On his first ever theater tour, Sheng Wang stopped by Iowa City’s Englert Theater, where he delighted the packed crowd with jokes and stories about how he makes the best of life as an adult.
The MySpace teenage emo dream is reborn, as pop punk icons All Time Low bring their “Everyone’s Talking” tour to feature at Vibrant Music Hall in Waukee, IA this Wednesday, October 29th. They are supported by historic legends Mayday Parade, The Cab, and The Paradox during this tour.
In a game that was never close, Iowa crushed Minnesota 41-3. The Floyd of Rosedale trophy stays in Iowa City.
After winning four straight, the Chicago Bears returned to earth in a poor effort loss against the Ravens.
A gray T-shirt. A haunting call. And a fan base that finally found payback.
KRUI’s recap of When We Were Young Festival 2025 in Las Vegas. Throughout 4 stages, 53 bands tore through their sets across a 13 hour day. Here is how I spent my day at When We Were Young.
Beirut’s fifth album, “No No No” features their classic, lighthearted tone with whimsical lyrics, and makes listeners long for summer days again.
An interview about diversity and inclusion with Sam Meyer, an organizer of a number of house shows and radio DJ for his punk show “Codependent Music.”
An album review of Claptone’s “Charmer” through the lens of a recently new appreciation for EDM.
Read the review about this “Beast” of an album by Pearl and the Beard. (Picture via pledgemusic.com)
Garrett Borns brings psychedelia to the 21st century with his debut album, Dopamine.
Iowa City Observations is a continuing column in which I venture out into the streets of Iowa City and ask people to inspire me, as well as make probably irrelevant observations about Iowa City itself.
This month’s collection of poems includes a selection of verse accompanied and centered around epigraphs–all of which drawn from songs. Check it out!
This review features insight to the sophomore album of the Southern Australian alternative rock group, Atlas Genius.
Decolonize your mind: Classrooms cannot remain spaces occupied by prejudiced attitudes and passivity towards them.
Looking for the perfect background music for your Halloween bash? Interested in obscure or weird instruments? Read this month’s “What’s That Sound?” to learn about the theremin! (Photo via: moogmusic.com)
