Opening for Kria Brekkan, Sarah H.Dot and Jason Corder took the stage (altar) as Pillow Garden at Surfacing #10, with an ambient instrumental set fit for a church.

Pillow Garden
9.11.2010
First Unitarian Society of Denver, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Ambient Set

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

If you’ve seen Candy Claws this summer, you may not even recognize this recording as originating the same band.   (That’s certainly an exaggerated statement, but it’s amazing how much their live performances have evolved in the last nine months!)

Candy Claws
12.04.2009
Lion’s Lair, 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
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #01
2. Track #02
3. Track #03
4. Track #04
5. Track #05
6. Track #06
7. Track #07

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

Rumblytums (a.k.a. Travis Gray) performed a short set opening for Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at the Pilot Light last year.  It’s a shame I don’t have the video projections to go along with this, but the audio alone is highly entertaining!

Rumblytums
6.29.2009
Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN

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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. unknown
3. unknown (Alberto Gonzales song)
4. Snow Angel
5. Beard Contest
6. unknown (Brian Baker/Morrisey song)

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

Co-headlining the Ogden with Sharon Jones, this set from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals started off a bit slow, and really didn’t seem to gain momentum until Only Love.  Folks were still trickling into the theater when GP&N started out the night without any openers, which is partially to blame for the disengaged audience early on.  Nevertheless, the notoriously non-dancing Denver crowd was finally up and moving to the music half-way through the show.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
9.28.2010
The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Some Kind of Ride #
2. Joey
3. Oasis
4. Mastermind
5. Apologies
6. One Short Night
7. Ah Mary
8. Only Love
9. Goodbye Kiss
10. Tiny Light
11. Nothing But the Water
12. White Rabbit
13. Hot Summer Night *
14. Paris (Ooh La La)
15. Medicine
(Encore)
16. Heart of Glass

Notes:
* = w/ Sharon Jones on vocals
# = a few short dropouts between 00:58 and 01:15 (loose cable?)

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo by Greth Ligon.)

This set contains early versions of some songs that later appeared on The Blossom Frontier, providing some insight into how Tommy evolves his songs from inception to final release.

iuengliss (Tommy Metz)
5.23.2009
Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules, -10db pads) > Apogee MiniMe > digi-coax > Hosa ODL-276 > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. Dreams Will Collide
6. Another Time
7. Stuck in a Place Away
8. unknown

Lineup for the evening:
iuengliss, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Speakeasy Tiger, Pictureplane

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