Nightosaur "Bigger Than Texas Tour" Kickoff Tonight!

The Entry
Thursday December 30th
8pm doors
$5 cover

Nightosaur
Voytek
Teenage Moods
Hastings 3000

Please enjoy the following live tracks from the recent Fine Line show...

Nightosaur - "Sabre Fangg" (Live 12-07-10)
Nightosaur - "Tuff Tymez" (Live 12-07-10)

Keep an eye on Nightosaur's facepage for more dates TBA:

Jan 10th - The Jackpot, Lawrence KS
Jan 12th - Stafford Main, Bryan TX
Jan 13th - Cheer up Charlie's, Austin TX
Jan 14th - TBA, San Antonio TX

Turkey Eve Show @ The Hexagon

The Blind Shake
The Bombay Sweets
Voytek
Still Pacific

Hexagon Bar
2600 27th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
(612) 722-3454

Voytek @ The Turf Club (07/10)

Congratulations to Dusty and Jess on their vows. This is the first day of the rest of your lives. We'll all pulling for you to do the right things and make us proud!

Didn't stick around late enough to catch The Hold Steady? Well hopefully you showed up early enough for Voytek.

Voytek - "Too Many Girls" (Live)

Voytek - "Cuttin' School" (Live)

Bird Sounds @ The Turf Club

Download a .RAR file containing this recording here.

Bird Sounds
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Thursday July 22nd 2010

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: AB, left stack spot, ~8' ^
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) Sound Forge 10 (compression)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Country
02. Money and Bones
03. Time
04. Fortune
05. Mrs. Sippy
06. Ms. Treater
07. Seen It Coming
08. No Confetti
09. Rot
10. Been Frank

Matt Semke: Vocals / Guitar
Jason Zaborowski: Bass / Vocals
Charlie Smyrk: Drums

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Bird Sounds, Puppies & Trains and Voytek supported the Double Bird tour kickoff show. It was a fine evening of musics at The Turf Club and this is one of my all time favorite fliers. Bird Sounds shows are rare and this is why you should consider attending when the chance is there. These are men of higher education and word is there may possibly be one more show in August before the school session starts back up. See you there.

Download the Bird Sounds - "Girl Sounds" EP here.

Puppys And Trains...Killing You Softly.

Puppies and Trains are one of the greatest Rock n' Roll bands in the in the seven county metro area. Probably kind of surprised you haven't seen them around town? Well, they don't really believe in "websites" and "promotion" and "social networking" et cetera. Puppies and Trains is Kermit and Math P. from Superhopper along with Drummer Jimmy. This was the Double Bird tour kick off show which also featured top-shelf sets from Bird Sounds and Voytek. Jam city with the AKG 414's in the spot at The Turf Club (07/22/10).

Puppies and Trains - This Is The End (Live)


Drawing and Design by Mr. Jonathan Stavole (Ohio Cowboy Pictures)

Prairie Sons @ The Triple Rock (Mara's Birthday)

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Prairie Sons
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday June 6th 2010

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~9' ^
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) Sound Forge 10 (slight compression + fade out)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

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James Russell - Guitar and Vocals
Andrew Rinker - Lead Guitar
Adam Roddy - Bass Guitar and Vocals
Jeff Brown - Drums

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This was Mara's birthday party. Voytek and Class of 86 started off the evening. MC/VL played a set and DJed in the old bar as well. This was one of the funnest nights in recent memory and I'm really happy with the way this Prairie Sons tape turned out. Do not sleep on their record when it comes out! Want to read more about Prairie Sons and local Country-related events? Check out Nikki Miller's Are You Ready For the Country blog.

MC/VL @ The Old Bar

MC/VL
The Old Bar (The Triple Rock)
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday June 6th 2010

So Mara's birthday party featured MC/VL playing a set and spinning records in the old bar as well sets from Prairie Sons, Voytek and Class of 86 on the venue side. With the 414s set up in the other room I had to channel Lomax and MacGyver, a couple of long time heroes to get this recording made. Drew hooked me up with a rag that I folded up to cradle the Sony PCM-D50 as I pointed it to the speaker positioned above the door. The capabilities of the D50's internals are well known. This deck is extremely well made and the internals don't mess around. This was recorded at 24 bit 48 kHz. The dithering to 16 bit was done in Sound Forge Pro 10 and the 320kbps mp3 encoding was done using RazorLame.

MC/VL - "Live From The Old Bar"

Voytek - "Saturday Night Again" (Live at The Triple Rock)

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