Diane Cluck
7.11.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’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. unknown
2. Maybe a Bird
3. unknown
4. Mutant Greyskulls Over Mind
5. unknown
6. unknown
7. untitled > Why Feel Alone
8. How Long

Notes:
The hums/click from the video projector (positioned inches from my mics) nearly ruined this recording.  I’ve cleaned it up the best I could.

At their first show since January, The Railbenders packed Welton Street during the third annual Denver Day of Rock.  If you’re interested in a short roadtrip, the band has another show this weekend at the Little Bear.

Railbenders
5.28.2011
Denver Day of Rock, 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Drivin’ Back to Denver
3. I Drive A Truck
4. One Foot in the Grave
5. Black Chrome Horse
6. It’s Time To Party
7. Like A Wheel
8. Payphone
9. I-70 Westbound
10. Country Song
11. Southbound
12. Black Rose
13. Drive Away
14. Minus One
15. Drinkin’ Buddies
16. Whiskey Rain

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

Gin Blossoms
5.29.2011
The Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Found Out About You
2. Somewhere Tonight
3. Fool For the Taking
4. Allison Road
5. Miss Disarray
6. Go Crybaby
7. Until I Fall Away
8. Dead or Alive on the 405
9. I’m Ready
10. 29
11. Long Time Gone
12. Lost Horizons
13. Learning the Hard Way
14. Wave Bye Bye
15. Til I Hear It from You
16. Follow You Down
(Encore)
17. banter
18. Hey Jealousy
19. Think I’m in Love
20. Pieces of the Night

Notes:
The band started playing without warning with the stage curtain still closed,  catching me off-guard for the first few seconds.

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

Roger Green’s new album, Harder To Tell, will definitely be in the running for my favorite release of 2011.  Get the CD from Twist and Shout or digitally on iTunes, and then check out the album release show held at the Meadowlark a few weeks ago.

Roger Green
5.14.2011
Meadowlark Bar, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s (12′ split) > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Stereo Field Rotate in Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Words
3. Alexandria
4. Russian Kings
5. I-80
6. Another Year
7. Heroes Marching
8. Harder To Tell
9. Cards
10. Amelia
11. John Lennon
12. Hearing Into Clouds
13. unknown

(Photo by Scott Russell.)

The Dendrites
5.13.2011
The Mercury Cafe, 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. Armed and Opposed
2. Turkey Shoot
3. Sebsi
4. 90 Days
5. When Was Wednesday?
6. Sol Songo
7. Lament for Melitta
8. Swing Easy *
9. Flight School
10. Tahitian Noni Juice

Notes:
* = dedicated to Lloyd Knibb, with Pink Hawks

Lineup included Pink Hawks (Shima album release), Bad Weather California, El SinFin, and The Future of the Ghost.

Mike Neff is rarely in Denver these days, but he always manages to squeeze in a show or two while in town.  This particular El Sinfín show was an opening set for Pink Hawks, who were celebrating the release of Shima.  El Sinfín’s own self-titled album (recorded by Neff while down in Chiapas, Mexico) can be obtained via bandcamp.

El Sinfín
5.13.2011
The Mercury Cafe, 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/soundcheck
2. Wayfaring Stranger
3. Royal & Desire
4. Little Black Dog
5. Ain’t Nobodies’ Dirty Business
6. Pocatello
7. Down by the Riverside
8. Buy Low, Sell High
9. unknown
10. St. Peter’s Barroom
11. St. James Infirmary

The Tanukis
7.11.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’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. soundcheck/intro
2. Eulogy for a Hummingbird
3. Dervish
4. Cletus the Giant
5. Shapes
6. unknown
7. Moving
8. unknown

Bad Weather California played yesterday at another great in-store hosted by Twist and Shout.  The show was in celebration of their limited edition vinyl release, Demos & Live Takes for the Fans.

Bad Weather California
5.24.2011
Twist and Shout Records, 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. unknown *
3. I’ll Reach Out My Hand
4. Stand In My Sunshine *
5. Ladybugs’ Picnic
6. If You Can Dance
7. unknown *

Notes:
* = with Andy Wild on tenor sax

Single Malt Band
8.04.2001
Nedfest, Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park, Nederland, CO

Source:  SBD > Sony D8 > DAT Master > Sony D8 > S/PDIF >  Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 16/44.1 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Homeless Hero
2. Things Should Be Right
3. unknown
4. New John Henry
5. No Buts, No Maybes
6. Irish reels
7. Lovely Molly

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

Astral Glamour
7.11.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’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. unknown
3. Doo’s intro *
4. Improv *

Note:
* = with Doo Crowder

Another unique show from Pollination Population.  Denver’s gonna miss you, Kate!

Pollination Population
12.10.2010
Rhinoceropolis, 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. 6th Month Anti-Sulk
2. Twin Projection
3. Goddess of Drought

Notes:
Pollination Populatin/Helen Keller split tape release party.

Here’s a Fishboy set from ’09, in a stellar lineup which included Iji, Red Pony Clock and more.  The band just released a new LP, available through Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records.

Fishboy
8.21.2009
The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. stretch time
2. Cheer Up Great Pumpkin!
3. Gabe Saucedo Hates My Guts
4. Bricks Part 1
5. Iji story
6. “Flash Flood” (title unknown)
7. Parachute (Using The Ghost Of Buddy Holly As A)
8. Blackout / Flashback
9. A Surprise Return
10. Vespas In Texas
11. Half Time At The Proper Name Spelling Bee

(Photo by Rett Rogers.)

Pink Hawks organized quite a lineup for their Shima album release party, inviting four other acts to share the Mercury Cafe stage:  Bad Weather California, The Dendrites,  El SinFin, and The Future of the Ghost.  The Pink Hawks performance featured a complete run-through of the new album, which is a highly addicting hours worth of afrobeat jazz.  I’m not sure if the CD is available at local records shops yet, but a digital version can be purchased via bandcamp.

Pink Hawks
5.13.2011
The Mercury Cafe, 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. Everything Is Poetry
2. Addicted To Pain
3. Misery Comes In Threes
4. My Eyes Fail
5. Separate The Corporation & State

FLAC files are available via BitTorrent at COtapers.

Akron/Family
7.31.2009
The Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Channel Mix in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Meek Warrior >
2. River >
3. The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen
4. Gravelly Mountains of the Moon >
5. Jam >
6. Lake Song / New Ceremonial Music For Mothers >
7. Ed Is A Portal >
8. Everyone Is Guilty
9. MBF >
10. Woody Guthrie’s America
11. I Know You Rider

Notes:
Members of Bad Weather California and Pee-Pee joined Akron/Family throughout the show.

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

Lady Parts
7.11.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’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. The Key to the Heart of Icarus
3. Spacebaby
4. Swampy Marshes and Things Otherwise Unknown
5. Robot
6. Mended
7. Allspark
8. outro

Notes:
The set included Esther Hernandez on saw.