Music

Anti-Flag brings punk rock activism to town with latest tour

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Punk rock was born out of the need to challenge the status...

Diego’s Umbrella’s album a whole lotta fun

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If an album has a song called “Lasers ’N Lesbians,” what’s not to love? That’s pretty much all that can be or needs to be said about Double Panther, the latest album to come out from Diego’s Umbrella, a gypsy-rock band from San Francisco...

It will be ukuleles and a Broadway witch for the holidays

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Ah, the holiday season. That wonderful time for your favorite carols, colored lights, egg nog and — ukuleles? Sure enough, it’s all part of the...

Behind The Beat

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Usually, little good comes from dorm room housing. In the case of former freshman roommates Mat Bernstein, 21, and Josh McAdoo, 22, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Hallett Hall was a haven for everything from electronic music to future networking for a business ...

The dark side of Poor Moon’s beautiful whimsy

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The Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House, which headlines the Boulder Theater on Sunday with some auxiliary musicians, has been steadily touring since its inception in 2004. The group’s silky indierock, as much Nico-era Velvet Underground as Euro-pop in the vein of ...

In the thick of transition

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People from around the world know the Curtis Institute of Music is highly selective. With just a 4.8 percent admission rate, Curtis only grants...

Canuck crooners Jepsen and Bieber tour together

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Carly Rae Jepsen admitted that she felt a little uneasy when she stepped on stage for her first night opening for Justin Bieber on that teen star’s fall arena tour. It was, after all, her first time performing in such a large venue...

Mixing in a few clouds

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Matt and Kim have made a career out of creating upbeat, catchy pop anthems that seem tailor-made to get concert crowds smiling, singing and...

John Cage and the sound of silence

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"If someone says 'can’t,' that shows you what to do...

A haircut in four parts

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Though the group and the event started in the same year (1948), Allan Barker, director of the Boulder Timberliners isn’t sure who the longest-running participant in the Barbershop Harmony Festival at Chautauqua is...

Aquarium Rescue Unit blooms

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When Trey Anastasio took the stage with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead a few weeks ago, subbing for the 23-year-gone Jerry Garcia, it was a little hard not to regard the gig as a gentle and respectful closing of a generational arc...

Salvador Santana quests ‘toward individuation’

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When you are the son of a living legend, like, say, Carlos Santana, anything is possible — you could turn out to be a downright raunchy and selfish individual who could care less about the world, ignoring everything you were ever exposed to … right...