Music

The Boulder Philharmonic will welcome back violinist Sarah Chang and the acrobatic Cirque de la Symphonie, present a tribute to Louis Armstrong, and feature Boulder composer Jeffrey Nytch as part of their 2012–13 season.The season of seven concert programs running ...

Friday, January 3: Aaah! Real Monsters. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440- 4628. Boasting a Colorado Springs-born singer, Aaah! Real Monsters brings melodic pop-punk with emotional choruses and catchy hooks.

Thursday, January 30: RetroSonics. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665- 2757...

The term “offshoring” has a lot of negative connotations these days, but not necessarily if you’re a tribogroove band...

Saturday, April 12: Riff Raff. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder...

Saturday, May 31: Aaah!RealMonsters, Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 8:00 p.m. Free...

Yuna, with Juliette Ashby, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443- 3399, $20...

Reed Foehl CD release, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696...

Sam Rae Music with Jeb Bows...

The Blind Boys of Alabama...

The Fourmile Fire Benefit show took place at the 1stBank Center on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010 to a sold-out crowd. The String Cheese Incident, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Yonder...

Social Distortion’s latest, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, is a maturity test of sorts. After all, Social D has been playing its unique brand of hard luck punk rock since the early 1980s. Give any band — let alone a punk band — 30 years, and they’re either going to ...