Over the weekend, Kilgore Books celebrated it’s second birthday (and the release of Blammo #6) complete with live music, cake, and champagne.  Bongo Fury kicked off the afternoon fun with a short, intimate set.

Bongo Fury
6.12.2010
Kilgore Books/Wax Trax, Denver, CO

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. Track #1
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4

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

(Photo via Westword’s blog.)

Yet another one from the Curious Theatre!

Astrophagus
6.13.2009
Westword Music Showcase
Curious Theatre, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Toslink > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Feast Day
3. Buena Vista Park
4. Pauper’s Ring
5. unknown
6. unknown
7. Squander It

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

The 2010 Westword Music Showcase is almost upon us, and in anticipation I’ve decided to sit down this rainy weekend and post a few sets from last years event.  Yesterday included a repost of The Fluid’s set, and this morning I just finished tracking out the Experimental Showcase.  Held at the Curious Theatre, some of Denver’s finest experimental musicians took the stage together in a performance closely fashioned after the “singer-songwriters in the round” format.  BDRMPPL, Married in Berdichev, Iuengliss, CacheFlowe, Pictureplane and Slight Harp all took the stage, trading the lead for each tune.

Experimental Showcase
6.13.2009
Westword Music Showcase
Curious Theatre, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Toslink > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #01
2. Track #02
3. Track #03
4. Track #04
5. Track #05
6. Track #06
7. Track #07
8. Track #08
9. Track #09
10. Track #10
11. Track #11

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

The Fluid
6.13.2009
Main Stage, Westword Music Showcase, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Multiband Compressor > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro/soundcheck
2. Is It Day?
3. Black Glove
4. unknown
5. Saccharine Rejection
6. Cold Outside
7. weather break
8. Big Brother
9. unknown
10. Fool’s Rule
11. unknown
12. Hooked
13. Human Mill
14. Our Love Will Still Be There
15. Candy
16. Goin’ Away

Notes:
Rain and hail persisted throughout the performance (which you can hear hitting the umbrella).
The show was stopped for a few minutes due to band members getting shocked.
Other miscellaneous sound problems during the first song.

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

I was a bit curious to see an organ on the stage last night when I walked into the Bad Weather California soundcheck last night.  Curiosity gave way to excitement when I discovered that Aaron Collins has joined the lineup!  Aaron’s organ fills are a perfect complement to the band’s older material.  The additional instrumentation allows Bad Weather California to tread new musical ground on fresh tunes like “About This Time” and (still untitled?) Latin and African jams.

BWC continue their three-night residency with Akron/Family tonight (+ Widowers and Candy Claws) and tomorrow (+ Woodsman and Snake Rattle Rattle Snake), so come down and check out the new lineup!

Bad Weather California
5.14.2010
Quixote’s True Blue, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 (0a/+6s) >  Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. I Don’t Know
3. About This Time
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. Love Will Be My Home
7. New Religion
8. I Wanna War
9. unknown
10. This is My Country Too
11. Punk Rock songs
12. Two Young Girls

A zipfile of mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available on dime.