Denver was lucky enough to have The Broken West kick off their tour this week at the Hi-Dive, in support of Centro-Matic.  Tuesday night’s performance just happened to align with the release of their sophomore effort, “Now or Heaven”, available through Merge Records.  Check out both the new album and this fine live performance, and then go catch them in person this month:

9/13 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
9/15 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
9/16 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
9/17 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
9/21 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
9/22 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
9/23 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
9/24 Washington, DC @ Rock n Roll Hotel
9/25 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
9/26 Mt Pleasant, SC @ Village Tavern
9/28 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
9/29 Memphis, TN @ HI Tone
9/30 Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silverleaf
10/1 Austin, TX @ Mohawk

The Broken West
9.09.2008
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. So It Goes
2. On The Bubble
3. Gwen, Now and Then
4. Auctioneer
5. You Can Build an Island
6. House of Lies
7. Ambuscade
8. Perfect Games
9. The Smartest Man Alive
10. Terror For Two
11. Brass Ring
12. Down in the Valley

(Full show as a zipfile via megaupload.)
(FLAC files are available on dime.)