Rank Artist Recording Label 1 Battles Gloss Drop Warp 2 Sebadoh Bake Sale Sub Pop 3 Black Lips Arabia Mountain Vice 4 Paleo Fruit of the Spirit Partisan 5 Woods Sun and Shade Woodsist 6 Sondre Lerche Sondre Lerche Mona 7 Art Brut Brilliant! Tragic! The End/Cooking Vinyl 8 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Sub Pop 9 Making Friendz Social Life Last Bummer 10 Balkans Balkans Double Phantom 11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. It’s A Corporate World Quite Scientific 12 EMA Past Life Martyred Saints Souterrain Transmissions 13 Rosebuds Loud Planes Fly Low Merge 14 Reatards Teenage Hate Goner 15 Vetiver … Continued
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Iowa native William Elliot Whitmore will release his latest effort, Field Songs, on July 12. That same day, he will give an in-store performance in Iowa City at Record Collector. Preview the raw, folk ballad “Everything Gets Gone” from his forthcoming release right here on KRUI. William Elliott Whitmore – Everything Gets Gone by antirecords
By Neal Ternes The College Football Preview Show picks are back again with the Big East! This week we will be going team by team and explaining our selections. Neal: South Florida Lars: West Virginia For the second year in a row I have the Bulls as surprise picks to win the Big East. Skip Holtz is a phenomenal coach and I think this team will be light years ahead of where they were last season. BJ Daniels showed marked improvement as a passer in the new offensive scheme by the end of last year and I think the South … Continued
By: Neal Ternes Words and predictions for the non-AQ conferences and independents brought to you by Neal Ternes and Lars Headington of the College Football Preview Show. Neal’s Predictions: BLUE Lars’ Predictions: RED MAC West Western Michigan Northern Illinois* Toledo Toledo Northern Illinois Western Michigan Central Michigan Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Ball State Ball State Eastern Michigan MAC East Miami (OH)* Ohio Ohio Temple Temple Miami (OH) Bowling Green Kent State Kent State Buffalo Buffalo Bowling Green Akron Akron The MAC is top heavy in both of its’ divisions this year. Lars is more confident that NIU can recover after … Continued
Yo La Tengo’s “Spinning Wheel” tour will visit Iowa City on June 21. Find out what all the fuss is about right here!
Detroit duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. released their debut LP, It’s A Corporate World on June 3, 2011. Stream their Flaming Lips-esque single “Morning Thought” right here. (If you like it, the track is available for free download through the band’s MySpace for a limited time.) The group will play in Iowa City on June 14, 2011 at The Mill. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Morning Thought by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
By Betsey Richard In daring to make another record after the heart-wrenching album, Hospice (released August 2009), it is an understatement to say that the Brooklyn band, The Antlers, had a challenging task ahead of them. It is safe to say, however, that their newest album, Burst Apart (released May 10, 2011) will meet most fans’ desires. Though lead singer Peter Silberman has stated in interviews that he does not want his band to be pigeonholed under the label “sad,” there can be no denying that this album’s beginning is quite cynical, anxious, and overtly negative. In fact, most of … Continued
KRUI Sports Staffer Sam Kienzle shares his thoughts on Jim Tressel’s recent resignation.
Poison Control Center performed a live in-studio at RayGun on Saturday, May 7 before opening for Ted Leo for the final installment of KRUI’s Low Frequency Series. See videos and pictures here!
Ted Leo visited our studio on Saturday, May 7th for an in-studio before his solo show at Gabe’s for the finale to KRUI’s Low Frequency Series. Check out the interview here!
