Apologies on this one: It was a great show and the last of their tour, but you better like tambourine…the microphones were only a couple of feet away from Brett’s percussion!

Golden Shoulders
9.16.2010
Yellow Feather Coffee, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’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. The Honey, the Power, the Light
2. Do You Know Who You Are?
3. Patience Darling, Patience *
4. banter
5. Golden States *
6. This Is a Test
7. What You’re Proposing
8. Let My Burden Be
9. I Will Light You on Fire

Notes:
* = w/ Erin Roberts on trumpet

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

Opening for Kria Brekkan, Sarah H.Dot and Jason Corder took the stage (altar) as Pillow Garden at Surfacing #10, with an ambient instrumental set fit for a church.

Pillow Garden
9.11.2010
First Unitarian Society of Denver, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Ambient Set

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

If you’ve seen Candy Claws this summer, you may not even recognize this recording as originating the same band.   (That’s certainly an exaggerated statement, but it’s amazing how much their live performances have evolved in the last nine months!)

Candy Claws
12.04.2009
Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > 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
6. Track #06
7. Track #07

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

Co-headlining the Ogden with Sharon Jones, this set from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals started off a bit slow, and really didn’t seem to gain momentum until Only Love.  Folks were still trickling into the theater when GP&N started out the night without any openers, which is partially to blame for the disengaged audience early on.  Nevertheless, the notoriously non-dancing Denver crowd was finally up and moving to the music half-way through the show.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
9.28.2010
The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Some Kind of Ride #
2. Joey
3. Oasis
4. Mastermind
5. Apologies
6. One Short Night
7. Ah Mary
8. Only Love
9. Goodbye Kiss
10. Tiny Light
11. Nothing But the Water
12. White Rabbit
13. Hot Summer Night *
14. Paris (Ooh La La)
15. Medicine
(Encore)
16. Heart of Glass

Notes:
* = w/ Sharon Jones on vocals
# = a few short dropouts between 00:58 and 01:15 (loose cable?)

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

(Photo by Greth Ligon.)

This set contains early versions of some songs that later appeared on The Blossom Frontier, providing some insight into how Tommy evolves his songs from inception to final release.

iuengliss (Tommy Metz)
5.23.2009
Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules, -10db pads) > Apogee MiniMe > digi-coax > Hosa ODL-276 > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. Dreams Will Collide
6. Another Time
7. Stuck in a Place Away
8. unknown

Lineup for the evening:
iuengliss, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Speakeasy Tiger, Pictureplane

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

Take
12.04.2009
Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. The Light
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
5. Never Watching
6. Gargoyle
7. Be Still
8. Ripped Off
9. American Religion
10. unknown
11. John Wayne

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

Another Josephine and the Mousepeople show from the Meadowlark…

Josephine and the Mousepeople
8.06.2009
Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > 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
6. Track #06
7. Track #07
8. Forever and Ever, Amen

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

Another set from this notorious rain-soaked Meadowlark show highlights the creativity of Josephine and the Mousepeople.  Every set they perform is different, and on this particular night Danny and Avi are at the peak of their improvisational game.

Josephine and the Mousepeople
5.23.2009
Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules, -10db pads) > Apogee MiniMe > digi-coax > Hosa ODL-276 > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #01
2. Track #02
3. Track #03
4. Track #04
5. Track #05
6. Track #06
7. Track #07
8. Track #08

Evening’s Lineup:
iuengliss, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Speakeasy Tiger, Pictureplane

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

Jesse Daniel & The Reckoning
8.26.2010
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Mental Illness
2. The Great Snake Is Coming
3. Western Sunrise
4. Army of Cool
5. Never Easy
6. It’s So Amusing
7. Moscow *
8. When U Gonna Live?

Notes:
* = first time played

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

Paper Bird
4.11.2009
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. St. Louis
2. Mo-town Man
3. The Structure of Love
4. Steady As
5. Lullaby
6. Jesus and Arizona
7. Lost Boys
8. Dead as Deadman’s Bones
9. Pennies
10. Spit Spot
11. Livin’ Lucky
12. Bye Bye Love
13. Band of Angels

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

Getting off to a slow start posting the Denver Does Denver material, here’s one of the first tributes from the festival, with Tom Murphy and Piper Rose teaming up to cover some local underground favorites.

Pythian Whispers (Tom Murphy and Piper Rose)
8.28.2010
Denver Does Denver, Meadowlark Basement, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Glitter Galaxy [Space Team Electra]
2. Revenge Bikini Body [Lust-Cats of the Gutters]
3. “The Puppy Song” [Night of Joy/Hideous Men]

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

(Archive photo by Tom Murphy.)

Although halted a bit early due to technical problems, this is another nice set from Pollination Population.

Pollination Population
9.11.2010
First Unitarian Society of Denver, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Noise Set

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

Butter, a Wartime Blues side project, squeezed onto the Hi-Dive stage just before their brother band, giving us a four-song teaser and leaving everybody wanting more.

Butter
8.26.2010
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > 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. Polly Ann
2. Skelator
3. Track #03
4. Track #04

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

After cycling a full 70 miles from Fort Collins, Ben Sollee and Jordan Ellis still found the energy to put on an amazing show at the Oriental Theater.  This particular night closed out the second leg of their Ditch the Van Tour, which finds the duo traveling from show to show by bike.  As Ben explains between songs, the tour not only reduces dependence on fossil fuels, but also provides opportunities to better connect with the cities and people visited.  For more insight, check out the documentary videos on Ben’s tumblr page.

Ben Sollee
9.05.2010
The Oriental Theater, 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. Try
2. Something, Somewhere, Sometime
3. How To See The Sun Rise
4. Mute With a Bullhorn
5. A Few Honest Words
6. Prettiest Tree on the Mountain
7. It’s Not Impossible
8. “As Simple As Love”
9. Only A Song
10. Electrified
11. Built For This
12. (instrumental)
13. Captivity *
14. Little Baby *
15. Panning For Gold
16. Wild World **
(Encore)
17. Bury Me With My Car
18. Bend

Lineup:
Ben Sollee on cello and vocals
Ian Hutchison on bass
Jordan Ellis on percussion

Notes:
* = with Laura Goldhamer
** = with Laura, Sarah Anderson, Genevieve Patterson, and Patrick Dethlefs
– Distortion was coming from cello DI during first song.
– Part of the “Ditch the Van” tour.

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

Rachael Pollard was one of the artists I regretting missing at the UMS, especially since it was her first show of 2010.  Rachael doesn’t play around town as often as we’d like, but raising a family is hard work!  She dropped by Yellow Feather Coffee this Thursday for beautiful set in front of a respectful crowd.  Porlolo, Golden Shoulders, and Brett Shady filled out the bill.

Yellow Feather Coffee just opened in July (at 742 Santa Fe) and brews some damn fine coffee.  Be sure to visit the next time you near the Art District.  Jason and Natalie have started bringing in all-ages concerts and unique art shows, so keep an eye on their Facebook page or website for upcoming events.

Rachael Pollard
9.16.2010
Yellow Feather Coffee, 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. Down In It
2. Crazy For You
3. Oops, I Did It Again
4. The Days of our Lives
5. Plain Girl
6. Rubber Duckie
7. Nobody Knows