Ready to party hard? You don’t have much of a choice with Andrew W.K. coming to Rock Island, IL on Saturday, December 5th. The embattled wild man, who’s skirting bizarre (and insanely strict) legal red-tape, is performing with a band featuring Matt Sweeney and James Lo (both of Chavez). W.K. and Co. are getting together, [...]

As you probably know, we love Public Space ONE around here. That may be due to the fact that many of us book shows or volunteer our time to the venue (full disclosure), but it’s still pretty cool. However, even with our almost blind, motherly love for the all-ages basement hang-out, we’ll admit that it [...]

Calling all zombies: this Saturday at noon, Public Space ONE will be hosting zombie auditions for the upcoming short film Cheating Death, from rising New York Film Academy student Shani Patel, an Iowa native. For his thesis work, he chose to return to his home state to shoot his new offering to the rising “zom-com” [...]

We already told you about how Daytrotter is going to barnstorm through our neck of the woods in mid-October with some exciting, up-and-coming indie acts. Now we’ve got exciting news: Daytrotter has put together a special Barnstormer Kick-Off with some other exciting acts that’s going down THIS MONDAY (10/5) at 6pm. The evening is headlined [...]

A unique chance to connect with one of the titans of the American environmental movement takes place on Tuesday night, as John McPhee comes to Iowa City. He’s written 29 books in a 40+ year career that’s seen him elegantly blend journalism with aspects of novelistic writing. His first book, A Sense of Where You [...]

Last minute reminder: tomorrow night, Minneapolis MC Brother Ali comes to the Industry as part of his Fresh Air Tour, which features fellow Rhymesayers MCs Evidence and Toki Wright, and his DJ BK-One. Brother Ali’s new album Us, just came out this week. As before, Ant of Atmosphere handled the production. Ali has come under [...]

The Daytrotter Barnstormer is back already, and will once again be visiting the Octagonal Barn in West Liberty, this time on October 12. In case you’ve forgotten, we tipped you off to this event earlier this year, when it made its inaugural run through the small communities of Iowa. Now you better hope for some [...]

Thursday Wavves with Wet Hair, Sheetrock / Grinnell College / 9pm / FREE Everybody’s favorite lo-fi hand-breakin’, public melt-downin’, hated-on-by-peers band Wavves comes to Grinnell for a free show with Iowa City’s own Wet Hair. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, this one is gonna be worth the drive. Friday MothUP Iowa City / PS1 / [...]

It’s upon us again. It’s Iowa Hawkeye football. And while that means that traffic and studying come to a grinding halt, but that doesn’t mean the arts don’t keep on truckin’. We already gave you a rundown the weekend, but it’s chock full ’round Iowa City for Labor Day, so strap yourself in for a [...]

Do you like music? Well, tonight’s a doozie. There’s nearly something for everyone. And in a town the size of Iowa City, that’s a pretty stunning feat. Buckle your force-belts, kids, this is a special Freakin’ Weekend rundown of this freakin’ fully loaded Friday.  Cave of Spirit Sewn Leather w. Russian Tsarlag, SHV, Parts & Pieces [...]