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Teeny bop fan-boys and fan-girls from as far as Los Angeles County invaded Santa Barbara Saturday night to see Liverpool’s finest, The Wombats, perform at Velvet Jones. The Britpop band was accompan...
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Rufus Wainwright, dubbed by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet,” might just be so. Wainwright joined the music industry in 1998 and reached No. 24 on Billboard’s Top Heatseeker...
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On Friday, October 5th, Denver- based American-folk band The Lumineers performed a sold-out show at the Lobero Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. Although the band’s self-titled debut album was just...
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All of us FlyLo fans were pretty excited when he finally threw us a bone and released a short film on his website, featuring a new track off of his 2012 album Until the Quiet Comes (which was actually...
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In the past few years, rapidly changing technology and the exponential growth of the Internet has opened up the film and media industry like never before. Production is cheaper and more accessible, ex...
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Last Sunday, SOhO was transformed into a grimy country blues bar reminiscent of Bob’s Country Bunker, chain link fence and all. With gritty guitar licks, powerful vocals, bluesy rhythm and harmonica...
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Last week I watched “Food Confessions” and had quite the yummy evening. Written by all-star comedian Nancy Nufer, who also portrays the homemaker role in the play, it is a banquet of relatable cha...
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It’s difficult to hear the name Warhol and not immediately conjure up images of Campbell soup cans, screen prints of Marilyn Monroe’s smirking face and the tragically beautiful public persona that...
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Oh, how I love bluegrass. Oh, how I love all of the things that people stereotypically associate with bluegrass: twanging banjos, quick fiddles and old men with majestic beards, do-si-do-ing round and...
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Aug. 10, Friday. San Francisco is teeming with excitement. Literally, the whole city has a buzz. Business owners situated close to 18th Avenue and Lincoln Way are praying to the rock gods that their e...
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Never in my life have I been so sore, exhausted and delirious with happiness as I was during this summer’s 43rd Annual Comic-Con International. Comic-Con takes place over four days every July at the...
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I’m not one for clichés, but Fiona Apple is proof that some people really never change. The eccentric ‘90s singer-songwriter took the stage to a nostalgic crowd Sept. 12 at the Santa Barbara Bowl...
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I’ll admit it: the reason I initially came to UCSB may not have been its blossoming, burgeoning bevy of arts and culture events. I was skeptical and fairly unaware of the intellectual, artistic and ...
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Artsweek’s Audrey Bachelder recently met with playwright Nancy Nufer to talk about her hilarious new play Food Confessions, which premieres tomorrow at the Lobero Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. ...
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“24K Magic” by Bruno Mars
“folklore” by Taylor Swift
“Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis Morissette
“Graceland” by Paul Simon
“25” by Adele
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” by Lauryn Hill
“WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” by Billie Eilish
“Falling into You” by Celine Dion
“Harry’s House” by Harry Styles
“Babel” by Mumford & Sons
“Random Access Memories” by Daft Punk
“Golden Hour” by Kacey Musgraves
