Continuing to find inspiration in Iowa City’s arts community. KRUI’s Tarik took a little day trip to Hancher’s new Stop/Time Festival, losing himself in two incredible performances from Evicshen and Sharp Pins.
Logan Melia sits down with Eve 6 at Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona. Eve 6 took some time after their slot to discuss their early days playing gigs at small cafes all the way to a racetrack.
Luke Combs came to Ames, Iowa with his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour on April 11th, 2026
After listening to a lot of jazz over the past week, culminating in an amazing performance by renowned trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and the PUBLIQuartet last Friday at the Stop/Time Festival presented by Hancher Auditorium, I’ve come to the conclusion that most jazz isn’t meant for an audience at all.
Logan Melia talks about Six Foot Blonde’s headlining gig at Lincoln Hall on January 9th, 2026 with support form Pretoria and Violet Crime
On a regular Thursday in March, I discovered underscores while scrolling on Tiktok. I worked my way through her discography and eventually fell down a rabbit hole of hyperpop. Her take on electronic and pop music is deeply refreshing and her captivating sound is definitely one to pay attention to.
The premiere post of a new KRUI column, “An Iowa City Life” by Ben Evans. Check it out!
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
Caroline Smith and her band of Good Night Sleeps visited our studio on Saturday 24th.
Jill Andrews, a member of the folk outfit The Everybodyfields, visited KRUI on September 22.
Check out our Track of the Week by Bard & Mustache before they play at Public Space One this Thursday.
By Alexa Squire In early fall 2009, Lady Gaga hadn’t released The Fame Monster yet, Katy Perry was only known for kissing a girl, and “chillwave” was a completely new word for a new genre of music. Washed Out and Toro y Moi, two of the most well-known chillwave artists, had just released Life of Leisure and Causers of This, and bloggers were using the term to describe their lo-fi, blippy, danceable beats that relied heavily on reverb and looping. When Alan Palomo (the man behind Neon Indian) released Psychic Chasms that winter, his songs fit the definition and it … Continued
Rank Artist Recording Label 1 Male Bonding Endless Now Sub Pop 2 Jonathan Wilson Gentle Spirit Bella Union 3 Blitzen Trapper American Goldwing Sub Pop 4 Mates of State Mountaintops Barksuk 5 Wild Flag Wild Flag Merge 6 Abstract Artimus Rite of Passage Dire Life 7 Pepper Rabbit Red Velvet Snowball Kanine 8 Toro Y Moi Freaking Out [EP] Carpark 9 Collections of Colonies of Bees Giving Hometapes 10 Dom Family of Love Astralwerks 11 Fucked Up David Comes to Life Matador 12 Can’t Dreams Come True Terrible 13 Portugal. The Man In the Mounts In The Cloud Approaching AIRballoons-Atlantic … Continued
This week, KRUI added Caroline Smith & The Goodnight Sleeps’ second full-length album Little Wind to the library. This follow-up to their 2008 release Backyard Tent Set finds Caroline and her band older and wiser. You can hear the miles traveled in Caroline’s voice, and in the distinct bite of her lyrics. Her newfound honesty, at times, gets garbled by lo-fi vocals—like on KRUI’s Track of the Week, “Tanktop.” Yet, at Smith’s most childish and nostalgic moments, her vulnerable thoughts still ring through; on tracks like “Eagle’s Nest” her sound is abundantly crisp and clear, and it cuts like a … Continued
By L.C. Graf-Juarez If Zebrahead and Dethklok were to have a baby, it would be the punk garage rock band, Cerebral Ballzy. Bringing back the true meaning of punk, Cerebral Ballzy’s self-tilted debut album is all about rebellion and having fun. At times, they can be completely repetitive, especially when the same riff is used in “You’re Idle” and “Don’t Look My Way.” But, Cerebral is clearly looking for a good time. It truly takes a certain type of person to be able to listen to them. And Cerebral Ballzy is partially called “Ballzy” because they couldn’t care less about … Continued
Washington D.C. based indie rock quartet Deleted Scenes visited KRUI on September 17, 2011 before playing later that night at The Mill. Check out their exclusive performance of “Ordination Day,” live in the KRUI Studio.
