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.
L’Rain translates memory into music, bringing them into the present where we may confront and converse with our own pasts in tandem.
The Blind Boys of Alabama took the whole crowd of The Englert Theater to church this last Friday night.
Kamasi Washington took The Englert on this Halloween to a large audience excited to hear his soulful music to wash over them. (Cover Image via i.ytimg.com)
Halloween jams and hidden gems. (Image via: Urban Outfitters)
Learn more about the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Franklin. (Image via: Mam’zelle Swing)
Read about The Bangles’ album All Over the Place here! (Image via Tidal)
Read about Macy Gray and her album “On How Life Is” here! (Image via tidal.com)
Iowa’s Black Student Union showcased the University’s talent before Ravyn Lenae and Noname graced the IMU’s ballroom stage.
Failure Machine brings all the funk, rock, and soul you would expect from a band out the the biggest little city on earth. (Picture via: tahoeonstage.com)
An album review of “Love Stuff” by Elle King!
Check out this rave review of The Kooks’ latest album, Listen.
