"Mountain Battles" - The Breeders Rating: 9/10 "Mountain Battles," the latest release from The Breeders, offers a new spin on standard indie-rock music. Vocalist and lead guitarist Kim Deal definitely becomes the main attraction of this album. However,...

Brave Tin Soldiers are quietly becoming one of DeKalb's most prolific rock bands. Aside from their gigs in places like Phoenix to Chicago, they find their way out to DeKalb enough to frequent Otto's and the House Cafe. The three-piece band features Peter...

"Bittersweet World" - Ashlee Simpson Rating: 3/10 Ashlee Simpson's third album, "Bittersweet World," fails to sound bittersweet, and instead, just sounds... well, sweet. The '80s are alive and well throughout the album, mixing electronica with repetitive,...

"Good to be Bad" - Whitesnake Rating: 5 / 10 Hair metal is dead, but for some reason, some of the bands are still alive. Whitesnake is one of those bands that used to sell like crazy in the '80s, and here they are again in 2008 with a new album. "Good...

"Cha Cha Slide" - DJ Casper At any party, or anywhere this is playing, there are always those few people up against the wall who are hiding their two left feet. And, somewhere in the midst of the crowd is the person that will politely excuse themselves...

The NIU philharmonic will play its final concert of the season at 8 p.m. tonight in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. When the philharmonic returns in the fall, they will have a new conductor. Lucia Matos, currently the conductor and director of the University...

On Friday, May 2, "Iron Man" will have a much more worthy opponent than Patrick Dempsey in "Made of Honor." This is because a mere three days earlier, one of the most anticipated video games of all time is coming out. "Grand Theft Auto IV," which will...

The Slits' 1979 cover of the classic Motown hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," which came more than a decade after its originator, has the ability to stand apart from other versions with its funky, alternative approach. Written by two Motown writers...

Cynthia Nixon is one classy lady. On April 15, the "Sex and the City" star announced on "Good Morning America" that she is a breast cancer survivor. "I didn't really want to make it public while I was going through it," she said on the TV show. "I didn't...

DeKALB | Carrie Underwood blew the audience away Monday night with her powerful voice. About 5,000 fans, ranging from preteens to grandparents, came to the Convocation Center to see Carrie Underwood perform 15 songs , lasting a little more than an hour...

Director: Brett Ratner Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes Plot: A remake of the less-inspiring 1986 Michael Mann film, "Manhunter," (no pun intended ... I think), "Red Dragon" reintroduces us to the charismatic, psychotic Hannibal...