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No "Conquer"ing here

By C. Warner Sills and Craig Shank · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Those who know about the Hydra Head label associate it with the heavy, sprawling and inventive metal music that is conducive to head banging or other equally impressive movements that will allow your extremities to flail about or shift in some sort of complementary fashion.

Pop-rockers get props from Jay-Z and Babyface

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

There's a kind of blissful arrogance that comes along with titling the first track on your album "Thriller" with zero hint of irony. Fall Out Boy, composed of earnest singer/guitarist Patrick Stump, impish bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz and the other two guys who get less attention, namely lead guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley, embrace the idea that arrogance is bliss on their fourth LP, which is probably the best album of a young 2007 so far.

Gondry turns good filmmaking into a 'Science'

By C. Warner Sills and Mark Perlman-Price · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

My head hurts a bit, but don't take that as a bad sign. Michel Gondry's "The Science of Sleep" kind of blew my mind. Those familiar with Gondry's previous works such as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" or even the various music videos he's directed, will be appropriately prepared for his unique style.

Send this one into orbit with 'Pluto Nash'

By C. Warner Sills and Brian Hettmansperger · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

It's been 19 years since "Coming to America," seven years since the Klumps and almost a month since Eddie Murphy earned an Oscar nomination for his role in "Dreamgirls." So, what is Murphy going to do next? Throw on a 'fro and get back to his outrageous, gross-out comedy roots with his newest flick, "Norbit."

This year, if you to party Mardi Gras-style, the place to be is the Bluebird.

Mardi Gras Bloomington style

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Reschke · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Students who want to catch beads and party the night away on Fat Tuesday don't need to travel to New Orleans because they can enjoy Mardi Gras right here in Bloomington. Local bars will host live bands, change their menus and hold special promotions for the celebration.

Superman versus the studio system

By C. Warner Sills and Chris Wisner · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Upon release, "Hollywoodland" and "The Black Dahlia" had the unfortunate circumstance of squaring off with one another with only a week's separation in theaters -- two major films about two of the biggest deaths in old Hollywood. While "Dahlia" certainly made the bigger buck at the box office, "Hollywoodland" proved to have a better payoff when it comes down to the story and performances.

Barenaked Ladies are messing with you

By C. Warner Sills and Anthony Babcock · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

The move to making an independent label has allowed Barenaked Ladies to have complete creative freedom in their choices for their recent release. You may remember seeing Barenaked Ladies Are Me reviewed just a few months ago and be wondering why they have another album out so soon. This is because Barenaked Ladies Are Men is the "second half" of the 29 total tracks of Barenaked Ladies Are Me.

Mandy Moore has the cheddar touch. Everything she's in turns cheesy.

See it because I said so

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

This relational mother/daughter movie is as cheesy and predictable as you'd imagine a Mandy Moore movie to be, but it's so funny I used this review as an excuse to see it two weekends in a row.

Dats takes the all the atmosphere of New Orleans restaurants and brings it to Bloomington. Photos by Ronni Moore

NOLA comes to Bloomington

By C. Warner Sills and Whitney Mitchell · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Although New Orleans is more than 800 miles away, Bloomingtonians who crave Creole and Cajun-style cuisine this Mardi Gras -- or any other day -- don't have to travel far to get it. Locally owned Dats, nestled on the corner of Grant and Fourth streets, offers 32 authentic New Orleans-style dishes and the chance for patrons' taste buds to escape to the bayou without leaving town.

'Go to Town'

By C. Warner Sills and Brian McFillen · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

If you haven't heard of Field Music yet, you're far from alone -- their 2005 self-titled debut garnered some attention in their native Britain, but only created a minor buzz in U.S. indie circles, where it was buried under the sea of U.K. post-punk groups following in the wake of Franz Ferdinand's breakthrough (a somewhat unfair result, as the band's sound is quite distant from many of these acts -- but, more on that in a moment).

The Price is right

By C. Warner Sills and Benny Goldman · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Every once in a while a rap album comes along that makes me re-evaluate my whole music repertoire and wonder why I listen to anything other than great rap music. Sean Price's Jesus Price Supastar is the latest in that category. Price, once known as Ruck in the duo Heltah Skeltah, is incredibly consistent on his 16-track sophomore solo effort.

The peak of a quirky career

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

If you've ever been to or even seen footage of a Flaming Lips show, then you know the meaning of a bad trip. From album to album, all the way back to 1986's Hear It Is to last year's At War With The Mystics, ringleader Wayne Coyne and his band have striven for a unique blend of surreal lyrical imagery and imminently listenable, albeit often cautious, sonic experimentation. The highlight of their 20-plus year career together is 1999's The Soft Bulletin, a record about everything from scientists to spider bites that could well be the trippiest record ever made by a bunch of guys who claim sobriety.

'Flags' flies high

By C. Warner Sills and Wes Jakacki · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

In "Flags of Our Fathers," a World War II film adapted from the John Bradley novel, Clint Eastwood makes a time piece that portrays the feelings and mindset of the greatest generation in American history. The movie does an excellent job of paying homage to the men and women who gave their lives to preserve our way of life, as it shows the soldiers in a glorious light.

Live from the Beehive

By C. Warner Sills and Craig Shank and Zach Pollakoff · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Don't get us wrong, we play a lot of Indie rock. It's not that we've given up on classic rock, that we don't seriously crave Akon at a dance party, or that, if we could, we'd rank JT at number one last year, but at WIUX we have a mission statement that we love to adhere to. Underrepresented artists and local music take priority here.

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