This is Animal Collective’s member Panda Bear’s new track from forthcoming album entitled Tomboy. The album is set to be released on April 12th on Paw Tracks. [audio:http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Panda%20Bear%20-%20Last%20Night%20At%20The%20Jetty.mp3]
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Drew Ingersoll the Music Director for KRUI interviewed Dan Deacon prior to our website launch party on February 12th, 2011. This took place in the back seat of a car heading from the airport in Moline, IL to Iowa City, IA.
Another record has been broken at the Iowa Invite this past weekend. KRUI Sports Staffer Kylie Sebert has the latest track and field update.
The second installment of the Low Frequency Series is this Wednesday, don’t miss it!
In the lead-up to the launch of our new website, we backtracked through the first 27 years of KRUI. Now you can view it all in high-resolution glory on Flickr.
David Berkeley stopped by the KRUI studios on February 19 to promote his reading and musical performance at Prairie Lights. Berkeley gave us the scoop on his new album Some Kind of Cure and corresponding book, 140 Goats and a Guitar. He also talked about life on the road, graduating from Harvard, teaching, and his recent visit to Corsica. Interview by Drew Ingersoll [audio:http://krui.fm/assets/music/David%20Berkeley.mp3]
By Alexa Squire Derealization isn’t your typical remix EP. The Forms (now only a two member band) have completely deconstructed their songs and combined them with new chord progressions, lyrics, and arrangements. The result is six original songs that manage to still be dreamy, rich, and melodic like the band’s previous material, but poppier with the instrumental additions of synth bass and drum machines. Old fans will recognize echoes of the songs they know from The Forms and Icarus and hear many things that are entirely new. Guest vocalists include The National’s Matt Berninger, Pattern Is Movement’s Andrew Thiboldeaux, and … Continued
Members of the world famous comedy troupe Second City sat down with Max Johnson of “Live From 380″ on February 5th, 2011. They were in town for two performances at the Englert. [audio:http://krui.fm/assets/music/Second%20City%20In-Studio.mp3]
By Nick Robertson I regret to inform the readers that this was suppose to be a bottom ten list but unfortunalty the great minds here at the University of Iowa decided to give me a boat load of work and a couple exams to boot. So here is my bottom five list. If you don’t like it add in your own top 10 in the comments. 5. Bieber Fever? Much to the dismay and confusion of all who love sports teenage pop start Justin Bieber will suit up for Friday’s celebrity basketball game. I will be looking endlessly for the over under … Continued
Brothers Dominic and Philip Rabalais of Utopia Park sat down with hosts Max Johnson and Kendall McCabe of “Live From 380” on February 12th, 2011 to talk shop. They were in town to open for Dan Deacon. The Rabalais brothers, who run the cassette label Sweat Power Records, hail from Fairfield, Iowa. They talked sleep schedules, feminine sexuality, and rap careers—Dominic may or may not be launching his own soon. Utopia Park will be back in Iowa City on February 26, playing at The Mill with Akron/Family and Delicate Steve. [audio:http://krui.fm/assets/music/Utopia%20Park%20In-Studio.JPG]
