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Top Ten Albums of 2018

Written & selected by various contributors

A collaboration with SCOPE Productions

Music, CultureVivian LeJanuary 1, 2019music, SCOPE, new year, 2018Comment

The Only Girl: A Conversation with Robin Green

The Only Girl: A Conversation with Robin Green

By Grace Oeth
Excerpt feat. in Fools Vol. 5

Culture, MusicGrace OethDecember 7, 2018Fools Magazine, Grace Oeth, Robin Green, The Only Girl, The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone

The 1975’s Triumphant Return

By Amelia Johnson

MusicFools MagDecember 7, 2018Fools Magazine, Amelia Johnson, the 1975, music, music review, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

Lily DeTaeye

By Elly Hofmaier

MusicFools MagNovember 17, 2018Elly Hofmaier, lily detaeye

Gregory Alan Isakov: Sad Songs About Space

Gregory Alan Isakov: Sad Songs About Space

By Austin Turpen
Photos by Jayme Bigger

MusicFools MagNovember 4, 2018jazz, Gregory Alan isakov, concert, Austin Turpin, Music, immigrant, orchestra, Englert Theatre

Kamasi Kamasi,

by Elly Hofmaier

Music, CreativeFools MagNovember 2, 2018Elly Hofmaier, Kamasi Washington, Poetry

Lizzo Asked Us To Worship Her, So We Did

Lizzo Asked Us To Worship Her, So We Did

By Jane Rice
Photos by Liv Harter

MusicJane RiceOctober 23, 2018Fools Magazine, Jane Rice, Lizzo, Homecoming, University of Iowa, University of Iowa homecoming, LAV.ISH, music, music review, Liv Harter

In a Desert Daze

By Hayley Anderson

MusicFools MagOctober 19, 2018california, weekend, music, music festival, warpaint, artists, camping, psychedelic, desert daze, desert, art, Hayley anderson, photo, Fools Magazine

Rufus Reid Lets Loose in Memory of Elizabeth Catlett

Rufus Reid Lets Loose in Memory of Elizabeth Catlett

By Bailey Gabrielle
Photos by Alyson Kuennen

MusicBailey GabrielleOctober 15, 2018Rufus Reid, Elizabeth Catlett, Bailey Gabrielle, Fools Magazine, music, Alyson Kuennen

Julie Byrne

Meria Ivy

MusicFools MagOctober 14, 2018Julie Byrne, Photo Story, Concert, Meria Ivy, Squirrel Flower, Witching Hour

Younger Brings Femme Freshness to Witching Hour

Younger Brings Femme Freshness to Witching Hour

by Lauren Arzbaecher
Photos by Lindey Carlson

MusicLauren ArzbaecherOctober 13, 2018Fools, Fools Magazine, Lauren Arzbaecher, Lindey Carlson, Younger, local music, local shows, Gabe's, Iowa City, Witching Hour

The Opener

Carter Melrose

MusicFools MagOctober 11, 2018Fools Magazine, the opener, Kid Quill, Skizzy Mars, Blue Moose, Iowa City, local coverage, local events, review, Carter Melrose, Gabby Estlund

Community Through Artistry: Raw Talent Night

Community Through Artistry: Raw Talent Night

Maggie Nipps

Diet Cig Brings Sloppy Pop to Gabe’s

Jane Rice

MusicFools MagSeptember 30, 2018review, Fools Magazine, local music, local shows, Gabe's, Mariah Cooper, Hot Tang, Illuminati Hotties, Jane Rice, Iowa City, Diet Cig

Japanese Breakfast Takes Iowa City Out of This World

Japanese Breakfast Takes Iowa City Out of This World

Jane Rice

MusicFools MagSeptember 29, 2018Genevieve Cleverley, Jane Rice, Fools Magazine, Japanese Breakfast, The Mill, Ought, local, local shows, live music, review

Hozier Gives a Powerful Preview of What’s to Come

Hozier Gives a Powerful Preview of What’s to Come

Amelia Johnson

Music, VideoFools MagSeptember 19, 2018Fools Magazine, Amelia Johnson, Hozier, Nina Cried Power, EP, review, music, national music, album release

Elizabeth Moen Enchants the Englert

Mary Walz

MusicFools MagSeptember 17, 2018Mary Walz, Fools Magazine, music, reviews, local music, Elizabeth Moen, Hot Tang, Young Charles, Englert Theatre, The Englert, Iowa City\, Iowa City

Lizzo

Ellie Zupancic

Music, CultureEllie ZupancicSeptember 12, 2018lizzo, ellie zupancic, homecoming, university of iowa, music, queen peach

Pitchfork Music Festival

Annie Lancaster & Hayley Anderson

MusicFools MagAugust 4, 2018Photo Story, Journalism, music festival, music

Priscilla Renea

Ellen Wines

MusicFools MagJuly 11, 2018Priscilla Renea, vivian le