Any album that starts with the line "A long-ass f**kin' time ago in a town called Kickapoo" has got to be worth a listen. Add to this the fact the same song features guest vocal spots by both Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio, and the results are pretty...

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is back once again, causing readers to take a breath after saying its name. The Austin, Texas-based quintet directed by multi-instrumentalist Conrad Keely is finally telling the truth to its fans. In the past,...

Keith Urban's latest release picks up where 2004's "Be Here" left off: — great songs coupled with snap-crackle guitar playing, drum loops and Urban's smooth voice. "Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing" is all about big choruses and strong hooks,...

Russell Crowe is not known for romantic comedies, but he does surprisingly well in "A Good Year." Crowe stretches, beyond his typical action movie, to portray a controversial stockbroker, who has to decide between his money and success or the slow-paced...

The film opens in the deserts of Morocco and the audience is introduced to the first of four stories that make up "Babel." Two young boys have been given a Winchester rifle to protect their family's herd of goats from jackals. They are told the gun can...

Daniel Craig invigorates the tired character with a youthful energy that Pierce Brosnan simply couldn't have brought. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the opening action scene of "Casino Royale" when James Bond chases down a terrorist on foot. The...

A few months ago, walking through Watson Hall, a seemingly confused and lost student mused about being unable to find his adviser's office, but needed to fill out a form to declare a communication major. He asked for advice for coms students and if there...

Dierks Bentley is "Locked & Loaded" to perform Saturday night at the Convocation Center. The 2006 Country Music Awards "Male Vocalist of the Year" nominee will be joined by the Randy Rogers Band and Miranda Lambert. Tickets are $29.50 and $35. Doors...

David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. The theater lights dim right on time, catching some people still looking for seats in the packed theater. It's a Sunday...

In this age of cookie-cutter pop punk bands and cookie-monster metal bands, very few groups can be called unique or original. But that is irrefutably what Oh My God is. The trio from Chicago is made up of over-driven organ, raunchy bass and drums, and...

Lady Sovereign is the "biggest midget in the game" and has quite a large mouth for her proportions. The caucasian female emcee hails from the grimy streets of Northwest London. Louise Harman originally took her island by storm performing with The Streets...

Fans of The Strokes are in for a surprise when first hearing the debut solo recording from the band's guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. "Yours to Keep" has very little in common with the average Strokes album. Instead of crackly, dry production, cardboard...