Here’s the first of two EAOD shows from the UMS.  In case you haven’t heard, the band is calling it quits.  Plans for one final farewell (along with a final 4-song EP) are in the works for this fall.

Everything Absent or Distorted
7.23.2009
Denver Post Underground Music Showcase
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > RCA > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. (new song)
3. Japanese War Tuba
4. A Form to Accomodate the Mess
5. (banter)
6. (new song)
7. Beehive
8. Gospel of Slight Rust

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

Julie (aka Bela Karoli) and Joseph Pope III made an intimate coffee/wine bar appearance just prior to a full band show over at the Hi-Dive.

Julie Davis and Joseph Pope III (Bela Karoli)
7.24.2009
Denver Post Underground Music Showcase
Michelangelo’s Coffee, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [SBD > 1/4″] + [Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules) > Lunatec V3] > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Reample to 16/44.1 > 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

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

Widowers returned to the stage on night #1 of the UMS after a long hiatus.  While no new material was showcased, the performance was great, with the audience enjoying every minute of their short set.

Widowers
7.23.2009
Denver Post Underground Music Showcase
3 Kings Tavern, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules) > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Wish You Were Higher
2. untitled
3. Pistol
4. Space Never Strays
5. Not Afraid

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

Sorry for the large gap between posts, but I’ve been busy and/or on the road for the last few weeks, which has left little time for prepping any shows.  This doesn’t mean that I haven’t been taping any shows, so expect a flood of recordings to be posted in the near future.  Now, on to the music…

This is a set from Denver’s Vitamins from the first stop on a two-week tour in support of Songs for Stem Cells, a new EP that was released at the Meadowlark on July 4th.  Look for the EP to be stocked in local stores when the band returns to CO.  Better yet, if you live in the northwest, catch one of Vitamins’ remaining dates:

7/11 – Mississippi Pizza, Portland, OR  (w/ Patrick Porter and Doo Crowder)
7/12 – Northern Art Space, Olympia, WA  (w/ Shenandoah Davis and Christopher Francis)
7/13 – The Comet, Seattle, WA  (w/ GOD, Electric Tape, Doo Crowder)
7/15 – Empyrean Coffee House, Spokane, WA
7/16 – Terrapin Station, Boise, ID
7/17 – TBD, Salt Lake City, UT
7/18 – Road 34, Ft. Collins, CO  (w/ Stella Luce)

Vitamins
7.06.2009
Burt’s Tiki Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT

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

Setlist:
1. Big Bang
2. Sequined Dress
3. Dark Matter
4. A Fear of Rattles
5. Big Tears
6. Annual Bi-Centennial
7. One Bloody Foot

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

(Photo by Kenton Larson!)

Hot IQs closed the book on their career to a packed house at the Bluebird Theater this weekend with one of the best shows I’ve seen them play.  This is one band that will be greatly missed in the Denver Scene.  Tim has a great review of the show up at Something Like Sound, which includes a few more of Kenton’s photos.  If you still can’t get enough after listening to their farewell show, a solo Eli Mishkin set is still available here.

Hot IQs
6.19.2009
The Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. (Sid Pink intro)
2. Web In Front
3. Hot IQs
4. Houndstooth (Release the Hounds)
5. Have Nots Have Knots
6. (Another Song About) Pretty Girls
7. Retromuff
8. Getting Old
9. Twos and Threes
10. unknown
11. The Mascot Is Winning
12. unknown
13. Elephant In White
14. unknown
15.  I Think I Need A New Heart
(Encore)
16. (banter)
17. Nightstand
18. Firecracker
19. (band thanks)
20. Duck And Cover

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

Purchase the Hot IQs Discography:
2007 – Dangling Modifier (Band Website | iTunes)
2004 – The Argument Between the Brain and Feet (Band Website)