Without her amazing stop-frame animations as a visual complement to this audio, you’re really missing out on the true Laura Goldhamer experience.  So do yourself a favor and head out to see the next show.

Laura Goldhamer and the Silvernail
1.08.2011
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. intro
2. Little Baby
3. Lion
4. “True Hearts” (new song)
5. One Day the River
6. Gently Now
7. Humpty Dumpty

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

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s Thursday night’s Roger Clyne solo show to keep you warm on this cold, snowy evening.

Roger Clyne (solo acoustic)
1.06.2011
Soiled Dove Underground, 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 Do
2. ¡Americano!
3. Hello New Day
4. Mexico
5. Counterclockwise
6. Feeling
7. My Best Friend’s Girl -> Easy
8. Buffalo
9. Ballad of Lupe Montosa
10. Switchblade
11. Better Beautiful than Perfect
12. City Girls
13. Tell Yer Momma
14. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
15. Leave an Open Door
16. Mekong
17. banter *
18. Banditos *
19. Wanted *
20. intermission *
21. Marie *
22. Beautiful Disaster *
(Encore)
23. Whiskey Rain %
24. Lonesome Johnny Blues %
25. Green and Dumb %

Notes:
* = with Jim Dalton
% = with Jim Dalton, Johnny Hickman and Jeremy Lawton
(Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.)
Thanks to Chip for the setlist help!

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

(Photo by Pat Rosenthal.)

Colorado’s Hickman-Dalton Gang, a collaboration between Johnny Hickman (Cracker) and Jim Dalton (Railbenders, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers), is in the studio this month working on a followup to their 2007 EP, creatively titled Volume #1.  ;)  The pair opened for Roger Clyne at the Soiled Dove Underground this week, and were joined by proficient multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Lawton (Big Head Todd and the Monsters).

The Hickman-Dalton Gang
1.06.2011
Soiled Dove Underground, 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. Too Many Years
2. Papa Johnny’s Arms *
3. Mexican Jail #
4. You’ve Got a Problem *%
5. Long Tall Pine Tree *
6. Justin O. Picker *
7. Old Border Town #
8. Mr. Wrong *
9. Let’s Toke the Whole Day Off *%
10. banter
11. Friends *

Notes:
* = with Jeremy Lawton on lap steel
# = with Jeremy Lawton on accordion
% = live version omitted pending release of the upcoming album
(Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.)

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

Tennis will be releasing their debut album with Fat Possum in a week and a half.  Cape Dory can be pre-ordered here.  Here’s the Thanksgiving-eve show played in Denver, which contains performances of all songs from the album!

Tennis
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. Take Me Somewhere
2. Seafarer
3. Cape Dory
4. Marathon
5. Bimini Bay
6. Pigeon
7. Long Boast Pass
8. South Carolina
9. Is It True?
10. Baltimore
11. Water Birds

Notes:
Occasional wind noise in right channel, due to a fan positioned behind the mics.

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

Here’s another set from The Raven and the Writing Desk last month.  Their CD release is tonight (12/10), so make your way down to the Walnut Room after dinner.

The Raven and the Writing Desk
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. intro
2. Space Grenade
3. Do You Want Me
4. Somnambulist
5. Evil Stars
6. Wooden Lover
7. Walk in the Water >
8. The Haunting
9. Little One
10. Firefly

Notes:
Other acts this night included Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives, Kelli Schaefer, and The May Kit.

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

Sarah Slaton played several new songs when opening at the Hi-Dive for Jen Korte and The State Of in September.

Sarah Slaton
9.21.2010
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. Hospital *
2. The Nothing
3. I’ve Got a Love
4. Laundry Room Romance
5. Girl
6. West Texas
7. Arrow

Notes:
* = w/ Tavis Alley

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

Single Malt Band
5.26.2002 (Set I only)
NedMex, Nederland, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Sony D8 > DAT Master > Tascam DA-30 > S/PDIF > Edirol R-44 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. Same Old Man
2. Half-Way Home
3. Romanian Gypsy Jar of Tears Freedom Song
4. The Callbox
5. Coffee and a Cigarette
6. Davy Lowston
7. Irish reels
8. Crooked Old Lady
9. The One Glass Eye
10. instrumental jigs
11. Banish Misfortune
12. So Long Blues
13. Just to Show I Care

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

The final post of the Dogbreth/Mega Bog/Iji invasion at Rhino:  Erin Birgy’s Mega Bog performance!

Mega Bog
9.30.2010
Rhinoceropolis, 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. Rocks
2. Ocean Weeze
3. Dog Letters
4. unknown
5. Elevator Blood Flood
6. Sifter Witch
7. Throat Mountain

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

(Photo by Kristie Brown Gripp.)

The Railbenders
9.17.2006
The Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Geffel M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Gunfight
3. Leavin’ Song
4. I-70 Westbound
5. Whiskey Drinkin’ Man
6. Country Song
7. Minus One
8. Black Rose
9. Whiskey Rain
10. Payphone
11. Tombstone Serenade
12. Piss Up a Rope
13. O.D.’d in Denver
14. Southbound
15. Driving back to Denver
16. Drinkin’ Buddies
17. Hellbound Party Train

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

A super-short (but fun!) set from Tristan Jemsek (a.k.a. Dogbreth), who was on tour with Iji and Mega Bog this fall.  You can check out the Dogbreth discography here!

Dogbreth
9.30.2010
Rhinoceropolis, 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. Love Staff
2. Keep My Room Clean
3. Passing Moments
4. Yer Smile *
5. Hunger Pains *
6. Black Coffee *

Notes:
* = w/ Erin (Mega Bog) and Zach (iji)

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

The Raven and the Writing Desk will be releasing their debut album at the Walnut Room on December 10th, sharing a lineup with local favorites A. Tom Collins and 200 Million Years.  Please come down next month to help celebrate the birth of Recidivist!  If you haven’t heard this band yet, you’re forgiven–they’ve been participating in the Denver music foray for less than a year.  For a taste of what you may experience at the the Walnut Room, here’s a recent show from the Hi-Dive.

The Raven and the Writing Desk
11.17.2010
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [DPA 4060’s] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Space Grenade
2. Somnambulist
3. Marionette
4. Evil Stars
5. Do You Want Me
6. Wooden Lover
7. Control
8. Walk in the Water
9. Roads [Portishead cover]
10. Firefly

Notes:
Matt Murphy’s first show with the band (drums/percussion).

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

Scott H. Biram
5.23.2009
The Larimer Lounge, 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 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Time Flies
3. Downtown Chicken
4. Work
5. Sinkin’ Down
6. Cold River > Satisfied
7. Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue
8. I Be’s Troubled
9. (Two Fisted Mario’s Pizza rant)
10. You Gotta Move
11. Around The Bend > We Came To Party
12. Ain’t It a Shame
13. (band intros/banter)
14. Wildside
15. Plow You Under
16. Hard Time
17. Fannin Street
18. (Black Diamond Heavies story)
19. I Want My Mojo Back
20. Wind Up Blind
21. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
22. (banter)
23. Whiskey
24. Truck Driver

Notes:
Occasional PA distortion throughout the set.

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

I ran across this little gem on the end of a DAT tape the other day:  a snippet of Jack Redell opening up for Joshua Novak and Filmstrip Series at the Bluebird.

The Late Jack Redell
9.23.2004 (Partial set)
Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Geffel M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Apogee MiniMe > ODL-276 > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave
Taped/Transferred by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Summer Teeth
3. unknown

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

School of Seven Bells
9.24.2010
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. Half Asleep
2. Babelonia
3. Connjur
4. Joviann
5. Dust Devil
6. Bye Bye Bye
7. Windstorm
8. ILU
9. My Cabal
10. Sempiternal/Amaranth

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

Brass Bed‘s appearance at Boulder’s CU Campus was in support of the band’s latest album, Melt White, released in September via Park the Van Records.  This bill was shared with label-mates Paper Bird.

Brass Bed
10.02.2010
Old Main Theater, Boulder, 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. unknown
2. Begs Me Not to Beg
3. Polar Bird
4. Aria
5. People Want To Be Happy (Summertime)
6. Miniature Day Parade
7. God Save the Thieves
8. If I Was a Farmer
9. Pop Mission

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