If you care at all about American rock music, there is something to get very excited about; alt-rock legends Dinosaur Jr. are making a pit stop here in DeKalb. Best known for singer/songwriter/axemaster J. Mascis's blistering, sloppily-virtuosic Jazzmaster...

Who: Depeche Mode What: "Sounds of the Universe" When: April 21 This British electronica band has been around since the '80s and will headline at Lollapalooza this year in Chicago. As the need to escape from popular music mounts, cravings for alternative...

Love is a friendship set to music. The husband and wife team of composer Chinary Ung and his wife, viola player Susan, can be heard bringing that philosophy to life at the NIU Composers Concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the Music Building, Recital Hall. Cambodian-born,...

"Fast & Furious" sped through its opening week and somehow clinched the spot at first place in the box office with over $70 million, the biggest opening this year. Such a feat was only accomplished by compiling a regurgitated version of a testosterone-driven...

Few 1980s coming-of-age films â€" and there are dozens â€" manage to overcome their own dead weight. "Adventureland" contains over-obvious time period signifiers such as Madonna-aping material girls, Reagan on the television and lame hair metal...

On Thursday, the focus was on student initiatives, not university efforts, to make the campus a friendlier place for the environment and students who live there. The Green Gathering was hosted by Housing and Dining and featured a panel of university faculty...

Chicago's finest comedy is coming to DeKalb. Those who gather at the Egyptian Theater, 135 N. Second Street, this Saturday will be in for a night of laughter as Chicago's historic comedy group Second City is due for an appearance. Founded in Chicago,...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "It's Blitz!" Rating: 8/10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 2003 razor-sharp debut LP "Fever To Tell" remains one of the best time capsules from an era when trashy NYC art punk was something to get excited about. Unfortunately, no band could have kept...

Good idea: charging music bought via the Internet. Bad idea: jacking up those prices as much as 30 percent. Apple Inc., developer of iTunes, recently announced plans for a "variable-pricing" strategy, which will be the first stray from the 99-cents-per-song...

Cedric Yarbrough, who plays Deputy Jones on "Reno 911," recently talked to the Northern Star about what fans can expect in the sixth season of the show and how he is able to get out of a ticket with real police officers. Northern Star: Where are you from...

'The Haunting In Connecticut' Rating: 5/10 Every year a gaggle of horror movies sets up shop at your local movie theater, and most of them aren't worth a matinee fee. "The Haunting in Connecticut" falls somewhere between the creepiness of "The Orphanage"...

The Music Building was literally drumming with excitement Monday as NIU percussionist William Cooley performed an effortless recital. The performance, just over an hour long, showcased Cooley's fantastic percussion skills as he began by playing the marimba,...