Over the weekend, Kilgore Books celebrated it’s second birthday (and the release of Blammo #6) complete with live music, cake, and champagne.  Bongo Fury kicked off the afternoon fun with a short, intimate set.

Bongo Fury
6.12.2010
Kilgore Books/Wax Trax, 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. Track #1
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4

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

(Photo via Westword’s blog.)

Yet another one from the Curious Theatre!

Astrophagus
6.13.2009
Westword Music Showcase
Curious Theatre, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Toslink > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Feast Day
3. Buena Vista Park
4. Pauper’s Ring
5. unknown
6. unknown
7. Squander It

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

The 2010 Westword Music Showcase is almost upon us, and in anticipation I’ve decided to sit down this rainy weekend and post a few sets from last years event.  Yesterday included a repost of The Fluid’s set, and this morning I just finished tracking out the Experimental Showcase.  Held at the Curious Theatre, some of Denver’s finest experimental musicians took the stage together in a performance closely fashioned after the “singer-songwriters in the round” format.  BDRMPPL, Married in Berdichev, Iuengliss, CacheFlowe, Pictureplane and Slight Harp all took the stage, trading the lead for each tune.

Experimental Showcase
6.13.2009
Westword Music Showcase
Curious Theatre, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Toslink > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
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
8. Track #08
9. Track #09
10. Track #10
11. Track #11

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

The Fluid
6.13.2009
Main Stage, Westword Music Showcase, 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 > Multiband Compressor > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro/soundcheck
2. Is It Day?
3. Black Glove
4. unknown
5. Saccharine Rejection
6. Cold Outside
7. weather break
8. Big Brother
9. unknown
10. Fool’s Rule
11. unknown
12. Hooked
13. Human Mill
14. Our Love Will Still Be There
15. Candy
16. Goin’ Away

Notes:
Rain and hail persisted throughout the performance (which you can hear hitting the umbrella).
The show was stopped for a few minutes due to band members getting shocked.
Other miscellaneous sound problems during the first song.

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

I was a bit curious to see an organ on the stage last night when I walked into the Bad Weather California soundcheck last night.  Curiosity gave way to excitement when I discovered that Aaron Collins has joined the lineup!  Aaron’s organ fills are a perfect complement to the band’s older material.  The additional instrumentation allows Bad Weather California to tread new musical ground on fresh tunes like “About This Time” and (still untitled?) Latin and African jams.

BWC continue their three-night residency with Akron/Family tonight (+ Widowers and Candy Claws) and tomorrow (+ Woodsman and Snake Rattle Rattle Snake), so come down and check out the new lineup!

Bad Weather California
5.14.2010
Quixote’s True Blue, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 (0a/+6s) >  Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. I Don’t Know
3. About This Time
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. Love Will Be My Home
7. New Religion
8. I Wanna War
9. unknown
10. This is My Country Too
11. Punk Rock songs
12. Two Young Girls

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

BFATA incursion into Quixote’s:  A great kickoff to the three-night Akron/Family & Bad Weather California residency!

Tonight’s lineup includes Akron/Family, Bad Weather California, Widowers, and Candy Claws.  Don’t miss it!

Boba Fett and the Americans
5.14.2010
Quixote’s True Blue, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Track #01
2. It’s Tricky
3. Birthday
4. Track #04

Nathaniel Rateliff stopped by Twist and Shout Records for an in-store last week, celebrating the release date of his excellent new album on Rounder.  Stripping the band down to a four-piece made for an intimate set,  despite the packed house.  If you weren’t lucky enough to catch this, CD release shows are set for next week at at the Bluebird and Fox, followed by an extensive tour!

Nathaniel Rateliff
5.04.2010
Twist and Shout Records, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. When You’re Here
3. Whimper and Wail
4. Boil and Fight
5. Brakeman
6. Early Spring Till
7. You Should’ve Seen the Other Guy
8. Shroud

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

Porlolo
8.28.2007
The Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Lion the Grass
2. There Is No I in Athens
3. Clinton and Elva
4. Joe Tex, These Taming Blues
5. Witches
6. Usetonaut

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

Yes, I know it’s been awhile. Time to get this train back on the tracks.

Here’s something to tide you over until I can get some newer material tracked out…

Ian Cooke
5.01.2009
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 > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. The Towering Prince
3. Va-Soon
4. Trouble Process Report
5. Music
6. Darkening
7. The Rot -> Gimme Gimme Gimmie -> Monkey and Bear -> The Rot

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

The release of Radio 1190‘s third installment in their superior Local Shakedown CD series was ushered in this month with a hat-trick of record store release parties.  While I was too gutless to brave the game-day Pearl Street crowd for the Bart’s performance, I did make it out to Twist and Shout and Wax Trax.  In this first installment, Kissing Party soldier through busted amps and a rough vocal mix before finally landing in musical bliss half-way through their set.  Hey, when do in-store shows ever come off perfectly??

Kissing Party
10.16.2009
Twist and Shout Records, 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. intro
2. Jacey Finch
3. (tech problems) *
4. The Heart is a Lusty Hunter
5. unknown
6. A Billion Braincells
7. Dancing’s Living
8. Homecoming
9. A Quiet Town
10. King Graves Road
11. Life in Girard
12. Commit a Tiny Crime Together
13. Love Letter
14. Recovery

Notes:
CD Release celebration for Local Shakedown Vol. 3.
Vocals were very low on the first 4-5 tracks.
* = tuning and shuffling instruments on-stage after a guitar amp died

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

A fitting end to a great ride…thanks to Nathan, Stephen and the rest of the crew for a great few years of music!

Never thought you’d be
   where you are standing today
You had hoped for more
    and you can see it on your face
Take a look around
    and don’t feel you recognize this place
Never thought your life
    was gonna turn out this way

Little squares of paper, folded over again
The greenest grass you’d ever see
The places that we thought we be
We’ll end where we began

It isn’t worth the time
    for you to wish your life away
Cause who’s to say
    it wouldn’t turn out the same
And to be honest I am thankful for the rain
Cause it made the man
    who we see standing here today

Hearts of Palm (Nathan and Stephen)
Final Show
11.07.2009
Hi-Dive, 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. (intro)
2. Like You Don’t Care
3. Tip Your Glasses
4. Stand Back Up
5. You Can’t Save Her
6. Brothers and Sisters
7. (Thanks to Dan) *
8. We Have No Water Here
9. Give ’em Hell
10. Happier **
11. Farewell Valentine (Cigarette Homecoming Queen)
12. Little Squares of Paper @

Notes:
Second of two farewell shows performed over the weekend.

* = band invited Dan Rutherford to the stage for Red Velvet cake
** = w/ Chris Adolf on vocals
@ = Nathan and Steven started unplugged in the back of the venue,  and joined the full band on-stage by the end of the song

FLAC files are available at COTapers.org.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.

The experimental jazz musings of Aenka were the perfect refuge against Sunday’s afternoon drizzle, and the weariness that we all succumb to on the final day of a festival…

Aenka
7.26.2009
Denver Post Underground Music Showcase
TS Board Shop Stage, Denver, CO

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 #1
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4

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

I took a breather from taping at the UMS on Friday night, but thankfully John and Rose from KGNU held down the fort by running mics at the Hi-Dive.  Airshow Mastering was also on-site and kind enough to pass on a board feed.  Combing the two sources led to some quite listenable results…thanks to all involved that weekend!

Houses
7.24.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver Post Underground Music Showcase, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Oktava MK-012’s > Edirol R-09HR] + [SBD > ? > WAV] > Mixdown in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3

Audience Taped by:  John Schaefer and Rose Brunning
Board Feed Taped by:   Airshow Mastering
Mixed by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Circles and Squares
3. Rainy Day Parade
4. untitled (Hangman’s Noose)
5. Be The Woman
6. Fairweather
7. We’ll See The Sun
8. We’re Alright *

Notes:
* = cuts to SBD-only one minute into the track

FLAC files are available at COTapers.org.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.

Dressy Bessy
7.25.2009
Outdoor Stage, Denver Post Underground Music Showcase, 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 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Stop Foolin’
3. Just Once More
4. Sindy Says
5. Shoot, I Love You
6. Simple Girlz
7. Girl, You Shout!
8. Ten Million Stars
9. She Likes It
10. Who’d Stop the Rain
11. In Your Headphones
12. Side 2
13. Call It Even Later
14. It Happens All The Time
15. Better Luck
16. Electrified

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

(Photo from an unknown Mercury Cafe show.)

The mad genius of Denver pushing the envelope in a very wacky solo acoustic set, just after the funnel clouds passed through downtown…

Doo Crowder
6.14.2009
Skyline Park, 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. intro
2. Motif
3. Improv
4. banter
5. “Used to Think Love Was”
6. Consciousness Song
7. Infinity Song

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