2024 has left us with countless albums to be enjoyed. Some of our staffers at KRUI picked which of these albums were their favorites or held the most beauty in their eyes.
With the end of 2024, some of the KRUI staff made a playlist of their favorite songs released in the past year. Here are the tracks they picked along with why these songs were their favorite.
Origami Angel’s most recent album “Feeling Not Found” affirms their chops as emo, pop-punk stars and offers some jams for the internet age.
Chicago band Any Two Words’ debut album “Double Vision” tugs at the main themes of the genre of Midwest Emo. Its’ 13 song run is a mass of casual poetry.
Based on Rachel Yoder’s book of the same name, “Nightbitch” has been making its rounds at film festivals ahead of its December 2024 theatrical release.
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.
Dylan Burn explains why Iowa is getting exactly what they needed in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Iowa loses back-to-back games for the first time all year in a game that likely puts Iowa playing on the first day of the Big Ten Tournament.
The Iowa Hawkeyes lose yet another tough game in this tough conference. This time they fell to the Badgers of Wisconsin by a score of 79-74.
One of the faces of baseball announced the 2014 season would be his last. Dylan Burn takes a look at Derek Jeter’s phenomenal career in pinstripes. (Photo Courtesy Greg Cooper / USA Today).
The Iowa Hawkeyes dropped the biggest home game in recent memory to a tough Michigan State team in overtime. Dylan Burn has the recap. (Photo: Associated Press/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa struggles a little bit on the road in Ann Arbor against a good Wolverines squad. They fall to 4-2 in the conference and Michigan goes to 6-0. Dylan Burn has the recap. (Photo: AP Photo/ Tony Ding)
Iowa moves to 4-1 in the conference after a gutsy victory at home against Minnesota. Dylan Burn has the recap.
Iowa makes the jump from #20 to #14 after their big road win over the Ohio State Buckeyes. Dylan Burn provides a recap and tells you what this means for Iowa moving forward. (Photo: Ryan Young/Getty Images)
Hawkeye senior Melsahn Basabe hit the 1,000 point mark as the Iowa Hawkeyes moved to 2-1 in the conference with their defeat of the Northwestern Wildcats.
The Iowa Hawkeyes ran away with their final prep game before taking on the Iowa State Cyclones. Fairleigh Dickinson was just no match for the talented Hawkeyes.
The Iowa Hawkeyes were able to outlast a gritty Irish team on their way to their eighth victory of the season.
