While the Heartland may not seem like a breeding ground for hard-core musicians, its welcoming atmosphere is what help set Kidnap the Sun’s punk/screamo music apart from other bands in the area. The...

During its tour last spring the Histronic — a Minnesota band just over 1 year old at the time — nearly had its short history ended. When the group made a tour stop in Kansas, 18 tornadoes touched...

Giving back to the local music scene is what this weekend means for Iowa City band Stickman. After band member Kylie Buddin successfully organized a reunion show last year of popular Iowa City bands from...

St. Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching — this means drunken renditions of “Danny Boy,” parades, and lots of pinching. But celebrating all things Irish means so much more than wearing green and...

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...

If James Mercer of the Shins and Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn formed a band and enlisted Animal from the Muppets to play the drums, the resulting ensemble would sound a lot like the Broken West. At least...

More than just a brand of cancer stick, Marlboro is a quaint town in Vermont. Passion, not nicotine, causes some of the world’s best musicians to travel there and dedicate their summers to the Marlboro...

Once upon a time, the adventures of caped crusaders and boy wonders were available solely at the local convenience store for around 25 cents. Today, the eternal struggle between heroes and villains in...

Re: A poor excuse for a tribute Nat King Cole, the velvety-voiced singer and one of the most celebrated jazz performers of all time, is probably rolling in his grave. From the timeless artistry of the...