(Photo by Denise Chambers.)

Six months after their last appearance at the Hi-Dive, The Broken West made another stop in Denver!  Check out John Wenzel’s review of the evening over at Reverb while you’re giving the set a listen, and also consider purchasing one the the band’s albums via Merge:

2008 – Now or Heaven
2007 – I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On

The Broken West
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. So It Goes >
2. Auctioneer
3. On The Bubble
4. Please
5. Gwen, Now and Then
6. Ambuscade
7. Got It Bad
8. House of Lies
9. Down in the Valley
10. Perfect Games

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent over at dime.

(Photo by Marla Keown.)

Here’s another Achille Lauro set, part of an excellent night of music organized by the Hot Congress collective.

Achille Lauro
3.05.2009
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Under The Bridge (tease)
2. Cardboard Divas
3. (new song)
4. “Friend’s War”
5. Summertime
6. Cold Poetry
7. Buried Under Ice
8. Super Natural Beings
9. “No Brakes”

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

Fissure Mystic
3.05.2009
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Mr. Yoshi
2. unknown
3. (new song)
4. unknown
5. Breakthrough
6. unknown

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

There was a good turnout on Wednesday night for Portland’s Blind Pilot, who made a pass through Denver on the way to SXSW.  This turnout also resulted in a lot of chatter (especially on the quiet songs), but I suppose the recording is still quite listenable.

Blind Pilot
3.11.2009
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Oviedo
2. Go On, Say It
3. Two Towns For Me
4. White Apple
5. Paint Or Pollen
6. The Story I Heard
7. I Buried a Bone
8. Poor Boy
9. One Red Thread
10. 3 Rounds and a Sound
11. Rock Salt and Nails
12. We are the Tide

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent over at dime.

Update: John Wenzel just posted a review of the show on Reverb.

One of my favorite shows from 2007: Dirty Projectors at the Hi-Dive!  (If you’re wondering what’s up with Jona’s speech before the show, he was just messing with the crowd.  The truth–exclusivity clauses prevented him from playing Denver within two weeks of the Monolith Festival.)

Dirty Projectors
9.04.2007
The Hi-Dive, 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. YACHT speech/intro
2. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
3. What I See
4. Thirsty and Miserable
5. Depression
6. Not Having Found
7. New New Attitude
8. Imagine It
9. Fucked For Life
10. Rise Above

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

(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.

The Pseudo Dates
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 (inthistube [at] gmail.com)

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Wine & Coffee
3. Last Night I Dreamed That I Cut My Hair
4. Sinister Kisses
5. unknown
6. Ah! Sunflower
7. unknown
8. I Don’t Know, But I Think I Might

(Per usual, a zipfile of mp3s is available here.)

I’ve had several requests to post this — Danielson from earlier this month at the Hi-Dive.  The set relies heavily on older tunes, which have appeared on their recently-released retrospective, “Trying Hartz“.  (Xandy did an excellent job on sound for this show, and the audience tapes will attest to!)

Danielson
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. intro
2. Good News For The Pus Pickers
3. The Lord’s Rest
4. Rubbernecker
5. Singers Go First
6. Idiot Boksen
7. Cookin’ Mid-Country
8. Animal in Every Corner
9. Jersey Loverboy
10. Daughters Will Tune You
11. Flip Flop Flim Flam
12. Five Stars and Two Thumbs Up
(Encore)
13. Did I Step On Your Trumpet?
14. Sold! To The Nice Rich Man!

FLAC files are available via dime.
MP3 files are available as a zipfile via megaupload.

Cryptacize
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. Into the Clouds
2. New Spell
3. Cosmic Sing-a-long
4. Say You Will
5. Galvanize
6. unknown
7. unknown
8. Tail and Mane

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

Here’s the Vic Chesnutt set from last week with Elf Power.  This is truly one of the most enjoyable shows I’ve seen this year!

Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power
11.19.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3] +
[SBD > Apogee Mini-Me > M-Audio Microtrack II] > WAV >
Mixing in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro > Mystery
2. Little Fucker
3. And How
4. Teddy Bear
5. We Are Mean
6. Stop the Horse
7. Bilocating Dog
8. Phil the Fiddler
9. Old Hotel
10. Independence Day
(Encore)
11. See You Around *
12. banter *
13. Sleeping Man *

Notes:
* = Vic solo

FLAC files are available on dime.
A zipfile of MP3s is available via megaupload.

Another Elf Power set for y’all…this time at Denver’s Hi-Dive on their way back east.

Elf Power
11.19.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3] +
[SBD > Apogee Mini-Me > M-Audio Microtrack II] > WAV >
Mixing in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Owl Cut (White Flowers in the Sky)
2. Spiral Stairs
3. Quiver and Quake
4. Dream In Sound
5. Hole In My Shoe
6. The Demon’s Daughter
7. The New Mythology
8. Paralyzed
9. Fried Out >
10. The Everlasting Scream
11. Back To The Web
12. An Old Familiar Scene

A zipfile of the mp3s can be found here.
FLAC files are available here.

As promised, here’s the last set from Tuesday night, featuring another Canadian band, The Acorn. Lisa has a great review of the night posted at Reverb, and she’s right on target by pointing out that syncopation sets this band apart from the rest of the pack.  While the songs are undeniably folk-rock, complex drum/bass rhythms and a judicious use of harmonics result in a sound that stretches toward acts like Battles or Dirty Projectors.  This makes for a very interesting listen.

The Acorn
10.28.2008
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. Hold Your Breath
2. Low Gravity
3. Crooked Legs
4. Dents
5. Brokered Heart
6. Darcy
7. Glory
8. Oh Napoleon
9. Even While You’re Sleeping
10. Flood Pt. 1

(The full show as a zipfile is available via megaupload.)

When I headed down to see The Shaky Hands this week, I was pleasantly surprised by the opener, Toronto’s Ohbijou.  Their U.S. tour, in support of a recent split 12″ release with The Acorn, concludes tonight in Chicago, and then they’ll be back to Ontario for a string of dates in November.  This is an excellent set–many of the songs in this set haven’t yet seen an official release, and the laid-back atmosphere in the Hi-Dive stimulated plenty of band-crowd interaction, stories, and jokes.

Ohbijou
10.28.2008
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. Memoriam
2. St. Francis
3. Black Ice
4. Cliff Jumps
5. Wildfires
6. Darcy
7. New Years
8. Tender Bones
9. Steep

(Full zipfile of show.)