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.
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!
A college student who doesn’t know what she wants to do after graduation but write award winning novels all while stumbling around helplessly in the world. Via: thecomfybed.tumblr.com
Read about Dr. Dog’s 2007 cover of “Heart It Races” by Architecture in Helsinki. Via: musicfeeds.com
Our first pick from the Trunk of Old Movies is The Big Sleep, a classic film of crime and mystery. (Image via: Alchetron.com)
We’ve all known someone that has used Tinder, come check out my interesting experiences with the app. (photo cred: knowyourmobile.com)
I spent Saturday afternoon learning about the ally-industrial complex and the insidious commodification of social justice movements with Tabitha Wiggins (Image via creativemornings.com)
Will Duncan gives a lecture at Witching Hour 2016 about when he was in silent meditation for three years, three months, and three days. Image via: witchinghourfestival.com
Read about Jen Kirkman’s stand-up at the Englert Theatre here. (Image via: jenkirkman.com)
This documentary follows Tony Conrad, a minimalist musician, filmmaker, and artist who passed away earlier this year. Image courtesy of ArtReport.com
Psalm One made her return to Iowa City with an electrifying performance at The Mill on the first night of the Witching Hour Festival. (Image via: AudioTree)
Hip-Hop Kitchen featured freestyle rapping and cooking. Review here. Photo via: facebook.com/witchinghourfestival
