When I was twelve I won three Kate Spade wallets and one Coach wallet with five dollars from a claw machine. The arcade put me on their Instagram.
Operations Director (alenaers@krui.fm)
Major: Music Composition and Computer Science
Year: Senior
Origin: Dubuque, Iowa
What are you trying to do with KRUI this year?
I want to give everyone more resources and better tools to broadcast.
Who are your favorite artists right now?
Stephen Sondheim, Doja Cat, Operation Ivy
On a scale from one to zero, how happy are you?
Nah.
