Local Iowa City band Twin River Revivalist put on a great show last Halloweekend. With songs that can charge up any crowd, their next show at Elray’s this Friday, Dec. 5th is sure to be a good one.
I sat down with multi-instrumentalists Jano Rix before his gig with The Wood Brothers at The Englert Theatre on November 12th. Taking a beat to touch on what shaped him artistically, his favorite illustrators, and the impact dancing has had in his adult life, Jano let us into how he makes a chaotic world feel focused and comfortable.
Good. Better. Best…Again. The Bears keep the Chi-train moving, routing the Eagles in an NFC slug fest.
The Heroes trophy stays in Iowa City after the Hawkeyes shuck the Huskers in Lincoln.
College athletes across the country are now receiving direct revenue-sharing payouts, fueling everything from luxury shopping sprees and impulsive spending to investments, charity, and family support. Their choices reveal how a generation of 18-to-22-year-olds is navigating sudden wealth in a rapidly shifting era where college sports now function like big-league business.
In a high-scoring thriller, the Chicago Bears took down the Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field, 31-28. The leaders of the NFC North keep rolling.
For the International Music Spotlight’s first edition, KRUI provides a starter guide to Asian-based shoegaze bands.
Martin Scorsese introduces “Killers of the Flower Moon” to his filmography this year. A true story about love, greed, and the exploitation of the Osage community.
Oneohtrix Point Never uploaded to the sunsetcorp YouTube channel, famous for hosting Eccojams, some of the first vaporwave songs. It has people believing more may release soon, but there seem to be alternate motives.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathering on the Pentacrest in Iowa City came out to voice their stance against Israeli bombings of Gaza. They were met with some pro-Israeli opposition.
Winner of the 2023 Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ is the latest film from director Justine Triet.
Model/Actriz and KL!NG bring down the house at Gabe’s in Iowa City, in a phenomenal rocker of a performance, Hancher Auditorium’s Infinite Dream Festival.
Hancher Auditorium’s Infinite Dream festival ended with Andrew Schneider’s NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) art installation. The piece itself brings reflections on grief, and our place in the universe using strings of lights, and surrounding audio.
Bandcamp’s recent acquisition to Songtradr sees half of its staff laid off, and likely changes that would greatly change the music service.
Tennis headlines a show with Sam Evian for the Englert Theatre’s Track Zero series, bringing in breezy, light-rock tonalities alongside psychedelic pop and hypnagogic soul. Upon the night’s show, both acts exemplify what is evocative of what is carefree and serenely casual.
Protester demonstrated outside of the Iowa Memorial Union to express their frustrations over anti-trans rhetoric being platformed by the University of Iowa, and the YAF.
