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.

Here’s a nice set from Lizzie West, warming up for Howie Day back in ’03.  This tour was in support of her major-label debut with Holy Road: Freedom Songs.

Lizzie West
10.15.2003
Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Sony D8 > DAT Master > Sony D8 > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Time to Cry
2. The Day We Met
3. Miss You Baby
4. unknown
5. Monkey Back Blues
6. 19 Miles To Baghdad
7. Sometime

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

It’s always a pleasure seeing Tony Furtado perform solo, and the undivided attention of the Daniels Hall crowd on this particular night led to a great recording!  Tony’s duets with Trina Hamlin were highlights of the night, particularly prison work songs Hurtin’ in My Right Side and Oh Berta, Berta.

Tony Furtado
3.13.2010
Daniel’s Hall at Swallow Hill, 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
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. intro
2. False Hearted Lover’s Blues
3. Waste of the Moon
4. banter
5. Irish Medley #3 >
6. Bolinas
7. Lighten Up Your Load
8. Angry Monk intro
9. The Angry Monk
10. Another Man
11. I Wait For This
12. Thirteen Below
13. I Will >
14. Hazel Comes Home >
15. Bawds of Euphony
16. Hurtin’ in My Right Side (aborted) *
17. Hurtin’ in My Right Side *
(Set II)
18. intro
19. Cypress Grove > Angeline the Baker > Cypress Grove
20. Waiting for Guiteau
21. banter
22. “Shadows and Doubt” (new song)
23. Rove, Riley Rove
24. These Chains intro
25. These Chains
26. tuning/banter
27. Angels We Know
28. Running Down a Dream
29. One Good Reason *
30. Oh Berta, Berta *
31. I Ain’t Got No Home (unplugged)
(Encore)
32. Used *

Notes:
* = with Trina Hamlin

16/24-bit FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

News of Damien Jurado’s new LP hitting stores next month has roused me into posting  his solo show in Denver last spring.  I’ll be out of town for his appearance at the Hi-Dive on 6/4/2010, but if you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and check him out.

Damien Jurado
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. (new song)
2. Ohio
3. banter
4. (new song)
5. Abilene
6. Johnny Go Riding
7. Last Rights
8. Sheets
9. banter
10. Medication
11. What Were The Chances
12. Letters And Drawings
13. I Can’t Get Over You
14. The Killer
15. Shannon Rhodes
16. Lose My Head

Notes:
Laura Gibson opened the show.

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

Cracker (Acoustic Duo)
2.28.2010
Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 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 > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Been Around the World
3. Friends
4. Teen Angst
5. Sidi Ifni
6. Dr. Bernice
7. Wedding Day
8. Happy Birthday To Me
9. Mr. Wrong
10. banter
11. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me
12. Lonesome Johnny Blues
13. Euro-Trash Girl
14. All Her Favorite Fruit
15. Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
16. Low
(Encore)
17. I Want Everything
18. Loser

16-bit FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

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.

I uncovered this 2003 show last weekend when going through an old box of DATs.  On a night off between Queens of the Stone Age gigs, Nick Oliveri stopped by the Larimer Lounge for a last-minute solo acoustic set.  The highlights of this set (for me) were the cover of Roky Erickson’s Bloody Hammer, and Mark Lanegan‘s appearance on-stage to sing vocals on a few tracks.  I ran out of batteries near the end of the show, but by that point the crowd had become so intoxicated you could barely hear the guitar over the tomfoolery.

Update: Westword still has a review of this show available online.

Nick Oliveri (solo acoustic)
10.04.2003
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Sony D8 >DAT Master > Sony D8 > SPDIF > Edirol R-44 > WAV > Adobe Audition > LAME > mp3
Taped/Transferred by:  Lance Stack

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

Setlist:
1. Six Shooter
2. Here We Come, We’re Coming To Get You
3. Bloody Hammer
4. I Want You To Die
5. Fuck Ya, I’m Free
6. Auto Pilot *
7. Ode To Clarissa *
8. Four Corners *
9. Another Love Song *
10. I Never Sleep
11. Demonica
12. Jr. High Love
13. So High, So Low
14. Day I Die
15. “It Doesn’t Matter”
16. Detroit
17. unknown (cuts)

Notes:
* = w/ Mark Lanegan on vocals

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.