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'Jack' of all trades: White wows C-ville audience

By Stephanie Dodge | October 4, 2012

If I could combine the Jack White concert I saw at Firefly Music Festival in July with his concert last weekend in Charlottesville, I’d be in Jack White heaven.

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'Awakened' has us 'dying' for more

By Robert Shimshock | October 4, 2012

Since the 2007 release of An Ocean Between Us, the Grammy-nominated quintet As I Lay Dying has become one of the crusaders of melodic metalcore, a subgenre whose decline has been marked as its former champions experiment with other brands of metal.

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U.Va. Drama's 'Rhinoceros' a journey into the absurd

By Michaela Bubier | October 4, 2012

Theater of the Absurd calls for a rapid-fire pace, a focus on the mindlessness of humanity and society, repetitive actions and illogical patterns that challenge and intrigue the audience.

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'Looper': Thrown for a loop

By Ben Willis | October 4, 2012

If you are looking for a non-threatening piece of pop entertainment, do not go see Looper. But if you want a challenging and morally ambiguous film that happens to involve time travel, this is just what you’re looking for.

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AusSome Thursdays: the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal art collection

By Monika Fallon | September 30, 2012

The Kluge-Ruhe Museum’s new weekly event “Thursdalia” combines food, drinks and socialization with Aboriginal art and art history to make for a refined Thursday evening.

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Fall 2012 Movie Preview

By Conor Sheehey | September 27, 2012

Apart from a few instant classics such as 21 Jump Street and The Dark Knight Rises, most of 2012’s movie crop has been about as successful as Rick Perry’s presidential campaign.

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The Killers triumph with fourth album

By Stephanie Dodge | September 27, 2012

Trying to contain my enthusiasm at finally hearing The Killers’ latest album, I started listening to Battle Born on repeat as soon as the pre-release stream started on iTunes.

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'Breaking' bad: Amish paradise

By Katie Cole | September 27, 2012

I have harped on TLC for some time about its ridiculous reality shows that exploit the less fortunate and the strange.

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NBC's new show is nothing ‘Revolution’-ary

By Troy Kirwin | September 27, 2012

NBC’s Revolution is the next ambitious, post-apocalyptic network drama with hopes of filling the gaping hole left by ABC’s groundbreaking Lost.

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Seeing ‘Stars’ at the Jefferson Theater

By Monika Fallon | September 27, 2012

Canadian indie pop band Stars brought its month-and-a-half-long North American tour to the Jefferson Theater Tuesday.

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‘Truth’ doesn’t hurt

By Shelby Gee | September 27, 2012

The Truth About Love, like most of Pink’s albums, is a collection of rowdy songs with enough enthusiastic beats, trashy lyrics and gentle cheesiness to make them perfect for singing along at an obnoxiously high volume. As the first few songs play, it seems as though the singer’s sixth album will be her most subdued effort to date.

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Kanye's ‘Summer’ not so hot

By Millicent Usoro | September 27, 2012

After listening to G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer, my very first thought was that Kanye West did not need to make this album.

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Big & Rich strike back

By Colleen Garrott | September 27, 2012

Hold on to your cowboy hats because country’s craziest duo, Big & Rich, has just released its fourth studio album, Hillbilly Jedi. Despite the title, much of the record showcases the duo’s more serious side.

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‘Life of the Mind’: ‘Ben’ there, done that

By James Cassar | September 27, 2012

Ben Folds is a busy guy. He has sat alongside fellow precocious pianist Sara Bareilles as a judge on NBC’s The Sing-Off.

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Galactic is out of this world

By Will Mullany | September 24, 2012

Pushing your way through the crowd, you pass people of every sort imaginable, assorted faces of all shapes, colors and temperaments.

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DMB: Out of this 'World'

By Katie Cole | September 20, 2012

It’s been more than 20 years since the Dave Matthews Band was formed right here in Charlottesville.

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‘Tempest’ offers perfect storm

By Will Keel | September 20, 2012

Bob Dylan sounds downtrodden. And it’s perfect. In his latest release Tempest the 71-year-old Dylan plays the worn, grizzled storyteller, recounting his life and the lives of others in his timeless voice. Dylan’s infamous rasp plods steadily through the album and betrays more raw emotion than most singers could dream of expressing.

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Neo-psychedelic group continues to push music boundaries

By Will Mullany | September 20, 2012

You can take the beast out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the beast. Until a few years ago, Animal Collective had the peculiar distinction of being the “strangest band alive,” due in no small part to the group’s psychedelic sensibility, radical sonic experimentation and blatant disregard for conventional conceptions of “music.” But in 2009 it looked like the band had ditched its odd routine in favor of the ethereal and accessible pop on Merriweather Post Pavilion, an acclaimed effort that earned the group a broader audience. While writing their next album, all four members of the band moved back to their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where as childhood friends they had originally begun playing music.

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Kooky NBC series provides laughs, pathos

By Sofia Economopoulos | September 20, 2012

Matthew Perry is back on the air on NBC’s new series Go On, which follows the life of sportscaster Ryan King, who is forced into group therapy to deal with the recent death of his wife.

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Couples therapy: Streep, Jones shine in sweet, conventional rom-com

By Stephanie Dodge | September 20, 2012

Hope Springs has great intentions and a spectacular cast, but unless you’re prematurely looking for some post-mid life crisis marital advice, the movie’s message will fall on deaf ears.