Here’s a short solo set by Yuzo Nieto, from earlier this month.  Yuzo and many other local artists supported Jen Korte for her “CD Benefit” show.

Yuzo Nieto
1.10.2009
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Villa Del Mar
2. Asshole
3. Daughter of Mnemosyne
4. I Wanna Be a Gangster

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

Purchase the Discography:
2008 – Building Up While Falling Down (Paypal link on Yuzo’s myspace page)

Original Jayhawks frontman Mark Olson came through Denver in ’07 in support of his excellent solo album, The Salvation Blues.  Despite the sparse turnout, this was a spectacular show.

Mark Olson
9.16.2007
The Walnut Room, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

One Disc:
1. intro
2. Winter Song
3. Over My Shoulder
4. Poor Michael’s Boat
5. National Express
6. The Salvation Blues
7. Pray For Me
8. My Carol
9. Hummingbird
10. Look into the Night
11. Sandy Denny
12. Then We Were So Young
13. Tears from Above
14. Clifton Bridge

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

(Photo by Sam Scholes from SLC.)

Here’s a nice solo acoustic set from Hot IQs frontman Eli Mishkin.  On this particular occasion, he opened for John Common’s “Why Birds Fly” CD release party.

Eli Mishkin
7.28.2007
Forest Room 5, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [SBD > RCA] + [Microtech Geffel M300’s > Lunatec V3] > RME Fireface 800 > HP Notebook > Samplitude Pro 2496 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. “Take Your Time”
2. The New One
3. Wendy
4. Honk If You’re Lonely
5. King of Carrot Flowers Part 1
6. Release the Hounds
7. Getting Old
8. Duck and Cover

Zipfiles of both FLACs and mp3s can be obtained via megaupload.

Purchase the Hot IQs Discography:
2007 – Dangling Modifier (Band Website | iTunes)
2004 – The Argument Between the Brain and Feet (Band Website)

Here’s the Wetlands CD release show from the Larimer in November.

Wetlands
11.28.2008
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. tuning/soundcheck
2. The Bluefooted
3. Naked as the Ace
4. Fed Up With Letdowns > We Packed Up and Left Town
5. The Panty Waster/Electric Guitar Cave
6. Bar Rock Obama
7. Virgin Discovery
8. Mach IIne

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

In addition to the other acts I’ve posted from Friday night’s Lion’s Lair show, Fissure Mystic deafened the crowd with a few new tunes and raucous, extended takes on older material.

Fissure Mystic
1.16.2009
The Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > Lunatec V3 (opti-mode) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. banter/soundcheck
2. unknown #1
3. unknown #2
4. unknown #3
5. Lucy Dee
6. unknown #4

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

Safe Boating is No Accident, having only been around since mid-2008, are relative newcomers to the Denver scene.  Their songs often blend classic country with E6 pop sensibilities, resulting in material that feels very familiar to the listener without coming across as antiquated.

Safe Boating is No Accident
1.16.2009
The Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > Lunatec V3 (opti-mode) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Sixteen Tons
3. Danger
4. Little Universe
5. A Scientific Man
6. Ladyfriend Waltz
7. Lies
8. Libertines
9. I Was Born a Suffering Man
10. Greenback Dollar
11. banter
12. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

Here’s another set from the Meadowlark’s Living Room Series: Laura Goldhamer, one of Denver’s busiest musical organizers and collaborators.

Laura Goldhamer
8.23.2008
Living Room Series
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Lion
3. No Ability
4. Ye Old Leave Behind
5. unknown
6. Ollie Oxen Free

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

Colorado’s female supergroup Harpoontang took to the Lion’s Lair stage last night with a truly entertaining performance.  Instead of attempting any review, I think it best that you listen for yourselves…

Harpoontang
1.16.2009
The Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Ruby Red Hacksaw’s Lament
3. Dang, J
4. Always Be My Baby
5. Smoothie
6. Key to the City
7. “Let Me Smoke a Bowl (And I’ll Call You Back)”
8. Cock Rock
9. Waterfalls > Can I Get A… > Waterfalls > Can I Get A… > Pony > Shoop > Waterfalls

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

Here’s a set from The Little Ones at the Hi-Dive, back in October…

The Little Ones
10.25.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Face The Facts
2. Oh, MJ!
3. Ordinary Song
4. Gregory’s Chant
5. Cha Cha Cha
6. Tangerine Visions
7. Like a Spoke On a Wheel
8. Forgive Yourself
9. All Your Modern Boxes
10. Everybody’s Up To Something
11. Waltz
12. Morning Tide
13. Lovers Who Uncover

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.

Grab the band’s discography:
2008 – Morning Tide (Amazon | iTunes)
2008 – Terry Tales and Fallen Gates EP (Band Store | iTunes)
2006 – Sing Song EP (Band Store | iTunes)

Here’s another excellent set from Achille Lauro.  Sorry for the complete lack of song titles, but I’m pretty sure a lot of this material is newer and not on their EP or full-length.

Achille Lauro
1.09.2009
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Cold Poetry
2. Summertime
3. Norman Rockwell
4. Super Natural Beings
5. Buried Under Ice
6. Cardboard Divas

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

Grab the band’s discography:
2008 – Achille Lauro (CD Baby | iTunes)
2006 – You’re Going to Live (And Other Nice Things to Hear) (CD Baby | iTunes)

Ellison Park and Tim Pourbaix have been sharing the stage together for several months under the “Park Pourbaix” moniker, but Friday night was my first exposure to the collaborative effort.  There’s some great material here!  I’m hoping we see a proper release of these songs later in the year, but for now you can hear demos via the artists’ myspace pages.

Park Pourbaix
1.09.2009
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown *
2. unknown *
3. “Duck Sloth Turtle”
4. I Spy
5. Holding Out
6. Were You Really Brought Up Like This ^
7. Eighty Six ^
8. Chloe ^
9. unknown > unknown @

Notes:
* = Tim solo
@ = Ellison solo
^ = w/ Mark Clifford on vibraphone

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

As Mike stated at the opening of his set, “Thank you very much for being here, we’re shocked and appalled by the turnout.”  Never have I seen the Meadowlark as crowded as it was last night for Mike Marchant‘s EP Release.  Those brave enough to traverse the endless flow of bodies and get up front were treated to early performances by Ellison Park and Tim Pourbaix, Sunset Curse, and Achille Lauro.

By the time Mike took the stage (accompanied by Cole Rudy, Maria Kohler, and his Widowers bandmates), the crowd had thinned down to a manageable level.  The set contained songs from the new EP, “Outer Space and the Sea”, several Widowers classics, and (in Meadowlark tradition) closed with Mike’s solo covers of Funeral Home (Daniel Johnston) and In Heaven (David Lynch).  If you skipped out early, here’s a living document of what was missed.

Mike Marchant and Friends
1.09.2009
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Lord, I Hope
2. Outer Space And The Sea
3. Lower Downtown Curses
4. Space Never Strays
5. Surround Me
6. Moonshining
7. All Of Our Old Haunts
8. Funeral Home > In Heaven

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

Notes:
EP Release show!

Lineup:
Mike Marchant – vocals, guitar
Cole Rudy – backing vocals, guitar
Maria Kohler – backing vocals
Mark Shusterman – synths, programming
Mark Weaver – bass
Cory Brown – percussion
Brian Marcus – guitar and beers
Crawford Philleo – vibraphone
(did I forget anyone?)

Here’s a set from one of Denver’s best (and loudest) slacker bands, Fissure Mystic. 

BTW, does anyone know who took this photo?  I found it in the bowels of Google…perfect depiction of Andy.  :)

Fissure Mystic
9.05.2008
Lion’s Lair, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > M-Audio Microtrack 2 >
CF > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. Lucy Dee
2. Breakthrough
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. Seasons Fly

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

(Photo by Scott Russell.)

Several of you have been anxiously awaiting this set.  I’m finally getting around to posting it!

Why?
9.29.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. The Fall of Mr. Fifths
2. Song of the Sad Assassin
3. Waterfalls
4. Gemini (Birthday Song)
5. Fall Saddles
6. Good Friday
7. The Vowels Pt. 2
8. These Few Presidents
9. The Hoofs
10. Rubber Traits
11. Yo Yo Bye Bye
12. Brook And Waxing
13. The Hollows
14. A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under
(Encore)
15. Sanddollars
16. Simeon’s Dilemma

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

(Photo courtesy of Tim Weilert.)

Here’s Ian Cooke serving up some cello-looping madness at the Hi-Dive.

Ian Cooke
11.08.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Flood
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. All of Us
5. Trouble Process Report
6. The Rot -> Gimme Gimme Gimmie -> Monkey and Bear
7. Va-Soon

FLAC files are available as a zipfile here.
MP3 files are available as a zipfile here.