Slide Away Festival at The Aragon Ballroom on May 22nd and 23rd with Hum, Nothing, Chapterhouse, and more
Mayday Parade took on Gallagher Way with the help of The Summer Set on May 17th.
Seattle based drone metal band sunn O))) performed at Iowa City’s Englert Theater last week, April 18th.
During the new Stop/Time Festival on April 4th, I had the pleasure of attending a reading by acclaimed poet Danez Smith at the Englert Theatre.
Continuing to find inspiration in Iowa City’s arts community. KRUI’s Tarik took a little day trip to Hancher’s new Stop/Time Festival, losing himself in two incredible performances from Evicshen and Sharp Pins.
Logan Melia sits down with Eve 6 at Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona. Eve 6 took some time after their slot to discuss their early days playing gigs at small cafes all the way to a racetrack.
Utopia Park records a Mission Creek confessional video at the KRUI Mission Creek Artist Lounge. See more pictures from the week right here.
Check out photos of DeVotchKa’s majestic performance at First United Methodist on Saturday, April 2.
Photos and interview by Max Johnson [audio:http://krui.fm/assets/music/lonelyhearts.mp3] The Lonelyhearts, a duo made up of Mission Creek founder and producer Andre Perry and John Lindenbaum, was formed in San Francisco. Though the two now live apart—Andre lives in Iowa City and John lives in Colorado—they opened for Kurt Vile on Sunday, April 3 and stopped by KRUI to perform several songs in the studio beforehand.
See photos of Ames, Iowa band Poison Control Center’s visit to the KRUI Mission Creek Artist Lounge.
Folk group Pillars and Tongues dropped by the KRUI Mission Creek Artist Lounge on Friday.
Listen to KRUI’s exclusive interview with the parents of modern underground music and view photos of their visit.
On Friday, Iowa City violinist and songstress Skye Carrasco performed at the KRUI Mission Creek Artist Lounge in PS1.
Das Racist did a guest DJ set on KRUI before their March 31st Yacht Club show.
Peter Wolf Crier talked about creating “northern”-sounding music at the KRUI Mission Creek Artist Lounge.
Nathaniel Rateliff and his band performed two stripped down tracks at the KRUI Artist Lounge.
