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Like adventurous electronic music? Get over to this Denver-based studio’s Fresh Flash event, with DJ sets and mouth-watering indie rock from Widowers, Women Gathering Gems and others…

Ask a few meat eaters to share lunch with you at a vegetarian restaurant, and you might be greeted with skepticism, and, perhaps, a few jabs to your mental acuity. At Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant in Boulder, a variety of tastes and textures surprise the palate, inspiring “hmmms” and “yumms” from even the strictest “meat and potatoes” person…

This aging band, formed in Australia, brought down the you-know-what at the Fillmore last week.

– CROWDED HOUSE —

Neil Finn made good on a promise made in “Don’t Dream It’s Over” — “You’ll never see the end of the road while you’re traveling with me” — hitting the road with his reformed band 11 years after its farewell concert.

Crowded House started its Aug. 22 concert at the Fillmore a little slow, with the mid-tempo “There Goes God.” The slightly restless crowd was soon captivated by the heavy organ groove of new song “Heaven That I’m Making,” which comes off well on the CD but is flat-out stunning — and loud — in concert…

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Does this man look as small in photos as he does in real life?

– Zach Galifianakis is far from a household name, even though the hipster comedian has appeared on VH1, Comedy Central and the groundbreaking Comedians of Comedy tour. You may also remember him from some recent, totally random music videos (Kanye West, Fiona Apple). The hirsute, ivory-tickling Galifianakis will stop by Boulder on Nov. 17. Tickets are on sale Sept. 15. All Ages, $25, Boulder Theater.

Our triangular friends played a greatest hits set at Red Rocks last week.

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These three MCs and one DJ are touring their current instrumental record, “The Mix-Up,” in style. Their Colorado swing included a sold-out bash of an old-school hits show at Red Rocks before their sold-out gala, instrumental performance at the Fillmore the following night. And while we missed the Fillmore gig, the Red Rocks show on Aug. 16 was a true throwdown that featured the boys looking and sounding better than they have in the last decade. Working their way through a wishlist of tracks that spanned their career, the Beastie Boys sounded more together than they have in recent years — and the occasional addition of a live band only enhanced the tracks in the crisp mountain air…

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