Songwriters Ken Pomeroy and Loudon Wainwright III played at the James Thater for ICSF 2025. Seeing songwriters encouraging people to start and showing them how to begin is what makes art happen.
A celebration took place in Chicago this September. The 20th edition of Riot Fest has come and passed, and while still covered in a layer of dirt and sweat, next year’s edition can’t come soon enough.
Soldier Field finally had something to celebrate again, as the Chicago Bears snapped their eight-game losing streak to the New Orleans Saints with a 26-14 win. Powered by a dominant defense and resurgent run game, the Bears overcame offensive struggles to notch their fourth straight win and move to 4-2 on the season.
On October 1, 2025, I journeyed to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines to see a performance from Father John Misty, and left with a disappointment most bitter and foul, great show though!
Iowa education’s system has embraced the arrival of artificial cal intelligence with no signs of slowing down. However, some have raised concerns that it may lead to its downfall while others see it as a successor to the internet and printing press.
This weekend, Las Vegas will host the fourth edition of When We Were Young. A festival celebrating the scene out in the desert holds more than you’ve bargained for as 53 bands take on 4 stages in 1 day. A whirlwind for every pair of vans and fishnets in the pit, it’s Christmas in October for many. Here is your stage by stage preview of When We Were Young 2025.
Learn more about the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Franklin. (Image via: Mam’zelle Swing)
In this companion piece to Siya Mali’s “MERGE:Homeland to Heartland” KRUI Radio show, we sit down and chat with Anthony Odele. Odele is the founder of Ovolv3, an electronics resale company headquartered in Iowa City. (Image via MERGE Innovation Space)
Image via MERGE Innovation Space.
Read all about GAS here (Photo via Reid Botkin)!
Review of legendary 90’s indie rock band Built to Spill’s performance at Mission Creek Festival 2018.
Escape the April snow (@Iowa, why?) with the infectious singing of Jamila Woods. She performed at The Englert Theatre on April 8th to close out the 2018 Mission Creek Festival. Image via www.jamila-woods.com
Psalm One performed in Iowa City on the last day of Mission Creek Festival 2018. Read about it here! (Image via: MIDWESTIX)
Ancient Posse decided to join us this year for Mission Creek (Image via City View)!
Sister Wife came to join us for Mission Creek (Image via Bandcamp)!
Squirrel Flower played at Mission Creek Festival 2018! Read more about it here! (Image via Isabel Zuppa)
This is a review of Hi Fi’s performance at Mission Creek Music Festival in Iowa City (Image via Feel Free Hi Fi)!
