(Photo by Scott Russell.)

The Dendrites
5.13.2011
The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO

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. Armed and Opposed
2. Turkey Shoot
3. Sebsi
4. 90 Days
5. When Was Wednesday?
6. Sol Songo
7. Lament for Melitta
8. Swing Easy *
9. Flight School
10. Tahitian Noni Juice

Notes:
* = dedicated to Lloyd Knibb, with Pink Hawks

Lineup included Pink Hawks (Shima album release), Bad Weather California, El SinFin, and The Future of the Ghost.

Mike Neff is rarely in Denver these days, but he always manages to squeeze in a show or two while in town.  This particular El Sinfín show was an opening set for Pink Hawks, who were celebrating the release of Shima.  El Sinfín’s own self-titled album (recorded by Neff while down in Chiapas, Mexico) can be obtained via bandcamp.

El Sinfín
5.13.2011
The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO

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/soundcheck
2. Wayfaring Stranger
3. Royal & Desire
4. Little Black Dog
5. Ain’t Nobodies’ Dirty Business
6. Pocatello
7. Down by the Riverside
8. Buy Low, Sell High
9. unknown
10. St. Peter’s Barroom
11. St. James Infirmary

(Photo by Rett Rogers.)

Pink Hawks organized quite a lineup for their Shima album release party, inviting four other acts to share the Mercury Cafe stage:  Bad Weather California, The Dendrites,  El SinFin, and The Future of the Ghost.  The Pink Hawks performance featured a complete run-through of the new album, which is a highly addicting hours worth of afrobeat jazz.  I’m not sure if the CD is available at local records shops yet, but a digital version can be purchased via bandcamp.

Pink Hawks
5.13.2011
The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO

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. Everything Is Poetry
2. Addicted To Pain
3. Misery Comes In Threes
4. My Eyes Fail
5. Separate The Corporation & State

FLAC files are available via BitTorrent at COtapers.

Here’s one of two CD release shows Maxwell Hughes played to support his new album, Express.  (The other show was held at Everyday Joe’s in Ft. Collins.)

Maxwell Hughes
1.22.2011
The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’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. Hot Flashes
3. Ode to Kaki
4. unknown
5. Return to Mediterrainia
6. No Name
7. Charlie Girl
8. unknown
9. Sun vs. the Moon
10. Hammerhead

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

Dovekins headlined the Long Spoon Collective’s re-launch in January.  The collective plans to host a monthly series of shows at the Mercury Cafe.

Dovekins
1.22.2011
The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’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. unknown
2. The Dalles
3. The Dells (He Smells, She Repels)
4. Waltz (Dictionary; I)
5. Raining Buttons
6. Walks So High
7. Little Baby
8. unknown
9. unknown
10. No Ability
11. Broke Trombone
12. unknown
13. Great Eastern Sun

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