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The Cranberries | Wake Up and Smell the Coffee | MCA Records The early ’90s Irish rock band that combined pre-Brit pop textures with a touch of the Celtic world returns to their roots on Wake Up...
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The Seattle-based indie pop quartet has released two full albums in the last two years, and may not be esoteric for long. Their recent outing is a welcome supplement to previous work.
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The band isn't soulless like Rush - head buried firmly in the ass of spandex and high concept; rather, it's soulless like Devo - nervingly alien and unerringly critical of the human condition.
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I love seeing a live music performance, but I hate concerts. There are always too many damn people to ruin the whole experience.
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The haunting, intense soundtrack from the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky film was performed by this innovative string quartet. Now they are coming to UCSB.
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Some stories are universal: love, death, betrayal, murder. They speak to the human condition now as they have for centuries. But we do not often get the opportunity to see how these themes are interpr...
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All of my close friends know one thing about me: When it comes to entertainment, I will pass up almost anything in favor of seeing a Broadway musical. Hello, my name is Armando and I am an addict.
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"Iron Monkey" may not have the beauty and artistry of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," but it is "Dragon's" critical acclaim and international commercial success that directly resulted in "Monkey's" ...
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Sometimes, in spite of all your attempts to change the world for the better, the world is not ready to change and irresistible forces silence you.
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Let's get this out of the way quickly: Oysterhead is Les Claypool from Primus, Trey Anastasio from Phish and Stewart Copeland from the Police.
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Hide your implements of combustion. Dilated Peoples' Evidence, the sticky-fingered lighter thief has struck again. He rejoins Iriscience and Babu for the new LP Expansion Team, the second release from...
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New Order is back. After breaking its long silence with a track on last year's soundtrack to "The Beach," the dance-rock group has come back to the realm of LP-making with Get Ready.
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Thursday More than just a pretty face. The UCSB Women’s Center Art Gallery holds the exhibition entitled “I am …” Women Defining Themselves Through Culture. An opening receptio...
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"'Theater as rock concert' is the easiest tagline we have come up with," said organizer and performer Jason Burnstein. "Although it is pretty much impossible to explain what it is."
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In spite of being so appealing, or perhaps because of it, Tuttle's furniture is both functional and ergonomic - two aspects of design that many contemporary artists have chosen to ignore.
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“Greased Lightnin’” from “Grease”
Sunset waltz from “La La Land”
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Frat flick
“Macarena” by Los Del Río
“Gangnam Style” by PSY
“Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Renegade
“Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago”
“The Last Text” from “Dance Moms”
Flossing
All of “Hamilton”
