Our KRUI Staff recommends some of our favorite releases from October, 2025!
The vast majority of Voters in Iowa City turned out on Nov 4th to adopt a 1 % local-option sales tax (LOST), setting the stage for a shift in how the city will raise and allocate funds beginning next summer.
Under the night sky of Iowa City, Ben McCollum’s first night leading the Hawkeyes felt like the dawn of something new. One game in, Iowa basketball looked and felt alive again.
Few words can describe this win. In spectacular fashion, the Bears somehow pulled off a last-minute win over the Bengals.
George’s Buffet is an unassuming dive bar sat just off of the one-way, westbound, Market Street. The small structure is saddled between an alley leading back to another side street and a modern imposing building housing The Webster (a high-end feature in Iowa City’s restaurant scene) on the corner of North Linn Street. Further up the road is the Bluebird’s parking lot, and its corresponding classic diner.
I sat down with Jordan Brown and Matt Wilson of Set Your Goals while at When We Were Young Festival. The California natives made their highly anticipated homecoming this past February, playing their first gig in 6 years. We spoke about their return to live performances, whats next for Set Your Goals, and how good “One Battle After Another” is.
Read about Beach Fossils’ Witching Hour Festival performance here! (Image via Mary Mathis)
Read about Karen Meat’s Witching Hour Festival performance here! (Image via Mary Mathis)
Susan Patterson Plank came to the Iowa City Public Library to deliver a fascinating presentation on small-town journalism and how they thrive. (image via: witchinghourfestival.com)
Read the review of one of the many events that took place at this year’s Witching Hour Festival! photo via: eventful.com
For this column, Breaking the Fourth Wall, I will be breaking the fourth wall by conveying to anyone with a passion for movies and television the next best flick, or recent trend in this entertainment medium. photo via: netflix.com
The Cult Classic, Easy Rider, was a road film that documented 1970s counterculture.
Photo Via: Silodrome
Chicago-based pop punk band Knuckle Puck are at it again with their sophomore full length, “Shapeshifter”. After their debut album dropped in 2015, I have been dying for new KP music. photo: knucklepuckil.com
The latest album by Hinterland artist JD McPherson. Photo: highroadtouring.com
Don’t know which shows to choose out of all of the amazing acts at Witching Hour? Read our top ten picks here.
IMAGE VIA WITCHINGHOURFESTIVAL.COM
Music MATTers is a column about all things music. Focusing on album releases, both old and new, I will be writing about artists’ place in the current music industry and the legacy their albums will leave behind. Image via: Amazon.com
