Riot Fest just wrapped a successful, yet muddy weekend in Chicago. From September 18-20, over a hundred thousand people graced the grounds, later mud pit, of Douglass Park. Here are some of my favorite selects from the weekend.
Initially, I wanted to write a story about what it was like to step into the Big House for the very first time. Then our travel plans went south, and then the game itself happened. So instead of just one story, this is a collection of tales from one of the craziest weekends of all time.
Mutliple teams from the old Big Ten West come out with upset victories in the first full week of the Big Ten conference schedule. Ryan Paris recaps the major storylines from the last week, as well as some of the biggest games coming up.
Alex Izienicki breaks down the Chicago Bears’ triumphant 27-7 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night, and how third string quarterback Case Keenum took control.
Owen Raefield breaks down Iowa’s dramatic 20-19 walkoff victory over Michigan in the Big House and what it means going forward.
Week three of college football was the final tune-up for the Big Ten before the conference schedule began. This week, we’ll talk about Iowa’s 55-0 victory over Northern Iowa, Northwestern’s final game before moving into Ryan Field, and the Southern California showdown between USC and Oregon.
KRUI Marketing Director Pat Quinn wrote a guest editorial for the Daily Iowan on why he feels college radio is important.
Fitz and the Tantrums killed it last night at Blue Moose. Check out our photos from the inaugural show in the Low Frequency Series.
April 18th, with special guest Justin Townes Earle
1 MATT AND KIM Sidewalks Fader 2 DUCKTAILS Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics Woodsist 3 MENOMENA Mines Barsuk 4 KLAXONS Surfing The Void Modular 5 HUNDRED IN THE HANDS Hundred In The Hands Warp 6 SMITH WESTERNS Dye It Blonde Fat Possum 7 EXTRA LENS Undercard Merge 8 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Write About Love Matador 9 BLACK ANGELS Phosphene Dream BLUE HORIZON 10 CLOUD NOTHINGS Turning On Carpark 11 DUKE SPIRIT Kusama [EP] Shangri-La 12 SUPERCHUNK Majesty Shredding Merge 13 GOLD PANDA Lucky Shiner Ghostly International 14 SUN AIRWAY Nocturne Of Exploded Crystal Chandelier Dead Oceans 15 RUSSIAN FUTURISTS The Weight’s … Continued
Mission Creek Music Festival will return to Iowa City this March/April. This year’s festival is looking to be bigger than ever before.
Back in September of last year, Colour Revolt stopped by the KRUI studios to play a few songs. They’ll be coming back for Mission Creek, as part of our Low Frequency Series! Video from last year’s in-studio is below. “Our Names” “The Cradle” “Brought to Life”
The Legacy campaign was a success. Now we have one last VERY special prize to give away…
KRUI is always hiring, but right now we’re especially interested in writers, photographers and film crew. Think you have what it takes?
Learn about KRUI’s top 5 master, James McDonald, and his crew.
Iowa Wrestling coaches Tom and Terry Brands stopped by KRUI last month for a very special interview.
