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Mission Creek 2025: The Caring Nurture of Nat Baldwin
Those entering the third-floor auditorium of the Riverside Theatre who weren’t well informed on that Friday of Mission Creek, may not have been particularly shocked by what their gaze was met with. Before the steadily growing audience, there was neither a idly-bantering band sound checking, nor a mind-boggling assortment of electronic doodads on racks with spilling wires.
Amanda Moy, Author at KRUI Radio
Feed Me Weird Things, along with the help of the greater Iowa City community, bring forth this year’s FEaST festival from October 30th to November 2nd at The James Theater. The four nights and eight artists serve a variety of strange and esoteric palette of sounds.
A Message From the Void with Glixen's "Quiet Pleasures" EP
Perhaps one of the quickest up-and-coming bands of the 2020’s shoegaze renaissance revival so far, Glixen is a Phoenix, Arizona quartet that has spent much of the past two years tracking back and forth across the United States, supporting acts like Turnover, Kraus, Glare, and Tanukichan, leaving a glittering haze in their wake. They also had a spot on last summer’s Coachella lineup.
Controlled Demolition on Her New Knife's "chrome is lullaby"
Chances are, if you’ve spent any amount of time engaged with the broad scene encapsulated within the “nu-gaze” label, you’ve almost certainly encountered an artist either adjacent or directly affiliated with Julia’s War Recordings. Known for such hallmarks such as Hooky’s Something to Look Forward To or Glixen‘s She Only Said, and recently Guitar’s Casting Spells On Turtlehead, the label has been an innovator in the shoegaze scene.
Mission Creek Preview: Thursday & Friday
Iowa City’s largest yearly celebration of the arts returns this weekend. The Mission Creek Festival, put on by The Englert, features artists in both literature and music, with readings and concert performances. Thursday’s events occur solely at Hancher Auditorium, while performances on Friday take place in multiple different venues around Iowa City. Here are some events happening on Thursday and Friday of the festival.
Evan Raefield, Author at KRUI Radio
Lawyer and Iowa City city council member Laura Bergus talks about the alarming recent trend of authoritarianism in Iowa. She also elaborates on why the government is targeting trans people, and the purpose of the Back the Blue laws.
Label Lookout - Spring '24 - KRUI Radio
Welcome back to Label Lookout, a semi-regular series at KRUI highlighting a few exciting contemporary record labels and what they have to offer. This is a series to encourage new musical discovery. Each respective label listed has their website linked. Hopefully, you find something here you enjoy! By John Glab Since 2011, Exploding In Sound records has been putting out releases from many of the best indie rock bands in the Northeastern United States.
Long Live the Preacher: Model/Actriz and KL!NG Show Review
By Anika Maculangan and Evan Raefield Anika: On Friday, October 13th, Brooklyn based alternative act Model/Actriz, alongside the local darlings of KL!NG emblazoned the stage of Gabe’s. Draped with colorful chaos and electrifying static, the band’s performance was part of the Hancher Auditorium’s talent packed Infinite Dream Festival. The show was one to begin slightly later than the average Iowa City show, starting at 9:30 PM.
Anika Maculangan
Label Lookout – Fall ’23 Label Lookout brings you some our favorite releases from some of our favorite record labels here at KRUI. The debut Fall ’23 edition covers labels like Saddle Creek, Geometric Lullaby, and more. Protesters Place Trash On City Hall Over Environmental Concerns Iowa City environmentalists unloaded trash they had gathered from Ralston Creek onto the steps of city hall.
Birdlabs and Tengger Bewitch and Transfix
Images courtesy of Evan Raefield, Anika Maculangan, and Casper Bakker On a chilly Monday night, a crowd of around 30 people assembled at Trumpet Blossom Café for an evening show. The show was assembled as a feature of the ongoing Feed Me Weird Things program; A series of events organized to bring in eccentric and abnormal performing acts to the live scene of Iowa City, whilst promoting and boosting local artists.
Label Lookout - Fall '23
Welcome to a new reoccurring segment here at KRUI, Label Lookout! Here we will shout out a few labels that are bringing sounds and scenes to the board that we are excited about. This is a series to encourage new musical discovery. Each respective label and release listed has their Bandcamp page linked, or in lieu of that their YouTube channels.
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