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A set of old concert tickets rests on a bulletin board alongside a photograph. The ticket stubs are for Walk the Moon in 2018 and The Driver Era (formerly R5) in 2015. The photograph is from The Driver Era in 2019.

OPINION: Supporting smaller artists is important

By Summer Fitzgerald | February 2, 2022
It's okay to stray away from Billboard's Top 100.

Indie band experiments with dance and rock

By Kevin Bartelt | April 30, 2013

For some, underappreciated bands are open-ended and easy to spot. For me, underappreciated bands are very specific moments in time. Generally, these instances occur when a friend unintentionally plays a song that begs the question, “Why have I never...

Women’s Resource Center to throw Rock Against Rape benefit

By Kelly Marshall | April 3, 2013

This month April is sexual assault awareness month and the Women's Resource Center will be having their fourth annual Rock Against Rape event. The Victim Advocacy Services and the Women’s Resource Center will be collaborating with other NIU offices,...

Local jazz band to perform

By Jessi Haish | January 23, 2013

JAZZ in PROGRESS will perform 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road. JAZZ in PROGRESS is a local jazz group. Admission to the event is free, but donations will be accepted for DeKalb Music Boosters. For more information,...

The smokin’ hot Smoking Popes

By Tony Martin | April 7, 2011

Coming from Lake in the Hills, Ill., I feel lucky to have the Smoking Popes. The only good rock group to come out of my tiny town, The Smoking Popes are one of my favorite punk bands of all time, regional or not. Their riffs are melodic, and singer/guitarist...

Gang mentalities hurt DIY music

By Tony Martin | February 27, 2011

I've spent years of my life watching music everywhere, from clubs to living rooms. In the last few months, however, I've watched the small do-it-yourself (DIY) show space in my town turn into a battleground for "gangs." Not gangs in the traditional sense,...

The Black Dahlia Murder is just one of the many hardcore bands performing at the House Cafe this Thursday.

House Cafe to host a slew of hard metal bands

By Jerene-Elise Nall | October 12, 2010

Prepare yourselves, for on Thursday there will be brutality. Set to start at 7 p.m., the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, will be filled with the various blast beats, screes, grunts and guitar shreds of headlining band, The Black Dahlia Murder, along...