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Album review: Parquet Courts’ Monastic Living
Parquet CourtsMonastic Living 'Isn't it quite like a profession of faith? This is self-righteous, preachy mortality shouted by a pure fool. What better way to declare a vow of silence?...

A$AP Rocky’s year has been full of big ups and a down
A$AP Rocky's 2015 started out at the lowest of low points, with the death of the 26-year-old rapper's best friend and collaborator, A$AP Yams, in January. Four months later, Rocky...

Arcade Fire’s Will Butler dishes on his influences, secret to pony macaroni
If you go What: Will Butler of Arcade Fire When: 8 p.m. Monday, June 1 Where: Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St, Denver Cost: $15 More info: larimerlounge.com It would be...

CU’s Program Council has been putting on a great show for a long time
Program Council has been running the show — or more appropriately, all of the shows — at the University of Colorado for decades. The student group is behind the free...

Colorado’s ski resorts aren’t open just yet, but the time to think about buying is now
CU Ski Bus The ski bus is an awesome way to hit the Summit County slopes with a few dozen of your best pals. It's cheap, and you can either...

Hiking Colorado’s fourteeners
Find routes, get info 14ers.com looks old-school, but it's packed full of info on the many ways to reach the summit of Colorado's fourteeners. Climbing fourteeners can get addictive,...

Breaking up with Boulder
Sentimentality is really not my thing, so I'll just blurt it out. I'm leaving.Writing this has turned out to be more difficult than I expected. I thought the words would...

Second Story Garage: Ashley’s picks — and farewell
When I interviewed for a job with the Colorado Daily in September 2011, then-editor Dave Burdick asked me what I would do with extra time and resources. I told him...

Filthy T goes acoustic on new record
If you goWhat: Filthy T When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver Cost: $8-$10 More info: larimerlounge.com Filthy T began about six years ago with two...

Make Tuesday your Saturday
This weekend, it's all about Tuesday. No, that doesn't make any sense. Usually, we give you a heads up on the weekend shows, maybe even pushing it to Monday, but...