For the last  2-3 years, Nick at Apes on Tape has been organizing a collaborative showcase at the Woodland Empire Brewery to coincide with Treefort Music Festival.  I’ve enjoyed the eclectic mix of artists he’s booked, including Bearcubbin’! who performed in 2014 and 2015.  If you make it up to Boise for Treefort next year, be sure to stop by the brewery–just one block from the main festival stage!

Bearcubbin’!
3.28.2015
Apes on Tape Showcase at Woodland Empire Brewery during Treefort Music Fest, Boise, ID

Source: Schoeps MK4’s > Vark KCY > Naiant Littlebox > Sony PCM-M10 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition CS6 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #01
2. Track #02
3. Track #03
4. Track #04
5. Track #05

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files are available upon request.

Like what you hear?  Please show your support for this artist by purchasing some official releases:

• Girls With Fun Remixes (Vol​.​1)  (2015) – [Digital]
• Girls with Fun Haircuts (2014) – [Digital]
• Live From the Bear Trap (2009) – [Digital]

Horse Feathers
3.21.2014
Record Exchange, Treefort Music Fest, Boise, ID

Source: Schoeps MK4’s > Vark KCY > Naiant Littlebox > Sony PCM-M10 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition CS6 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Belly Of June
3. Fit Against the Country
4. Old Media
5. Thousand
6. Small Melody
7. Curs in the Weeds
8. Cascades
9. Irene
10. Mother’s Sick
11. outro

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files are available upon request.

Like what you hear?  Please show your support for this artist by purchasing their latest release:

• So It Is With Us (2014) – [Digital | CD | Vinyl]

Tony Furtado Band
2.17.2012
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  MBHO KA200N’s [NOS] > Active Cables > MBHO MBP 603A > Marantz PMD661 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. Golden
2. False Hearted Lover’s Blues
3. Portlandia
4. band intros
5. Angels We Know
6. California Flood
7. Bawds of Euphony
8. Another Man
9. Stagger Lee
10. River Song
(Set II)
1. Bet on the Whitehorse
2. Rove Riley Rove
3. The Knave’s Bane
4. Can’t Lie Down
5. unknown
6. Toe the Line
7. Cypress Grove > Angeline the Baker > Cypress Grove
8. Bolinas
9. Oh Berta Berta
(Encore)
10. Down Greasy Creek *
11. Tyson’s Dream *

Notes:
* = Tony and Ty duet

Lineup:
Keith Brush – acoustic bass
Ty Burhoe – tabla
Tony Furtado – guitar, banjo
Russ Kleiner – drums
Luke Price – fiddle/electric guitar

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

Like what you hear?  Please show your support for this artist by purchasing some of their official releases:

• Golden (2011) – [CD]
• Deep Water (2009) – [CD]
• Thirteen (2007) – [CD]
• Bare Bones (2005) – [CD]
• These Chains (2004) – [CD]

Scott Kelly
12.03.2011
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″ > XLR] > 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:
1. The Field That Surrounds Me
2. Track #02
3. Figures
4. Track #04
5. Track #05
6. Track #06
7. We Let the Hell Come
8. The Ladder in My Blood
9. We Burn Through the Night

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent at COTapers.

Like what you hear?  Please show your support for this artist by purchasing some of his solo releases:

• Spirit Bound Flesh (2001) – [Neurot Recordings | iTunes]
• The Wake (2008) – [Neurot Recordings | iTunes]

Blitzen Trapper
10.16.2011
Bottletree, Birmingham, AL

Source:  MBHO KA-200N’s > Active Cables > MBHO MBP 603A > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Might Find It Cheap
3. Sleepytime in the Western World
4. Astronaut
5. Wild Mountain Nation
6. Love the Way You Walk Away
7. God & Suicide
8. American Goldwing
9. Furr
10. Taking It Easy Too Long
11. Big Black Bird
12. Your Crying Eyes
13. Miss Spiritual Tramp
14. Evening Star
15. Black River Killer
16. My Hometown
17. Silver Moon
18. The Man Who Would Speak True
19. Girl in a Coat
20. Destroyer of the Void
21. Street Fighting Sun
22. Love and Hate
23. Fletcher
(Encore)
24. Lady on the Water
25. Good Ol’ Boys
26. Good Times Bad Times

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

The Parson Red Heads
6.07.2011
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. When You Love Somebody
2. Hazy Dream
3. Time is Running Out
4. Seven Years Ago
5. Days of My Youth
6. Punctual As Usual
7. Kids Hanging Out
8. I Miss Your Smile
9. Burning Up the Sky

Alela Diane & Wild Divine
6.07.2011
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. intro
2. Elijah
3. Long Way Down
4. Dry Grass and Shadows
5. Of Many Colors
6. Desire
7. White Horse
8. The Wind
9. The Rifle
10. Suzanne
11. To Begin
12. Every Path

FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

The Builders and the Butchers
7.21.2009
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. Devil Town
2. Bottom of the Lake
3. Family Tree
4. In the Branches >
5. The Coal Mine Fall
6. Short Way Home
7. Golden and Green
8. The Rain
9. Black Elevator >
10. Black Dresses
11. Vampire Lake
12. Slowed Down Trip to Hell
13. Bringin’ Home the Rain
14. Find Me in the Air *

Notes:
* = completely unplugged

Laura Gibson and Sean Ogilvie
1.16.2011
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. Spirited
2. Where Have All Your Good Words Gone
3. Come By Storm
4. Skin Warming Skin
5. Track #05
6. banter/joke telling
7. Track #07
8. Track #08
9. Hands In Pockets
10. Track #10
11. banter/Dazed and Confused tease
12. Le Grande
13. Track #13

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.

Caldera Lakes
7.10.2010
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. Track #01
2. Track #02
3. Track #03
4. Track #04

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.

(Photo by Robertsen Ashman.)

Kelli Schaefer’s debut album Ghost of the Beast arrived in the mail yesterday.  While giving the record a first listen, I’m posting her Denver set from November.

The limited-edition vinyl release can be purchased directly from Amigo/Amiga, but I’m sure you can pick it up in-person at Moe’s Original BBQ this Friday, where Kelli will be opening for The Head & the Heart.

Kelli Schaefer
11.03.2010
Larimer Lounge, 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. Better Idea
2. City Morgue
3. Black Dog
4. Ghost of the Beast
5. Sister K
6. Gone in Love
7. Eyes in the Back of My Head

Here’s a blistering set from Portland’s Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives, who played their first Denver show at the Larimer this week.  A special thanks goes out to Heather for bringing them to town!

Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives
11.03.2010
Larimer Lounge, 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. I Want You To Come Home Now *
2. Company
3. Bootstraps
4. Colder By The Minute
5. Friendly Fire
6. Spider
7. Premonition
8. Blister
9. It All Comes Right **

Notes:
* = performed completely unplugged at the front of the stage
** = with Kelli Schaefer on vocals

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

Portland’s Blue Giant made their first Denver appearance last week at the Hi-Dive in support of Bobby Bare, Jr.  After performing their own set of indie country/folk, they took the stage a second time as Bobby’s supporting band.   Blue Giant’s eponymous debut, released in July, is available for purchase from Amazon.

Blue Giant
9.15.2010
Hi-Dive, 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. Go On
2. Wesley
3. The Game
4. Target Heart
5. The Void Above the Sky
6. Lonely Girl
7. Wasn’t Born To Follow
8. Run Rabbit Run
9. Blue Sunshine
10. Clean The Clock

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.