Iowa punks BOOTCAMP record release show exemplified the huge impact that even small music communities can bring.
Amidst 2025’s exciting alternative rock scene, Irish trio NewDad released their second studio album on September 19, Altar. Expanding on punk and soft rock elements from their first studio album Madra, the band also pulls from shoegaze with the explosive, distorted guitars and airy vocals that build the new record’s atmosphere.
Bluff Street, a new band from Cedar Falls is bringing their heartfelt indie rock and to Iowa City, only at the James this Saturday.
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.
It is crucial to preface this article with a warning. Without fail, every single set that I saw during ICSF left me in tears. Both Sunny War and Courtney Andrews’ ability to be completely and wholly open in their art showed in every single second of their performances.
Cartels have increasingly looked to social media to move counterfeit medications made to resemble authentic prescriptions, often laced with deadly doses of fentanyl.
Pitchfork was merged with GQ magazine by parent company Condé Nast. This caused mass layoffs, with over half of the publications staff losing their jobs.
With assistance from Canadian producer Nicholas Craven, Boldy James delivers a level of vulnerability and sincerity not often seen in his projects on his first project after a brutal car crash.
An op-ed written by university students from several schools across the nation, calling on politicians to enact gun control.
Frequently, the most earnest and sentimental works of music and art can be found milling around the bottom of a list. A small point of data. A needle in a haystack.
The music from film scores and soundtracks is an integral part in conveying emotion in the movie making process. However, it’s not something many take the time to realize when watching a film.
With the new year now here, twelve KRUI staff members write about their favorite albums from the past year that helped define their 2023. Here are their thoughts and feelings on their individual picks.
2023 is now over. To either celebrate or mourn that, fourteen KRUI staff members pick their favorite songs released over the past year. Here are their thoughts and feelings on their individual picks.
Yorgos Lanthimos brings forth his latest piece, in the strange, but liberating film “Poor Things”. The film has already been nominated for many awards.
A couple weeks ago, protest happened at Kinnick Stadium in support of the Palestinian people amid Israeli bombings of Gaza. A few days later, many Iowa City community members called on city council to support a ceasefire in Palestine.
William Oldroyd’s new film “Eileen” is about an unnerving bond where two people begin to mesh and meld into becoming the other.
