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

October 9, 2025

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.

Interview: World’s Worst on their past, present, and the Real Housewives of SLC

October 7, 2025

On Saturday October 4th, World’s Worst took the stage at Gabe’s. The band took some time after sound check to chat with me, discussing their latest record “American Muscle”, how they got started playing music, and The Real Housewives of SLC.

Concert Review: Jefferson Starship, September 21st

October 6, 2025

By Carson Chittick

Jefferson Starship landed in Iowa City’s Englert Theater on Sunday the 21st of September for a spectacular show. As the show began, the projector took us through time, introducing the band’s long history and members that shaped their legacy, with pictures and videos eliciting our minds’ imagination to the past lives of the other 99% of the room. It. Was. AWESOME.

Concert Preview: White Reaper w/ Lip Critic and World’s Worst at Gabe’s Oct. 4. An open-eyed look into the new record Only Slightly Empty

October 3, 2025

This Saturday, October 4th, Louisville rock group White Reaper will be performing with Lip Critic and World’s Worst at Gabe’s, presented by the Englert Theater’s Track Zero series. This show will be one of the band’s first since the release of their 5th studio album, Only Slightly Empty.

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

October 1, 2025

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.

Your Arms Are My Cocoon brought the death of a rabbit tour to Iowa City (again!) – September 23, 2025

October 1, 2025

By Chase Haydock

Last week, Chicago’s emo sweethearts Your Arms Are My Cocoon returned to Iowa City (again!), this time in the basement of someone’s house.

Interview: Iona Zajac on The Pogues, “Bang”, and the Lash

September 25, 2025

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.

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Iowa City Songwriters Festival Preview

September 2, 2025

The Englert Theatre will host the inaugural Iowa City Songwriters Festival, headlined by Jeff Tweedy and Joy Oladokun, this weekend from September 4-6. Sprawling across many of Iowa City’s favorite venues, this town wide event is bound to be memorable.

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Hinterland 2025 Recap

August 27, 2025

From August 1-3, Hinterland Festival returned to the fields of St Charles, Iowa, as a resounding success. After a sweltering-hot 2024, Hinterland rebounded and restored fanbase trust for many years to come.

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Sunset over Hinterland Festival 2025, St. Charles IA

Your Guide to Hinterland 2025

July 30, 2025

Hinterland Music Festival comes back to St. Charles, Iowa, featuring over two dozen artists this weekend from August 1-3.

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Chicago Blues Fest Recap

July 23, 2025

On a beautiful weekend in the famous Millennium Park, Chicago hosted its annual Blues Festival, sprawling across four stages and four days. Here’s what I saw:

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Vikie Baker, D. K. Harrell, Jamiah “Dirty Deacon” Rogers playing at Chicago Blues Fest

FEaST 2024 Preview

October 28, 2024

Feed Me Weird Things, along with the help of the greater Iowa City community, bring forth this year’s FEaST festival from October 30th to November 2nd at The James Theater. The four nights and eight artists serve a variety of strange and esoteric palette of sounds.

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Magical Music, Lackluster Location at 80/35 2024

July 19, 2024

By Glenn Houlihan

The music at 80/35 was excellent as usual, but the festival’s new location at Water Works Park was deeply disappointing.

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Mission Creek Underground: Caleb Rainey 10/4

April 5, 2020

By Elisabeth Oster

Caleb Rainey gives an electrifying spoken word performance for Mission Creek Underground.

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Witching Hour: KRUI’s Top Picks

October 11, 2018

By Elaine Irvine

Read about which Witching Hour events KRUI’s online content staff is most excited to review here! (Image via: Little Village Magazine)

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Misson Creek Festival Promo: Gordi @ The Mill

April 2, 2018

By Isabella Volfson

This is a promo for Gordi’s performance at Mission Creek Music Festival in Iowa City (Image via Gordimusic)!

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Mission Creek Festival Promo: Ancient Posse @ The Englert Theatre

March 31, 2018

By Isabella Volfson

This is a promotion for Ancient Posse, who will be performing at Mission Creek in April (Image via Ancientposse)!

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Today's 89.7FM Program

	Friday
12:00 AM	12:00 AM 1:00 AM freemusicnow.net
10:00 AM	10:00 AM 11:00 AM KRUI Spins
12:00 PM	12:00 PM 1:00 PM Dragon Town: VII Deluxe Generations Special Mode Featuring Crazy Kong
1:00 PM	1:00 PM 2:00 PM KRUI Spins
2:00 PM	2:00 PM 3:00 PM KRUI Spins
3:00 PM	3:00 PM 4:00 PM MUSIC 4 BUGS
4:00 PM	4:00 PM 6:00 PM Jimmy Cox Talks
5:00 PM	4:00 PM 6:00 PM Jimmy Cox Talks
6:00 PM	6:00 PM 7:00 PM Outbound
7:00 PM	7:00 PM 8:00 PM Radio Vostok
8:00 PM	8:00 PM 9:00 PM The Bodhi Brent Show
10:00 PM	10:00 PM 11:00 PM Riffs & Ruin
11:00 PM	11:00 PM 12:00 AM Metal Mayhem

Friday

freemusicnow.net
12:00 AM - 1:00 AM
KRUI Spins
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Dragon Town: VII Deluxe Generations Special Mode Featuring Crazy Kong
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
KRUI Spins
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
KRUI Spins
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
MUSIC 4 BUGS
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Jimmy Cox Talks
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Outbound
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Radio Vostok
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Bodhi Brent Show
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Riffs & Ruin
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Metal Mayhem
11:00 PM - 12:00 AM

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