Enjoy the experimental saxophone work of Helen Keller and comedic storytelling of Gary Burden.

Helen Keller and Gary Burden
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:
(Helen Keller)
1. unknown
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. unknown
(HK and Gary Burden)
5. Story #1
(Gary Burden)
6. Story #2

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

Infectious 8-bit pop tunes, brought to us by Chris Calzone (a.k.a. CC Ivory) and his army of Gameboys!

CCIVORY
6.30.2009
529 Bar, Atlanta, GA

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
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Intro
2. Club Bit
3. Never Gonna Give You Up
4. The Runaway
5. Robo-Rest: The Assassin
6. Call of the Hound
7. unknown
8. Glass Danse

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

A great show from Git Some, featuring a 50/50 mix of material from both albums.  The band latest release, Loose Control, was released in July through Alternative Tentacles, and is available on both vinyl and CD.

Git Some
11.12.2010
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Glowing Shadows
2. Cool Guys Like You Out of My Life
3. Always the Hard Way
4. Fit To Be Tied
5. unknown
6. Impending Zombie Apocalypse
7. Fall From Grace
8. Fabric Eyes
9. Loose Control
10. Bought The Ticket, Take The Ride

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

Check out Fuel/Friends’ review of this house show performed by The Head and the Heart last week!

The Head and the Heart
11.09.2010
Colorado College Women’s Club, Colorado Springs, 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. intro
2. Ghosts
3. Honey Come Home
4. Cats and Dogs
5. Gone
6. Coeur D’Alene
7. Lost in My Mind
8. unknown
9. Winter Song
10. unknown
11. Rivers and Roads
12. unknown
13. unknown
14. Down in the Valley

Notes:
In true house show tradition, this set was performed without any microphones or PA.
The Lumineers also performed at this show.

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

Relatively new to the Colorado scene, 20-year-old folk performer Patrick Dethlefs put on a stunning show at the Oriental Theater, backed by Genny and Sarah of Paper Bird and featuring guest appearances by Ben Sollee and Laura Goldhamer.  Patrick’s first album was released last spring, and is available at CDBaby and most local record shops.

Patrick Dethlefs
9.05.2010
Oriental Theater, 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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Let’s Go
3. The Moon
4. Fall on My Knees
5. Stays the Same
6. Red Rocking Chair
7. I’ve Been All Around This World
8. Dad’s Song *
9. Swear You Won’t Go *

Notes:
All songs performed with Genny Patterson and Sarah Anderson (sans Dad’s Song).
* = w/ Laura Goldhamer and Ben Sollee

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

Constellation of Cars
9.19.2010
Hi-Dive, 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. unknown
2. Feel It In My Bones
3. unknown
4. Meet Me Where
5. Red Curtains
6. Three Chords
7. The Ghostman
8. My 559 Degrees

Notes:
JoJo and Brett joined Andy and Kellie for a full band set.

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

Active Child
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. She Was a Vision
2. I’m In Your Church At Night
3. unknown
4. Wilderness
5. Ceremony
6. Weight of the World
7. Take Shelter
8. When Your Love is Safe

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

Kissing Party
10.16.2010
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. ?
2. Jacey Finch
3. Ashley Smashley
4. Life in Girard
5. Commit A Tiny Crime Together
6. A Billion Brain Cells Later
7. Let’s Face These Times
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?
12. The Game

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

Seattle-by-way-of-Phoenix band Iji made a stop at Rhino in September, with sibling bands Megabog and Dogbreath.  Hopefully I’ll get to audio from the other two acts in the near future.

Iji
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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. The Good Feeling
2. Breakfast
3. Missing in the Night
4. Deep Droolin’
5. My Dance Crew
6. Big Dogs

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

SSLYBY brought a very enthusiastic crowd out to the Hi-Dive this weekend.  I haven’t seen an audience sing along like this in months!  The band released their third album in August–grab it now from Polyvinyl.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
11.06.2010
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. Some Constellation
2. Everlyn
3. I Am Warm and Powerful
4. Heers
5. Think I Wanna Die
6. Made to Last
7. Pangea
8. Anna Lee
9. House Fire
10. Modern Mystery
11. In Pairs
12. Back in the Saddle
13. Dead Right
14. You Could Write a Book
15. Sink / Let It Sway
(Encore)
16. Banned (by the Man)
17. Glue Girls

Notes:
The Lonely Forest and Sour Boy, Bitter Girl were also on the bill for this night.

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

Despite a fairly talkative and rude audience, the audio from Azure Ray‘s set last week came out great!  Please support the band by purchasing their latest release, Drawing Down the Moon, on sale as a $5 digital download through November, and available in LP or CD formats from Saddle Creek.

Azure Ray
11.01.2010
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. Make Your Heart
2. Displaced
3. Signs in the Leaves
4. Don’t Leave My Mind (Take 1) *
5. Don’t Leave My Mind (Take 2) *
6. Larraine
7. These White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue
8. Sleep
9. Safe and Sound
10. November
11. If You Fall
12. Raining in Athens
13. On and On Again
14. Hold on Love

Notes:
* = Orenda’s mic went out, so she ended up sharing Maria’s for the song

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

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.

Here’s some eclectic music from Hunter Dragon, performing at Yellow Feather Coffee two months ago.  Most of Hunter’s catalog can be purchased from Bocumast at very reasonable prices.  (As a heads-up, Yellow Feather is hosting a show this Sunday evening, 11/7, featuring Broken Water (Olympia, WA) and several local acts…more details available below.)

Hunter Dragon
9.06.2010
Yellow Feather Coffee, 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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Purple Neon Riding Hood
2. Tide
3. Alley Walker
4. Coral Reef Blood
5. Muck Living
6. Stay Away Cave

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

11/7/2010 show info:

(((( ALL AGES ALL WELCOME EARLY shows at YELLOW FEATHER COFFEE ))))
$5 cover/no one turned away for lack of funds.  Bring earplugs!
EARLY SHOW! 7:00 PM
♥
BROKEN WATER http://www.myspace.com/brokenagua
LUST-CATS of the GUTTERS http://www.myspace.com/lustcats
RASMUSSEN http:///www.soundcloud.com/rasmussen
PYTHIAN WHISPERS http://www.myspace.com/pythianwhispers
♥
Questions?
720-447-9476

New Ben Franklins
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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Summer Sun
2. Horse
3. Best Friend
4. Guess Things Happen That Way
5. Here With Me
6. Love Like That (tentative title)
7. Someday Never Comes
8. Miserable
9. Mourning

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

One of only two shows played this year by The Riflemen of Ft. Collins!

The Riflemen
10.01.2010
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. Notes Upon a Page
2. Sea Song
3. Rocky Mountain Teeth
4. Thailand
5. Down in the Cavern
6. Cowboy
7. (new song)
8. unknown

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

Note: Acoustic guitar was accidentally hot in the mix for track #8.  Here’s an audience-only version of that song.