After missing both of Joseph Pope III‘s appearances at the UMS, I finally had a chance to see him opening at the Houses CD Release last weekend.  Great stuff!

Joseph Pope III
8.07.2009
Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #1 (w/ Nathaniel Rateliff)
2. Track #2 (w/ Nathaniel Rateliff)
3. Track #3
4. Track #4
5. Track #5 (Dust on the Breakers cover)
6. Track #6
7. Track #7
8. Track #8 (w/ Julie Davis)

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

Ron Cole kicked off last Thursday’s Meadowlark lineup with his Hollagramz project.   After overcoming problems in setting up visuals (by abandoning the visual effects altogether), Hollagramz laid down a string of beats that had people engrossed half-way through the first song.  Ron is a relative newcomer to Denver’s thriving electronic/trance/experimental scene, a scene which seems to be churning out interesting new artists on a monthly basis.  Catch him at this year’s Burning Man, or at Rhinoceropolis on September 18th.

(Note: To compensate for the visual equipment breakdown, Travis Egedy stood up front and painted patterns across the ironwork with a laser pointer.)

Hollagramz
8.06.2009
Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Calyptic Ruse
2. Obergon
3. Romprz
4. Track #04
5. Track #05

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

Finally!

It took me two months to find time, but I managed to sit down over the weekend and edit all 67 tracks from this year’s Denver Does Denver festival. Sound is quite rough (especially on the Bar Bar sets, where I had a cable issue), but there are some definite gems in here–just check out the setlists!   (P.S.  Setlist corrections are welcomed.)

Denver Does Denver
6.06.2009
Old Curtis St. and Bar Bar, Denver, CO

Bar Bar Source: Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules, -10db pads) > Apogee MiniMe > digi-coax >
Hosa ODL-276 > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Old Curtis Source: Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 >
SD > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by: Lance Stack

Cheng does Daniel Roman
1. Track 01
2. Track 02
3. Track 03
4. Bells
5. Track 05

Tijuana Pillbox does Nina Storey
1. No Man (fades in)
2. Any Way You Want Me

Pink Hawks do 3OH!3
1. Chokechain
2. Don’t Trust Me

Safe Boating is No Accident does Pictureplane
1. The Turquoise Trail ->
2. Day Glowwed
3. Found Too Low
4. Slow It Up
5. Flashion (You Designed My Mind)

Lengendary River Drifters do Onemanna
1. intro/soundcheck
2. unknown
3. Cummdumpster
4. Track 04
5. Track 05
6. Track 06

Slight Harp does Married in Berdichev
1. Track 01
2. Track 02

Ian Cooke does Emily Frembgen, Rachel Pollard, & Uphollow
1. intro
2. Elevator to Another Dimension
3. The Sea Surged
4. Monster

Army of Summer does Ian Cooke
1. intro
2. Music
3. Trade Places
4. Track 04
5. Vasoon

Prav Grant does Drag the Driver
1. Hang Dog
2. Brake Your Frame
3. Last One Standing
4. Jessica’s Suicide
5. Song For Robin Reichhardt
6. Me and Joe Drove Out to California
7. Portland
8. Track 08
9. Indianapolis
10. Can’t Hardly Wait

Trevor Morris does Man Alive
1. intro
2. Track 02
3. Track 03
4. Track 04

Charles Van Rosenberg does Mike Neff
1. Track 01
2. Track 02
3. Now I See
4. Track 04
5. Providence Harbor

Mike Neff does Charles Van Rosenberg
1. intro
2. Track 02
3. Criminal Road
4. Dancing Down the Days

Doo Crowder does Pirate Signal
1. intro
2. Yonnas
3. The Devil is a Corporation and Jesus is a Terrorist
4. I Can’t Wait

Littles Paia does The Fray & Flobots
1. intro
2. How to Save a Life ->
3. Handlebars -> How to Save a Life

Mike Marchant and Littles Paia do The Pseudo Dates
1. intro
2. Sleepy Shoes

Pictureplane does 3OH!3
1. intro
2. Don’t Trust Me
3. Holler Til You Pass Out
4. Punk Bitch

Old Curtis St. (Stage #2) – Not recorded
1. Jeff Otte does Widowers
2. Arthur and Dominic Sing the Hits does Hunter Dragon
3. Milton Melvin Croissant III does Married in Berdichev
4. Married in Berdichev does Milton Melvin Croissant III)
5. Weird Turn Tanuki does Slim Cessna’s Auto Club)

Download zipfiles of the MP3s: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part4.
FLAC files available upon request.

Some of the best songwriting Denver has to offer!

Joe Sampson and Nathaniel Rateliff
7.25.2009
Fancy Tiger, Denver, CO
Denver Post Underground Music Showcase

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules) > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track 01
2. Carolina Clouds
3. Track 03
4. Track 04
5. Breakdown
6. Ears Burn
7. Track 07
8. Track 08
9. Track 09
10. Track 10
11. Track 11

Notes:
Minor wind noise was generated by fans circulating air throughout the room.

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

Hailing from the west coast, a trio of noise projects took over the Hi-Dive on Tuesday, opening for Concern and CFTPA.  I was immediately hooked by the slow-rolling song intros and large-hall sounds of Terrors.  Pussy Control and Human Hands only performed one track each, which made it very hard to form an opinion of either act.

Terrors/Human Hands/Pussy Control
7.28.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > RCA > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac24
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Pussy Control)
1. unknown #1
(Terrors)
2. God Bless The Child
3. Long Beast Of Blues
4. Inequipoise/Smoke Anyway
(Human Hands)
5. unknown #4

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