The HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" appears to be a documentary of comic genius Larry David. There is only one problem: there is no way the things in the show could actually happen to anyone. The use of very natural lighting, the too-bizzare-to-be-completely-fake...

Chris Carrabba is the epitome of emo music and he knows it. While he is able to take any subject, make it depressing as all get up and throw a minor-key chord progression behind it, he also knows his fans love to wallow in self pity with him. It’s why...

The Flaming Lips have changed a lot since the band's inception in the mid ’80s. This movie, by the group's tried and true video man, Brad Beesley, chronicles the progression from before the band began, when members created the "Fearless Freaks," an...

For more than a year, Brenden Kisiel has owned and managed the Wild Rose Bistro, 850 D Pappas Drive. His vision of the ultimate dining and entertainment experience has gradually expanded. On top of a changing food and drink menu, the Wild Rose Bistro...

NIU has more than 10,000 anthropological artifacts in its storage space in the lower recesses of Cole Hall. NIU’s Anthropology Museum, located in Stevens Building’s north wing, is officially staffed by one person, Ann Wright-Parsons. The museum is...

Two words: John Candy. He’s at his comedic prime in this 1989 classic (as is the nine-year-old Macaulay Culkin) and doesn’t give us a boring moment. Candy plays a bachelor uncle named Buck who takes care of his brothers’ kids for a few weeks, and...

Normally on a Tuesday night in DeKalb, there is not much to do. Yet this week a band called Of Montreal came to town. The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, was filled to capacity for of one of Polyvinyl Record’s biggest acts. While the show was only...

Tonight at The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, there will be a show that both talent buyer John Ugolini and Troubled Hubble Bassist Andrew Lanthrum feel comfortable calling "a barn burner." The lineup of the show consists of five bands - Troubled...

"Ahoj!," "Guten Tag!" and "Goedemorgen!" are foreign phrases many Americans mark off as oddities of international tongue. For associate history professor Nancy Wingfield, these words bring back fond memories of European excursions. The innovative professor...

Of Montreal will play The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, tonight at 8 p.m., but the Northern Star asked guitarist and singer Kevin Barnes a few questions before he hit the stage. Northern Star: You just got back from Canada. Tell us a bit about that....

Some musicians are better at playing chords on their guitar than using their own vocal cords. Tristan Prettyman’s debut album "Twentythree" is a calm collective effort which turns opposite. Ten songs clock in at 30 minutes, leaving some questions unanswered....

"Twin Cinema" is what we in the "rock critic" circle like to term a "grower." The New Pornographers’ 2000 debut album "Mass Romantic" exploded right away with unbelievably fun and instantly catchy pop songs, all accentuated by seemingly familiar but...