Tripmaster Monkey is back from the dead. With the exception of a few special shows — including a performance at Rock Island Brewing Company’s 30th-anniversary fest in the summer — the alt-rock...

Hollywood has hit a dry spell. The No. 1 and No. 6 top-grossing movies in America, Where The Wild Things Are and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, are adaptations of children’s books. No. 5, The Stepfather,...

Part of a journalist’s job is to conduct interviews and ask questions. In the recently released Eating the Dinosaur, writer Chuck Klosterman asks the reader why that is. Why do we ask others questions?...

The 21st-century zombie — a violation of the genre or bloody good fun? It doesn’t matter if they run or walk They are gory, they are terrifying, they are out for blood — modern movie zombies are...

It’s nearing midnight when you and your friends get the inebriated urge to enter a karaoke bar. You stumble on stage to show off your staggering vocals and give the audience the performance they deserve....

Jump to the left and step to the right — another Halloween approaches, meaning it’s time for Iowa City to do “The Time Warp” again. The Bijou will present its annual midnight showings of the cult-classic...

Garth Brooks: Double Live Before heading into “retirement” like an old pair of dusty cowboy boots, Garth Brooks was a standard artist on any bona fide country-music lover’s cassette tape. The crooner’s...

At the age of 75, poet and now Ivy League Professor Mark Strand still manages to travel for readings across the country and muster through unexpected questions from fans and critics. However, after 50...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell Once upon a time, Karen O had raw, grinding vocal power. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s 2003 album Fever to Tell is one of the last standing examples of gritty, modern indie punk....

The members of the Black Dahlia Murder — producers of blindingly fast metal music and dark lyrics — are nerds at heart, lead vocalist Trevor Strnad said. “World of Warcraft has kind of taken over...

Today • Take advantage of the week’s warmer temperatures and falling leaves — make a leaf pile. Grab a rake and some friends, and gather all of the foliage you can find. Then, release your inner...

Lindsay Mac has gracefully turned her classical orchestral training sideways. “I’ve seen cellists do some wild stuff,” she said. “But no strumming and singing.” In essence, Mac plays her cello...