A man in Iowa is fighting to have his home removed from the Drug Enforcement Agency’s list of former methamphetamine production labs. Six years ago, avid…
Wonkette: Texas voter ID law will work just fine except for 200,000 people in one county
Nobody needs to worry about Texas’s new voter ID law — at least, nobody except for the god-knows-how many people who end up in long lines while poll…
Acoustic Cage Match: Vote with your liver this weekend at Gabe’s
The Competition David Helmer Cody Janko Jarron Atha Alexander Bradbury Derek Perez Jack Baker Denny Richards Ben Eggers Jack Greve Gabe’s is…
FilmScene to screen Oscar-nominated shorts, appease A.D.D. generation
Sure, movies are great and everything, but they do all gotta be so gosh dang long? Short films are awesome. If you hate a short, it’s no big deal, you only have to wait…
Russian Circles is bringing its pounding post-rock to Gabe’s on February 4
If you ask fans of indie rock what they think of when they think of music in Chicago, there is a good chance that the genre post-rock will come to mind…
Catchy hooks galore: Dent May to play The Mill next week
While his name sounds like a nom de plume, Dent May is the real name of this musician. May explores the commonalities of life — particularly love — and does it in inventive ways. On his debut album, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, he sang his light pop songs with the accompaniment of an ukulele.
Pete Seeger dies at 94
I don’t cry when people I don’t know die. Waking up to the death of Pete Seeger makes me cry. As mean and stupid a place as the United States […]
Music video premiere: ‘Grey’ by Trouble Lights
Some of the best pop music in Iowa comes from Fairfield. You know this, right? Here to support this claim (which is, admittedly, my own) are Philip Rabalais and Adrien […]
Experimental saxophonist Curt Oren heads to Public Space One this Friday
“Have you ever heard of Colin Stetson?” is a question that Iowa City’s Curt Oren probably hears a lot. Oren plays looping experimental saxophone pieces similar…
Sandbox: Little Ruckus photo shoot
I’ve been taking photographs since 14 or so. It all started with photos of my friends skateboarding and then evolved into shooting live music and a handful of weddings. The fine folks of Public Space One were nice enough to select me for the Free Studio Residency program. My aim during my residency is to…
Photos: Take a peek at The Mill’s shiny new look
Have you seen The Mill lately? The back room renovations are all wrapped up, and the venue has spent the last week and a half breaking in its new look (which still maintains that old school vibe — don’t you worry). You’ll find a few photos below, and be sure to check out the venue this evening for its weekly open mic session with J. Knight.
Sandbox: Meet Curt Oren
Hi, I’m Curt Oren, the current Free Radical Artist-in-Residence for Public Space One. Want to know a little bit about me and the residency? Just watch the following…