This has to be one of the shortest PopFest sets ever.  With the actual music clocking it at 11 minutes, Andy From Denver barely had time to warm up before getting shuffled off the stage.  Still, it was a nice tease.

Andy From Denver
8.16.2008
Athens Popfest
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

Source: Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > M-Audio MicroTrack II > CF > Adobe Audition > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Nasty Dream
3. “Millionare”
4. Hanging On A Cloud

A zipfile of mp3s can be found here.
A zipfile of the FLACs can be found here.

Great Lakes
8.14.2008
Athens Popfest
The 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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

Setlist:
1. Precious and Reckless
2. Storming
3. Let Me Ride
4. unknown
5. No Trouble
6. unknown
7. banter/band intros
8. No More Conquistadors

(Here’s the link to a zipfile of the show.)
(Flacs are available on dime.)

(Photo courtesy of The Yellow Stereo.)

I’m getting ready to hit the road for a month or so, and decided to post a few more PopFest sets before I head out…  Dark Meat took the stage on Thursday evening, working the crowd into anticipation of the night’s final act, Roky Erickson.  Paying homage with their psyhedelic hero, the band concluded the set with a cover of Roky’s “Be and Bring Me Home”.

Dark Meat
8.14.2008
Athens Popfest
The 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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

Setlist:
1. soundcheck
2. No One Was There
3. Last of the Frontiersmen
4. New Eyes
5. Back in the Light
6. Three Eyes Open
7. Future Galaxies
8. banter/tuning
9. Be and Bring Me Home

(FLAC files are available via the LMA.)

Another Elf Power set for y’all…this time at Denver’s Hi-Dive on their way back east.

Elf Power
11.19.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtch Gefell M300's > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3] +
[SBD > Apogee Mini-Me > M-Audio Microtrack II] > WAV >
Mixing in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Owl Cut (White Flowers in the Sky)
2. Spiral Stairs
3. Quiver and Quake
4. Dream In Sound
5. Hole In My Shoe
6. The Demon’s Daughter
7. The New Mythology
8. Paralyzed
9. Fried Out >
10. The Everlasting Scream
11. Back To The Web
12. An Old Familiar Scene

A zipfile of the mp3s can be found here.
FLAC files are available here.

I was lucky enough to catch Vic Chesnutt with Elf Power down in Santa Fe on Wednesday, as they make their way west.  This tour is in support of their joint collaboration, Dark Developments, just released last week.

Elf Power opened the show with a set of their own music.  After a short break, Vic joined the band on stage to perform most of the Developments material, followed by a pair of moving tunes from earlier albums.  To close out the show, Vic returned to the stage and wowed the crowd with a solo rendition of “See You Around”, from 1996’s About to Choke.

Vic and Elf Power will be in Denver on 11/19 at the Hi-Dive, and I hope to see some of you there.  Until then, here are the Santa Fe performances to hold you over.

Vic Chesnutt (with Elf Power)
11.05.2008
Santa Fe Brewing Company, Santa Fe, NM

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

Setlist:
1. (intro)
2. Mystery
3. Little Fucker
4. And How
5. Teddy Bear
6. We Are Mean
7. (banter)
8. Stop the Horse
9. (tuning/banter)
10. Bilocating Dog
11. Phil the Fiddler
12. Old Hotel
13. Independence Day
(Encore)
14. (banter)
15. See You Around

Elf Power
11.05.2008
Santa Fe Brewing Company, Santa Fe, NM

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

Setlist:
1. Owl Cut (White Flowers in the Sky)
2. Spiral Stairs
3. Fried Out
4. unknown
5. The Arrow Flies Close
6. Dream in Sound
7. Hole In My Shoe
8. The New Mythology
9. Paralyzed
10. Quiver and Quake
11. An Old Familiar Scene
12. Nothing’s Going To Happen

Notes:
Various flaws and level changes in first Elf Power song, as I was still setting up gear.
The Vic set is ridden with wind noise (especially in the quiet parts), but is still quite listenable.

Here are zipfiles of both acts:
Elf Power
Vic Chesnutt with Elf Power

Denver’s own Dressy Bessy has been on the road for the last four weeks in support of their new album, “Holler and Stomp“.  They made it back into town last night, performing in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Bluebird Theater.  After a few days off, their tour will continue this week throughout the Midwest:

10/24 - Minneapolis, MN
10/25 - Northfield, MN
10/26 - Winona, MN
10/28 - Fargo, ND
10/29 - St. Paul, MN
10/30 - Menomonie, WI
10/31 - St. Louis, MO
11/01 - Kirksville, MO
11/02 - Chicago, IL
11/05 - Toledo, OH
11/06 - Columbus, OH
11/07 - Detroit, MI
11/08 - Lexington, KY

And now, here’s the recording of last night’s set!

Dressy Bessy
10.18.2008
The Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Stop Foolin’
3. Sindy Says
4. This May Hurt
5. Ease Me Down
6. Small
7. Simple Girlz
8. Baby Six String
9. Anytone Can See
10. The Things That You Say That You Do
11. Girl, You Shout!
12. Dressed The Part
13. Do You Whisper?
14. Ten Million Stars
15. Side 2
16. In Your Headphones
17. Obama rap
18. Automatic
19. Shoot, I Love You
20. Just Once More
21. Electrified
(Encore)
22. Better Luck
23. Extra-Ordinary

(A zipfile of the full show is available via megaupload.)

Here are a few more of the PopFest sets:

Elf Power
Circulatory System
Thee American Revolution

If anyone can help out on the Circulatory System setlist, let me know!

Elf Power
8.16.2008
Athens Popfest, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > M-Audio MicroTrack II > CF > Adobe Audition > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. The New Mythology
2. Paralyzed
3. Spiral Stairs
4. The Secret Ocean
5. An Old Familiar Scene
6. Back To The Web
7. Dream in Sound
8. The Arrow Flies Close
9. Everlasting Scream
10. Quiver and Quake
11. ?
12. The Separating Fault

(Zipfile of Elf Power mp3s via Megaupload.)

Circulatory System
8.16.2008
Athens Popfest, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > M-Audio MicroTrack II > CF > Adobe Audition > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Spinning Continuous
3. Solid Forms Dissolve
4. A Peek, Pt. 1
5. A Peek, Pt. 2
6. unknown (aborted)

(Zipfile of Circulatory Sytstem mp3s via Megaupload.)

Thee American Revolution
8.16.2008
Athens Popfest, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > M-Audio MicroTrack II > CF > Adobe Audition > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. soundcheck/jam (a.k.a. “Waiting for Bill”)
2. Electric Flame
3. Subscriptions to Magazines (a.k.a. Grit Magazine)
4. Blow My Mind
5. She’s Coming Down

(Zipfile of Thee American Revolution mp3s via Megaupload.)

Davey Wrathgaber has been on tour with The Visitations this month, and he stopped by Denver for a fun show with local favorites Fissure Mystic, The Pseudo Dates, and Mike Marchant at the Lion’s Lair.  This tour was supposed to be in support of their new CD, “The Conundrum Tree”, but the release date was pushed back to 10/14/08.  You can pre-order the album from Orange Twin, and check out this live show while you’re waiting for it to arrive!

The Visitations
9.05.2008
Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > M-Audio Microtrack 2 >
CF > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. Bony Maurine
2. The Conundrum Tree
3. Fresh Dog
4. There Was Sunshine
5. The Disappointing Pugilist
6. You Can Sing A Silly Song
7. The Brown Clown
8. Jonathan Asshole
9. Ms. Brown’s Robot
10. Television

(Here’s the full show as a single zipfile.)