Rating: 5/10 Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Will Arnett Plot: Music sensation Jackie Moon (Ferrell) is the owner, coach and team captain of the Flint Michigan Tropics, a semi-professional basketball team whose chances of greatness...

Another great show in DeKalb went under the radar Friday, yet all in attendance were treated to two great sets. Egon's Unicat opened the show with an entertaining set. For almost an hour, the band played what was likely most of its catalogue to an enthusiastic...

I don't listen to heavy metal. But based on the turnout Friday night at the House Café, it seems I'm the only one. Unearthly Trance started the show, the crowd accumulating during the band's performance. Black Cobra followed with a 45-minute set, then...

Ska sucks. Or does it? Experts cannot seem to agree on ska, which is arguably either the best or worst form of music ever created. However, there are some things that should be said in its defense, before it's dismissed by every college student. Ska supposedly...

Since Feb. 14, I've been trying to find a good song about death. The penultimate song on Animal Collective's latest (and arguably greatest) album, "Strawberry Jam," speaks from the mind of a ghost. Over a serene, melodic piano line, singer Avey Tare describes...

In the film "High Fidelity," the character Rob Gordon asks, "Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable, or am I miserable because I listen to pop music?" This line raises an interesting question: At what moment does art stop being an expression and...

"Discipline" - Janet Jackson Rating: 7/10 Despite corny introduction songs and random filler throughout, Janet Jackson's newest effort, "Discipline," should be considered one of her finest. It has been a handful of years since Janet's infamous Super Bowl...

"Lost," we need to talk. We've been together going on four seasons now, and I feel like we've really grown. When I first started seeing you, all you did was dwell on the past, but that's changing now. You're starting to look to the future, and while I...

REVIEW "NY's Finest" - Pete Rock Rating: 9/10 Hip-hop royalty Pete Rock has gone crate digging again and has recruited an all-star cast to breathe life into the feel-good vibe of "NY's Finest," an album that does its job and doesn't overstay its welcome...

REVIEW "Seventh Tree" - Goldfrapp Rating: 2/10 It's the morning after, and Alison Goldfrapp is nowhere to be found. Perhaps she's still sleeping off her hangover, or maybe she never went to bed. Either way, this album flops in the face of her disco-diva...

REVIEW "Some Racing, Some Stopping" - Headlights Rating: 10/10 "Some Racing, Some Stopping," the newest endeavor from Champaign's beloved Headlights, stands alone as the defining album of the band's genre. The only problem is figuring out what genre that...

"Definitely, Maybe" Rating: 8/10 Staring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Wiesz The Plot William Hayes' (Reynolds) daughter, Maya (Breslin), wants to know the entire story of her father's relationships before she was...