Subject: Bluebird Theater

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• The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 2 edition

  Va-va-va-voom. Shape up. Today in Cafe Society: • Booze, boobs and broads: Jonesy's EatBar staff showing skin for a good cause. • Half-price bottles at the Wine Loft today. • Who tried to blow up the Fat Cat Sports Bar? • Rock & Roll Grill goes up in smoke. • Chill: Icehouse Tavern is opening later this month. • Starlight Lounge ready to shine. • LaLa's Wine Bar uncorks bottles from the Southern Hemisphere. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Camera Obscura at the Bluebird

  June 2, 2009

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• Split Lip Rayfield

  January 17, 2008

• Welcome to Collywood

  August 21, 2008

• The DNC cheat sheet: From Rage to Flav, Backbeat has you covered

  August 21, 2008

• Air Heads

  June 12, 2008

• Demon Funkies

  May 22, 2008

• Last Night: Mogwai at the Bluebird

  Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite as seen through the lens of Jon SolomonMogwai, Women Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Listening to layered and nuanced instrumental music as background. Instrumental music is not dead. For all the prominence of vocal-driven music in the modern pop scene, a careful and dynamic approach to the subtleties of instrumental music can still draw a loyal fan base -- and a considerable crowd. The durability of such a carefully constructed sound was on full

  May 13, 2009

• Mini Q&A with the Fluid's John Robinson

  The Fluid's John Robinson live at the Bluebird Theater last June. In addition to an appearance by profile and Q&A subject Built to Spill, this Saturday's Westword Music Showcase (click here for details) will include another bonus: an appearance by the Fluid, among the best bands and most influential groups ever to emerge from the Denver scene. Last year, the band, fronted by John Robinson, headlined a couple of area gigs -- their first in fifteen years -- as warm-ups for an appearance at a Seat

  June 10, 2009

• Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Frank Black shows annouced

  The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the Sky and Star Death & the White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne's nephew Dennis. Tickets, which run from $36.75 to $46.50, go on sale Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. And as an added bonus, all tick

  June 16, 2009

• Mutemath, Matt & Kim, the Bad Plus shows announced

  Mutemath kicks off its North American tour this fall in support of the release of its forthcoming album, Armistice, which hits the stores August 18. Along the way, the New Orleans-based rockers will stop at the Ogden Theatre Wednesday, October 14. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 3 at 10 am. Brooklyn-based indie rock duo Matt & Kim visit the Bluebird with Amanda Palmer Tuesday, September 8 and forward thinking jazz trio the Bad Plus will be at the Boulder Theater Wednesday, September 9. For a

  June 30, 2009

• Tonight: Live Music Wednesdays makes its debut at Bar Standard

  Headline says it all -- as does the eye-catching flier to your left. If you came out to the Westword Music Showcase over the past few years, you already have an idea of what to expect tonight at Bar Standard when Home, Death Hickey Blues, Aloft in the Sundry and Meniskus take the stage on this inaugural bill, breaking in this brand new night. Should be an excellent show. On a related note, tonight's gig is slated to be one of Aloft in the Sundry's last until late August, when the outfit is set t

  July 1, 2009

• Motorhead, Black Crowes, Butthole Surfers shows announced

  When Motorhead rocked the Fillmore Auditorium last September, Lemmy and crew had the Misfits in tow. When the band hits the venue again on Saturday, September 26 the metal legends will co-headline with Reverend Horton Heat, and Nashville Pussy gets things warmed up. The Black Crowes also return the Fillmore on Friday, November 13 with Truth and Salvage Company opening the show. Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 day of the show. Both shows go on sale Saturday, July 11 at 10 a.m. Then there's the

  July 7, 2009

• Clutch, Airborne Toxic Event, Chickenfoot Shows announced

  Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith are ChickenfootOn the surface it might seem a bit strange throwing Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith together, but the four apparently gelled so well that they decided to form a band under the Chickenfoot moniker. Last fall, they knocked out album helmed by famed producer Andy Johns at George Lucas' Skywalker Studios and they'll be hitting the Fillmore Auditorium Frid

  July 16, 2009

• Last night: Sunn O))) at the Bluebird

  Sunn O))) rise (Tom Murphy)​SunnO))), Eagle Twin and The AccüsedBluebird TheaterThursday, August 13th, 2009Better Than: Some commentators on SunnO))) would have you believe. The two-piece Eagle Twin kicked off the show in high spirits. Although mining similar artistic territory as Isis, Twin brought its own take on experimental metal. With the sometimes staggered, sometimes storming percussion and the sculpted guitar distortion channeled into elastic rhythms coupled with the gravelly, hist

  August 14, 2009

• Over the weekend: Bat for Lashes at the Bluebird Theater

  Doug Beam​Bat For Lashes, Other Lives Bluebird Theater Saturday, August 22, 2009 Better Than: See bands with technical ability but no imagination. Openers Other Lives started out with a lush, orchestral, folk-inflected pop song that reminded me a bit of Arab Strap, without the bile and the Scottish accents. It would have been easy to write Other Lives off as yet another adherent to the Radiohead school of atmospheric music but something about the band's songs went beyond something so obvious.

  August 24, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 24 edition

  Photo by Doug BeamBat For Lashes' Natasha Khan.​Lash-ing out. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Bat for Lashes at the Bluebird Theater. • Over the Weekend: The Avett Brothers at the Ogden Theatre. • Over the Weekend: The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the Gothic Theatre. • Over the Weekend: Nobunny at Denver Creative Co-Op Studio. Today in Cafe Society: • On the job: The hazards of being a host. • Milking It: Mother's G

  August 24, 2009

• Hope Sandoval, Juliette Lewis, the Sounds shows announced

  ​Former Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval will be hitting the road next month for the first time in eight years on the heels of her forthcoming album, Through the Devil Softly, due September 29 on Nettwerk. Sandoval her band the Warm Inventions visit the Bluebird Thursday, October 1. Tickets are $22.25 in advance and $25 day of show, and go on sale Friday, August 29 at 10 a.m. Juliette Lewis, who played a short but explosive set last weekend opening for Cat Power and the Pretenders, returns to t

  August 25, 2009

• Dirty Projectors, White Rabbits, Meshell Ndegeocello shows announced

  Sarah CassDirty Projectors​Originally a solo project for David Longstreth, the Dirty Projectors is now touring as a six-piece in support of the band's latest, the wonderful Bitte Orca. Longstreth and company stop at the Bluebird Theater Sunday, November 8. Tickets are $15.25 in advance and $18 day of show and go on sale Friday, September 4. Brooklyn-based White Rabbits, who have played these parts quite a few times in the last few years, return to the Larimer Lounge Friday October 30 and ticke

  September 1, 2009

• Q&A with Regan "Busdriver" Farquhar

  Photo by Brian TamborelloBusdriver with Busdriver.​ Boasting may seem like a hip-hop requirement, but it's actually possible to play the rap game without overdosing on self-love every other line. For proof, direct your gaze to the following Q&A with Regan Farquhar, who performs as Busdriver. The subject of a Westword profile published in advance of his Saturday, September 5 at the Bluebird Theater, Farquhar actually has to be coaxed into giving himself a compliment during the conversation

  September 2, 2009

• Tegan and Sara, 30 Seconds to Mars, Everclear shows announced

  ​Canadian twin sisters Tegan & Sara hit the road the last week in October in support of their sixth studio album, Sainthood, which drops on Tuesday, October 27. After European and Canadian dates, the sisters are slated to swing by the Ogden Theatre next year on Sunday, April 4. General admission tickets are $35.25. In the meantime, 30 Seconds to Mars, which features brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, hits the Odgen on Tuesday, December 1, a week before the act's forthcoming album, This is Wa

  October 15, 2009

• Billy Joel & Elton John, Bebel Gilberto, Imogen Heap shows announced

  ​Billy Joel and Elton John, both legendary pop singers and pianists, have been on their Face 2 Face tour since March will visit the Pepsi Center Sunday, November 22. After opening the show with a series of duets, each playing pianos and trading vocals, Joel and John will play sets with their own bands and then perform together again with their supporting musicians for a grand finale. Reserved tickets, which are $55 to $181, go on sale Saturday, October 24 at 10 a.m. and are available at all Ti

  October 20, 2009

• Q&A with Ilya Laqutenko of Mumiy Troll

  Michael Muller​Mumiy Troll from Vladivostok, Russia is one of that country's most popular bands. The act's combination of energetic rock and moodily atmospheric pop, for which lead singer Ilya Lagutenko coined the term "rockapops," has been gaining popularity in America despite the fact that, up to the release of the new English-language EP Paradise Ahead, the band's albums are all in Russian. Anyone lucky enough to have seen Mumiy Troll's recent U.S. tours witnessed a lively and charismatic p

  October 20, 2009

• This Just In: The Damned cancels tour, including Bluebird date

  ​Just received word that the Damned, slated to appear at the Bluebird Theater with Danko Jones and the Nicotine Fits on Wednesday, October 28, has been forced to cancel all of the dates on its upcoming American tour. According to a post on the band's site, the cancellation stems from the fact that visas have yet to be approved for the members. No word yet on where this leaves ticket holders. We'll update you as more information becomes available. Damnit, man!

  October 20, 2009

• Over the weekend: Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) at the Bluebird

  Doug Beam​Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story), The Knew, Jim McTurnan and the Kids That Killed the Man October 24, 2009 Bluebird Theater Just Like: Heaven This was the final moment of Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story), the last song in a too-short set that was just long enough for the band to play every song they know. And we were down to something like one guitar and one keyboard and eight voices singing their souls ragged, and if you closed your eyes you could feel it.

  October 26, 2009

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• Animals At Risk remixes the Swayback

  Matt Fecher isn't letting the grass grow under his feet. Although his hands are clearly already full with helping curate the Monolith Festival, Fecher, who DJs under the name Hot to Death, is constantly moving in a number of different creative directions at once it seems, from launching and hosting the sporadic yet increasingly popular New Music Mondays at the Larimer Lounge, to embarking on various collaborations, such as Animals At Risk, the name finally given to the electro-clash project fe

  November 3, 2009

• This Just In: KS 107.5 Jingle Jam, Steve Earle, Brandi Carlile shows announced

  ​Fabolous, Twista and Mario, who have each recently dropped new albums, are among the noted hip-hop and R&B talent slated to appear at KS 107.5's Jingle Jam Friday, December 18 at the Fillmore Auditorium. Advance general admission tickets are $27/$30 day of show. Steve Earle, who's touring in support Townes, his tribute to the great Townes Van Zandt, visits the Boulder Theatre Tuesday, February 2. Reserved seats are $34.50 and general admission seats are $28.50. Seattle-based singer/songwr

  November 4, 2009

• The List: Top ten places to eat on Colfax

  Lori Midson Colfax Avenue has plenty of places to drink, as we prove with our profile of the Nob Hill Inn. But there's also good food along America's longest main street. Including: ​Bastien's Restaurant 3501 East Colfax Avenue., 303-322-0363. Bastien's isn't retro; the rest of the world is. Looking for the cocktail culture of the ´50s? Bastien's has it. Early-´70s swinger swank? It has that, too. Bastien's doesn't change with the times; the times change around it. Like they say, even

  November 6, 2009