Five standout films from Filmscene’s annual Refocus Film Festival, with this year’s theme focusing on adaptation.
Seattle based dance punk band Zookraught talks about their new album “VIDA VIOLET”, touring, and the importance of the DIY community in punk.
On their sophomore album, indie pop duo Magdalena Bay manages to deliver an instant classic that showcases a progressive and genre-blending interpolation of pop music. This release cycle also featured a special performance at the University of Iowa.
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.
Philadelphia band Her New Knife’s new EP “chrome is lullaby” continues their blasted out odyssey as standard bearers of modern shoegaze.
“swanlike” from They Are Gutting a Body of Water rediscovers old demo tracks put up on their SoundCloud over the last few years. All of them perfect for reflecting on the state of things in the endless drift.
If you’re reading this, then that means that the 2017 Mission Greek Festival is officially underway! Tuesday marked the first day of this 5 day festival and it started off great with some cool bands at The Mill (Photo via bandcamp.com).
Beirut’s fifth album, “No No No” features their classic, lighthearted tone with whimsical lyrics, and makes listeners long for summer days again.
“Furry Noises”, the newest release from Iowa natives Fire Sale, features an eclectic mix of styles and sounds, and has a little something for everybody.
Read what happened at Mark McGuire’s Mission Creek show, and what he told KRUI about his music.
