Iowa punks BOOTCAMP record release show exemplified the huge impact that even small music communities can bring.
Amidst 2025’s exciting alternative rock scene, Irish trio NewDad released their second studio album on September 19, Altar. Expanding on punk and soft rock elements from their first studio album Madra, the band also pulls from shoegaze with the explosive, distorted guitars and airy vocals that build the new record’s atmosphere.
Bluff Street, a new band from Cedar Falls is bringing their heartfelt indie rock and to Iowa City, only at the James this Saturday.
Iona Zajac made her way across the pond from Glasgow with The Pogues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their record “Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash”. We discussed touring with this historic band, the best music coming out of Ireland, and her debut album “Bang” releasing this November.
It is crucial to preface this article with a warning. Without fail, every single set that I saw during ICSF left me in tears. Both Sunny War and Courtney Andrews’ ability to be completely and wholly open in their art showed in every single second of their performances.
Cartels have increasingly looked to social media to move counterfeit medications made to resemble authentic prescriptions, often laced with deadly doses of fentanyl.
Our music staff compiled a list of what we liked the most from music either promoters, labels, or artists have sent us.
A review of Careen’s newly-released EP entitled “Cycle 3”. A haunting, searing journey through different facets of time.
Kanye after coming off a very problematic year comes out with a very problematic album. Along with this, the album is completely uninspired.
KRUI interviewed Your Arms Are My Cocoon’s Tyler Odom over Zoom. We asked them questions about their life and music, and how these two go hand-in-hand.
Hundreds of people filled into Gabe’s for the six band show colloquially dubbed as “Sceamo Prom”. The night composed of six energetic and tiring sets, for another strong showing of community in the Iowa City Hardcore Scene.
Pitchfork was merged with GQ magazine by parent company Condé Nast. This caused mass layoffs, with over half of the publications staff losing their jobs.
With assistance from Canadian producer Nicholas Craven, Boldy James delivers a level of vulnerability and sincerity not often seen in his projects on his first project after a brutal car crash.
Frequently, the most earnest and sentimental works of music and art can be found milling around the bottom of a list. A small point of data. A needle in a haystack.
The music from film scores and soundtracks is an integral part in conveying emotion in the movie making process. However, it’s not something many take the time to realize when watching a film.
With the new year now here, twelve KRUI staff members write about their favorite albums from the past year that helped define their 2023. Here are their thoughts and feelings on their individual picks.
