(Photo by Brian Carney.)

In what has been labeled by several as their favorite Denver show this year, Akron/Family concluded The Oriental’s St. Pat’s festivities with a two-hour performance that took the audience on an emotional roller coaster.  Boasting a dreadfully serious opening song, thundering jams with Pee Pee, punk rock, and singalongs in utter darkness, you won’t fully appreciate this journey by sampling one or two tracks.  Stay along for the entire ride, and you just might experience a renewed faith in the potential of experimental rock.

Akron/Family
3.17.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resampe to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Untitled (last song from s/t album)
3. River >
4. The Alps and Their Orange Evergreen >
5. Gravelly Mountains of The Moon >
6. Lake Song * >
7. Jam * >
8. Ed Is a Portal * >
9. Creatures > Jam * >
10. Everyone Is Guilty
11. MBF
12. Sun Will Shine *
13. Last Year
(Encore)
14. I Know You Rider
15. Crickets

Notes:
* = with members of Pee Pee

Tim Weilert has posted some great video footage of Pee Pee jam here, courtesy of Something Like Sound!

Zipfiles of the mp3s are available here:  Part 1, Part 2.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent over at dime.