(Photo by Brian Carney.)

Pee Pee
3.17.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Now available on archive.org

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

In what has been labeled by several as their favorite Denver show this year, Akron/Family concluded The Oriental’s St. Pat’s festivities with a two-hour performance that took the audience on an emotional roller coaster.  Boasting a dreadfully serious opening song, thundering jams with Pee Pee, punk rock, and singalongs in utter darkness, you won’t fully appreciate this journey by sampling one or two tracks.  Stay along for the entire ride, and you just might experience a renewed faith in the potential of experimental rock.

Akron/Family
3.17.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resampe to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Untitled (last song from s/t album)
3. River >
4. The Alps and Their Orange Evergreen >
5. Gravelly Mountains of The Moon >
6. Lake Song * >
7. Jam * >
8. Ed Is a Portal * >
9. Creatures > Jam * >
10. Everyone Is Guilty
11. MBF
12. Sun Will Shine *
13. Last Year
(Encore)
14. I Know You Rider
15. Crickets

Notes:
* = with members of Pee Pee

Tim Weilert has posted some great video footage of Pee Pee jam here, courtesy of Something Like Sound!

Zipfiles of the mp3s are available here:  Part 1, Part 2.
FLAC files are available via BitTorrent over at dime.

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

Denver’s Young Coyotes are prepared to land at several SXSW parties just after lunch today.  If you’re actually reading this, chances are you’re not down in Austin seeing them this afternoon,  but instead one of many wishing you were.  To lift your spirits (if only a little), here’s the next best thing…a Young Coyotes live set from this week’s St. Pat’s festivities at the Oriental Theater.

Young Coyotes
3.17.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro/soundcheck
2. Hell Is
3. Buried
4. When I Was In The Fire
5. Momentary Drowning
6. A Thousand Masks
7. Splitting Prisms
8. The Sun Continues to Reach Me
9. (new song)
10. In The Garden
11. In My House

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

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

The Legendary River Drifters
2.25.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. unknown
2. Wash Away My Whiskey Ways
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. Soapy Rail Stomp
7. unknown
8. The Fly
9. The Mountain Song
10. unknown
11. unknown

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

Brian has full photo essay and review on the Denver Post’s Reverb blog.

(Photo by Brian Carney.)

Laura Goldhamer and The Silver Nail
2.25.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. unknown
2. Lion
3. unknown
4. No Ability
5. Humpty Dumpty
6. Little Baby
7. unknown
8. Gently Now
9. unknown
10. Ye Old Leave Behind
11. Born There

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

With instantly accessible melodies and catchy lyrics, The Build-Up put on an great indie-rock show, and this set from The Oriental will attest to.

The Build-Up
2.19.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. intro
2. Winter Dress (instrumental) > unknown
3. Go It Alone
4. Braver
5. unknown
6. California Stars
7. Vinyl
8. New House Hotel
9. Box of Plastic
10. Like a Violin

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

Larkin Grimm (with John Houx)
2.25.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. intro
2. unknown
3. Anger In Your Liver
4. Dominican Rum
5. Blond and Golden Johns
6. They Were Wrong
7. Ride That Cyclone *
8. Durge
9. My Justine
10. Hope For The Hopeless
11. Be My Host
12. Apple on a Table, Green @
13. Parplar
14. The Last Tree

Notes:
* = with Laura Goldhamer
@ = John Houx solo

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

(Photo by Brian Carney)

Dustin Reid
2.25.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. Tsavo
2. unknown #1
3. Mulberry Wine
4. unknown #2
5. unknown #3

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

John Common brought Blinding Flashes of Light to the Oriental stage last week for a showcase of material from their upcoming album (planned for release in May 2009).  The full lineup of BFOL musicians is nothing less than stellar, drawing on artists well-known for their contributions in other local bands:

Jess De Nicola Mefford — vocals, keys
Wes Michaels — cello
Carl Sorensen — drums
Jimmy Stofer — bass, vocals
Jon Wirtz — piano, organ, melodica, accordion, xylophone

If you’re the hands-on type, right on the heels of the PKO concept, John has yet another artistic idea cooking for the forthcoming CD release.  For inspiration while starting out on this creative woodworking endeavor, here’s a live version of the music that will ultimately complement your visual masterpiece.

John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light
2.20.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. intro
2. You Got the Lonely
3. Wide Open World
4. The Man Who Could
5. Love is a Shark
6. The Fall
7. Go To Hell With Me
8. “My Favorite”
9. Can You Hear Me
10. Don’t Follow Virginia
11. Same Scar
12. The Dreamers
13. In My Neighborhood
14. Do You Know My Name
15. Amazing Grace *

Notes:
* = unamplified, with The People’s Kazoo Orchestra

FLAC files and available at the Live Music Archive.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here via megaupload.

Ellison Park brought his Parade of Elephants out for a pair of full-band shows at the Oriental and Bluebird this weekend.  Here’s the Oriental set, a short opener for Achille Lauro and John Common.

Ellison Park’s Parade of Elephants
2.20.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. Like a Portrait
2. I Keep You in a Flask
3. The Truth is Stomping on Me
4. Rinse
5. White Paper and Glue

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

John Common is an Man of Ideas, but those ideas sure can be crazy.

The People’s Kazoo Orchestra
2.20.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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:
(Pre-show ceremonies)
1. The Star Spangled Banner
(PKO set)
2. Send in the Clowns
3. Eye of the Tiger
4. We Will Rock You
5. When the Saints Go Marching In
(With Blinding Flashes of Light)
6. Amazing Grace

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

I was hoping to post Chuck Potashner’s CD Release/Farewell show from the Oriental last night, but apparently forget to actually hit record!  (Too many Dale’s?)  As a worthy alternative, here’s Bad Weather California’s performance.  Their next album (the first under the BWC moniker) is due out in April on States Rights Records!

Bad Weather California
2.19.2009
The Oriental Theater, 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. “How Will I Know?”
2. Love Will Be My Home >
3. New Religion
4. This is My Country Too
5. “Two Ways”
6. I Wanna War
7. “The War”
8. “Original Form”
9. Ain’t No Grave Deep Enough To Keep Me Down

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

Good friends, good tequila, and good times are common to any RCPM show, but on this night these principles rang truer than usual.  Roger Clyne came out to the farewell party for my friends Dave and Laura, treating us to very intimate (and drunken) solo acoustic renditions of Peacemakers and Refreshments tunes.  As a nightcap, pals Johnny Hickman (Cracker) and Jim Dalton (Railbenders) joined in for some fun singalongs and cover tunes.

Dave and Laura, you’ll be missed!

Roger Clyne
11.01.2008
Private Event, Secret Location

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:
(Roger Solo)
1. intro
2. Hello New Day
3. Mexico
4. I Do
5. Never Thought
6. Contraband
7. Wanted
8. My Best Friend’s Girl > Easy
9. Better Beautiful Than Perfect
10. Leaky Little Boat
11. Broken Record
12. Tell Yer Mamma
13. Maybe We Should Fall In Love
14. Beautiful Disaster
15. Switchblade
16. Mekong
17. Feeling
(Roger, Johnny Hickman, and Jim Dalton)
18. San Bernardino Boy
19. banter
20. Ring of Fire
21. banter
22. Teen Angst
23. Sundown
24. Banditos
25. banter
26. American Girl
(Encore)
27. crowd/banter
28. Green and Dumb

You can grap the zipfile here.