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The Fruit Bats and Matthew Logan Vasquez Raise The Crowd

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Article by Myles Ackman and Kade Grierson | Cover Photo by Cat Dooley For the first time in fifteen years, Fruit Bats returned to Iowa City on October 21 for a performance at The Englert Theatre, with support from Matthew Logan Vasquez. “Iowa City was the first place I ever traveled far to, and I thought, ‘this place resembles freedom,’” – Fruit Bats and permanent member Eric D. Johnson. The three of us—Elle, Myles, and Kade—were the youngest people in the audience by far, and sat near the front on the edge of a sea of double denim, floral shirts, … Continued

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Kendall McCabe

Top 30: 10/3/11

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Rank Artist Recording Label 1 GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Panther 2 CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS Little Wind Self-Released 3 DOM Family Of Love Astral Werks 4 MIKAL CRONIN Mikal Cronin Trouble In Mind 5 BLITZEN TRAPPER American Goldwing Sub Pop 6 MEGAFAUN Megafaun Hometapes 7 DUM DUM GIRLS Only In Dreams Sub Pop 8 TY SEGALL Goodbye Bread Drag City 9 MATES OF STATE Mountaintops Barsuk 10 WILCO The Whole Love Anti 11 PIETA BROWN Mercury Red House 12 MOBY Destroyed Mute 13 MALE BONDING Endless Now Sub Pop 14 WILD FLAG Wild Flag Merge … Continued

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Review: Creatures Of An Hour — Still Corners

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Disclaimer: This album review contains content unsuitable for minors, work situations, and the faint of heart. The opinions and views within this review belong solely to the author, and not KRUI or the University of Iowa. Read at your own discretion. By Vaibhav Sutrave I don’t buy escapism in music. I don’t buy escapism in anything. Ultimately, books, or philosophy, or physics, or comics, or food, or MUSIC MUST relate to and enrich REAL LIFE. To “make us drink more avidly of life,” like m’boy Hank Miller said. It needs some immediacy. But how to tell? Fortunately, I have devised … Continued

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Track of the Week: “Goodbye Bread” — Ty Segall

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By Max Johnson Ty Segall has a gift, but I don’t know what for. On his last album, Melted, Segall was brash and subversive, embodying the dirtiest garage-rock bands, an Iggy Pop we could call our own. His latest offering, this summer’s Goodbye Bread, is more indebted to Dylan’s Basement Tapes or to John Lennon’s solo work. On the title-track opener, it seems he’s moved his 4-track from a filthy garage down to a dingy basement. Which seems like a small-scale change, but it might be big enough to throw some old fans for a loop. “Goodbye Bread” holds on … Continued

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Brass Bed — 9/26/11

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Click here to see pictures and listen to Brass Bed discuss French music, their recent performance at the Maximum Ames Music Festival, and band names that start with the letter “B.”

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Brass Bed

Top 30: 9/26/11

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Rank Artist Recording Label 1 Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Spirit 2 Laura Marling A Creature I Don’t Know Ribbon 3 Iceage New Brigade Dais-What’s Your Rupture 4 Can’t Dreams Come True Terrible 5 Dum Dum Girls Only In Dreams Sub Pop 6 Toro Y Moi Freaking Out [EP] Carpark 7 Mikal Cronin Mikal Cronin Trouble In Mind 8 Tammar Visits Suicide Squeeze 9 Tallahassee Jealous Hands Self-Released 10 Male Bonding Endless Now Sub Pop 11 Wild Flag Wild Flag Merge 12 Milagres Glowing Mouth Kill Rock Stars 13 Pepper Rabbit Red Velvet Snowball Kanine 14 Mates of State … Continued

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Top 30: 9/19/11

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Rank Artist Recording Label 1 Male Bonding Endless Now Sub Pop 2 Jonathan Wilson Gentle Spirit Bella Union 3 Blitzen Trapper American Goldwing Sub Pop 4 Mates of State Mountaintops Barksuk 5 Wild Flag Wild Flag Merge 6 Abstract Artimus Rite of Passage Dire Life 7 Pepper Rabbit Red Velvet Snowball Kanine 8 Toro Y Moi Freaking Out [EP] Carpark 9 Collections of Colonies of Bees Giving Hometapes 10 Dom Family of Love Astralwerks 11 Fucked Up David Comes to Life Matador 12 Can’t Dreams Come True Terrible 13 Portugal. The Man In the Mounts In The Cloud Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic … Continued

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“Tanktop” by Caroline Smith & The Goodnight Sleeps

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This week, KRUI added Caroline Smith & The Goodnight Sleeps’ second full-length album Little Wind to the library. This follow-up to their 2008 release Backyard Tent Set finds Caroline and her band older and wiser. You can hear the miles traveled in Caroline’s voice, and in the distinct bite of her lyrics. Her newfound honesty, at times, gets garbled by lo-fi vocals—like on KRUI’s Track of the Week, “Tanktop.” Yet, at Smith’s most childish and nostalgic moments, her vulnerable thoughts still ring through; on tracks like “Eagle’s Nest” her sound is abundantly crisp and clear, and it cuts like a … Continued

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