event Juliette Lewis
Also Playing: American Bang and The Ettes
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Tue Oct 6
8 pm
Juliette Lewis, American Bang, and The Ettes at Fox Theatre
Give Juliette Lewis credit for one thing: She’s not Joaquin Phoenix. The actress’ music career is no mere lark (and definitely not some Andy Kaufman-esque prank), and her surprisingly long-running band The Licks played edgier music than most star-driven rock acts. Of course, for all their attitudinal charms, The Licks were slightly derivative of other, better garage revivalists, which explains why Lewis ditched that creative dead end for the slightly more experimental New Romantiques on her latest release, Terra Incognita. Produced by Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, who surrounds Lewis’ bluesy bellows with dark, proggy atmospherics, the album puts the actress-singer right where she wants to be: front and center.
Fox Theatre 1135 13th St, Denver/Boulder, CO
Give Juliette Lewis credit for one thing: She’s not Joaquin Phoenix. The actress’ music career is no mere lark (and definitely not some Andy Kaufman-esque prank), and her surprisingly long-running band The Licks played edgier music than most star-driven rock acts. Of course, for all their attitudinal charms, The Licks were slightly derivative of other, better garage revivalists, which explains why Lewis ditched that creative dead end for the slightly more experimental New Romantiques on her latest release, Terra Incognita. Produced by Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, who surrounds Lewis’ bluesy bellows with dark, proggy atmospherics, the album puts the actress-singer right where she wants to be: front and center.
Updated 09/22/2009
