Songwriters Ken Pomeroy and Loudon Wainwright III played at the James Thater for ICSF 2025. Seeing songwriters encouraging people to start and showing them how to begin is what makes art happen.
A celebration took place in Chicago this September. The 20th edition of Riot Fest has come and passed, and while still covered in a layer of dirt and sweat, next year’s edition can’t come soon enough.
Soldier Field finally had something to celebrate again, as the Chicago Bears snapped their eight-game losing streak to the New Orleans Saints with a 26-14 win. Powered by a dominant defense and resurgent run game, the Bears overcame offensive struggles to notch their fourth straight win and move to 4-2 on the season.
On October 1, 2025, I journeyed to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines to see a performance from Father John Misty, and left with a disappointment most bitter and foul, great show though!
Iowa education’s system has embraced the arrival of artificial cal intelligence with no signs of slowing down. However, some have raised concerns that it may lead to its downfall while others see it as a successor to the internet and printing press.
This weekend, Las Vegas will host the fourth edition of When We Were Young. A festival celebrating the scene out in the desert holds more than you’ve bargained for as 53 bands take on 4 stages in 1 day. A whirlwind for every pair of vans and fishnets in the pit, it’s Christmas in October for many. Here is your stage by stage preview of When We Were Young 2025.
Youth Lagoon returns to touring after releasing his new album “Heaven is a Junkyard,” playing one of his first shows in over five years at Gabe’s in Iowa City on July 18th.
Soccer Mommy returns to the Englert Theatre this weekend as an established indie rock artist whose sound recalls the 90’s and 00’s guitar dominated rock-era, this time as Mission Creek’s headliner.
Younger visited Iowa City for Mission Creek. Read more about it here! (Image via: Des Moines Music Coalition)
I sauntered into an Iowa City venue, the Mill, on a rainy Wednesday night, looking for a change in my daily routine of class, followed by a mediocre dinner and studying. (Image via: The Englert)
Laurel Halo is coming to Iowa City for Mission Creek 2018 (Image via: YouTube)!
Simple Plan and Wavves performed September 30th, 2016 held on the Pentacrest lawn hosted by UI Homecoming.
The Mountain Goats bring a night filled with music, fun, and intimacy to Iowa City
Titus Andonicus played the Mill in Iowa City on Sunday, September 25th.
Adia Victoria performed at the Mill on September 23 and it was bad ass. Image via: i-d.vice.com
I attended the 2016 Vans Warped Tour in Denver, Colorado on July 31st, 2016. Read all about what bands I saw and my experience!
