Laundry Day performed at Gabe’s in Iowa City on Friday Feb. 13. Leaving the crowd in tears, they put on an amazing performance.
It felt like they were up against a WNBA team. But if they want a shot in the national tournament, this loss will have to make them better, not bitter.
KRUI’s Logan Melia talks with Canadian indie-rock quartet while at Innings Festival in Tempe.
A series of strikes against the coffee conglomerate’s treatment of workers are currently underway. The current strikes follow Starbucks’s refusal to honor the years-long demands of workers.
Scope Productions x Track Zero brought Lip Critic back to Iowa City. With the band’s unique and unconventional blend of music styles, it’s no surprise that they’ve quickly gained the cult following of punks, raver’s, alt kids, hip hop heads and music lovers alike all across Iowa.
From a Nirvana cover, to NY rap, to the rumbling ashes of black midi’s remains, our KRUI Staff recommends some of our favorite releases from February, 2026!
See photos of Kurt Vile’s mesmerizing set at The Mill this Sunday, April 3rd.
Hopefully Mission Creek has gotten you excited for Iowa’s summer music festival, 80/35, because they just released the first round of their lineup today! Check it out here. The festival will take place July 2-3 in Des Moines.
Kurt Vile will be performing tonight, Sunday, April 3rd, at The Mill as part of the Mission Creek Music Festival. By Crystal Sherman This one goes out to all those that want the right to survive. – Vile on “Puppet To The Man”. Smoke Ring for My Halo, the fourth album from Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile, was released to reverent reviews from voices such as Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. It’s an aural massage. It’s a warm breeze with sparkly morphine-eyes behind dark sunglasses on a day that we have nowhere to be but where Kurt takes us. Jeff Zeiger still gets … Continued
DeVotchKa will perform tonight at First United Methodist Church along with The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.
John Waters will present his one-man vaudeville show “This Filthy World” tonight at the Englert.
Das Racist, The Hood Internet, and Rich Rok are going to kill it tonight at the Yacht Club. This is one show you can’t miss!
Rubblebucket, Birds & Batteries, and The Wandering Bears played for an energetic crowd at Gabe’s this Monday, March 28 as part of KRUI’s 27th Birthday Bash.
Come celebrate KRUI’s 27th birthday, and help kick off this year’s Mission Creek Music Festival, with Rubblebucket, tonight at Gabe’s!!
