Father John Misty returns to Iowa tonight on October 1st at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines for the first time since performing at 80/35 festival in 2022, a show I was not only at, but also vaguely remember.
Last week, Chicago’s emo sweethearts Your Arms Are My Cocoon returned to Iowa City (again!), this time in the basement of someone’s house.
Iowa punks BOOTCAMP record release show exemplified the huge impact that even small music communities can bring.
Amidst 2025’s exciting alternative rock scene, Irish trio NewDad released their second studio album on September 19, Altar. Expanding on punk and soft rock elements from their first studio album Madra, the band also pulls from shoegaze with the explosive, distorted guitars and airy vocals that build the new record’s atmosphere.
Bluff Street, a new band from Cedar Falls is bringing their heartfelt indie rock and to Iowa City, only at the James this Saturday.
Iona Zajac made her way across the pond from Glasgow with The Pogues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their record “Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash”. We discussed touring with this historic band, the best music coming out of Ireland, and her debut album “Bang” releasing this November.
Frankie Cosmos’s newest record “Next Thing” may be her most popular work yet, but that doesn’t save it from being rather forgettable (Photo via: PitchFork.com).
Robert Eggers’s debut film “The Witch” is both a chilling and refreshing entry into the horror genre (Photo via: HorrorFreakNews.com)
On Friday night, zombies took over Blue Moose for the Flatbush Zombies show, part of the Mission Creek Festival (Photo via: TheOdysseyOnline.com)
FilmScene’s “Late Shift at the Grindhouse” Showed KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, with special gues Lisa Jane Persky(Photo via: FilmScene.com)
Wednesday featured a night of readings and literary talks at FilmScene for the Mission Creek Festival (Photo via: MissionFreak.com)
The film portion of the Mission Creek Festival kicked off with a celebration of the father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembene (Photo via: FirstCutMedia.com)
Anna Meredith’s explorations into pop hit a peak on her latest record “Varmints”. (Image via: DIYMag.com)
Son of Saul is a powerful debut for director Laszlo Nemes that carefully tells the story of an Auschwitz prisoner. (Image via: WeLoveBudapest.com)
The King of Comedy is one of Martin Scorsese’s most sorely under appreciated films (Image via: TVsFault.wordpress.com)
Double Indemnity is a classic example of film noir, and is a defining piece of American cinema.
Bloc Party embrace their love of dance and electronic music in their latest album Hymns (Photo via: NME.com)
