Riot Fest gets through a muddy 21st birthday with an ever eclectic lineup
When Caleb Williams went down with a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter of the Bears’ 9-3 loss to the Vikings, all else ceased to matter. Alex Izienicki tells the story of a miserable day in Chicago.
Owen Raefield covers the biggest performances and storylines from Iowa’s 55-0 beatdown of Northern Iowa on Saturday.
On a cool night, somewhere in between the last days of summer and first days of fall, the finale to the Hy-Vee Ampitheater’s inaugural season took place. Starring Arizona’s Gin Blossoms, hundreds turned out on their feet for the band in North Liberty’s newest venue.
Week two of college football gave us a pair of early Game of the Year candidates. Unfortunately for the Big Ten, those games came at their expense. This week, we’ll take a look at Iowa’s cathartic win over Iowa State, Oregon’s early-season struggles, and Ohio State’s meltdown against Texas.
The Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers set Week 1 scoring records in a wild opening game of the 2026 season. Alex Izienicki details the 59-37 win for Chicago.
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.
