Gifts From Enola @ The Turf Club (2009)

Gifts From Enola
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Wednesday July 29th 2009

Recorded: Empty
Mastered: Jordan Skophammer

Location: AB, 5' LOC, 6' back, ~8' ^
Source: SP-C4 Cards > 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]

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

FLAC | 320kbps

01. City Lights Scraped the Sky
02. Thawed Horizon
03. Trieste
04. Aves

giftsfromenola.com | Bandcamp | Facebook

Gifts From Enola recently broke up so I wanted to pull this out of the Archives. This recording was originally posted in August 2009. No editing was done in 2009 so if you enjoyed that recording I encourage you to check out what Jordan has done here.

Gifts From Enola were booked to play Minneapolis exactly two years prior to this show on July 29th 2007 at Memory Lanes with Nomia but I believe the show got canceled on the Mpls side. They came back the summer 2008 but I was out of town. I was happy to finally catch up with them at The Turf Club. Gifts From Enola, Falcon Arrow and peoplearemagnets opened for Paragraphs.

They have one last show at Bule Nile in Harrisonburg, VA on June 8th. 

Empty's Tapes Presents II: Hell's Kitchen Underground

Poster by Brian Downs.

Empty's Tapes Presents II:

Hell's Kitchen
80 9th St S
Saturday October 1st
$5 | 10pm | 21+

Children of Euler (Last)
Canyons of Static (West Bend, WI)
Paul Metzger
Falcon Arrow (First)

with DJ Savage Clone (of Thunderbolt Pagoda) & DJ Soft Abuse (of Soft Abuse Records) playing records in between sets.

The Facebook.

Food & Drink specials from 10pm to 2am.

Thursdays Are Always Stacked Around Here.

The Triple Rock Social Club
8pm | $5 | 18+

Dragons Power Up!
Puppies & Trains
IS/IS

Dragons Power Up! / Puppies & Trains split 7" Release available on Guilt Ridden Pop.

The Kitty Cat Klub
10pm | No Cover | 21+

Perish11 w/
Transitional Species
Dustbuns

Perish is an "evening of dark music" presented every 3rd Thursday of the month at The Kitty Cat Klub. Highly recommended.

The Turf Club
9pm | $6 | 21+

Skoal Kodiak
Stacian (Milwaukee)
Leisure Birds
Fortified Five (ex-Knife World)

A pretty amazing bill going down on the other side of the river.

The Nomad
9pm | No Cover | 21+

With a Gun for a Face (last)
Dart Mouth
Hyperslob
Falcon Arrow (first)

The With a Gun for a Face miniseries continues.

HouseofLard
8pm | $6 | All Ages

Wiccans (Denton, TX)
Much Worse (TC Punk)
Getting Even (TC Punk
Brain Tumors (TC Punk)

Punk Rock. Brain Tumors and Much Worse are Empty's Tapes endorsed. Directions or more info? RockBottomWrex@hotmail.com

At The Hexagon and The Triple Rock Tonight...

Two great shows on a night where I don't feel like doing anything. Don't be lazy like me.

If you felt like it you could send The Funeral And The Twilight off proper at The Hexagon as they will be doing some Midwestern dates with Stephen Paul Smoker and Grace Kulp.

The Hexagon
Thursday May 5th
9:30 | no cover | 21+

The Funeral And The Twilight
The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs
Stephen Paul Smoker (Chicago)
Grace Kulp (Chicago)

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You could also (if you felt like it) check out another nicely put together Nowlikephotographs Prsents bill at The Triple Rock.

The Triple Rock Social Club
Thursday May 5th
8:00 | $8 | 18+

Take Acre (Last)
Hildur Victoria
Humanda
Falcon Arrow (First)

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EDIT: christ, Strong Bones are at The Turf and Har Mar Superstar, Seawhores and Slapping Purses are at The Entry. It's a good night to be above ground in the Twin Cities.

Take Acre @ The Entry

A .RAR file containing this recording is available here.

Take Acre
The Entry
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday April 19th 2011

Recorded by: emptystapes AT gmail DOT com
Location: The usual spot.
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Hypers) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > razorlame > 320kbps]
Edit: Sound Forge Pro 10 (mild compression), CD Wave (track indexing)

This recording is for archival and promotional purposes only.

01. Emperor Seamount
02. There is Pretty Distance
03. Harlem Renaissance Festival
04. The Bathers
05. [Improv]
06. Burned Grove

Rich Barlow - guitar
Jaron Childs - lap steel
Charles Gillett - bass/guitar
Davu Seru - drums

takeacre.com | Bandcamp | Myspace

Take Acre, Humanda and Witch Hat (Baltimore) supported Falcon Arrow. Take Acre is quickly becoming one of the must see bands in the Twin Cities. If you're interested their next show is this Thursday May 5th at The Triple Rock as part of Nowlikephotographs Prsents: Take Acre, Hildur Victoria, Humanda & Falcon Arrow. Take Acre's self-titled LP is available now through the band or at several local retailers. Thank you to everyone who works at The Entry.

Citizens of the Empire @ Hell's Kitchen

A .RAR file containing this recording is available here.

Citizens of the Empire
Hell's Kitchen
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday January 27th 2011

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: AB, off to the left, ~20' back, ~7' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Cards) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > Razorlame > 320kbps mp3]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) No other editing was done.

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Insurrection Is Our Only Weapon Against The Machine Of Alienation
02. Untitled
03. We Pay For Our Lives With Our Deaths
04. Apathy And Resignation Are The Sources Of Our Misfortune
05. Through Obedience We Develop The Reflex Of Submission

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A perfect recording to release on a snowed in day like today. It's been on repeat for a couple of hours up here in the batcave. I love COTE. Their 7 track s/t debut is highly recommended and is available on the bandcamp page. The Falcon Arrow and White Mischief sets have been posted as well. Delta Lyrae is to follow. Thanks to the bands and to Hell's Kitchen for allowing me to record.

Falcon Arrow Hell's Kitchen

A .RAR file containing this recording is available here.

Falcon Arrow
Hell's Kitchen
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday January 27th 2011

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Forced Empathy
02. Amateur Law Enforcement
03. Amateur Outlaws
04. Rodian Colony
05. Demands
06. Tiger Driver

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How is it that Falcon Arrow wasn't on the Best New Bands bill the other night? They would sound epic in the Mainroom. I said Epic! Well, going strong since 2008 likely disqualifies you. This was my first time attending a show at Hell's Kitchen and everyone that's been telling me about it were right, it sounds really nice down there. The staff were all very friendly as well.

I'm so glad Hell's Kitchen is getting serious with their new and improved HK Late Night series. New shows are filling up their calendar on the heels of their first two successful weekends. Late Night downtown happy hour just got a whole lot better Thursday through Sunday. See.

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: AB, off to the left, ~20' back, ~7' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Cards) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > Razorlame > 320kbps mp3]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking)

Gifts From Enola @ The Turf Club

Here's the torrent for .FLAC files.

Here's a .RAR (same as .ZIP) containing .mp3s.

Gifts From Enola
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Wednesday July 29th 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+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) [No other editing was done]
TRT: 40:03

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. City Lights Scraped the Sky
02. Thawed Horizon
03. Trieste
04. Aves

Andrew Barnes - guitar
Nathaniel Dominy - bass, keys, samples, vocals
CJ Deluca - guitar, some vocals
Jud Mason - drums
Tim Skirven - guitar, keys, samples

www.myspace.com/giftsfromenola

GFE were to play Minneapolis the summer of '07 but I believe the show was canceled on the venue side. They came back summer '08 but I was unable to attend. Finally caught up with them in St. Paul, as this recording demonstrates I'm certainly glad I did. These guys tour hard and you still have a couple weeks to catch them as they head back out East. The new album "From Fathoms" is out on Mylene Sheath Records.

Gifts From Enola, Falcon Arrow and peoplearemagnets opened for Paragraphs.

Thanks to the Turf Club for being the Midway spot.

Closing out July '09...

First things first, I need to get Future of the Left's 7/22 set posted (with their blessing) hopefully tonight.

Last night More Cowbell presented a show at The Turf Club with a stacked bill that included; Gifts From Enola, Paragraphs, Falcon Arrow & peoplearemagnets. Nothing says Wednesday night like sippin' ice water while enjoying some fine post-rock until the wee hours of the morning. Opps, I said the "p" word. Catch Gifts From Enola on their way back East if possible. Here's hoping the tapes sound nice. They're right behind Future of the Left.

Friday invloves a bit of a predicament. I was already down for the Ice Palace show at the Turf but upon speaking with my friend JK last night I was reminded that Disembodied play an early show at Station 4. Some 10 bands for $10 tour including Posion the Well, Bane, Terror, Disembodied, The Ghost Inside, War of Ages, This Is Hell, Death Before Dishonor, High Hopes & Relentless. This thing starts at 1:30pm and I'm really only interested in taping Disembodied. I'd be tempted to cover the last three bands if they were cool with it and time permitted. HMMM. I was planning on heading "home" to relax before another late night at the Turf but a decision to haul gear to work will have to be made before Friday morning. The idea of protecting a stand & bag of gear from an AA hardcore crowd at Station 4 does not sound appealing.