Subject: Andrew Bird

• Delegating Denver #17 of 56: Illinois

  November 12, 2007

• AEG Live's Mile High Music and Arts Festival Lineup Announced

  March 18, 2008

• Mile High Music Fest Live Blog, Day One

  July 19, 2008

• Mile High Music Fest Wrap-up

  July 22, 2008

• Andrew Bird

  Friday, August 6, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497; Saturday, August 7, Lion's Lair, 303-320-9200.

  August 5, 2004

• Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

  Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells

  December 23, 2008

• DeVotchKa at the Paramount

  Photo: Gary Isaacs DeVotchKa, Quixotic Friday, Feb. 13 Paramount Theater Better than: Seeing one of Denver's most effusive and entrancing local acts in a stripped-down, sullen setting. Atmosphere can make a big difference.I've seen members of DeVotchKa play in various incarnations and in a wide variety of venues during the past ten years. As a teenager, I took them in as a full quartet at the Mercury Café; I saw frontman Nick Urata and violinist/accordionist Tom Hagerman open for Iron and Wine

  February 16, 2009

• Morrissey top seller at Twist & Shout

  Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal, released last week on Decca, grabbed the top spot on Twist & Shout's top seller list for the week ending February 22. Andrew Bird, M. Ward and Beirut also performed strong while the Fray's latest album dropped from its number one position for the last two weeks down to the sixth spot. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  February 23, 2009

• Beirut grabs top spot at Wax Trax Records

  Beirut's new double EP March of the Zapotec grabbed the top at Wax Trax Records last week while the Dark Was the Night compilation, which features Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Bon Iver and more, came in second. Local bands Git Some and Eyes & Ears also made the top 10. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  February 25, 2009

• Last Night's Show: Andrew Bird at the Ogden

  Photo: Aaron ThackerayAndrew Bird, Lonely DearThursday, February 26, 2009Ogden TheaterBetter than: Having a good show ruined by an obnoxious audience.Andrew Bird's stage entrance at the Ogden Thursday night boasted all the careful ceremony and staid splendor of a religious rite. His fast establishment of a dynamic stage presence and quick offering of impressively calculated and nuanced music had much to do with the feeling. But the collective response of the sold-out audience seemed to help esta

  February 27, 2009

• Last Night's Show: A Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, Sonnenblume at the Bluebird

  Photo: Aaron ThackerayA Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, SonnenblumeThursday, February 26, 2009Bluebird TheaterBetter Than: Taking OxyContin and staring at clouds.Maybe it's the pretty sunsets, or maybe it's the lack of oxygen, but Denver has the makings of a surprisingly good bliss-rock scene. Last night's all-local lineup at the Bluebird brought the pink noise in velvet spades.

  February 27, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 27 edition

  Photo by Jon Solomon. This is the world as we know it. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night's Show: Broken Spindles, Born in the Flood, Iuengliss at hi-dive. • Last Night's Show: A Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, Sonnenblume at the Bluebird. • Last Night's Show: Andrew Bird at the Ogden. • DJ Vajra rocks Denver Nuggets crowd. • Scott Davies intervenes in police chase gone bad last night. Today in Cafe Society: • Eat, drink and be scary this weekend. • Candy Girls: IKEA Chocolate B

  February 27, 2009

• Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab for Cutie, Rod Stewart shows announced

  In addition to the My Bloody Valentine and Phish shows that we already reported, there were a lot of other concert announcements this week, including Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction at Fiddler's Green on Tuesday, May 26, Death Cab for Cutie at Red Rocks on Tuesday, July 14 and Rod Stewart at Fiddler's Green on Thursday, July 30. Zac Brown Band's Tuesday, March 31 show at the Bluebird, meanwhile, has been moved to the Ogden Theatre; all tickets for the Bluebird will be honored. For a complet

  March 17, 2009

• 3OH!3 SXSW tour diary by Kam from Chain Gang of 1974

  JensenFriday, March 20: I arrived in Austin on the evening of Wednesday, March 18th. I had played SXSW last year so I knew what to expect. But this time around, I am hired to play bass for 3OH!3 -- you know, that small band from Boulder? The band who still aren't super stars in the eyes of a Colorado critic but have a single in the Top 40!? [Editors note: WTF, Kam? Read Backbeat much there, broseph?] Let's just say that there are a lot of perks involved with this...haha.

  March 20, 2009

• Meese SXSW tour diary

  Saturday March 21 - Day 4: So here we are. Our last day in Austin. Going to try and take it easy today, seeing as how we have to drive to L.A. tonight, but I'm sure we'll still get into some trouble. We've got a show at 9 p.m. tonight at Maggie Mae's rooftop, and it's our official SXSW showcase showdown -- or atleast we've been calling it a showcase showdown (price is right, get it??). Anyway, really looking forward to this one. It's in a really cool venue, and there's a slew of other cool bands

  March 22, 2009

• Jamie Lidell

  May 29, 2008

• Andrew Bird

  February 26, 2009

• Andrew Bird

  Thursday, February 26, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  February 26, 2009

• Discmania

  Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

  December 27, 2001

• Like Jesse Elliott, These United States is constantly moving in new directions.

  August 14, 2008

• Dosh

  Saturday, June 7, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  June 5, 2008

• Jamie Lidell

  May 29, 2008

• Westword Music Showcase 2007

  Saturday, June 16

  June 14, 2007

• Dosh

  How Martin Dosh went from writing fiction to making instrumental music.

  February 8, 2007

• Westword Music Showcase 2006

  Be there or be square!

  June 15, 2006

• Nickel Creek

  Thursday, December 1, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  December 1, 2005

• Kelly's Heroes

  Kelly Hogan takes great songs by great artists and makes them her own.

  November 15, 2001

• St. Vincent

  May 28, 2009

• Update: Ben Harper & Relentless 7 bows out of FMBQ Triple A conference

  Update: We just received word that Ben Harper & Relentless 7's performance at the Fox slated for next Wednesday has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. Refunds are available at the box office and will be automatically administered for those who purchased tickets but haven't picked them up yet and for those who've already picked up theirs, refunds can be made directly at the box office. (Feel free to send a note to the staff of the Fox for more information.) Mindy Smith has been added

  July 28, 2009

• Prints Charming

  June 25, 2009

• Yo La Tengo, Rob Thomas, Carbon Leaf shows announced

  Yo La TengoNew Jersey-based indie rockers Yo La Tengo hit the road this fall, which includes a stop at Ogden Theatre Saturday, October 10, in support of the band's forthcoming album, Popular Songs, due September 8 on Matador. Tickets, which are $20 advance and $25 day of show, go on sale Saturday, July 25 at 10 a.m. Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas, who is touring with OneRepublic and Carolina, will stop at Magness Arena Tuesday, October 27. Tickets are $36-$56 and also go on sale Saturday, J

  July 21, 2009

• The Bowerbirds are every bit as ornate as their namesake

  July 23, 2009