Here’s the first show of Fol Chen’s fall 2010 tour with The Apples in stereo.  The LA group has several releases available from Asthmatic Kitty.

Fol Chen
10.22.2010
Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. C\U
3. Winter, That’s All
4. They Came to Me
5. In Ruins
6. Red Skies Over Garden City (The Ballad Of Donna Donna)
7. No Wedding Cake
8. Men, Beasts or Houses
9. The Idiot
10. Cable TV
11. Under Pressure
12. The Holograms

Here’s the Elf Power show from Halloween weekend.  Catch most (if not all) of the band’s members at the Larimer this Saturday, as they come through with the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour.

Elf Power
10.30.2010
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Like a Cannonball
2. The Well
3. Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs
4. The Taking Under
5. Owl Cut (White Flowers in the Sky)
6. Spiral Stairs
7. Goldmine in the Sun
8. Grand Intrusion Call
9. When the Red King Comes
10. Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home
11. I Walked with a Zombie
12. An Old Familiar Scene
13. Tiny Insects
14. Drug Store
15. Everlasting Scream

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

It was quiet and dreary in Denver last night, but Silje Nes rejuvenated the faithful who made it down to the Hi-Dive.  Her last album, Opticks, is available directly from FatCat Records or via Amazon.

Silje Nes
3.06.2011
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Dizzy Street
2. Branches
3. The Glass Harp
4. Crystals
5. (new song)
6. Hello Luminance
7. Symmetry of Empty Space
8. Drown
9. Ruby Red

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s one of 2010’s Tres Amigos shows, just in case you missed it when they circulated last year.

Roger Clyne, Johnny Hickman, and Jim Dalton
2.05.2010
Road 34, Ft. Collins, 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 > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Mexico
3. ¡Americano!
4. Hello New Day
5. Counterclockwise
6. Tell Yer Momma
7. Switchblade
8. Better Beautiful Than Perfect
9. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
10. Easy
11. City Girls
12. Leave an Open Door
13. Down Together
14. Leaky Little Boat
15. Fonder and Blonder
16. Lemons *
17. Mañana *
18. Preacher’s Daughter
19. Sleep Like a Baby
20. Mekong
(Roger and Jim)
21. Jack v. Jose
22. Banditos
23. Contraband
24. I Do
(The Three Amigos)
25. The Great Decline
26. Don’t Fear the Reaper (tease)
27. I-70 Westbound
28. Listen to the Music
29. Sweet Caroline
(Encore)
30. American Girl
31. Green and Dumb

Notes:
* = w/ Jason Boots on trumpet

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

The Love Language played Denver a few weeks ago, drawing a surprisingly large crowd for a Wednesday night.  Their 2010 release, Libraries, is available directly from Merge Records.  (Note: the label is currently offering free shipping on all U.S. orders, so stock up!)

The Love Language
2.16.2011
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Blue Angel
2. Lalita
3. Providence
4. Heart to Tell
5. Nocturne
6. Manteo
7. Sparxxx
8. Anthophobia
9. Brittany’s Back
10. This Room
11. This Blood Is Our Own
12. untitled
(Encore)
13. Two Rabbits
14. Horophones

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.