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.
Fans of black metal will enjoy this record from Iowa City-based Dryad. Image via Little Village.
Happy Thanksgiving from your favorite local radio station.
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Arctic Monkeys slows their tempo on their latest album. Image via NME.
KRUI’s music staff breaks down their favorite music from October 2022.
Looking back on Alex G’s “Trick,” 10 years later. Image via Amazon.
The Magnus Carlsen chess scandal explained. Image via the New York Times.
Musical duo Hrishkesh Hirway and Jenny Owen Youngs put on a lovely performance Thursday evening at the James Theater in Iowa City.
The two musicians will put on a collaborative performance for Iowa City’s Witching Hour festival. Image via Another Planet Entertainment.
Caleb Rainey gives an electrifying spoken word performance for Mission Creek Underground.
As we continue to grapple with the unknowns of COVID-19, music is a free and necessary medication. Our world is a tense place currently, and expressions of creativity like music provide with a means of mental escape. (Featured photo via deadline.com)
The Who’s first effort in 13 years works as tasteful fan service that’s much more self-aware than most bands past their peak.
