Pelican @ The Triple Rock '09

320kbps mp3s are included in Culture Bully's all-encompassing piece on Sunday's show.
FLAC files are available via The Traders' Den.

Pelican
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday October 18th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 10 (fades)
TRT: 57:08

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Embedding the Moss
02. Dead Between the Walls
03. The Creeper
04. Ephemeral
05. GW
06. An Inch Above Sand
07. Strung Up From the Sky
08. Glimmer
09. Sirius

Laurent Schroeder-Lebec - guitar
Trevor de Brauw - guitar
Bryan Herweg - bass
Larry Herweg - drums

www.myspace.com/pelican

Another amazing band from Chicago that always delivers live. Thanks to Pelican and to The Triple Rock for allowing this recording to go down. Pelican's new LP "What We All Come to Need" was released through Southern Lord Records on October 27th 2009. Sweet Cobra and Minsk supported.

I wanted to get the Sweet Cobra set edited before I left town but I have to get some recordings to Eyedea and finish packing so we'll see what happens tonight...

MONO @ The Triple Rock '09

Culture Bully and Empty's Tapes wanted to do our part in helping to document this stellar show. You can check out their extremely well detailed piece on the evening over at CultureBully.com. With national recognition I'm sure many people are already aware of the comprehensive job Culture Bully does in documenting the local and national music scenes but if for some reason it's news to you then it's time to hit the bookmark button.

The band's new taping policy is such that they would prefer to hear all recordings to decide if they would like them posted in their entirety or not. Having recorded them 5 times since 2005 and being that they are one of my favorite bands I'm certainly here to respect their wishes. Please do enjoy "Ashes in the Snow" and "Halo" from Monday night's set.

A complete audience recording of the Maserati set can be found here.

Vampire Hands @ The Turf Club

Here's a link to the .FLAC files.
V0 mp3s available as the first official upload to emptystapes.com
Here's a link to a .RAR containing the V0 .mp3 files.

Vampire Hands
"Hannah in the Mansion" Album Release Party
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Friday August 14th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: AB, 5' LOC, 6' back, ~8' ^
Source: SP-C4 Cards > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > Sony PCM D50 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: D50 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9.0 (fades)
TRT: 66:06

01. ...intro
02. No Joy
03. Me and You Cherry Red
04. Queen Juno
05. Stunning Blond
06. Wolf Skin Pose
07. Eight Legs
08. Stauette
09. No Fun
10. Invisible Stairs
11. ...broken amp Blue Moon
12. Bodies Alone
13. Opium Typhoon
14. Safe Word
15. Take My Reigns *
16. Welcome to America *
17. Funny Stories
18. Paradise Knife Fights

* Unreleased

Alex - Drums
Chris B - Bass/vocals
Chris R - Guitar
Colin - Drums/synth/vocals

www.myspace.com/vampirehands | www.modern-radio.com

I won't rave about Vampire Hands too much here. They're super sick both live & in the studio. They're one of the best Twin Cities bands right here & now. The interwebs will agree with me. The Wrong Crowd (Kansas City, MO) and Velvet Davenport (Minneapolis) opened. If you check out either of those bands I'm pretty sure you will not be disappointed. This was to be my first 24 bit recording but we'll have to wait on that (thanks Sony).

A huge thanks to the bands for allowing this audio documentation.

Culture Bully has provided exceptional coverage of the show.

Hey, it looks like this torrent is still alive and kickin' if anyone is interested:

Vampire Hands 2008-10-08 Radio K 15th Anniversary Show First Avenue Minneapolis, MN

Please email me if you have any questions on .FLAC, torrents, .RAR etc.

No Bird Sing @ The Triple Rock

Here's a link to the FLAC torrent.

320kbps mp3s are below.

No Bird Sing
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday July 18th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 35:34

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Legal Blood Money
02. Interlude
03. Ashen
04. ...we're No Bird Sing
05. Dead Leaves
06. Drum Skin
07. ...35 ninjas
08. ars poetica?
09. ...Mountain Goats intro
10. Mountain Goats
11. ...we got a couple songs left
12. Horse Trap
13. Devil Trombones

Joe Horton - Voice
Robert Mulrennan - Guitar/Electronics
Graham O'Brien - Drums/Electronics

No Bird Sing and The Teddy Holidays opened for Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble. NBS has been one of my favorite Twin Cities bands since getting into them this past October. They have an All Ages CD Release Show at Eclipse Records September 11th and an 18+ CD Release Show at the Triple Rock on September 12th.

Check out Culture Bully for more info on the new album.