Last night’s Nirvana Tribute was more fun than any of us could have imagined.  A Dualistics‘ performance of In Utero was spot on, transporting the entire crowd back to 1993.    Other friends invited to play were judiciously re-interpretting their own Nirvana favorites throughout the evening.  Creative highlights include Negative Creep as a blues jam, Come as You Are on casio, and a latin-flavored version of Drain You.

Nirvana Tribute Show
4.03.2009
Hi-Dive, 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:
(Jen Korte and Jim Ruberto)
1. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
2. You Know You’re Right

(Mike Marchant and Maria Kohler)
3. Negative Creep
4. Big Cheese

(Dan Craig)
5. Been a Son
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit

(John Common and Jess De Nicola)
7. Come as You Are
8. In Bloom

(Achille Lauro)
9. Drain You

(Hello Kavita)
10. Lithium
11. Polly

(The Wheel)
12. Sliver
13. Something in the Way

(Dualistics)
14. Serve the Servants
15. Scentless Apprentice
16. Heart Shaped Box
17. Rape Me
18. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
19. Dumb
20. Very Ape
21. Milk It
22. Pennyroyal Tea
23. Radio-Friendly Unit-Shifter
24. Tourette’s
25. All Apologies

Zipfiles of the mp3s are available here:  Part 1 and Part 2.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent at cotapers.org.

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

Denver’s folk conglomerate Pee Pee did a great job of filling up the Oriental’s stage and with their opening set for Akron/Family and Young Coyotes a few weeks ago.  The improved lighting/effects in the venue (intelligent lights, neon backdrops, smoke machines) complimented the band’s party-favor mood, as all 10+ members moved around the stage with a variety of instruments, including a 4′ rainstick!

Pee Pee
3.17.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > 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. unknown #1
2. unknown #2
3. Freakout Jam >
4. Pee-Pee Song
5. Love Needs A Quivering, Restless, Aching Fire to Lay Its Head On >
6. unknown #3
7. Jaroline
8. O, Little Boy

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

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

Denver’s Young Coyotes are prepared to land at several SXSW parties just after lunch today.  If you’re actually reading this, chances are you’re not down in Austin seeing them this afternoon,  but instead one of many wishing you were.  To lift your spirits (if only a little), here’s the next best thing…a Young Coyotes live set from this week’s St. Pat’s festivities at the Oriental Theater.

Young Coyotes
3.17.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro/soundcheck
2. Hell Is
3. Buried
4. When I Was In The Fire
5. Momentary Drowning
6. A Thousand Masks
7. Splitting Prisms
8. The Sun Continues to Reach Me
9. (new song)
10. In The Garden
11. In My House

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent over at dime.

(Photo by Marla Keown.)

Here’s another Achille Lauro set, part of an excellent night of music organized by the Hot Congress collective.

Achille Lauro
3.05.2009
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Under The Bridge (tease)
2. Cardboard Divas
3. (new song)
4. “Friend’s War”
5. Summertime
6. Cold Poetry
7. Buried Under Ice
8. Super Natural Beings
9. “No Brakes”

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

Fissure Mystic
3.05.2009
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Mr. Yoshi
2. unknown
3. (new song)
4. unknown
5. Breakthrough
6. unknown

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