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Album Review: The Ills – Fuck this planet

Posted on Oct 8, 2015 by Kent Williams

Erika Ebola, Danny Dysentery, Molly Marburg, Tommy Tinnitus, Stella Salmonella; I think I’m sensing a theme here. This is definitely punk rock/hardocre straight out of the 1980s, reminiscent of the Circle Jerks, Plasmatics, and the Rezillos. One may well ask, does the world need more hardcore punk rock with track names you can’t say on the radio or TV?
Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: Punk rock at this point is beyond a sociological phenomenon of the past, and has become a vernacular folk tradition. […]

On The Beat: Aesop Rock, White Mystery and more coming to Iowa City

Posted on Feb 25, 2013 by Steve Crowley

Right now, Mountains may be one of the best in the business when it comes to ambient, experimental music. Longtime friends and bandmates Koen Holtkamp and Brendon Anderegg got together and released two albums in 2005 and 2006 under their own label, Apestaartje. […]

Iowa City Weekender: February 21-23

Posted on Feb 20, 2013 by Weekender

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekender. Starting with Thursday, Iowa City’s Home Ec. Workshop is putting on its fourth annual Craft Crawl this weekend. Attendees have four days (Thursday – Sunday) to purchase discounted items from 6 different local businesses, and participate in activities they have arranged… […]

Iowa City Weekender: January 4-5

Posted on Jan 3, 2013 by Weekender

Hello and welcome to the first Weekender of 2013! I hope everyone is recovering from NYE celebrations, because it’s almost time to get back up and out there. Things are starting to pick up this weekend. We’ve got a few […]

Album Reviews:The Ills – I Kill Me

Posted on Dec 18, 2012 by Kent Williams

The Ills I Kill Me theillsrock.bandcamp.com This is by far the shortest release I’ve reviewed. It’s a lovely one-sided 7” EP put out by No Front Teeth Records in London UK. And it’s exactly the sort of hard, fast, stupid […]

Iowa City Weekender: June 28-30

Posted on Jun 28, 2012 by Weekender

This is about to be a fantastic summer weekend. There’s a bike in movie, a mini music festival, a farewell show and more. But let’s go back to the festival before we discuss anything else. Firecracker 500 Festival // Gabe’s […]

Iowa City Weekender: January 19-21

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 by Weekender

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekender. We’ve got a little bit of a party weekend ahead of us, complete with a dance party, an anniversary bash and, uh, a punk farm. A number of other musical and […]

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