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Local musicians release compilation album

By Shelby Devitt | September 26, 2012

For the love of the DeKalb punk rock music scene, stick around this weekend. Local musicians have collaborated on a compilation album, DeKalb Brawl City, which will be available at the release show 5 p.m. Sunday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway....

The Turbovamps!, a Chicago-based horror punk band that includes senior communications major Stephen DeFalco (second from left), have made a niche for themselves in the DeKalb punk scene.

Local band Turbovamps! have toured small and large

By Jerene-Elise Nall | March 8, 2011

With its members split up among NIU, ISU and Columbia College Chicago, the Turbovamps! is proof that being in a band might not always be easy, but it is always worth the effort. The Turbovamps! have the integrity of a local band and the drive of an up-and-coming...