Alex Izienicki breaks down the wild ride that was the Chicago Bears’ 27-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football.
Owen Raefield covers the standout players who powered the Iowa Hawkeyes to a 24-10 win against the Northwestern Wildcats.
It’s been a minute since we last checked in on the Big Ten, but a few general trends have continued over the past couple of weeks. Michigan and Oregon keep spiraling, UCLA and Indiana keep winning, and here in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes seem to be more of a week-to-week thing. Let’s check out some of the biggest games coming up in this first weekend of November.
KRUI In The Homecoming Parade By Kade Grierson | Photos by Cael Ferguson It was the night before Halloween, which is the day before the national college student hangover day known as All Saints’ Day. I’d been walking out the door talking to a friend on the phone who told me to “break a leg” when I told them I was going to march in a parade. According to OurIowaHeritage the first homecoming parade was in 1917 with horse-drawn floats. Which would make this homecoming parade a hundred and something—it’s difficult to track down which homecoming parades were canceled due … Continued
Logan Melia talks with Willis Alan Ramsey ahead of his performance at the Iowa City Songwriter’s kickoff show at The James Theater
Your guide to the second edition of the Iowa City Songwriter’s Festival from November 5-7 across the city.
Every time you go through a bad breakup, every time you think about your ex, and every time you dream about escaping, you can peace in Ghost Town.
With his long anticipated new album “MUSIC” Playboi Carti disappoints many by lazily revisiting sounds that have already been dried up and over used. There are still some glimmers of hope on the album.
Phoenix, Arizona shoegaze band Glixen returns more punishing than ever on their newest EP, the loud and heavy “Quiet Pleasures”.
On their new album, New York alt country band Frog purposefully give into the mundane writing “1000 Variations on the Same Song” while still exploring depths of Americana.
On their sophomore album, indie pop duo Magdalena Bay manages to deliver an instant classic that showcases a progressive and genre-blending interpolation of pop music. This release cycle also featured a special performance at the University of Iowa.
Philadelphia band Her New Knife’s new EP “chrome is lullaby” continues their blasted out odyssey as standard bearers of modern shoegaze.
On his debut album, Cash Cobain attempts to capitalize upon his recent success and put himself at the forefront of the hottest trends in rap right now, but stretches his talents thin.
Following up his well acclaimed 2022 album, Denzel Curry takes it back closer to his roots on his new mixtape “King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2” evoking nostalgia from the Dirty South.
On their latest release, Vampire Weekend manages to reach new musical highs and make a case for album of the year with their fifth record “Only God Was Above Us”.
Las Nubes capture the unforgiving heat of the summer, along with the unpredictable storms that come in their new album “Tormentas Malsanas”.
