In the crowded gallery of rising bands, few make as bold a splash as Iowa’s own prog pop-punks Spin Art, performing live at Lefty’s in Des Moines this weekend.
San Diego’s iconic blackgaze band, Deafheaven will be performing tonight at the Capitol Theater as part of their tour following the release of their most recent album, Lonely People With Power.
On Saturday October 4th, World’s Worst took the stage at Gabe’s. The band took some time after sound check to chat with me, discussing their latest record “American Muscle”, how they got started playing music, and The Real Housewives of SLC.
Jefferson Starship landed in Iowa City’s Englert Theater on Sunday the 21st of September for a spectacular show. As the show began, the projector took us through time, introducing the band’s long history and members that shaped their legacy, with pictures and videos eliciting our minds’ imagination to the past lives of the other 99% of the room. It. Was. AWESOME.
This Saturday, October 4th, Louisville rock group White Reaper will be performing with Lip Critic and World’s Worst at Gabe’s, presented by the Englert Theater’s Track Zero series. This show will be one of the band’s first since the release of their 5th studio album, Only Slightly Empty.
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.
KRUI guides you through Friday, which brings a bundle of fantastic free shows for the broke college student, as well as David Cross, Sharon Van Etten, Lulacruza, The War On Drugs, and more!
El Ten Eleven stopped by the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge for an interview on March 28. Hear what they had to say here and view exclusive pictures from their visit!
Folk singer/songwriter William Fitzsimmons visited the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge on March 28. He performed three songs acoustically with his bandmates and had a brief interview. Check out the audio and photos here!
Iowa City singer/songwriter Douglas Kramer Nye performed in the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge in Public Space One on Wednesday, March 28. Check out the photos and audio here!
Members of Iowa City punk bands Slut River and Supersonic Piss visited the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge on 3/28.
KRUI DJ and local singer/songwriter Alexis Stevens performed in the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge on 3/28.
Chicago band Like Pioneers performed two stripped-down songs exclusively for KRUI in the Mission Creek Lounge.
Avant-garde composer Rhys Chatham performed in the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge on Tuesday, March 27.
Wednesday has an all-star lineup, with Utopia Park, The Magnetic Fields, Erase Errata, William Fitzsimmons, and more!
Iowa rock royalty Poison Control Center performed in the KRUI Mission Creek Lounge on 3/27.
