If you missed Gold Motel at The House Cafe in September, you really missed out. The Motown inspired retro-pop brainchild of The Hush Sound alumnus Greta Morgan (previously known as Greta Salpeter) filled the coffee house to its tapestries, and all but...
You know Brian Posehn.You may recognize his distinct features as those of the absent-minded mail clerk from the sitcom Just Shoot Me, or as belonging to a variety of small characters in a variety of syndicated television shows. Whether it’s as Kramer’s...
The onion is bloomin’. Two years ago, The Third Onion, NIU student-run theater program, performed its production of Selling Sex for Cash to two sold-out audiences. Because of the particularly raunchy nature of the show, it was determined to be the program’s...
JC Brooks' least favorite word used to describe his post-punk/soul group, JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound, is the lazy designation "throwback." Though it's an understandable prima facie label of the band's echoing blues guitars, jumpy horns and subtle...
Homelessness doesn't just affect drug addicts or the mentally insane. Nor is it a problem exclusive to males or adults. In fact, Associate Communications Professor Laura Vazquez says that many of America's homeless are women and children struggling to...
Though lyrically grim, the album is alt-rock at it's catchiest, strongly melodic with a danceable backbeat. DeKalb will be equally as fortunate, given a chance to catch the band at 8 p.m. Friday at The House Cafe, 263 E Lincoln Highway. Oh My God, consisting...
Even with her earplugs nestled safely, the nu-metal was too loud. Her ears were fine but the bass guitar vibrating against her sternum was so overwhelming she was forced to leave her front row seat at Disturbed's show. This was a disappointment because...
Something about the Family Groove Company is pretty funky. Though their official designation is "groove-informed jazz rock," the band is heavily influenced by funk, said pianist/vocalist Jordan Wilkow before the band's show Friday at the House Café,...
Looking nervously around the shadowy stage, Charlie Otto looks just like David Byrne. Then again, it's hard not to with his bobbing head peaking out of the iconic bloated suit that's become a symbol of the Talking Heads' singer/songwriter. Still, the...
It's meant as a compliment when I say Carolina Story may induce vomiting. The husband and wife duo that played their ethereal folk pop Friday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, are the most adorable couple ever, causing romantics to swoon and...
After the Chicago-based The Hush Sound announced their hiatus, singer/songwriter Greta Morgan took to the west coast. Leaving behind the Midwest, she spent a year and a half living out her dream: studying music and immersing herself in the California...
If Tub Ring sounds like the name of a high school punk band from the nineties, that's because 17 years ago, it was. Since then, founding members Kevin Gibson (vocals) and Trevor Erb (bass) added Rob Kleiner (keyboards) to the mix and created a musical...
