Cave Exploring

Coming out of the dark: Nick Cave.

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With Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, $30-$32, 303-825-4849

Temple Buell Theatre, 1323 Champa Street

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Still, some frustrations remain. "When I do interviews in America, 90 percent of the time I'm having to justify that there's an element of sorrow in my work. 'Why is it there?' they ask. I often feel like a little kid who's done a picture and brought it around and someone said, 'Why the hell did you paint the house black?' And that does get me quite upset, actually.

"I would hate to think that my records were considered depressing," he says, "because they are to me spiritual works in the sense that they have certainly lifted my spirits in the writing of them. That's why I do this -- because the writing of the songs makes me feel better and makes me better equipped to deal with the world. And I hope that has some kind of knock-on effect to the listener. I truly hope it does."