In typical fashion, last weekend’s Larimer BBQ was sparsely populated, but that didn’t stop Natural Selection from giving their all to those select few who were listening!

Natural Selection
5.31.2009
The Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Paper Plane
2. 15 Up to Colfax
3. unknown
4. Go Go Go
5. unknown
6. unknown
7. unknown
8. Down Elevator
9. Meet in the Middle

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

The constant rainfall Saturday night wasn’t heavy enough to prevent people from turning up the Meadowlark’s patio show, and it definitely wasn’t enough to stop Travis, Tom, or any of the other performers from warming up the crowd!

Pictureplane
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 > LAME > mp3
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

Notes:
It rained all evening, leading to the right PA channel going out 4 minutes into Track 2.
I panned the recording hard right in an attempt to compensate for the PA problems.

Evening’s Lineup:
Iuengliss (Tom Metz)
Josephine and the Mousepeople
Speakeasy Tiger
Pictureplane (Travis Egedy)

Opening for Elvis Perkins at the beginning of the month, Other Lives introduced a sold-out Denver crowd to material from their new self-titled LP, throwing in a few newer songs and a great Leonard Cohen cover.

Other Lives
5.08.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Don’t Let Them
2. End of the Year
3. The Partisan
4. How Could This Be?
5. Speed Tape
6. unknown
7. (new song)
8. AM Theme
9. Paper Cities

Notes:
Some clipping in the PA for the drums, but not enough to detract from the listenability.

A zipfile of mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available on dime.

Breakfasts
4.18.2009
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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Ageless
3. Orange Orangutan
4. #1 Lonely
5. Bee Extinction
6. Phaser

Notes:
Breakfasts’ first performance!
Part of the Hot Congress block party.

Lineup:
Taylor Rice (Fissure Mystic and Pseudo Dates)
Adam Shaffner (Mothership)
Crawford Philleo (Vitamins)
Diana Sperstad (Games For May)

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

Vitamins
4.18.2009
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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Sequined Dress
2. Big Bang
3. banter/tuning
4. Dark Matter Splatter
5. banter
6. A Fear of Rattles
7. One Bloody Foot
8. Annual Bicentennial

Notes:
Part of the Hot Congress block party.

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

Laura Gibson visited the Hi-Dive twice this spring, and while I missed her headlining appearance in March, I managed to catch the opening set for Damien Jurado in April.  This was easily the quietest and most attentive crowd I’ve ever experienced at the Hi-Dive!

Laura Gibson
4.05.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. “Frailty”
2. Come By Storm
3. Nightwatch
4. Hands in Pockets
5. Postures Bent
6. Funeral Song
7. Where Have All Your Good Words Gone?
8. Sweet Deception
9. Spirited
10. (Glory story)
11. Glory

Notes:
Opening for Damien Jurado.

Purchase Laura’s Discography:
(All purchases include album downloads.)
2009 – Beasts of Seasons (CD | Vinyl)
2008 – Six White Horses: Blues & Traditionals Vol I (Hush Records)
2006 – If You Come To Greet Me (Hush Records)

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

I’ve been sidelined from any posts for the last few weeks, but am finally back at it with a fine set by William Elliott Whitmore.  Even though Whitmore has been pumping out albums for over five years, I was only recently introduced to his material through the February release of Animals in the Dark.  The Larimer show brought in a fairly large crowd for a snowy Sunday night…but going into this show with no preconceptions or background on the artist, I was a bit surprised that Whitmore hasn’t already garned the well-deserved attention of a wider audience (the “NPR crowd”, if you will).  If Animals in the Dark gets into the hands of the right listeners, it won’t be long before we see him headling shows at the Bluebird or Swallow Hill.

William Elliott Whitmore
4.26.2009
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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Country Blues
2. Lift My Jug (Song for Hub Cale)
3. Diggin’ My Grave
4. Lee County Flood
5. Dry
6. From The Cell Door To The Gallows
7. (banter)
8. Hell or High Water
9. Who Stole the Soul
10. Take it on the Chin
11. (banter)
12. Johnny Law
13. Lord Only Knows
14. Midnight
15. Hard Times
16. The Chariot
17. (banter)
18. Pine Box
19. One Man’s Shame
20. Old Devils
21. Our Paths Will Cross Again

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

Voices Underwater
9.29.2005
Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Geffel M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Apogee MiniMe > ODL-276 > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave > Flac16 > WAV > LAME > mp3
Taped/Transferred by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #1
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4
5. Track #5
6. Track #6
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

I was sifting through some of my older recordings yesterday and came across this gem, a Reed Foehl show from the Fox in 2002, with both Libby Kirkpatrick and Jen Hutman sharing vocal duties throughout the show.

Reed Foehl
11.05.2002
Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Sony D8 > Audiophile 2496 > SoundForge 4.5 > CDWave > SHN
Taping/Transfer by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Strange Days
3. Come September
4. When it Comes Around *
5. Think About It
6. Melt
7. Am I Falling?
8. Broken Mirrors ^
9. Poughkeepsie
10. Giant Zoo
11. The Remedy *
12. Days are Like *

Notes:
* = w/ Libby Kirkpatrick
^ = w/ Jennifer Hutman

FLAC files and other audio formats are available at the Live Music Archive.

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

Here’s Houses on the March equinox, opening for Everything Absent or Distorted and d.biddle.

Houses
3.20.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Crossing the North Sea
2. Fair Weather
3. We’re Alright
4. Rainy Day Parade
5. Circles and Squares
6. Red Feather
7. untitled (Hangman’s Noose)

A zipfile of mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available on dime.

Here’s The Magic Mice, opening for The Broken West and Blind Pilot last month.

The Magic Mice
3.11.2009
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Diamond Eyes
3. unknown
4. Storm Coated
5. Body/Soul
6. unknown
7. World of Trouble
8. Dreams of Reason
9. unknown

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

A short but pleasing set from one of my local favorites, Josephine and The Mousepeople.

Josephine and The Mousepeople
3.25.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4
5. Track #5
6. Track #6

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

Last night’s Nirvana Tribute was more fun than any of us could have imagined.  A Dualistics‘ performance of In Utero was spot on, transporting the entire crowd back to 1993.    Other friends invited to play were judiciously re-interpretting their own Nirvana favorites throughout the evening.  Creative highlights include Negative Creep as a blues jam, Come as You Are on casio, and a latin-flavored version of Drain You.

Nirvana Tribute Show
4.03.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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 > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Jen Korte and Jim Ruberto)
1. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
2. You Know You’re Right

(Mike Marchant and Maria Kohler)
3. Negative Creep
4. Big Cheese

(Dan Craig)
5. Been a Son
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit

(John Common and Jess De Nicola)
7. Come as You Are
8. In Bloom

(Achille Lauro)
9. Drain You

(Hello Kavita)
10. Lithium
11. Polly

(The Wheel)
12. Sliver
13. Something in the Way

(Dualistics)
14. Serve the Servants
15. Scentless Apprentice
16. Heart Shaped Box
17. Rape Me
18. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
19. Dumb
20. Very Ape
21. Milk It
22. Pennyroyal Tea
23. Radio-Friendly Unit-Shifter
24. Tourette’s
25. All Apologies

Zipfiles of the mp3s are available here:  Part 1 and Part 2.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent at cotapers.org.

While still maintaining a healthy roster of around ten members, Dark Meat has scaled back both the lineup and volume on this tour.  But a sacrifice of excess for the sake of cohesion was definitely to their advantage.  While I do miss the confetti, leaf blowers, and marching sousaphones, musically this set was superior to most Dark Meat shows I saw last fall.

Dark Meat
4.01.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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 > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Oh To Find Her Gone
2. Future Galaxies
3. Freedom Ritual
4. unknown
5. No One Was There
6. unknown
7. When the Shelter Came
8. Changes Will Come
9. Three Eyes Open

FLAC files and other audio formats are available at the Live Music Archive.

Oakland’s Cryptacize were a last-minute addition to support Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti on tour, after the previously booked band had trouble making it into the states.  This isn’t your typical Cryptacize set, and it’s a wonder Denver was graced with a performance at all last week.  All cards were stacked to the contrary:

1. The band braved a drive from Salt Lake City through a snowstorm, and arrived only minutes before their set!
2. Corey Fogel was unavailable for the evening, making this a drummerless, stripped-down show.
3. Bass player Aaron Olson was on painkillers due to a dental visit earlier that day.

If you want a more representative performance (albiet prior to Aaron’s addition to the band), you can check out my previous posts here and here.  But the sound on this one is so great, the performance so fun, that I couldn’t restrain myself from posting it.  As a bonus, all songs but the first are from Cryptacize’s upcoming Mythomania album, due out 4/21 on Asthmatic Kitty.

Cryptacize
3.25.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Say You Will
3. The Loving Sun *
4. I’ll Take The Long Way
5. Galvanize
6. Mythomania
7. New Spell

Notes:
* = first time played

FLAC files are available on dime.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.