My final post from Surfacing #9!

Night of Joy
6.26.2010
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012 cardiods > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Concrete Jungle
2. Take Me To Your Dealer
3. Put Your Sunglasses On
4. Cool Runnings
5. Dead Road
6. Vein Popper Brain Ripper
7. Doo Wop (Dude Swap) Sunday Night

Full lineup for Surfacing #9:
Porlolo, Girls Walk By, Zayante Spoils, New Allante!, Night of Joy, Marara Air

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

I’d honestly never heard of Bob Log III prior to this Larimer (sans) BBQ show, and was completely floored by the energy one man could muster out of an early Sunday-evening crowd.  While I still prefer the songwriting of other contemporaries such as Scott H. Biram or William Elliott Whitmore, Bob bests them all in stage antics, crowd interaction, and debauchery.

Bob Log III
8.08.2010
Larimer Lounge, 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. Bang Your Thing at the Ball
2. Bump Pow!
3. Mr. Sis Boom Bah
4. Wigglin’ Room
5. Shinkansen The!
6. Manipulate Your Figments
7. Bucktooth Photo
8. Bubble Strut
9. unknown
10. banter
11. Boob Scotch
12. banter
13. I Want Your Shit On My Leg

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

San Francisco’s Eux Autres concluded their three-week tour across the country last week at the Larimer Lounge.  Hot Congress conducted a great interview with the band prior to their arrival in Denver.

Eux Autres
8.26.2010
Larimer Lounge, 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. Ecoutez Bien
2. Queen Turner
3. Molly
4. Go Dancing
5. When I’m Up
6. You’re Alight
7. Under Rays
8. Other Girls
9. The Things They Carried
10. Cover Rights

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

I highly recommend this one–an awesome late-night DIY show featuring California’s Peaking Lights!

Peaking Lights
8.06.2010
Further Shoppe, 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.

Speakeasy Tiger appear to have fractured for the second time this year, but here’s a throwback to the old days with Kyle Simmons fronting the group.  This was the Meadowlark show where rain destroyed much of the PA system, so most sound is in the right channel.  Constant rain also added a unique vibe of the evening, resulting in a show noteworthy enough to post despite the technical problems.

Speakeasy Tiger
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. I Was Born
2. Oil Rising
3. Awake
4. She Says
5. Death of You
6. Coma State Head
7. Not Something You Need
8. Up In Armor
9. Limbs

Evening’s Lineup:
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.

(Photo by Christopher Kuehl.)

It’s hard to get anyone out to the Hi-Dive at 8:30, so those in attendance for this set were mostly friends and family.  The sparse turnout didn’t impede Caleb Slade, who staged a stellar performance.  In fact, this intimate setting was a perfect complement to Caleb’s personal lyrics.

Caleb Slade
8.05.2010
Hi-Dive, 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 (unknown song titles noted in quotes):
1. (intro)
2. “Always on My Mind”
3. Given A Chance
4. “Come On”
5. “Shook and Stirred”
6. Andrew and Valentine
7. “Sure as Hell”
8. “Hurting You”
9. (Gavrilo Princip intro)
10. “Country and Blood”

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

Marara Air
6.26.2010
Meadowlark Bar, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012 cardiods > 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. Piper Rose intro
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4
5. Track #5
6. Track #6

Full lineup for Surfacing #9:
Porlolo, Girls Walk By, Zayante Spoils, New Allante!, Night of Joy, Marara Air

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

Hot on the heels of two well-received releases since December, Woodsman is already in the process of completing a follow-up!  The recording below, captured during a recent party at the band’s house, provides a preview of two songs slated to appear on the next album (Untitled Jam and Insects).

Enjoy these live tracks, and don’t forget to pick up Collages and The Mystery Tape to tide you over until Woodman’s next release.

Woodsman
8.07.2010
Woodsman’s Lodge, 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. Balance
2. Untitled New Jam
3. Beached
4. Insects

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

Headlining a sold-out 2010 Westword Showcase, Ghostland Observatory lived up to the hype!

Ghostland Observatory
6.19.2010
Main Stage, Westword Music Showcase, 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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Piano Man
3. Ghetto Magnet
4. Stranger Lover
5. Vibrate
6. Sad Sad City
7. Midnight Voyage
8. Move With Your Lover
9. Opening Credits > Heavy Heart
10. The Band Marches On
11. Darling Nikki
12. Silver City
13. Rich Man

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

Self-proclaimed “dog whistle fight inciter” Isaac Linder tests the patience of a late-night Megahouse crowd.  Considering all the drinking that had commenced, I’d say the performance went over better than expected!

Isaac Linder
7.31.2010
Megahouse, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060′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. Feedback #1
2. Tension
3. Feedback #2
4. Pegasus
5. Afterword

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