Neonates
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. Over Fire
2. Transaction
3. Burst of Light
4. I’m In Line
5. Finger Foods
6. Nada
7. Place in Space
8. Gridlock
9. Tres

Here’s one of the most entertaining and humorous Hunter Dragon shows I’ve seen.   Five of his most recent releases are available via Bocumast Records.

Hunter Dragon
5.15.2011
The Oriental Theater, 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. Soaked to Death
3. Nope
4. Don’t Grind Your Teeth
5. Blood, Blood, Blood…
6. Set the Fire
7. unknown

(Photo by Sarah Slater.)

Dripfed
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. 500
2. Treaties in the Mist
3. unknown
4. Raft of the Medusa
5. Bleak Outlook

The French Chemists
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. Ask Me!
2. Fuckers with Tambourines
3. Motorcycle Boy
4. Me n’ Her
5. Green Hearts
6. Blitzkrieg Bop
7. Bewitched
8. Bikini Sauce

Perhaps best known from his involvement in The Czars, Andy Monley and his band the High Horses appeared at the Meadowlark a few weeks ago to close out Roger Green’s CD release party.  Andy will be having his own album release party at the Meadowlark on July 15th–hopefully you can make it out!

Andy Monley and the High Horses
5.19.2011
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. Song of Moss
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. All Hail
5. unknown
6. Buzzing Flies
7. unknown

Notes:
Last two songs of the set are missing.

(Photo credit: James Cromwell Holden III)

Hawks of Paradise
6.05.2009
Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Now available on archive.org

The Future of the Ghost
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. I Want To Put a Blessing in Your Heart
2. unknown #1
3. unknown #2
4. Freak Out
5. unknown #3
6. unknown #4
7. unknown #5

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

Gauntlet Hair just kicked off their tour with The Dodos last night at the Bluebird.  Enjoy this recording from last fall (also at the Bluebird), and go check them out if they are coming through your city:

06-02 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
06-04 Iowa City, IA – The Mill
06-05 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
06-06 Chicago, IL – Cabaret Metro
06-07 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
06-09 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
06-10 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
06-11 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
06-12 Washington, DC – 930 CLUB
06-14 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
06-15 Montreal, QC – La Tulipe
06-16 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theater

Gauntlet Hair
11.24.2010
Bluebird Theater, 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. Heave
2. unknown
3. All Eyes
4. Our Scenery
5. unknown
6. I Was Thinking…

Married In Berdichev
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. Funnel Clouds
3. I Need The Sun

This show was intended to be the A. Tom Collins vinyl release party, but flooding  along the Mississippi delayed shipment of the albums.  (Note:  the albums have finally arrived, so maybe we’ll get another release show soon!)

A. Tom Collins
5.14.2011
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. intro
2. unknown
3. Ants
4. Be My Baby
5. OH NO!
6. unknown
7. Vice Sins and Lovers
8. Pants Off Dance Off
9. There Goes the Sun
10. Pretty People

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.