Achille Lauro – 4.24.2008 @ Larimer Lounge

I was listening to Achille Lauro before work this morning, and before heading out the door, figured I’d quickly post a set for everyone to enjoy.

Achille Lauro
4.24.2008
The Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Laredo
3. unknown
4. Dreams We Had
5. unknown
6. unknown

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

Posted under CO Artists,CO Shows,Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO by admin on Friday 31 October 2008 at 8:17 am

Ruby Isle – 10.02.2008 @ Hi-Dive

Here’s another show from Ruby Isle, this time back on my home turf.  The Denver setlist was very similar to the one from Athens, but is highlighted by the addition of two songs from their elbo.ws cover project: “Shadow Falls” (Hello Blue Roses) and “Aly, Walk With Me” (The Raveonettes).

Ruby Isle
10.02.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro/Hey Hey Hey (aborted)
2. So Damn High
3. Blow Up
4. Shadow Falls *
5. How It Hurts
6. Night Shot
7. Aly, Walk With Me
8. Into The Black

Notes:
* = first time played

Posted under 2. E6,CO Shows,GA Artists,Hi-Dive, Denver, CO by admin on Sunday 26 October 2008 at 6:49 pm

The Builders and the Butchers – 9.10.2008 @ Hi-Dive

The Builders and the Butchers have already been through town twice this year, and are coming back for a third time, opening for Amanda  Palmer on December 6th at the Bluebird.  If you’ve never heard this Portland group, I highly recommend checking out their self-titled debut.  The band, fronted by Ryan Sollee, applies a dark 1800’s mentality to acoustic folk music, but they approach the art in a manner that tends to be more fun (and far less creepy) than Denver-based goth-country artists such as Slim or Munly.

Oh, and their live show is off the hook, as demonstrated by this live set from the Hi-Dive last month.

The Builders And The Butchers
9.10.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Red Hands
2. Short Way Home
3. Raise Up Your Weary Hands
4. Bottom of the Lake
5. Down In This Hole
6. Devil Town
7. In The Branches
8. The Coal Mine Fall
9. Black Dresses
10. Vampire Lake
11. When It Rains
12. Spanish Death Song

Posted under CO Shows,Hi-Dive, Denver, CO,OR Artists by admin on Sunday 26 October 2008 at 5:25 pm

Action Packed Thrill Ride – 9.10.2008 @ Hi-Dive

In the spirit of posting more local acts, here’s a nice set from Action Packed Thrill Ride, when they opened for The Builders and the Butchers last month.  I don’t see any APTR shows on the calendar for November or December, but maybe a few will pop up before 2008 fades away.  (Lucas?)

Action Packed Thrill Ride
9.10.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Yours Truly
3. Something Tells Me
4. I’m A Sinner, You’re A Saint
5. Two Dreams
6. On My Way
7. unknown
8. unknown
9. unknown
10. Hug of War

Posted under CO Artists,CO Shows,Hi-Dive, Denver, CO by admin on Saturday 25 October 2008 at 10:32 am

John Common’s Tom Waits Tribute – 12.23.2006 @ Mercury Cafe

Digging into the vaults for this show, which closed out my run of concerts in 2006 and goes into the books as one of my favorite musical experiences for that year…

As a long-time Tom Waits fan, I was super-psyched when John Common told me of the initial plans to organize a tribute at the Mercury Cafe.  A cast of top-notch Denver musicians was invited to perform some of their favorite Waits tunes.  To sweeten the pot (and after weeks of rehearsing), John and his band topped off the night with a performance of the entire Rain Dogs album.

Immediately after the show, I hopped in the car and headed to MO for the holidays, losing track of the recordings in the process.  After searching for a few months, I gave up the hunt, assuming that they must have been buried with my defunct laptop.  And then, a year and a half later, I was cleaning out another computer.  Noticing some mysteriously named audio files taking up ~1GB on the hard drive, I opened them for a listen…behold, complete audio from the Rain Dogs show!

John Common and Friends
Tom Waits (Rain Dogs) Tribute
12.23.2006
The Mercury Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > FireWire > WAV > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:

(Tribute Set)
1. intro
2. Tom Traubert’s Blues – Bradley Weaver
3. Yesterday Is Here – Marty Jones
4. Long Way Home – Dewey Paul Moffitt
5. Ol’ 55 – Dewey Paul Moffitt and Jed Marrs
6. Pony – Ed Skibbe
7. New Coat of Paint – Ed Skibbe
8. unknown – Jack Redell and Matt Gilliam
9. Dirt in the Ground – Kevin Meyer and Jed Marrs
10. I’ll Shoot the Moon – Corey Teruya
11. Make It Rain – Eli Mishkin
12. Filipino Box Spring Hog – Eli Mishkin

(Rain Dogs Set)
13. intro
14. 9th & Hennepin
15. Clap Hands
16. Big Black Mariah
17. Hang Down Your Head
18. Singapore
19. Time
20. Tango Till They’re Sore
21. Union Square
22. Downtown Train
23. Gun Street Girl
24. Cemetery Polka
25. Jockey Full Of Bourbon
26. Walking Spanish
27. Diamonds And Gold
28. Blind Love
29. Rain Dogs
30. Anywhere I Lay My Head

Lineup for Rain Dogs Set:
John Common, Jed Marrs, Kevin Meyer, Tom Germain, John Horan, Matthew Gilliam, Cheyenne Kowal, Natasha Fortis.

Posted under CO Artists,CO Shows,Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO by admin on Tuesday 21 October 2008 at 10:00 pm

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