“Wide Awake” Parquet Courts reaches its 5th anniversary. To celebrate we look back through its 13 tracks, and how its message applies to today.
Nearly ten years later, this is still one of the best dark ambient albums of all time. Photo courtesy of Malignant Records.
Washer return with their first release in nearly six years with “Improved Means To Deteriorated Ends” out via Exploding In Sound Records.
The University of Iowa and YAF hosted transphobic conservative commentator Matt Walsh to give a lecture at the Iowa Memorial Union amid backlash from the student body.
An interview with rap and jazz artist McKinley Dixon for the Mission Creek Festival. Photo by David Muessig for NPR.
Review of TEKE::TEKE’s performance at Gabe’s April 8, 10:45 PM. Image via Ben Romero
By now we all know wrestling was dropped from the Olympic line-up for the 2020 games, but do we all know why? And is the explanation even strong enough to defeat the toughest athletes in the world? The IOC decided to drop wrestling from the Olympics after voting (on) and evaluating several pieces of criteria, 39 to be exact, and the sport was graded on each. Some of the criteria included: TV Ratings, ticket sales, and global participation and popularity. When the grading was completed, wrestling was low in every category. Wrestling was then compared to the Pentathlon—the two sports … Continued
