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ultraviolet sound
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The Loft
with Teen Hearts, Kill Paradise and Artist vs Poet Ultraviolet Sound is a hot little slice of electro-pop that makes you never want to stop dancing. Every saucy guitar lick and ballsy keyboard r...
pacifica string quartet
Friday, January 16, 2009 / 8:00 PM / Mandeville Auditorium
It was a thrilling 2006 ArtPower! concert with the Pacifica that inspired the audience to clap, whistle and holler with delight…between movements! With spirited conversation about how and why we li...
curumin
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftIn both his sound, and in his genes, Curumin epitomizes his Brazilian home city of São Paulo. Born Luciano Nakata Albuquerque, Curumin has a Spanish father and a Japanese mother. If you listen to J...
the submarines & the morning benders
Thursday, January 29, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The Loft
Berkeley CA’s Morning Benders are back for another night of sweet rock n’ roll sounds at The Loft. This time, they’re bringing the catchy Los Angeles duo The Submarines for bright pysch-pop kissed ...
nickel eye
Friday, January 30, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftWhen The Strokes’ hiatus began taking longer than expected, the band’s bassist, Nikolai Fraiture, reached into an old shoebox of poems and rants written years ago. With his free time, he began adap...
informances
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 / 7:00 PM / The LoftPresented by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus featuring Cecil Lytle, Rick Snow, with Steven Schick. Part performance, part lecture, part audience interaction, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus's INFORM...
so percussion
Thursday, February 5, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftCalled “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard, “brilliant” by the New York Times, So Percussion makes a rare and wonderful breed of music that both compels instantly and offers vast rewards for ...
so percussion
Thursday, February 5, 2009 / 10:00 PM / The LoftCalled “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard, “brilliant” by the New York Times, So Percussion makes a rare and wonderful breed of music that both compels instantly and offers vast rewards for ...
matt and kim
Saturday, February 7, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftNew wave is hardly a genre asking for today's increasingly chic drum+instrument treatment, but Matt and Kim get the greenlight all the same. The power pop duo is the real retro deal, developing a f...
donavon frankenreiter
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftMellow grooves and accoustic guitar riffs characterize the surf-inspired sounds of Donavon Frankenreiter. A professional surfer, the harmonies of beach culture infuses his music and his first albu...
pop levi
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftYou might recognize some of Pop Levi’s heroes but you won't have heard someone like him before. If we're being specific, there is a line that joins Eddie Cochran to Prince and The White Stripes. Po...
lenka
Thursday, February 26, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftThere once was a little girl. She was born in the bush. Her parents called her Lenka. Her first friends were trees. Her father played the trumpet, she sang with him when she was 6. She grew up a bi...
ra ra riot
Sunday, March 1, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftJust two years ago, the band Ra Ra Riot was a group of six friends from Syracuse University with a fondness for melancholy pop and string sections. Today, Ra Ra Riot is something unusual: a young b...
modigliani string quartet
Friday, March 13, 2009 / 8:00 PM / Neurosciences Institute
Praised for their sensitivity and technical skill, this outstanding ensemble is fast being considered one of the best young chamber groups in France. Mentored by the Ysaÿe and Artemis String Quarte...
seun kuti + egypt 80
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / 8:00 PM / Price Center Ballroom East
The youngest son of Nigerian Afrobeat legend and political protestor Fela Kuti, Seun comes to ArtPower! fronting his father’s band Egypt 80. Richly seasoned, their sound contains the essence of the...
animated activist
Thursday, April 16, 2009 / 7:00 PM / Price Center Theatre
The documentary-like film, by director Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture), tells the story of eight counter-cultural leaders who were charged with inciting the riots outside of the 1968 De...
calder quartet
Thursday, April 23, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The Loft
One of our favorite ensembles returns to ArtPower! for two special concerts that display their versatility and commitment to keeping music alive across generations. The Calder plays with splendor a...
calder quartet
Thursday, April 23, 2009 / 10:00 PM / The Loft
One of our favorite ensembles returns to ArtPower! for two special concerts that display their versatility and commitment to keeping music alive across generations. The Calder plays with splendor a...
calder quartet
Friday, April 24, 2009 / 8:00 PM / Mandeville Auditorium
One of our favorite ensembles returns to ArtPower! for two special concerts that display their versatility and commitment to keeping music alive across generations. The Calder plays with splendor a...
maya beiser
Thursday, April 30, 2009 / 8:00 PM / The LoftIntense, rich and powerful, cello goddess Maya Beiser throws down the gauntlet in a genre-defying solo performance that is at once haunting and electrifying. Beiser’s relentless quest to redefine h...
maya beiser
Thursday, April 30, 2009 / 10:00 PM / The LoftIntense, rich and powerful, cello goddess Maya Beiser throws down the gauntlet in a genre-defying solo performance that is at once haunting and electrifying. Beiser’s relentless quest to redefine h...