Opening for Elvis Perkins at the beginning of the month, Other Lives introduced a sold-out Denver crowd to material from their new self-titled LP, throwing in a few newer songs and a great Leonard Cohen cover.

Other Lives
5.08.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Don’t Let Them
2. End of the Year
3. The Partisan
4. How Could This Be?
5. Speed Tape
6. unknown
7. (new song)
8. AM Theme
9. Paper Cities

Notes:
Some clipping in the PA for the drums, but not enough to detract from the listenability.

A zipfile of mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available on dime.

Breakfasts
4.18.2009
The Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Ageless
3. Orange Orangutan
4. #1 Lonely
5. Bee Extinction
6. Phaser

Notes:
Breakfasts’ first performance!
Part of the Hot Congress block party.

Lineup:
Taylor Rice (Fissure Mystic and Pseudo Dates)
Adam Shaffner (Mothership)
Crawford Philleo (Vitamins)
Diana Sperstad (Games For May)

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

Vitamins
4.18.2009
The Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Sequined Dress
2. Big Bang
3. banter/tuning
4. Dark Matter Splatter
5. banter
6. A Fear of Rattles
7. One Bloody Foot
8. Annual Bicentennial

Notes:
Part of the Hot Congress block party.

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

Laura Gibson visited the Hi-Dive twice this spring, and while I missed her headlining appearance in March, I managed to catch the opening set for Damien Jurado in April.  This was easily the quietest and most attentive crowd I’ve ever experienced at the Hi-Dive!

Laura Gibson
4.05.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. “Frailty”
2. Come By Storm
3. Nightwatch
4. Hands in Pockets
5. Postures Bent
6. Funeral Song
7. Where Have All Your Good Words Gone?
8. Sweet Deception
9. Spirited
10. (Glory story)
11. Glory

Notes:
Opening for Damien Jurado.

Purchase Laura’s Discography:
(All purchases include album downloads.)
2009 – Beasts of Seasons (CD | Vinyl)
2008 – Six White Horses: Blues & Traditionals Vol I (Hush Records)
2006 – If You Come To Greet Me (Hush Records)

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

I’ve been sidelined from any posts for the last few weeks, but am finally back at it with a fine set by William Elliott Whitmore.  Even though Whitmore has been pumping out albums for over five years, I was only recently introduced to his material through the February release of Animals in the Dark.  The Larimer show brought in a fairly large crowd for a snowy Sunday night…but going into this show with no preconceptions or background on the artist, I was a bit surprised that Whitmore hasn’t already garned the well-deserved attention of a wider audience (the “NPR crowd”, if you will).  If Animals in the Dark gets into the hands of the right listeners, it won’t be long before we see him headling shows at the Bluebird or Swallow Hill.

William Elliott Whitmore
4.26.2009
The Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Country Blues
2. Lift My Jug (Song for Hub Cale)
3. Diggin’ My Grave
4. Lee County Flood
5. Dry
6. From The Cell Door To The Gallows
7. (banter)
8. Hell or High Water
9. Who Stole the Soul
10. Take it on the Chin
11. (banter)
12. Johnny Law
13. Lord Only Knows
14. Midnight
15. Hard Times
16. The Chariot
17. (banter)
18. Pine Box
19. One Man’s Shame
20. Old Devils
21. Our Paths Will Cross Again

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent at cotapers.org.