In a music bubble where many mainstream hip hop artists’ performances are extremely shallow, Armand Hammer go against that sentiment, showcasing genuine artistry.
Hatis Noit conjured intense, powerful emotions with even more powerful vocals in her performance at Mission Creek. Her entire performance visually and audibly was a mystifying experience.
Hickman, Kentucky folk country artist S.G. Goodman opens up her heart to the crowd at this year’s Mission Creek festival.
Bootcamp rip apart the quaint Trumpet Blossom Café with their heavy, hardcore riffs for their performance at the Mission Creek festival.
People got off League of Legends, put down their VR headsets, and logged off of Web 3 to go watch George Clanton perform at Mission Creek, finally seeing something in real life.
Noise artist and Iowa City local m denney performed a transfixing set at Gabe’s as part of Mission Creek 2024.
It’s that time of the week! Our DJs have been hand-selecting new artists and albums all week long just for you and playing them on the air. Check out our Top 30 Chart here and discover some sweet under-the-radar tunes.
The results are in! Check out what brand new artists and albums have been most-played by our DJs this week.
Need some new music in your life? We’ve got you covered! Check out what KRUI’s DJs have been playing lately for some recommendations. You’ll be glad you did!
Rank Artist Recording Label User Supplied Version 1 BLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch 2 GUIDED BY VOICES Let’s Go Eat The Factory GBV 3 CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack On Memory Carpark 4 FIRST AID KIT The Lion’s Roar Wichita 5 LAURA GIBSON La Grande Barsuk 6 M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Mute 7 REAL ESTATE Days Domino 8 GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Panther 9 FEIST Metals Interscope 10 WAR ON DRUGS Slave Ambient Secretly Canadian 11 MAYER HAWTHORNE How Do You Do Universal Republic 12 YOUTH LAGOON The Year Of Hibernation Fat Possum 13 CASS MCCOMBS Humor Risk Domino … Continued
Everyone’s a music critic nowadays, and this fact is never more apparent then at the end of the year, but we’ve taken care to make sure our Top 10 Albums list is fairly representative of the listening habits of Iowa City.
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 REAL ESTATE Days Domino 2 M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Mute 3 TOM WAITS Bad As Me Anti 4 MATES OF STATE Mountaintops Barsuk 5 FEIST Metals Interscope 6 MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND All Things Will Unwind Asthmatic Kitty 7 LOS CAMPESINOS! Hello Sadness Arts And Crafts 8 BEETS Let The Poison Out Hardly Art 9 BEACH BOYS The Smile Sessions Capitol 10 CHILDISH GAMBINO Camp Glassnote 11 DAVID LYNCH Crazy Clown Time Sunday Best-Pias 12 CASIOKIDS Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen Polyvinyl 13 DEER TICK Divine Providence Partisan 14 ST. VINCENT Strange Mercy 4AD 15 PETER WOLF … Continued
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Panther 2 WILD FLAG Wild Flag Merge 3 WILCO The Whole Love Anti 4 ZOLA JESUS Conatus Sacred Bones 5 TWIN SISTER In Heaven Domino 6 TY SEGALL Goodbye Bread Drag City 7 DRUMS Portamento Frenchkiss 8 DJ SHADOW The Less You Know The Better Verve 9 DUM DUM GIRLS Only In Dreams Sub Pop 10 PORTUGAL. THE MAN In The Mountain In The Cloud Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic 11 SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY You And Me, Ghost Science Of Sound 12 NEON INDIAN Era Extrana Mom And Pop 13 TALLAHASSEE … Continued
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 WILD FLAG Wild Flag Merge 2 MEGAFAUN Megafaun Hometapes 3 GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Panther 4 CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS Little Wind Self-Released 5 PIETA BROWN Mercury Red House 6 HALLOWEEN, ALASKA All Night The Calls Came In Amble Down 7 MALE BONDING Endless Now Sub Pop 8 ZOLA JESUS Conatus Sacred Bones 9 WILCO The Whole Love Anti 10 DRUMS Portamento Frenchkiss 11 BLITZEN TRAPPER American Goldwing Sub Pop 12 STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Mirror Traffic Matador 13 DOM Family Of Love Astral Werks 14 TY SEGALL Goodbye … Continued
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 GIRLS Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Panther 2 CAROLINE SMITH AND THE GOOD NIGHT SLEEPS Little Wind Self-Released 3 DOM Family Of Love Astral Werks 4 MIKAL CRONIN Mikal Cronin Trouble In Mind 5 BLITZEN TRAPPER American Goldwing Sub Pop 6 MEGAFAUN Megafaun Hometapes 7 DUM DUM GIRLS Only In Dreams Sub Pop 8 TY SEGALL Goodbye Bread Drag City 9 MATES OF STATE Mountaintops Barsuk 10 WILCO The Whole Love Anti 11 PIETA BROWN Mercury Red House 12 MOBY Destroyed Mute 13 MALE BONDING Endless Now Sub Pop 14 WILD FLAG Wild Flag Merge … Continued
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost True Spirit 2 Laura Marling A Creature I Don’t Know Ribbon 3 Iceage New Brigade Dais-What’s Your Rupture 4 Can’t Dreams Come True Terrible 5 Dum Dum Girls Only In Dreams Sub Pop 6 Toro Y Moi Freaking Out [EP] Carpark 7 Mikal Cronin Mikal Cronin Trouble In Mind 8 Tammar Visits Suicide Squeeze 9 Tallahassee Jealous Hands Self-Released 10 Male Bonding Endless Now Sub Pop 11 Wild Flag Wild Flag Merge 12 Milagres Glowing Mouth Kill Rock Stars 13 Pepper Rabbit Red Velvet Snowball Kanine 14 Mates of State … Continued
