Diana Sperstad and Fernando Guzman paired up as Bury My Bones, resulting in some very melancholy songs at Titwrench.  Check out Kim Shively’s video footage of the last song, by way of Tome to the Weather Machine.

Bury My Bones
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’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. soundcheck
2. “The Reason Why”
3. Side of the Bed
4. “Nothing to Hide”
5. “What are We Waiting For”
6. #2 Lonely

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

My final post from Surfacing #9!

Night of Joy
6.26.2010
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Concrete Jungle
2. Take Me To Your Dealer
3. Put Your Sunglasses On
4. Cool Runnings
5. Dead Road
6. Vein Popper Brain Ripper
7. Doo Wop (Dude Swap) Sunday Night

Full lineup for Surfacing #9:
Porlolo, Girls Walk By, Zayante Spoils, New Allante!, Night of Joy, Marara Air

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

Marara Air
6.26.2010
Meadowlark Bar, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012 cardiods > 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. Piper Rose intro
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4
5. Track #5
6. Track #6

Full lineup for Surfacing #9:
Porlolo, Girls Walk By, Zayante Spoils, New Allante!, Night of Joy, Marara Air

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

(Photo by Sarah Slater.)

The harshest of the harsh noise bands to play this years Titwrench festival!

Kevin Shields
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’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. intro
2. full performance
3. outro

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

Tempe’s Hell-Kite stopped in Denver for a few days during their July 2010 tour, which included a set at the first night of Titwrench.

Hell-Kite
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source: [DPA 4060’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. Hunter
2. Cabin
3. Track #3
4. Track #4
5. Track #5

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

In contrast to the full-band set posted a few weeks ago, Erin Roberts of Porlolo toned the things down for Surfacing #9 at the Meadowlark by inviting long-time collaborator Roger Green on-stage for a duo show.  Erin and Roger apparently released a split album back in 2004, but I’ve yet to stumble upon or hear a copy of it.

Porlolo (Erin Roberts and Roger Green)
6.26.2010
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012 cardiods > 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. “Not Alone”
2. “Cardboard”
3. “Thirty-Two”
4. There is No I in Athens
5. Animals Should Live Forever
6. “Noticed”
7. Tread Softly
8. “Little Something”
9. “Turn My Head”
10. outro

Full lineup for Surfacing #9:
Porlolo, Girls Walk By, Zayante Spoils, New Allante!, Night of Joy, Marara Air

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

Now backed by Fez Garcia on drums, Night of Joy‘s performances have achieved a new level of intensity.

Night of Joy
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’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. Concrete Jungle
2. Vein Popper Brain Ripper
3. Put Your Sunglasses On
4. Fix Me
5. Take Me To Your Dealer
6. Cool Runnings
7. Do You Love Me Now?
8. Doo Wop (Dude Swap) Sunday Night
9. Marge Simpson

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

Lust-Cats of the Gutters
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’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. intro/soundcheck
2. Love Song
3. ???
4. Revenge Bikini Body
5. Sister
6. Violet
7. Housewife With a Loose Grip on Reality
8. Cemetery
9. ???
10. Stalker

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

Formed on-the-fly for a set at Surfacing #9, The New Allante! (guitar/drums duo) served up some nice improvisational textures.

The New Allante!
6.26.2010
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012 cardiods > 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. Track #01

Full lineup for the night:
Porlolo, Girls Walk By, Zayante Spoils, New Allante!, Night of Joy, Marara Air

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

Concrete Shiva
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #01

A FLAC file of this performance can be downloaded here.

(Photo by Sarah Slater.)

Noise act Baby Shampoo drove up from Albuquerque to play day #2 of Titwrench, and we Denverites thoroughly enjoyed their visit!

Baby Shampoo
7.10.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’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. intro
2. Track #01
3. Track #02
4. Track #03
5. outro

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

Julie Slater kicked off the first evening of Titwrench with a nice  poetry reading and warm-up improv piece.  The short films of Gretchen Polzen provided a visual backdrop to Julie’s performance.

Julie Slater
7.09.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, 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. intro
2. Dance of the Seven Veils
3. Improvisation

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

Here’s the first of (hopefully) many sets from Titwrench, held over the weekend at Glob.  There was no end to the genres crossed during the festival’s three days, and Amy Annelle was one of the few straight-up singer-songwriters to grace the stage.  Sandwiched between some crazy techno-storytelling by Aubrey Heichemer and the one-two punch of noise presented by Baby Shampoo and Caldera Lakes, Amy’s mix of traditionals, country covers and panhandle-inspired originals were a much-welcome opportunity to just sit back and listen to some folk music.

Amy Annelle
7.10.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’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. intro
2. E. Tejas Son
3. Pretty Boy Floyd
4. Star’s Memory
5. Buckskin Stallion Blues
6. Wake Up, Little Dark Eyes
7. Let Me Be
8. Coat of Many Colors
9. The Hellhound’s Address
10. The North Country Maid
11. Texian Boys
12. outro

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

It’s a shame that most of the vocals were drowned out in these Meadowlark sets…but you don’t necessarily need to hear vocals to enjoy the tunes!

Zayante Spoils
6.26.2010
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012 cardiods > 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. 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.