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Although Trax, one of Charlottesville's most well known concert venues, recently closed its doors, students can hear live music at a wide variety of venues ranging from intimate settings to high-capacity music halls. Starr Hill Music Hall This medium-sized concert hall is located above the Starr Hill Restaurant and Brewery at 709 Main St.


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Eclectic local group Kokopelli to play Fiji

When you find a band that has a song made up of lines from children's storybooks, writes theme songs and has plans to cover the Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right" in the same set as TLC's "Waterfalls," you know you've found something interesting. Kokopelli, a band composed entirely of University students hailing from the Northern Virginia area, defies categorization.


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Rock opera offers aesthetic splendor

Acid, loud music, flashing lights, suggestively clad women dancing closely with men: While this may sound like a festive party, it's actually a description of some components in the Drama Department's latest production, "The Who's Tommy," now playing at Culbreth Theatre. "Tommy," named for the lead character, tells the story of Tommy's life.


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Christopher Nolan is the kind of director who asks you to swallow two pills -- deception and murder -- and calls you in the morning.


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Ani DiFranco revels, reckons with latest

Ani DiFranco album release dates are like Christmas - something to eagerly await every year. And for an artist so prolific, it's no surprise that this year's gift, "Revelling/Reckoning," is a double album yielding 29 spankin' new songs with a life span of two hours.


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U2: They've already found it,

There was no gargantuan, narcissistic video screen spanning the stage. There was no 100-foot orange swizzle stick, nor did they appear from within a giant lemon-shaped disco mirror ball.

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Indieheads is one of many Contracted Independent Organizations at the University dedicated to music, though it stands out to students for many reasons. Indieheads President Brian Tafazoli describes his experience and involvement in Indieheads over the years, as well as the impact that the organization has had on his personal and musical development.