I was fortunate enough to make it out to California for Casiotone for the Painfully Alone’s farewell weekend, and was treated to three nights of The Donkeys as a perfect bonus!  In addition to backing Owen, The Donkeys opened each night with their own set.  Here’s the first of the three nights–keep your eye out over the next few days for the other two.

The Donkeys
12.03.2010
Soda Bar, San Diego, CA

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Nice Train
3. Bloodhound
4. Come On Virginia
5. Boot on the Seat
6. I’ll Explode *
7. Born With Stripes
8. New Blue Stockings
9. Refrigerator
10. No Need For Oxygen
11. East Coast Raga *

Notes:
* = first time played
Supporting Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.

Here’s Galactic’s opening set from the previously posted Live and Counting Crows shows.  Galactic played several dates during the first leg of this tour.

Galactic
7.28.2000
Sandstone Ampitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS

Source:  Core Sound Cardiods > Aiwa AM-F70 MD > MD Master > Sony MDS-JE510 > TOSLINK > Hosa ODL-276 > coax > Edirol R-44 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro by Adam Duritz
2. Blackeyed Pea
3. Daktari
4. Bobski 2000 ->
5. Vilified
6. Century City
7. Thrill

Notes:
Opening for Live and Counting Crows.

One of my favorite songwriters, David Dondero, will be coming back to the Hi-Dive in Denver on April 6th.  Here’s last year’s Denver performance.  David has released two albums in the past year, both worth checking out: # Zero with a Bullet and A Pre-existing Condition.

David Dondero
11.20.2010
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Night Life
3. In Love With the Living and the Dead
4. They’re Building the New Berlin Wall
5. Not Everybody Loves Your Doggie Like You Do
6. The Stars are My Chandelier
7. Freight Train
8. Less Than the Air
9. The Boxer
10. Just a Baby in Your Momma’s Eyes
11. Little Bit of Rain
12. Ashes on the Highway
13. Rothko Chapel
14. story about J.C.
15. Job Boss
16. The Real Tina Turner
17. Laying Low in Eli, Nevada
18. Song for the Civil Engineer

Part of the California weekend bash with The Donkeys, here is the second-to-last Casiotone for the Painfully Alone show ever!  My audience recording was unusable, but thankfully the board feed was decent.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
12.04.2010
The Partisan, Merced, CA

Source:  SBD > 1/4″ > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Owen Solo)
1. Harsh the Herald Angels Sing
2. Roberta C
3. White Corolla
4. White on White
5. Man o’ War
6. I Love Creedence
7. Traveling Salesman’s Young Wife Home Alone on Christmas in Montpelier, VT
(Owen with The Donkeys)
8. New Year’s Kiss
9. Natural Light
10. Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When the Saints Go Marching In)
11. Tom Justice, The Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware in Libertyville, IL
12. You Were Alone
13. Northfield, MN
14. Jeane If You’re Ever in Portland
15. Tonight Was a Disaster
16. It Wasn’t the Same Somehow
17. Bobby Malone Moves Home
18. Jeane
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

One year after his last Swallow Hill performance, Tony Furtado returned to this great venue in support of his 2011 album, Golden, available now from Funzalo Records or iTunes.  As usual, Tony appeared with an all-star lineup, including long-time collaborator Eric Thorin (of many front range bands), Tyler Grant (Drew Emmitt Band), and Jim Christie (who you may have seen with Dwight Yoakam or Lucinda Williams).

Tony Furtado and Friends
3.11.2011
Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > RCA] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. Bolinas
2. Golden (Broken)
3. Hurtin’ in My Right Side
4. Angels We Know
5. Portlandia
6. Thirteen Below *
7. Runnin’ Down a Dream
8. The Willows Cry
9. Oh Berta, Berta *
(Set II)
10. False Hearted Lover
11. Need
12. The Bawds of Euphony
13. Standing in the Rain
14. Stagger Lee *
15. River Song *
16. St. John’s Fire
17. (tech problems)
18. Toe the Line
(Encore)
19. I Ain’t Got No Home **

Lineup:
Tony Furtado – vocals, guitar, banjo
Tyler Grant – guitar
Eric Thorin – bass
Jim Christie – drums

Notes:
* = with Pete Kartsounes
** = unplugged

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

A show needing no intro, this was this half-way point in The Elephant 6 Orchestra’s extensive Holiday Surprise tour!

The Elephant Six Orchestra’s Holiday Surprise
3.12.2011
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (w/ SBD for Sets 2-3) > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 >
SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. When Father Was Away On Business [1]
2. The Separating Fault [2]
3. Yesterday’s World [3]
4. Green Typewriters: Wake Up! [4]
5. Majesty [5]
6. Life Form (Transmission Received) [1]
7. I Have Been Floated [4]
8. Spiral Stairs [2]
9. banter/tuning
10. “Nothing But Love” [6]
11. “Dirty Little Birdy” [6]
12. Mechanised Organ Playing Tower [5]
13. “The Code”
14. Spare the Dark Streets [5]
15. My Honor [7]
16. As Time Passed [7]
(Set II)
17. “The Snowman Game”
18. Like a Rolling Stone [8]
19. They Broke the Speed of Light [9]
20. Rabbit’s Ear [9]
21. Hideaway [4]
22. Hide in the Light [10]
23. Sail Beyond the Sunset [10]
24. John solo
25. Holiday Surprise 1, 2, 3 [4]
26. Define a Transparent Dream [4]
27. To All Who Say Goodnight [5]
28. Nothing For Sunday [11]
29. Days Remain [11]
30. Can You Come Down With Us? [4]
31. Out Of The Water [12]
32. Party With Me Punker [13]
(Set III)
33. An Old Familiar Scene [2]
34. Candy For Everyone [9]
35. Lucky Girl [7]
36. White Sky [7]
37. Yellow Kid [14]
38. The Opera House [4]
39. Enlightenment [15]

Key:
[1] – Major Organ and the Adding Machine
[2] – Elf Power
[3] – Circulatory System
[4] – The Olivia Tremor Control
[5] – The Music Tapes
[6] – Dressy Bessy
[7] – The Gerbils
[8] – Bob Dylan
[9] – The Late B.P. Helium
[10] – The Sunshine Fix
[11] – Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t
[12] – M Coast
[13] – Minutemen
[14] – Royal Trux
[15] – Sun Ra

Lineup:
Derek Almstead, Laura Carter, Robbie Cucchiaro, Bill Doss, Tammy Ealom,
Pete Erchick, John Fernandes, Rob Greene, Will Hart, Dan Korn, Julian Koster,
Bryan Poole, Andrew Rieger, Scott Spillane

Notes:
Occasional distortion on vocal and drums mics.
Tracks 10-11 omitted pending an official release.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

Three weeks after the release of Cape Dory, Tennis made a short stop in Denver for a hometown show.

Tennis
2.10.2011
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Seafarer
2. Cape Dory
3. Robin
4. Take Me Somewhere
5. Pigeon
6. Long Boat Pass
7. Marathon
8. Baltimore
9. New Year
10. Bimini Bay
11. South Carolina
12. Hard Times
13. Waterbirds

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

Woodsman’s album release party for Rare Forms:  get the album now from Fire Talk or Lefse!

Woodsman
2.11.2011
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Insects
2. Dead Awake
3. No Dialougue
4. When the Morning Comes
5. Balance
6. Burial Ground
7. Inside/Outside
8. Serfer
9. Beached

Notes:
CD Release show for “Rare Forms”.
Vitamins, Speculator, and Milton Melvin Croissant III opened the show.

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

Here’s a recording from Nathaniel Rateliff’s renowned Leonard Cohen residency at Lost Lake.  The first set mostly covers the Songs of Love and Hate album, and the second set draws heavily from Live Songs.

Nathaniel Rateliff
10.21.2010
Lost Lake Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 + DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. Avalanche
2. Last Year’s Man
3. Dress Rehearsal Rag
4. Diamonds in the Mine
5. Love Calls You by Your Name
6. Famous Blue Raincoat
7. The Partisan
8. Iodine
(Set II)
1. Minute Prologue
2. Passing Through
3. You Know Who I Am
4. Bird on the Wire
5. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
6. Story of Isaac
7. Tonight Will Be Fine
8. Lady Midnight (aborted)
9. Take This Longing
10. Who By Fire
11. I Tried to Leave You
12. The Stranger Song

Here’s the second night of Fol Chen’s tour with The Apples in stereo.  (Again, you can purchase the bands releases from Asthmatic Kitty Records.)

Fol Chen
10.23.2010
Armstrong Hall at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’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. intro
2. C\U
3. Winter, That’s All
4. They Came to Me
5. In Ruins
6. Red Skies Over Garden City (The Ballad Of Donna Donna)
7. No Wedding Cake
8. Men, Beasts or Houses
9. The Idiot
10. Cable TV
11. The Holograms

Here’s the first show of Fol Chen’s fall 2010 tour with The Apples in stereo.  The LA group has several releases available from Asthmatic Kitty.

Fol Chen
10.22.2010
Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’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. intro
2. C\U
3. Winter, That’s All
4. They Came to Me
5. In Ruins
6. Red Skies Over Garden City (The Ballad Of Donna Donna)
7. No Wedding Cake
8. Men, Beasts or Houses
9. The Idiot
10. Cable TV
11. Under Pressure
12. The Holograms

Here’s the Elf Power show from Halloween weekend.  Catch most (if not all) of the band’s members at the Larimer this Saturday, as they come through with the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour.

Elf Power
10.30.2010
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’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. Like a Cannonball
2. The Well
3. Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs
4. The Taking Under
5. Owl Cut (White Flowers in the Sky)
6. Spiral Stairs
7. Goldmine in the Sun
8. Grand Intrusion Call
9. When the Red King Comes
10. Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home
11. I Walked with a Zombie
12. An Old Familiar Scene
13. Tiny Insects
14. Drug Store
15. Everlasting Scream

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

It was quiet and dreary in Denver last night, but Silje Nes rejuvenated the faithful who made it down to the Hi-Dive.  Her last album, Opticks, is available directly from FatCat Records or via Amazon.

Silje Nes
3.06.2011
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Dizzy Street
2. Branches
3. The Glass Harp
4. Crystals
5. (new song)
6. Hello Luminance
7. Symmetry of Empty Space
8. Drown
9. Ruby Red

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s one of 2010’s Tres Amigos shows, just in case you missed it when they circulated last year.

Roger Clyne, Johnny Hickman, and Jim Dalton
2.05.2010
Road 34, Ft. Collins, 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. Mexico
3. ¡Americano!
4. Hello New Day
5. Counterclockwise
6. Tell Yer Momma
7. Switchblade
8. Better Beautiful Than Perfect
9. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
10. Easy
11. City Girls
12. Leave an Open Door
13. Down Together
14. Leaky Little Boat
15. Fonder and Blonder
16. Lemons *
17. Mañana *
18. Preacher’s Daughter
19. Sleep Like a Baby
20. Mekong
(Roger and Jim)
21. Jack v. Jose
22. Banditos
23. Contraband
24. I Do
(The Three Amigos)
25. The Great Decline
26. Don’t Fear the Reaper (tease)
27. I-70 Westbound
28. Listen to the Music
29. Sweet Caroline
(Encore)
30. American Girl
31. Green and Dumb

Notes:
* = w/ Jason Boots on trumpet

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

The Love Language played Denver a few weeks ago, drawing a surprisingly large crowd for a Wednesday night.  Their 2010 release, Libraries, is available directly from Merge Records.  (Note: the label is currently offering free shipping on all U.S. orders, so stock up!)

The Love Language
2.16.2011
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Blue Angel
2. Lalita
3. Providence
4. Heart to Tell
5. Nocturne
6. Manteo
7. Sparxxx
8. Anthophobia
9. Brittany’s Back
10. This Room
11. This Blood Is Our Own
12. untitled
(Encore)
13. Two Rabbits
14. Horophones

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.