A new book about the ‘hidden’ world of cheerleading is the ultimate guilty pleasure, even though it shouldn’t be. People who think cheerleading isn’t a sport should Google “Stephen F. Austin...

The Decemberists delivers its most intricate story yet The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love What makes indie-folk band the Decemberists stand out from the crowd is its distinct ability to tell a story...

Film Review: Miss March If you’re set on seeing the brutally unfunny comedy Miss March, do yourself a favor and leave your brain at home. It will be overloaded by too many questions. Not the stimulating...

Film Review: I Love You, Man Another movie made with connections to the “Apatow gang,” another comical — and probably financial — success. In I Love You, Man, today’s most prominent funnymen...

Conservation is so hot right now. And sometimes it’s much easier to dig around in your fridge than make a run to Hy-Vee for a bag of frozen veggies. That’s why we want to show you how to make a stir-fry...

Some gauge musical success by the transition from gold records to platinum. Others use the number of Grammys won. Blind Pilot can chart its progress by means of transportation. The Portland, Ore., act...

It’s been a hard week, hasn’t it? You wrote a seven-page research paper on Monday, gave a group presentation on Tuesday, and took two midterms on Wednesday — all after losing an hour of sleep to...

Playing tons of music festivals and performing all over the Midwest wasn’t enough for former Hunab bassist Derek Pulliam. He was also interested in the composition side of music, so he decided to start...

Before I see her, I can smell her. It’s an acrid mix — both flowery and sweaty. In the cacophony of swear words and rubber squeaks, I look up with a jolt from my notepad to see a hulking woman barreling...

Sioux City Pete and the Beggars’ performances follow the philosophy of the sexually driven rock and roll acts of the 1970s, often taking a tribal and primitive spin. Pete Phillips, otherwise known...

Los Angeles: home of angels, celebrities, traffic jams, and Bad Fathers. Nearly two years after leaving Iowa City, the rock/rap-based band will return to perform at the Picador, 330 E. Washington St.,...

Visiting a foreign country can be exhilarating, terrifying, or spectacular. It can even be all three at once. But rarely is a trip abroad as ridiculous as Charlie Baker’s experience in the Iowa City...