Andrew Bird has styles upon styles. The Chi-Town native incorporates a veritable cornucopia of sound, with influences from indie rock, folk, zydeco, swing, and jazz. Watch Bird throw down on everything from guitars to glockenspiels when he stakes out two nights at the Fillmore Feb. 19 and 20. Tickets for both shows go on sale Sunday, Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. --Oscar Pascual
By Noah W. Bailey
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 more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the
Words by Jenna Humphrey (photo by
Peter Beste)
Loney DearMay 15, 2009Bottom of the Hill
Better Than: Pretending that you actually like to play beer pong.
It happens. Music that seems young and raw initially sounds like adult contemporary soft rock the more you hear it. Furthermore, you start thinking that it would be nice to actually sit down at a show. There was no sitting at Bottom of the Hill last night--this was a rock venue, people--but the evening was not an edgy one. Gone were
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