Afternoon Naps
8.12.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. The Fall Companion
2. The Day We Started
3. Mitten Fingers
4. Orange Paw
5. Clean Bill of Health
6. Summer Gang
7. Beach Bums
8. Catholic School
9. Plum City Fight Song

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

Bloodkin
6.27.2009
Main Stage, Athfest, Athens, GA

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

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Wait Forever
3. Little Margarita
4. Easter Eggs
5. My Name Is Alice
6. Ghost Runner
7. You Better Pray
8. Wet Trombone Blues
9. Henry Parsons Died

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

Casper & The Cookies
8.13.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. Pete Erchick Bicentennial Service Area
3. Little King *
4. Moldy Flower *
5. Meredith
6. Hey Mr. Superstar
7. Nagoya
8. Sharp!
9. Power Stupid

Notes:
* = with Yoichi Sakamoto on maracas

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

Kissing Party, traveling from Denver to attend this year’s Athens PopFest, were one of the most well-received bands on Wednesday’s bill.

Kissing Party
8.11.2010
Little Kings Shuffle Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. Jacey Finch
2. Ashley Smashley
3. Life in Girard
4. Commit A Tiny Crime Together
5. A Billion Brain Cells Later
6. The Heart is a Lusty Hunter
7. unknown
8. Let’s Face These Times
9. The Game

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

Brooklyn’s Dream Diary are relative newcomers to the indie pop scene, and have yet to complete their first album.  The current plan is for an early 2011 release on Kanine Records, and this Thursday afternoon performance at PopFest is sure to be a preview of songs that will make their way onto that record.

Dream Diary
8.11.2010
Little Kings Shuffle Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. Paper Flowers (Live at Athens PopFest)
2. Audrey of Spirits (Live at Athens PopFest)
3. Is He Really Mine? (Live at Athens PopFest)
4. unknown (Live at Athens PopFest)
5. El Lissitzky (Live at Athens PopFest)
6. Son Of A Gun (Live at Athens PopFest)
7. unknown (Live at Athens PopFest)
8. Something Tells Her (Live at Athens PopFest)

Listen here:
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Oh-OK
8.14.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. intro
2. Lilting
3. Person
4. Elaine’s Song
5. Lead Balloon
6. Whore Boy
7. Choukoutien
8. Brother
9. Courage Courage
10. Playtime
11. Random
12. Such N Such
13. Guru

Purchase Oh-OK: The Complete Collection from Collectors Choice Music or Amazon.

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

Nana Grizol
8.13.2010
Caledonia Lounge, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. Blackbox
2. Galaxies
3. Circles ‘Round the Moon
4. For Things That Haven’t Come Yet
5. Voices Echo Down Thee Halls (For Jared)
6. Tamborine-N-Thyme
7. Gave On
8. Tiny Rainbows
9. Motion In The Ocean
10. Everything You Ever Hoped Or Worked For

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

Never a dull moment on stage with this band: The Poison Control Center poured their hearts into one of the most energetic performances of PopFest.

The Poison Control Center
8.13.2010
Caledonia Lounge, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. intro
2. Monument
3. Magic Circle Symphony
4. Being Gone
5. Cognac Dreams
6. Friends in the Band
7. Glory Us
8. Porcelain Brain
9. Pacific Sunrise
10. Give It A Try
11. When The World Sleeps

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

(Photo from PopFest soundcheck.)

The members of Apples in Stereo converged on Athens last Friday for a headlining slot at PopFest, treating fans to material from their entire catalog.  The band will return to the road this fall supporting Travellers in Space and Time, and are slated to conclude the tour with stops in Colorado Springs and Denver.

10-22 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
10-23 Colorado Springs, CO – Armstrong Hall
10-24 Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
10-25 Boise, ID – Neurolux
10-26 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
10-27 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
10-28 Arcata, CA – The Depot
10-30 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
10-31 San Jose, CA – The Blank Club
11-01 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
11-02 San Diego, CA – Casbah
11-03 Tucson, AZ – Plush
11-06 Austin, TX – TBA
11-07 Houston, TX – Walter’s on Washington
11-08 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater

The Apples in Stereo
8.13.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. intro
2. Hey Elevator
3. Dignified Dignitary
4. Go
5. Submarine Dream (tease)
6. Energy
7. Dance Floor
8. Sun is Out
9. Told You Once
10. The Rainbow
11. No One in the World
12. Next Year About the Same Time
13. Can You Feel It?
14. Please
15. Same Old Drag
16. Tidal Wave
(Encore)
17. Strawberryfire
18. Ruby

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

(Photo taken by Max Blau for War on Pop and Creative Loafing.)

Economically traveling as a three-piece (see show intro), Bunnygrunt played to an always-enthusiastic Athens crowd.  Closing out the set with a Red Pony Clock cover, the band invited a host of PopFest friends onstage (Chris, Keenan, Jason, Leia, Tom, and Jonathan) to sing along!

Bunnygrunt
8.14.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA

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. intro
2. Just Like Ol’ Times
3. Young Abe Lincoln
4. Frankie Is A Killer
5. S. Kingshighway Bubblegum Factory
6. Don’t Turn Down the High
7. The Limits of Southern Hopitality
8. Midnight Rose
9. Let It Out
10. You Get What You Get
11. 1000% Not Creepy
12. Don’t Forget Who Your Friends Are

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

After more than a decade apart, Dreams So Real reunited to perform at last year’s AthFest!  (Check out a review of the show here.)

Dreams So Real
6.28.2009
Main Stage, Athfest, Athens, 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. California
2. Open Your Eyes *
3. Gloryline
4. History > Victim
5. Bearing Witness
6. Rough Night in Jericho
7. Stand Tall
8. Overton Park/Faith

Notes:
* = w/ Randall Bramblett

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

David Barbe and The Quick Hooks
6.28.2009
Hull Street Stage, AthFest, Athens, 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. Where the Miracles are Gone
2. My Shiny Bird
3. Peel Away
4. In the Weeds
5. Your Metal Confine
6. Mole in the Gutter
7. Broadcast Spreader

Lineup:

David Barbe, John Neff, Frank MacDonell, Jon Mills, Kyle Spence

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

Black Mold Lightning
1.02.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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

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

This show celebrated the album release of Nana Grizol‘s sophomore effort, Ruth.

Nana Grizol
1.02.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

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. Circles ‘Round the Moon
2. Blackbox
3. Cynicism
4. Galaxies
5. Gave On
6. For Things That Haven’t Come Yet
7. Tamborine-N-Thyme
8. Tiny Rainbows
9. Everything You Ever Hoped Or Worked For
10. Voices Echo Down Thee Halls
11. From Here
12. Motion in the Ocean
13. Sands
14. Arthur Hall
15. The Idea That Everything Could Possibly Ever Be Said
(Encore)
16. Atoms
17. Grady and Dubose
18. Less Than The Air

FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

New Socks
1.02.2010
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Trampoline
3. Family Tree
4. Robin Skull
5. “Talk About”
6. Small Pieces
7. I Was Very Small in Her Stomach
8. Apple Farm
9. banter
10. “Record Shop” *
11. “Antennas” *

Notes:
* = w/ Black Mold Lightning

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