Ah yes, Supersonic Piss. Iowa City’s scary heavy metal punk rock cosmic bummer band. When I first heard the band name, I flashed on visiting the Omaha Zoo’s rain forest when the tapirs were in heat. Their courtship seemed to involve a stealthy yet brutal assault by the male, which the female answered with a […]
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Album Review – William Elliott Whitmore: Field Songs
Will Whitmore grew up in Lee County Iowa near the shore of the Mississippi River. He makes a living singing for people, accompanying himself on guitar and banjo. He writes simple songs, in the American acoustic folk music idiom. Field Songs is his latest record and comprises eight songs that say what they have to […]
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Album Review – Billy Raygun/Lipstick Homicide: Split LP
Lipstick Homicide (Kate Kane, Rachel Feldman and Lucas Ferguson) have been making a big noise in Iowa City for six years or so, starting out at West High School. If you haven’t seen them play live, then you don’t get out much–and you’ve missed out. Their live sound is an exquisitely textured roar made up […]
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BREAKING: LV Dance Party Friday, July 15 Moves to Blue Moose
Due to scheduling conflicts that arose with joining forces with Studio 13 and the Yacht Club for the Heaven & Hell Event , we’ve done a last-minute venue switch to the Blue Moose Tap House around the corner. This means it’s a great night for Dance Music in Iowa City.
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Show Preview: Get Up Kids @ Blue Moose Friday July 8
The Get Up Kids remind me of bands I really like — New Order, XTC, even a bit of Fugazi at times. They can write, they can play, and they’re still making satisfying, engaging music, long after they have no doubt become the Get Up Guys With Mortgages And Minivans.
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Kent Williams DJ Set KRUI 6/25/2011 – The Accidental Curator
I spend a lot of time at thrift stores, garage sales, and second hand stores looking for records. When I’ve collected enough interesting records together to fill a radio show, I lug the vinyl to the IMU for a radio show. Someone who spends time on EBay and Discogs searching for records, who spends hours […]
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Only In Iowa City
Taken out the window of the North Dodge bus, at the corner of Dodge and Governor.
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Album Review – Ed Gray: Old Bending River
Ed Gray Old Bending River It’s impossible for me to be objective about Ed Gray. I’ve seen him play more shows than I can count and I still don’t know what to expect. I’ve been at his house when he comes home from his shit janitor job and mixes a drink to wash the taste […]
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Album Review – Dream Thieves: Ocean Spell
Dream Thieves Ocean Spell While Americans were going nuts for Blondie, The Cars and a plethora of other skinny tie bands in the New Wave ‘80s, an underground scene sprang up in the U.S. and Europe, centered around the use of the then-new synthesizers and drum machines. Gary Numan, Depeche Mode and New Order were […]
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Autotuned Irving Weber!
In which we learn just how much of R Kelly’s vocal steez were stolen from Iowa City’s favorite codger Historian!
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DC Spriesterbach
Kent Williams remembers DC Spriesterbach, Bon Vivant and former Dean of the Graduate College
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Yacht Club 4/13 Raw Punk Power & The Easter Parade: Full Sets To Download!
Sam Locke Ward texted me a request to record this show, which was all the reason I needed. I don’t know if it’s even necessary to say that everyone involved in this show I consider a friend, and that beyond that, I’m a fan, and if that wasn’t enough, I’ve played with, or done audio […]
