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.
On a beautiful weekend in the famous Millennium Park, Chicago hosted its annual Blues Festival, sprawling across four stages and four days. Here’s what I saw:
Ignore the name. Or don’t, because truthfully the heart of Mannequin Pussy’s art lies in its name. Mannequin Pussy, of Philadelphia origin, gracefully blessed the hall of the Englert Theater for Iowa City’s annual Mission Creek Festival in April.
Angry Blackmen delivered energy and intensity to Mission Creek, but were let down by a thin crowd.
Iowa City locals Sun Centauri transported us to outer space during their otherworldly set at Mission Creek 2025.
Closing out Mission Creek Festival 2025, Cabeza De Chivo dealt out an infectious psychotropical groove for us all to dance with, what choice did we have but to obey?
Attending a festival that was hosting star acts like Mannequin Pussy, Raekwon, and Kim Gordon, some concertgoers that weekend might have written off Nat Baldwin entirely–but those in the room knew better.
Black Country, New Road has released their most anticipated album to date: Forever Howlong. The band’s new sound is a welcome one and cements them as the cream of the current rock crop.
Mission Creek runs again for its 20th year. The arts festival brings a plethora of events in the realms of music and literature, with both artists local, and from elsewhere. Here’s some of the events happening this Saturday.
Mission Creek runs again for its 20th year. The arts festival brings a plethora of events in the realms of music and literature, with both artists local, and from elsewhere. Here’s some of the events happening this Thursday and Friday.
With his long anticipated new album “MUSIC” Playboi Carti disappoints many by lazily revisiting sounds that have already been dried up and over used. There are still some glimmers of hope on the album.
