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.
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)!
This is a review of Hi Fi’s performance at Mission Creek Music Festival in Iowa City (Image via Feel Free Hi Fi)!
Political satirist, Bassem Youssef, took the stage in a grand way by poking fun at all races, governments, and religion in order to unite us (Image Via Hancher)!
Read about Wye Oak’s performance at the Englert for Mission Creek here. (image via buzzbands.la)
Read about Collidescope’s performance at the Yacht Club here. (image via @collid_e_scope on Twitter)
Read all about Purcha$e’s visit at The Iowa City Yacht Club here (Image via Mission Creek)!
Dana T came to perform at Mission Creek Festival. Read about it here (Image via danatelsrow.com)!
This concert was intoxicatingly cute and sweet, needless to say, I enjoyed this performance very much (Image Via Tunefind)!
