KRUI Big Room Show & Concert Preview: Night Moves at Gabe’s this Wednesday, Oct. 15th!

October 14, 2025

Minneapolis alt-rock band Night Moves is heading all the way to Gabe’s in Iowa City this Wednesday night, October 15th. Opening acts will be performed by Dearborn, a four piece alt-rock band straight out of Iowa City, and pianist Sam Blasucci, a founding member of California-based indie band Mapache.

Are you a lonely person with power? Deafheaven in Davenport at the Capitol Theater, Oct. 9

October 13, 2025

By Pauly

We need to talk. You need more excitement. Confess your private desires. Experience the incredible. Concert review of Deafheaven at the Capitol Theater in Davenport, October 9th.

Ethical Gaming: Choices, God, and “How Fish Is Made”

October 12, 2025

By Bailey Vergara

Developer Wrong Organ’s existential horror game “How Fish is Made” left me with some deeper questions about the nature of choice in the broader context of our existence. If the only way forward is death, does it matter what choices you make in the meantime?

Heartland Domination: All Iowa as the Hawkeyes shutout Wisconsin, 37-0

October 11, 2025

By Owen Raefield

Iowa silenced Camp Randall with a statement 37-0 shutout over Wisconsin, reclaiming the Heartland Trophy for a fourth straight year and notching their first road shutout against the Badgers since 1929. Behind Kamari Moulton’s breakout performance and a smothering defense that snagged two interceptions from defensive linemen, the Hawkeyes looked every bit like Big Ten contenders.

Concert Preview: Spin Art, painting the scene with sound

October 10, 2025

By Madison White

In the crowded gallery of rising bands, few make as bold a splash as Iowa’s own prog pop-punks Spin Art, performing live at Lefty’s in Des Moines this weekend.

Concert Preview: Deafheaven in Davenport at the Capitol Theater, October 9

October 9, 2025

By Pauly

San Diego’s iconic blackgaze band, Deafheaven will be performing tonight at the Capitol Theater as part of their tour following the release of their most recent album, Lonely People With Power.

Anti-wokeness and Iowa’s dismantling of education

May 2, 2025

By Amman Hassan

Republicans have successfully captured key state judicial and legislative procedures and used them to strangle the institutions and legal precedents that stand to curtail their agenda and limit their power.

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Vivek Was In Iowa Again, and He Can’t Stop Lying

December 19, 2023

By Amman Hassan

Vivek Ramaswamy made a campaign tour stop in Iowa City earlier this month. Many of the things he said were lies or misinformed.

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STAIN TRAIN: YOUR OLDER SIBLING'S PUNK & EMO
12:00 AM - 2:00 AM
KRUI Spins
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Mueller Time
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Press Box Banter
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Save The Vibes
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
KRUI Spins
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lonely Cloud FM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Light in the Black
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
No Clue
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mind Mischief
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Velvet Horizons
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Your Weekly Fics
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM

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Concert Preview: Spin Art, painting the scene with sound

In the crowded gallery of rising bands, few make as bold a splash as Iowa’s own prog pop-punks Spin Art, performing live at Lefty’s in Des Moines this weekend.

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Concert Preview: Father John Misty at Val Air Ballroom DSM on October 1

Father John Misty returns to Iowa tonight on October 1st at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines for the first time since performing at 80/35 festival in 2022, a show I was not only at, but also vaguely remember.

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Law Enforcement Warns Students About Fentanyl-laced Prescription Pills.

Cartels have increasingly looked to social media to move counterfeit medications made to resemble authentic prescriptions, often laced with deadly doses of fentanyl.

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Des Moines’ plan to solve its budget crisis: gentrification

Des Moines is facing the culmination of multiple long-standing budgetary crises resulting in its present $17 million annual deficit. Without room in the general fund, transportation is facing cuts, utility rates have been hiked, and agencies reorganized…

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Sports →

Heartland Domination: All Iowa as the Hawkeyes shutout Wisconsin, 37-0

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The Time is ‘Nowski: Hawks Fight Their Way Out Of Piscataway, 38-28

Iowa unveiled a far more dynamic offense at Rutgers, mixing creativity with big-play confidence behind Mark Gronowski’s command. The result was a 38-28 road win that felt like a turning point for the Hawkeyes’ attack.

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KRUI Big Room Show & Concert Preview: Night Moves at Gabe’s this Wednesday, Oct. 15th!

Are you a lonely person with power? Deafheaven in Davenport at the Capitol Theater, Oct. 9

Ethical Gaming: Choices, God, and “How Fish Is Made”

Heartland Domination: All Iowa as the Hawkeyes shutout Wisconsin, 37-0

Concert Preview: Spin Art, painting the scene with sound

Concert Preview: Deafheaven in Davenport at the Capitol Theater, October 9

News Opinion

Anti-wokeness and Iowa’s dismantling of education

Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Fascism and the Modern MAGA Movement

Op-Ed: We Will Not Wait For the Next School Shooting

Vivek Was In Iowa Again, and He Can’t Stop Lying

Concert Preview: Spin Art, painting the scene with sound

Concert Preview: Father John Misty at Val Air Ballroom DSM on October 1

Law Enforcement Warns Students About Fentanyl-laced Prescription Pills.

Des Moines’ plan to solve its budget crisis: gentrification

Heartland Domination: All Iowa as the Hawkeyes shutout Wisconsin, 37-0

The Time is ‘Nowski: Hawks Fight Their Way Out Of Piscataway, 38-28

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