City on the Make @ The 400 Bar '09

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City on the Make
The 400 Bar
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday April 2nd 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Source: SBD > XLR outs > Dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line-In @ 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: 67:57

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01. Crack in the 80s
02. 900 Nails
03. ...banter
04. Combat Zone
05. No Thumbs
06. Fake I.D.
07. Money is My Friend
08. Arc Lamps
09. Ships Across the Ocean
10. Scorpion Juice
11. Chicks on Bikes
12. Good Old Fashioned Fire
13. ...banter
14. Rustoleum Royal Blues > Little T&A +
15. Tangled Webs: Slithering Cobras
16. New Shoes
17. Pick Me Ups

+ original > The Rolling Stones

Mike Massey - Vocals
Mischa Kegan - Guitar
Stephen Rowe - Bass
Colin Stumbras - Drums

www.cityonthemake.net | www.myspace.com/cityonthemake

www.400bar.com

First "official" City on the Make show of 2009. Anyone catch Jackie & the Rippers at the Nomad a few weeks ago? They definitely got some of their chops from City on the Make. Massey was worried about a head cold tonight but I think everyone brought their A game. This is no doubt my favorite Combat Zone yet. It's highly likely the new album will be out this year so keep your eyes out for that. The new material is really coming together.

Tom Greenwood of Jackie-O Motherfucker and Whitesand/Badlands opened.

Eyedea & Abilities :: New Years Eve Party

Here's a link to the party.

Eyedea & Abilities
The Entry
Minneapolis, MN
New Years Eve Saturday December 31st 2008

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Source: SBD > XLR adapters > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)

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Disc I - 43:53

01. ...Midnight Countdown 2009
02. new song
03. Man Vs. Ape
04. "teeth marks on the skin"
05. Birth of a Fish
06. Seizure Suite (E&A remix)
07. ...Powdered Water Too (A)
08. How Much Do You Pay?
09. Exhausted Love
10. Abilities & the Business
11. freestyle
12. Skydiver (new song)
13. Liquid Sovereignty
14. new song
15. Glass

Disc II - 46:27

01. ...banter
02. Abilities & the Blood
03. On This I Stand (heroin remix)
04. Paradise
05. Storms Coming (Sleep Tight) *
06. Now
07. ...encore
08. Carnage, Eyedea & Abilities jam
09. ...banter
10. Kristoff Krane & Carnage freestyle
11. Carnage & Abilities
12. ...stay alive
13. Carnage, Eyedea & Abilities freestyle

* acapella Alpha Consumer cover tease

www.myspace.com/eyedeaandabilities | www.rhymesayers.com

Please support Eyedea & Abilities by picking up a copy of the new album due out Spring 09 on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

I present you with a soundboard because I wasn't into running an audience rig in a Sold Out Entry on NYE.

Knonam, Sector7G, Carnage and Kristoff Krane opened. If anyone else was in there I apologize, I wasn't exactly sober.

Permission to post from Micheal.

Hyder Ali @ The Entry (Dec. 08)

Here's a link to the torrent.

Hyder Ali
The 7th Street Entry
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday December 27th 2008

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Source: Soundboard > XLR adapters > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line-In @ 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: 36:58

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01. ...intro by El Guante & improv jam
02. Sunrise
03. Careless Talk
04. Dark Room
05. EN & T
06. All Falls Down
07. If I Had
08. Paper Dolls

Eric Blair: Lead Vocals
Kahlil Brewington: Drums
Edwin Scherer: Electric Bass, Upright, Loops
Robert Mulrennan: Electric Guitar, Acoustic, Loops, Effects

www.myspace.com/hyderali | www.millcityscene.com

This was a show that was put on by Mill City Scene to celebrate the release of their first issue. Mill City Scene is a newspaper/magazine/website that covers all things concerning the local hip hop scene in Minneapolis. This was the sickest local hip hop bill I've seen in a long long time. As you'll find on the recordings many of the performers felt the same way as well. If you live in the metro area pick up a copy of MCS and if you don't you can still read all of the great articles on their website. This show included performances by; El Guante & See More Perspective, Carnage, Hyder Ali, Kristoff Krane and Big Quarters. There was not a weak set in the bunch and you'll get to hear all of them.

I chose to post the Hyder Ali set first because they're my favorite local band to come out of 2008. I haven't seem them since the Kristoff Krane CD Release in September and I was excited to get another set out. I'm putting the soundboard out there because the mic source is full of people talking about porches and stuff. I usually don't get into the spammy street team stuff but if anyone reading was up for going to the Current's site and requesting their new single "Paper Dolls" it would be greatly appreciated by me and likely the band as well. If you're interested you can do so here.

Black Audience @ Pi Bar

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Black Audience
Pi Bar
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday October 4th 2008

Recorded by: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Source: Soundboard > 1/4" adapters > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV) [Safety Clip ON (+2.5dB)]
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 33:24

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01.
02. The Wayfaring Stranger +
03. Queen Jane Approximately @
04.
05. I'll Tell Me Ma *
06. Darling Cora #
07. Elijah Rock ^
08.

+ traditional
@ Bob Dylan
* Irish traditional
# Harry Belafonte
^ Mahalia Jackson/Raymond Anthony Myles/Harry Connick Jr.

Jayanthi Kyle (voice)
Doug Anderson (banjo and bones)
Luke Kyle (bodhran and spoons)
John Davis (bass and bass clarinet)
Robin Kyle (guitar)

At the moment I believe the only other recording of Black Audience publicly available is a live track from the Entry in their myspace player. Check this out!

"Black Audience opened the attack with a salvo of boogie, blues and AAAAR & B. While the band backed her up on banjo, calimba and bodhran, lead singer Jayanthi Kyle made me spine shiver with her haunting renditions of old blues and gospel numbers." (Jon Behm, Howwastheshow.com)

"They call themselves Black Audience because, as Robin says, "When the lights are in your eyes, every audience is black."" (Steve Marsh)

www.myspace.com/blackaudience
http://www.citypages.com/2008-09-10/music/black-audience