City on the Make @ The Varsity Theater

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City on the Make
The Varsity Theater
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday May 15th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DIN (~20cm, ~90º), DFC, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48kHz > 44.1kHz) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 49:19

01. Pocket Full of Copper *
02. Howlin' at a Sliver of the Moon
03. Cyborg Killer
04. A Million Bucks ^
05. Arc Lamps
06. Money is My Friend #
07. New Shoes #
08. Pick Me Ups
09. tuneage...
10. Chicks on Bikes ^
11. Good Old Fashioned Fire ^

Encore:

12. "honey you ain't holy" *

* w/ 3 piece drum cadence - Colin, Stephen & Mischa
^ on the $1,000,000 EP to be released June 7th
# unreleased

Mike Massey - vocals
Mischa Kegan - guitar
Stephen Rowe - bass
Colin Stumbras - drums

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

An extremely accurate and fun review of the show.
A great article from Reveillemag.com

I've been taping & torrenting shows since Jan. 2004 and a large part of that has been making an effort to put the word out on local music that I believe in. When someone from Moscow says thanks for posting the latest A Whisper in the Noise show you keep going because it's something that you really care about doing. Some of you that have grabbed past torrents may be familar with lines such as "______ is a great band from the Twin Cities..." or "______ is one of my favorite Minneapolis bands." Well, I'm going on the record. City on the Make is my favorite Minneapolis band. To be honest I didn't know who they were prior to May '06. I had been popping into the Nomad every Thursday night to tape Abzorbr's May residency. After staggering up the basement stairs my face was melted (OK, not really) by a fusion of Blues & Rock & Punk & lots of other words that people use to find tidy places to put music. Yeah, I know other people have rocked similar formats but there is something else going on here folks, trust me. Would I ever lead you astray?

I'm really not a fan of how most bands sound coming out of a murdochspace player...especially if you have crappy pc speakers like mine. So I guess in the end, the LP "In the Name of Progress" & EP "$1,000,000" both sound great pulsating through a home/car stereo but don't base your decision to download this or future shows off of a couple quick 96kbps mp3 listens.

Much respect to Stacy for making it through Law School and inviting everyone to her party. Check out her amazing concert photography here.

City on the Make are releasing their new EP $1,000,000 June 7th at the 400 Bar with Dragons Power Up and the Tender Sweaters.

utorrent needs the .torrent file to download the show.
I convert FLAC to WAV for CDR burning.
I play FLAC and everything else on PCs.

Gospel Gossip @ First Avenue

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Gospel Gossip
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday May 14th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DIN (~20cm, ~90º), FOB, ~5' ROC, 30' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48kHz > 44.1kHz) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 35:52

01. Wire
02. new/untitled
03. new/untitled
04. new/untitled
05. Wind
06. new/untitled

Sarah - guitar and vocals
Justin - bass
Ollie - drums
Deanna - synth

www.gospelgossipband.com
www.myspace.com/gospelgossip
www.guiltriddenpop.com

Gospel Gossip are from Northfield, MN, 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities. I dig them a lot and you should check them out. They are a young band that have been around since sometime in '07 as far as I know...I plan on taping them more this summer.

This set was part of the "City Pages Best of the Twin Cities 08 Celebration" which also featured sets from Romantica, The Alarmists and the mighty Doomtree. Here's to no cover. Thanks City Pages! Tracks 1 & 5 can be found on their debut LP "Sing into My Mouth." The rest of the set is comprised of unreleased material. Great songs. Track 6 clocks in at an epic 12+ minutes. Hopefully it's tracked properly.

"Sing into My Mouth" was released by Guilt Ridden Pop, home to a host of talented Twin Cities bands including; Malachi Constant (RIP, kinda), Mark Mallman, Superhopper, Volante, Maps Of Norway, Baby Guts and many others.

Sound at the legendary First Avenue never disappoints and it's always a real treat to tape there. Much respect to them for being cool with the documentation of the great shows that get booked (www.first-avenue.com).

"City Pages Best of the Twin Cities Celebration"

Good time at First Avenue last night. Taped all 4 bands. I'm going to try and get the full Gospel Gossip set out soon. I cannot circulate any unreleased Doomtree so I was thinking of also torrenting a compilation that would feature tracks from the Doomtree set that have already been released as well as tracks from the other sets.

Doomtree
The Alarmists
Romantica
Gospel Gossip

Kaddisfly @ Station 4 ('08)

Great 50 minute set Friday night...will torrent down the road. Taped the Station 4 show last July as well.

Abzorbr @ Hexagon Bar

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Abzorbr
Hexagon Bar
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday May 10th 2008
Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)Location: AB, FOB, LOC, ~15' back, ~8' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48kHz > 44.1kHz) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 27:53

01. soundcheck
02. Follow the Leader
03. Routine Lovers
04. improvisation / freestyle > Childish Perfection
05. Private Permission
06. I Breathe I'm Dead
07. improvisation / freestyle

Kristoff Krane - Vocals/Lyricst
Casey O'Brien - Bass/Laptop
Graham O'Brien - Drums

www.abzorbr.com
www.myspace.com/abzorbr

This was the after party for Louis N. Lapierre's art show opening (555 Studios on 39th and Minnehaha for the next month). A five band bill that was running late resulted in short sets but it was still a great show. Face Candy (also featuring Chris & Casey) and City on the Make played later in the evening. I love the Hexagon but let it be noted that it's a chatty neighborhood joint from back in the day. No cover also means a lot of traffic but the music is full enough to mask much of the chattiness.

Murder by Death @ The Triple Rock

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Murder by Death
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday May 4th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DIN (~20cm, ~90º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~12.5' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48 > 44.1) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 71:13

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01. intro
02. Sometimes the Line Walks You
03. '52 Ford
04. Ball & Chain
05. Masters in Reverse Psychology
06. Ash
07. Steal Away
08. I'm Afraid of Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe
09. Dead Men and Sinners
10. Killbot 2000
11. Dynamite Mine
12. Until Morale Improves, the Beatings Will Continue
13. The Devil in Mexico
14. Comin' Home
15. Three Men Hanging
16. Brother
17. Boilermaker banter...
18. Spring Break 1899
19. encore break...
20. The Big Sleep
21. The Desert's on Fire

Adam Turla - Vocals, Guitars
Sarah Balliet - Cello, Keys
Dagan Thogerson - Percussion
Matt Armstrong - Bass

www.murderbydeath.com

Murder by Death support the taping & filming of their shows. This band will be legendary at some point so if they stop through town check them out.

There is a pleasant amount of crowd banter that adds to the recording, including the "official dude of the show" who got shirtless a couple of times.

dios @ The Triple Rock

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dios
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday May 4th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish (~20cm, ~90º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~12' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48 > 44.1) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 33:25

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01. I Feel Fine ALL the Time
02. Feels Good Being Somebody
03. Girl...
04. Marry You
05. Frequency
06. Alcohol
07. Heart It (hard to make out on set list...)
08. Dumb
09. Don't Be...
10. Nobody's

Patrick Butterworth - drums
Joel Morales - vocals & guitar
Edwin Kampwirth - keyboard
James Cabeza de Vaca (Jimi) - keyboard (not on tour)
John Paul Caballero (J.P.) - bass

www.wearedios.com
www.myspace.com/diosmalos

Songs 4-10 are not on the first 2 albums I have so I'm not even sure that they've been released. I'm also not certain that the 4-10 song titles are 100% correct as I got them from a set list. Opening for Murder by Death all of May '08.

Discography:

dios (Startime International, 2004)
dios (malos) (Startime International, 2005)

Dark Meat @ The Nomad

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Dark Meat
The Nomad World Pub
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday April 27thth 2008
Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DIN (~20cm, ~90º), DFC 15' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48 > 44.1) CD Wave (tracking)
TRT: 45:15

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01. intro
02. One More Trip
03. Last of the Frontiers
04. No One Was There
05. Freedom Ritual
06. New Eyes
07. Future Galaxies
08. Three Eyes Open
09. outro

www.myspace.com/darkmeats
www.archive.org/details/DarkMeat

Many thanks to Dark Meat & Bernard for being cool with taping. I think it's going to pay off for them in the end because these shows and their energy need to be documented for others to hear, be it now or 20 years from now. This is a listing of the band members however; I believe only 12 of them are on tour. This information also denotes more of what they contributed on the album but should be pretty faithful to the live show as well. I can't say for fact who did what in Minneapolis but it was amazing. I had serious doubts about what they would be able to pull off in a small venue (with a TINY stage) like the Nomad but doubts were quickly laid to rest. They sounded better than a lot of the 4 piece rock bands I've seen at the Nomad and this is likely due to their sound engineer Bernard. Bernard is known to some as One Man Machine. He has short opening set prior to Dark Meat coming on. Check out his album "Get My Sound."

Jim McHugh (guitars, vocals, percussion)
Ben Clack (bass, bamboo flute, vocals)
Forrest Leffer (drums, percussion, vocals)
Kris Deason (guitars, percussion, vocals)
Jason Robira (drums, percussion)
Aaron Jollay (trombone, trumpet, guitars, percussion, keyboards, vocals)
Charlie Estes (trumpet, vocals)
Nick Canada (trumpet, baritone, vocals)
Jeff Tobias (alto saxophone, percussion, vocals)
Al Daglis (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, vocals)
Dylan Angell
Emily Armond (piccolo)
Tim Schreiber (percussion, vocals)
Chris Smith (percussion, vocals, strength & motivation)
Nate DeYonker
Heather McIntosh (vocals, Celtic harp, percussion)
Sara-J Ursrey (vocals)
BP Helium (from Of Montreal, not a regular member)

Angelo Spencer @ The Cedar

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Angelo Spencer
The Cedar Cultural Center
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday April 16th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DIN (~20cm, ~90º), FOB, DFC, 30' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48 > 44.1) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 44:47

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01. intro...
02.
03.
04.
05. Hasil Adkins
06.
07. banter...
08. Fearless Freak
09.
10. banter...
11. "Music Is My Sweat" (new song)
12. Tonight's the Night
13. banter...
14. unknown Karl Blau cover (also on K Records)
15. L'Orchidee D'Hawai introduction...
16. Cousteau *

* with L'Orchidee D'Hawai

www.myspace.com/angelospencer

On tour with his wife Kimya Dawson and L'Orchidee D'Hawai. Not much information is out there on Angelo but he is from the French Alps and now lives in Olympia, WA. At times I found myself verifying that there was only one person on stage when there could have easily been several. I definitely plan on attending the next Twin Cities show if at all possible.

Drop Angelo an email about purchasing some music if you'd like: angelospencer AT gmail.com

L'Orchidee D'Hawai @ The Cedar

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L'Orchidee D'Hawai
The Cedar Cultural Center
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday April 16th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DIN (~20cm, ~90º), FOB, DFC, 30' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48 > 44.1) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 42:51

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01. intro
02. Ojczyzna
03. Half A Bridge Too Far
04. Prelude en Fa Mineur
05. Mark Hunt
06. Smierc Ministra
07. Janya
08. The Branch
09. (Yoshio Tabata cover)
10. You Are The Roads
11. I'm Off And To the Gallows
12. Angelare

Charles Suave: vocals, claviers, guitare
Davinci Grasselli: vocals, guitare
Flaz Tulenz: basse
Lucien Tapageur: batterie, percussions
Fedor Terrell: studio and live sound

www.myspace.com/hawaiorchid

L'Orchidee D'Hawai are from Chambéry, Rhône-Alpes France. They are currently on tour with Angelo Spencer and his wife Kimya Dawson. What an amazing set this was, I highly recommend you catch the rest of the tour if possible! All 3 sets were great and really well received here in Minneapolis. Go on and treat yourself to a stellar fusion of European surf rock featuring songs in English, Polish and Italian. Many thanks to Piotr for his help with the set list. Several of these songs appear on L'Orchidee D'Hawai's latest album "Nobody Beats Me" while some are available on their first album "Gold." This set also features some unreleased songs as well.

Triple Rock > Bedlam > Triple Rock

I had been excited to tape Fuck Buttons for a long time. Met up with my bud and fellow taper, Guy at the Triple Rock. I've heard great things about Caribou's live show so we were looking forward to making some sweet tapes. We were both clamped to the same stand when Fuck Buttons merch guy came up and very politely told us that per their management he was not to allow anyone to record any of the shows on this tour. He was very cool about it, explaining that they were playing songs the label had not heard yet and their management wanted to prevent the songs from leaking. I suppose we could have given the old "we'll give the band copies and then just keep the recordings to ourselves" argument but I wasn't in the mood to go there.

Knowing that Caribou was covered my original plan was to tape FB and then head to the Bedlam Theatre to tape Mel Gibson & the Pants. I stayed and checked out most of FB's set but because I was already all packed up and ready to go I ducked out before they finished. Short story short I made a really nice recording of MG&TP then headed back to the Triple Rock in time to catch the last 2-3 Caribou songs. They sounded very tight and it's a good thing Guy was rolling on them.

I ran into one of the Fuck buttons guys and just mentioned that "it's a bummer we couldn't record your set but we fully understand the label concerns so no worries at all." He was a bit confused so I just explained that we were asked to to record per the management. He had verified that it was due to the two new songs that were in the set and was a bit apologetic about the whole deal. "Just as long as you don't think we're assholes." I assured him that wasn't the case at all and thanked him for coming through.

Converge & Openers @ The Triple Rock 2008

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Converge
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday April 8th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~12' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: iZotope RX (48 > 44.1) CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 69:30

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Please Do Not circulate mp3s or other lossy formats.

If you get a copy to Jake before I do, please don't pass off 128kbps mp3s again.

01. intro
02. Plagues
03. No Heroes
04. Thaw
05. My Great Devastator
06. Bitter and Then Some
07. Eagles Become Vultures
08. The Broken Vow
09. Drop Out
10. Heartless
11. Last Light
12. Locust Reign
13. Sacrifice
14. Downpour
15. Versus
16. Heartache
17. Hellbound
18. Concubine
19. Jane Doe

Jacob Bannon - Vocals
Ben Koller - Drums
Kurt Ballou - Guitar / Vocals
Nate Newton - Bass / Vocals

www.convergecult.com
www.deathwishinc.com
www.jacobbannon.com

Over the course of 18 years they have been there for a lot of people. This band deserves your support.


Here's to the tough guy that slammed into a friend filming beside me over what he thought was an abandoned beer on the drink rail. After a polite elbow to chill out I handed over the empty root beer bottle in an effort to keep him off the recording. He dropped it on the ground and proceded to text on his phone, yelling out the occasional Bro comment. Thankfully you can only hear the jackass a couple of times. FUCKING JESUIT! WE WANT NATE! ...oh man texting at shows is so cool. I wanted to ask why he felt the need to drink other peoples beverages but he wasn't around after the show. Bro, drinking strange beverages can be bad for you.

Here are the openers:

Genghis Tron 2008-04-08 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Baroness 2008-04-08 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
The Red Chord 2008-04-08 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN

Converge @ The Triple Rock 2005

Here's a link to the torrent.

Converge
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
September 21st 2005

Location: DINish, 20cm, right drink rail, 20' back, ~8' ^
Taper: empty - neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com
Source: Sonic Studios DSM-6S/L > PA-6LC2 --> Sony MZ-NH1 Hi-MD
Lineage: Hi-MD master (PCM WAV) > USB > SonicStage 3.2 > WAV (44.1kHz 16 Bit Stereo) [Normalize -3dB Sound Forge 6.0] > CD Wave > FLAC8 + Verified OK
TRT: 46:31

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01. First Light
02. Eagles Become Vultures
03. The Broken Vow
04. Drop Out
05. Hope Street
06. Bitter and Then Some
07. You Fail Me
08. Black Cloud
09. Heartless
10. Homewrecker
11. Last Light
12. Concubine
13. Conduit
14. The Saddest Day

Jacob Bannon
Kurt Ballou
Nate Newton
Ben Koller

www.convergecult.com
www.deathwishinc.com

Someone bumped this down to 128kbps and gave it to Jake. Here's a reseed of the original lossless files. Please go support Converge on tour this year. Thanks to cavis for tracking the set.

City on the Make @ The Bedlam Theatre

I heard great things from a couple of friends about City on the Make's set opening for the Black Diamond Heavies at the 400 Bar Friday night. Those who were at the Bedlam last night were treated to another set full of heart and rock by the band. They played the after-party for the second night of Idigaragua and Massgraves, two memorizing productions being put on by local theatre company A Lamb Lays With Lion. Check out both of these shows! The schedule is posted below. Even if you are not able to attend these particular productions please be sure to stop by The Bedlam Theatre and show them your support. It is a valuable establishment.

I'm going to hold off on posting a torrent of the City on the Make set until I talk to them some more. Keep an eye on their page for info on the soon to be released new EP.

The following information was taken from bedlamtheatre.org.

Apr 3, 2008 - Apr 13, 2008
A LAMB LAYS WITH LION PRODUCTION
THE ENCORE PRESENTATION OF
FORT WILSON RIOT PRESENTS: IDIGARAGUA
IN REPERTORY WITH
MASSGRAVES
Directed by Jeremey Catterton
April 3-13, 2008 (Opening April 4)

Fort Wilson Riot Presents: Idigaragua premiered at the Bedlam Theatre to great critical acclaim and sold out crowds in September of 2007. Conceived by local art-rock band Fort Wilson Riot and directed by Jeremey Catterton, Idigaragua features dance, puppetry, film and live rock 'n' roll to fully visualize their concept album of the same title. A five-part epic, Idigaragua relates a magical tale of one man's lifetime, from the mundane to the fantastic. It speaks of intention, possibility, and choice, while all along accompanied by a mystical bird and its song, "Idigaragua . . . " Idigaragua was voted "Best Rock Opera" by MSP Magazine in 2007.

"Massgraves…is a lot of bodies…or the end of religion... or possibly the mourning of our weak wrecked planet, as we gift it unto our children. Massgraves is the story of how to properly put to bed everything we hold dear. It is how we say goodbye to all that was good about life and striving. The Requiem for all that we did not do, or simply the Prayer for all that we still hope to happen…which keeps us living. Massgraves is a hiphop-beat ridden vision that peers through the art of performance to tell us the story of ourselves in a city, Nosferatu on the floor in a heap, and The Egyptian Book of the Dead in our sleep," from writer/director Jeremey Catterton. Massgraves will feature live original music by Kill the Vultures.

www.lamblayswithlion.org
www.fortwilsonriot.com
www.myspace.com/killthevultures

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Preview: Thursday, April 3 (pay what you can)
Idigaragua at 7:30
Massgraves at 9:30
Opening Night: Friday, April 4
Massgraves at 7:30
Idigaragua at 9:30
After Party featuring Abzorbr
Saturday, April 5
Idigaragua at 7:30
Massgraves at 9:30
After Party featuring City on the Make
Sunday, April 6
Idigaragau at 7:00
Massgraves at 9:00
Monday, April 7
Idigaragua at 7:00
Massgraves at 9:00
Thursday, April 10
Massgraves at 7:30
Idigaragua at 9:30
Friday, April 11
Idigaragua at 7:30
Massgraves at 9:30
After Party featuring Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The Pons
Saturday, April 12
Massgraves at 7:30
Idigaragua at 9:30
After Party featuring Mel Gibson and the Pants
Sunday, April 13
Idigaragua at 7:00
Massgraves at 9:00
TICKETS:
Priced at $15 for one show, or $20 for both (on the same night)

About Lamb Lays With Lion
Lamb Lays with Lion is an Original and Experimental company dedicated to the exploration of unique and radical new forms, virtual and spectral expressions, and the thrust into a new age of art; one in which expectations are checked at the door, to be replaced by ear plugs and open minds.

Iced Ink @ The 400 Bar

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Iced Ink
400 Bar
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday March 29th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish ( cm, º), a hair ROC, ~8' back, ~6.5'^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9.0 (fades)
TRT: 51:38

01. Secret Asian Man
02. The World According To A Drunken Trendy Asshole
03. Stupidface
04. Steve Buscemi Overture
05. Weird Beard Rides Again
06. Buy Me Toys
07. Theme From The Ritardo Montelban Show
08. La Chica
09. This Is What The Fuck Robster Craws Are
10. Pedomorphic Surveillance of an Ambiguous Correspondence
11. I Feel Good, I Feel Great, I Feel Wonderful

Micycle - guitar
Barry - drums
Joe - bass

www.icedink.com
www.myspace.com/icedink

Check this band out! Great 50 minute set opening for the Paper Chase. Be sure to support these fine fellas, especially if you live in the Twin Cities area.

Iced Ink is/are/am an instrumental surf-jazz-metal guitar - drum - bass - percussion group that are slowly emerging from the snowy bowels of Minneapolis, MN. It spawned in 1998 when Mike (guitar) abandoned all contact with outside musicians for a few years to focus on writing music he wished he was hearing more of in the Twin Cities area that couldn't necessarily be written by just "jamming".

Let's move ahead to July of 2001: Freshly transplanted to the Twin Cities from that one famous music school in Boston full of gifted wankers, VomitGod (drums) along with his wifeperson Sara T. (percussion) were lured in by shameless Iced Ink promotional bait printed on the back of Minneapolis' premier weekly alternative news source, City Pages. He contacted Mike, and 6 months later, Joe Berkman's skillful (and very audible) bass manipulations won the Iced Ink Bassist Pageant to complete the lineup. They bought a colorful bus, were driven around by their mother and manager Reuben to perform to the delight of many screaming fans, and compelled families across the world to tune in every week for a half hour of pure watery comedy and bad lip-synching.

In the spring of 2005, VomitGod and Scara moved back out East which caused Berkman and Mike to search high and low for replacement drums/percussion. Iced Ink fan and CEO of HighTide Music Doug Kasper was kind enough to refer a lovely and talented drummer to them by the name of Barry Knudson. Barry proved to be an eggsellent fit for the band and they are now playing as a boner feed power trio.

In closing, if you obtain a copy of our CD "There's A Bee In Here", "ALIVE!", and/or come out to see us live, you may find yourself wondering: "How come nobody told me weird music that people can't dance or sing to could be this totally bitchin?!!"

The answer, my friends, is ketchup.

- icedink.com

Kill the Vultures @ the Turf

I couldn't bring myself to cough on Alexei but here's a link to the torrent.

Kill the Vultures
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Saturday March 8th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 at yahoo dot com)
Location: AB, 20cm, left side, 6' back, ~10' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9.0 (fades)
TRT: 39:35 (w/o track 11)

Please Do Not sell this recording. Share & trade it freely.
Please Do Not circulate mp3s or other lossy formats.

01. Dirty Hands
02. Moonshine
03. The Spider's Eyes
04. Days Turn Into Nights
05. Strangers In The Doorways
06. Frontline
07. Birchwood
08. The Wine Thief
09. Vermillion
10. The Vultures

11. Frontline (sbd > rca > 120, normalized in SF 9)

www.myspace.com/killthevultures

Stephen Lewis - beats
Alexei Moon Casselle - mic

Two of the four vulture killers live at the Turf in St. Paul. Mario is in San Francisco and Adam is in Chicago . Maybe I'll torrent the full crew reunion from last month. I highly recommend purchasing any of the 3 releases or catching them live in any form.

Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble

That sickness that everyone has had finally caught up to me. Kicked my ass. Still kicking it. I missed the EP release at the BLB. Never been to the Theater part of the BLB. Word is it holds 75 and to get a good recording you either need to be on-stage or get their early enough to get permission to clamp to the projector. I didn't a clamp or the motivation to drag my sick ass down there. Heard it was great. Pick up the EP if you see it out and about.

I'm going to head down to the Turf Club for Kill the Vultures, Painted Saints and American Catastrophe and Alexei better have my copy or I'm coughing on him.

Humanboy @ The Varsity (SBD)

Here's a link to the torrent.

Humanboy
The Varsity Theater
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday February 28th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Source: Soundboard > 1/4" adapters > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line-In @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking)
TRT: 52:47

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Brie Harthun - Vocals, Nord Synthesizer
Ben Berg - Electric and sometimes acoustic guitar, Yamaha RS7000, bass, artwork
Geoff Fischbein - acoustic fingerstyle guitar
Ryan Guanzon - drums, electronic automation

www.myspace.com/humanboy

This is a really great set from Humanboy that opened the A Whisper in the Noise "Dry Land" US CD Release. All 4 of these people bring something to the table that makes me want to see this band again. I really don't think you'll be disappointed after giving this a quick download. I have a really nice Audience recording I'll post as well. To be honest, I'm only familiar with the tracks on myspace (check 'em out) so I was hoping Ben would help with the setlist! I hope you enjoy some Humanboy.

Young Widows @ The Triple Rock

Here's a link to the torrent.

Young Widows
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday March 1st 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~12' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades) & iZotope RX (48 > 44.1)
TRT: 30:11

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01. Took a Turn
02. Old Skin
03. Formerer
04. King of the Backburner
05. Mirrorfucker
06. Delay the Pressure
07. Let Him Be
08. Feelers
09. Swamped and Agitated

www.youngwidows.net
www.myspace.com/youngwidows

Jeremy McMonigle
Evan Patterson
Nick Thieneman

This is the set that Evan was kind enough to get to me. It's probably not tracked properly. It goes well burned with the Russian Circles set which is what I am listening to now. Support these fine young lads from Louisville, KY at a show or purchase a cd online. Thanks to Young Widows and the Triple Rock for being cool with taping.

Russian Circles @ The Triple Rock

Here's a link to the torrent.

Russian Circles
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday March 1st 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~12' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades & down sample to 44.1 - High Interpolation accuracy & Anti-alias filter)
TRT: 46:35

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Please Do Not circulate mp3s or other lossy formats.

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03. [04:11]
04. [07:55]
05. [10:45]
06. [07:02]


Mike Sullivan - guitar
Dave Turncrantz - drums
Brian Cook - bass (recording member for upcoming album only, not certain who is on tour)

www.russiancircles.net
www.myspace.com/russiancircles

Of the 3 shows I've taped this is definitely the best one. I don't think I've seen a bad Russian Circles show, this band only gets better. Pick up a CD and support them. I believe the new album is out in May. Chances are this is not tracked properly. There's a couple of new songs in there. Dälek and Young Widows also played. Long live the Triple Rock.