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The Dillinger Escape Plan headlines the Summer Slaughter tour, which stops by the House of Blues tonight. “The Jersey band’s onstage volatility is a sight to behold, and it’s made more than a few promoters hot under the collar—I’ve personally seen indoor fire breathing on a side stage, band members scaling at least two stories of scaffolding or crawling atop hanging light fixtures, and a swung microphone detaching from its cord and nailing a kid in the noggin, cracking it wide open,” writes Kevin Warwick in Soundboard.
A group of local college students—nine science students at Northwestern, 11 art and design students at the SAIC—collaborated on a project that combines data mining with fine art; their work is currently on display in the lobby of the LeRoy Neiman Center. Aimee Levitt has more.
