"I will rise now…" sings Natasha Khan a.k.a. Bat for Lashes in the first few seconds of "Two Sun." Rise she does. She emerges through the reverb-drenched balladry as a paradoxically nakedly emotional singer-songwriter while at the same time maintaining...

Who: Umphrey's McGee Where: The Egyptian Theatre When: Friday, April 17 at 9 p.m. Cost: $30 Why you should go: Jam bands are usually hit or miss, and Umphrey's McGee makes no bones about which side of the spectrum they stand. Formed in 1997, the progressive...

Jon and Kate Gosselin handle not one, not two, but eight children in their hit TLC series, "Jon and Kate Plus 8." But there's a new family sharing their limelight. Eric and Betty Hayes and their not eight but ten children make up a new TLC series, "Table...

Human bowling? Wrestling? Kung-Fu? These are just normal elements of a Peelander-Z show. The self-proclaimed "Japanese Action Comic Punk Band" Peelander-Z will bring its eccentric act to DeKalb when the band plays at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway,...

When you were a kid, were you the cop or the robber? The cowboy or the Indian? As youths, the battles once waged in our own backyards carried no deeper significance than killing a few hours. But SpikeTV's newest historic fiction, "Deadliest Warrior,"...

Last week marked the 15-year anniversary of Kurt Cobain's tragic suicide. This extremely talented but challenged musician died at the very young age of 27. Had it not been for that dreadful day back in 1994, Kurt Cobain would still be alive at the age...

"Dragonball Evolution" Rating: 1/10 "Dragonball Evolution" looks and feels like it was made for a straight-to-video release. It's hard to know where to begin with this flop. Should we discuss the terrible elementary dialogue, the cheesy set designs, the...

"Observe and Report" Rating: 8/10 There's a point in writer/director Jody Hill's "Observe and Report" where a flasher, tucking his birthday suit beneath a brownish trench coat, runs afoul of every nook, cranny, corner and crevice of the Forest Ridge Mall....

Facebook, Myspace, Twitter: The "big 3" of social networking. Together they boast upward of 450 million users, roughly one-fifteenth of the world's population. But what about the others -- those in the second, or even third tier? As I am a glutton for...

Thousands of girls have been anticipating "Hannah Montana" on the big screen for years to finally have the question answered; Would Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) continue to portray a pop star living two different lives? "Hannah Montana: The Movie" opened...

My ears continue to ring. I wisely opted not to wear ear plugs during Dinosaur Jr.'s scorcher of a set Saturday at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. The difficulties I may have in hearing the high decibel range in later years were a fair trade for seeing...

To stuck-up fashionista pinheads everywhere: (Slips on Chris Crocker mask) Leave Michelle Obama alone! Sniffle, sniffle, I just can't believe anyone would be so inconsequential as to critique what the first lady wears to meet the queen, sniffle, sniffle....