(Photo from PopFest soundcheck.)

The members of Apples in Stereo converged on Athens last Friday for a headlining slot at PopFest, treating fans to material from their entire catalog.  The band will return to the road this fall supporting Travellers in Space and Time, and are slated to conclude the tour with stops in Colorado Springs and Denver.

10-22 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
10-23 Colorado Springs, CO – Armstrong Hall
10-24 Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
10-25 Boise, ID – Neurolux
10-26 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
10-27 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
10-28 Arcata, CA – The Depot
10-30 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
10-31 San Jose, CA – The Blank Club
11-01 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
11-02 San Diego, CA – Casbah
11-03 Tucson, AZ – Plush
11-06 Austin, TX – TBA
11-07 Houston, TX – Walter’s on Washington
11-08 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater

The Apples in Stereo
8.13.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. intro
2. Hey Elevator
3. Dignified Dignitary
4. Go
5. Submarine Dream (tease)
6. Energy
7. Dance Floor
8. Sun is Out
9. Told You Once
10. The Rainbow
11. No One in the World
12. Next Year About the Same Time
13. Can You Feel It?
14. Please
15. Same Old Drag
16. Tidal Wave
(Encore)
17. Strawberryfire
18. Ruby

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

(Photo taken by Max Blau for War on Pop and Creative Loafing.)

Economically traveling as a three-piece (see show intro), Bunnygrunt played to an always-enthusiastic Athens crowd.  Closing out the set with a Red Pony Clock cover, the band invited a host of PopFest friends onstage (Chris, Keenan, Jason, Leia, Tom, and Jonathan) to sing along!

Bunnygrunt
8.14.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. intro
2. Just Like Ol’ Times
3. Young Abe Lincoln
4. Frankie Is A Killer
5. S. Kingshighway Bubblegum Factory
6. Don’t Turn Down the High
7. The Limits of Southern Hopitality
8. Midnight Rose
9. Let It Out
10. You Get What You Get
11. 1000% Not Creepy
12. Don’t Forget Who Your Friends Are

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

Thirty years after their original 40 Watt show, Mission of Burma returned to close out the final night of Athens PopFest with a set of songs that celebrated their entire catalog.

Mission of Burma
8.14.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. Donna Sumeria
2. (banter and mic repairs)
3. The Setup
4. 1, 2, 3, Partyy!
5. Good Cheer
6. Mica
7. This Is Not A Photograph
8. Einstein’s Day
9. Hi-Fi
10. Eyes Of Men
11. 1001 Pleasant Dreams
12. That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate
13. 2wice
14. Let Yourself Go
15. Spider’s Web
16. Dirt
(Encore I)
17. Red
18. Max Ernst
19. Academy Fight Song
(Encore II)
20. Secrets
21. The Ballad Of Johnny Burma
22. That’s When I Reach For My Revolver

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

Black Mold Lightning
1.02.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #01
2. Track #02
3. Track #03
4. Track #04

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

This show celebrated the album release of Nana Grizol‘s sophomore effort, Ruth.

Nana Grizol
1.02.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Circles ‘Round the Moon
2. Blackbox
3. Cynicism
4. Galaxies
5. Gave On
6. For Things That Haven’t Come Yet
7. Tamborine-N-Thyme
8. Tiny Rainbows
9. Everything You Ever Hoped Or Worked For
10. Voices Echo Down Thee Halls
11. From Here
12. Motion in the Ocean
13. Sands
14. Arthur Hall
15. The Idea That Everything Could Possibly Ever Be Said
(Encore)
16. Atoms
17. Grady and Dubose
18. Less Than The Air

FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo taken by Daniella Maria.)

Some great bands have come out of Murfreesboro in recent years.  Among my favorites is Velcro Stars, who’s album I was turned onto when stopping at Grand Palace Records (en route to Bonnaroo).  Here’s their set from this year’s PopFest.

Velcro Stars
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 > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. Lush With a Crush
5. Cascade

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

Notes:
Level adjustments 45-50 seconds into first track.

Purchase the Album:
2007 – Hiroshima’s Revengs (from Grand Palace | from the band’s website)

(Photo courtesy of Cable & Tweed.)

This is another one of those super-short sets from the Saturday night run:  a taste of Peter Erchick’s Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t.

Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t
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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. unknown

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

The Pipe’s discography can be purchased via PayPal.

Here are a few more from PopFest, starting out with the Big Fresh set on Saturday night.

Big Fresh
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

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Entertainment
3. Large Crowds
4. Joybomb #1 > Joybomb #2
5. unknown
6. Losing Friends to War
7. unknown
8. unknown
9. WLUV

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