Pretty Fort Weekly

Welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming! The boys get back to business and discuss the new single, "Victories," from Iowa-based post hardcore band The August Guns. Vicious!

Holy shit, we made it. To celebrate one hundred episodes of talking about other people's music, we decided to shine the harsh spotlight of semi-anonymous internet criticism back on ourselves... it's finally time to revisit PR & Chase's high school band, ILL WAY. Who better to join the boys than the lead singer himself, Jaydn Swailes! It's a BANGER. Thanks for hanging with us for one hundred and remember... keep on spinning.

COSMIC VIBES INBOUND. PR & Chase are chatting about the new single, "Echospace," from the Des Moines-based experimental alt rock artist, Zap Tura. This one is a blistering, spacey creation that sends the boys through a portal and back to the time of the Wonder Ball and pre-MCU/SW John Favreau. Rad!

RIVERVIEW WAS SO RAD. Chase catches up PR with all the highlights of his experience at the new hip hop festival on the north side. The boys are talkin' dragon bites, they're talkin' VanJess, Chase bullies an eight-year-old... it's a classic episode of PFW in the making!

It's a debut! Chase & PR sit down to talk about the charming cigarette-folk record, "You Found a Match (and Other Stories)," from Forest and Family! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah!

Oh baby, the boys are back and ready to riff out with the new single/video "Ouroboros" from Des Moines alt-rock/alt-country/alt-everything band ENGLISH. Rad!

PR & Chase sit down to chat about a new track from an old fave! That's right, it's time to check out "The Plan" from Des Moines singer/songwriter/producer/lots-of-stuff-guy Jordan Mayland! Rad!

IT’S TIME. HINTERLAND IS BACK.And there’s so much to talk about. Jorb (Josh Petefish) and Mikey (Michael Entin) return to the pod to recap the first live music festival the boys have been to since… GDP 2019? Holy smokes! We're talkin' music, we're talkin' corndogs, we're talkin' logistical mishaps – what else could ya want? It's the biggest PFW of the year! Let's get crackin! YEE HAW!

The boys are vibin' out today with the latest EP, "Panacea," from ambient, piano, chill-hop artist Highrise. Mellow!

The boys are back with another gem from Bandcamp! This time it's the chill, sample-packed, electronic beat tape "Siphonophore 2" by The Peaks. Rad!

PR & Chase strike some more emo gold! This week, the boys are talkin' about the new single (double?) "over n over" from Cedar Falls shoegaze-y rockers, Honey Swell. Rad!

The boys are back in town and checking out the new single/video/visualizer, "Animals," from country rock outfit, Clayton Ryan and the Singing Mountain. Rad!

Chasey brings the IPR energy and PR is back from Seattle. You know what that means – it's time for a L I G H T N I N G R O U N D ! We're spinning "Organic/Plastic" (the latest EP from Pink Neighbor), "Do U Follow Me?" (the new double-single from Halfloves), and "The Shade and the Grass" (the latest EP from Max Jury). That's a lot of music!

This week PR & Chase are finally catchin' up with Katie Sin and her new single, "Thankful Collector" which features b-side "Nice Day." Both boys get caught in their feels but close it out with some classic zucchini bits. Healthy!

The Riverview Music Festival lineup is here! PR & Chase break down the bill while getting hyped for EARTHGANG, Sudan Archives, and everything in between. Save the date for September 4th and grab your early bird tickets for Des Moines' newest neighborhood-based bash at riverviewmusicfestival.com – rad!

We're going borderline experimental with this one! Chase & PR are talkin' "Ghost Note," the improvisational collaboration of Mark Shippy and Alex Cunningham released by Iowa record label, Personal Archives. Rad!

The boys are crankin' that Booth knob and spend way too long talkin' about pizza rolls for some reason. That's right, today's show is all about "Glisten," the debut single from Iowa alt/emo/shoegaze rockers Bouquet. Sparkly!

It's Halfloves szn for the boys – we're talkin' the recently re-released collection of b-sides "Otherloves" that just hit streaming services a couple weeks ago. And if that wasn't enough, you can literally watch us play some 2v2 against Jeff & Trev on our YouTube channel. Rad!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_0dxnTWJoU

It's a Cedar Falls episode, baby! PR & Chase are talkin' "Pointless," the new single/video from one of their favorite singer-songwriter-piano-boys, Ben Rendall. Heck yeah!

PR & Chase sit down to talk "Funky Magic," the debut EP from Iowa City funk rockers upsidedow.n.smileyface. Rad!