89.7 KRUI’s preview of the eleventh Hinterland in St. Charles, Iowa with headliners KATSEYE, Lorde, Mumford and Sons, and Kali Uchis
The third edition of Minnesota Yacht Club has wrapped was a resounding success. Through sweltering temperatures, heat lightning, and rain drops, none of it phased the over 35,000 fans who came each day to Harriet Regional Park. Celebrating music and summer on the water, it continues to be a highlight for the thousands of Minnesotans and the travelers. Friday Pat Kennedy is a name will be known far and wide very soon. Hailing from Boston, and a recent graduate of Berklee, Kennedy dances the oh so fine line of bringing classic cassette rock and roll with a modern push. Through … Continued
Logan Melia sits down with Pat Kennedy after his electric set at Minnesota Yacht Club discussing new music, his favorite gigs, and more
Logan Melia recaps the 13th annual Windy City Smokeout as it wraps up the five night extravaganza of country music and BBQ
Logan Melia previews the third annual Minnesota Yacht Club taking place July 17-19 with The Strokes, Geese, and more
In the midst of his small office on the fourth floor of the EPB, looking out onto the Stanley Museum of Art, surrounded by two well-populated book shelves and a Kym Day painting of a cowboy feeding a horse Lo Mein, Tom Lin reclines in his swivelback chair and invites me to take a seat.
Check out KRUI’s exclusive interview with New York City-based indie pop band Fun. and view videos from their acoustic afternoon performance in the Iowa Memorial Union!
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
Opinion columnist Caitlin Fry weighs the pros and cons of Spotify, the latest online music trend of the moment.
Brooklyn’s They Might Be Giants is coming to the Englert for KRUI’s Low Frequency Series. This is a show you absolutely can’t miss!
Music columnist Caitlin Fry explores the revival of the once-forgotten cassette tape.
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
Disclaimer: This album review contains content unsuitable for minors, work situations, and the faint of heart. The opinions and views within this review belong solely to the author, and not KRUI or the University of Iowa. Read at your own discretion. By Vaibhav Sutrave I don’t buy escapism in music. I don’t buy escapism in anything. Ultimately, books, or philosophy, or physics, or comics, or food, or MUSIC MUST relate to and enrich REAL LIFE. To “make us drink more avidly of life,” like m’boy Hank Miller said. It needs some immediacy. But how to tell? Fortunately, I have devised … Continued
By Max Johnson Ty Segall has a gift, but I don’t know what for. On his last album, Melted, Segall was brash and subversive, embodying the dirtiest garage-rock bands, an Iggy Pop we could call our own. His latest offering, this summer’s Goodbye Bread, is more indebted to Dylan’s Basement Tapes or to John Lennon’s solo work. On the title-track opener, it seems he’s moved his 4-track from a filthy garage down to a dingy basement. Which seems like a small-scale change, but it might be big enough to throw some old fans for a loop. “Goodbye Bread” holds on … Continued
Join freshman Mitch MacQueen as he navigates Iowa City’s music scene for the first time by attending Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps’ concert at the Mill.
Click here to see pictures and listen to Brass Bed discuss French music, their recent performance at the Maximum Ames Music Festival, and band names that start with the letter “B.”
