Slim Cessnas Auto Club @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2003-12-30

The Slim Cessna New Years show have long been a Denver tradition.  By the time I noticed that there had not been an announcement for this year it was way passed time that there would be one.  I didn't make it every year but I saw a bunch over the years.  All good things come to an end.  So it goes.

It got me to wondering if I had any New Year SCAC shows that I had recorded but not shared.  Turns out I only have the one show from 2001.  I posted that a few years ago.  The closest I had was this day before NYE show from 2003.  I transferred all of my minidisc masters digitally back in 2003 and must not have listed to what this was back then or I might have shared it sooner.

I got a board feed on this night and it sounds pretty great but has some irregularities that a board feed can have.  This is the house mix so vocals are forefront and most of the instruments are a bit subdued.

Also the in-between song parts are really quite.  You can barely hear the crowd.  Good and bad.

I also might have shelved back in 2003 because at the end Slim plays the 1st part of "Last Song About Satan" with his capo on and the rest of the band can't play along.  It gets resolved and everyone has a laugh.  Before the last song Slim says how embarrassed he was and he hopes he never has to hear what that sounded like.  Honestly since the guitars are so low in the mix it doesn't sound to bad.  I figure since it was 22 years ago I'm safe to share it.  Cheers to the Auto Club and all the fun times.

Slim Cessnas Auto Club

Bluebird Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2003-12-30

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: SBD - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (88:28.00) 

01 Goddamn Blue Yodel #7

02 Cranston City Sinner

03 Port Authority Band

04 Sour Patch Kids

05 Mother's Daughter

06 32 Mouths Gone Dry

07 Providence, New Jerusalem

08 He, Roger Williams

09 Mark Of Vaccination

10 Pine Box

11 Uncle John's Boat

12 This Is How We Do Things In The Country

13 Jesus Christ

14 Thorny Crown

15 Hold My Head

- encore -

16 Dear Amelia

17 Last Song About Satan

18 Unto the Day

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Belly @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 1995-04-19

I just saw that Belly is on tour for the 30th anniversary of their album King.  They rolled through Denver last week in fact.  I didn't see that show as I was at Cattle Decapitation that night.  But it reminded me that MarcR had recorded Belly 30 years ago.   So here it is.

I posted the Superchuck set from this night earlier this year.  Good setlist.  Enjoy.

Belly

Ogden Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

1995-04-19

Recorded: MarcR

Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MarcR binaural mics - D7 - DAT

Transfer: DAT - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (72:20)

01 Dusted

02 Puberty

03 Super-Connected

04 Untitled and Unsung

05 Full Moon, Empty Heart

06 Angel

07 Judas My Heart

08 Red

09 Feed the Tree

10 King

11 Now They'll Sleep

12 Seal My Fate

13 Gepetto

14 - encore -

15 Slow Dog

16 Thief

17 Lilith

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Melvins @ Fox Theatre, Boulder CO, 2003-05-10

 

Today we have a Melvins show from 2003 that I have never shared for some reason.  This was part of the Geek Show tour with Tomahawk and Skeleton Key.  I've posted both of those sets previously.

Melvins were touring behind the album Hostile Ambient Takeover still.  This was an epic night,

Enjoy.

Melvins

Fox Theatre

Boulder CO (USA)

2003-05-10

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - UAC222 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (52:43.18) 

01 Night Goat

02 Lovely Butterfly

03 Amazon

04 AMAZON

05 The Bit

06 Revolve

07 We All Love Judy

08 The Brain Center at Whipples

09 Let It All Be

10 At a Crawl

11 Zodiac

12 Black Stooges

13 Foaming

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16 Horsepower, Fox Theatre, Boulder CO, 1996-03-22

In light of the recent news that 16 Horsepower are reuniting in 2026 to play some shows. I decided to share is spectacular 1996 FM broadcast of them playing at the Fox Theater in Boulder Colorado back in March of 1996.  This show was right between their releases Sackcloth N' Ashes and Lowe Estate.

16 Horsepower is announcing a bunch of European tour dates soon and so far the only scheduled show in the US is going to be at Fire In The Mountains Festival.  It takes place in East Glacier Montana this July.  This fest has been so expertly curated the last few years it feels like it is becoming the American version of the esteemed Roadburn Festival in Tilburg.  Check it out here.  https://www.fitmfest.com/

I got this from someone 25ish years ago in the CDR trading days.  I had forgotten about it until sorting through that collection not long ago.  This is a real gem.  Enjoy.

16 Horsepower

Fox Theatre 

Boulder CO (USA)

1996-03-22

Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: FM - ? - CDR

Transfer: CDR - EAC - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (67:58.20)

01 American Wheeze (fades in)

02 Neck on the New Blade

03 Haw

04 South Pennsylvania Waltz

05 Heel on the Shovel

06 Straight Mouth Stomp

07 Harm's Way

08 Black Bush

09 Shametown

10 Golden Rope

11 Black Soul Choir

12 Scrawled In Sap

13 Strong Man

14 Dead Run

15 - encore - 

16 Phyllis Ruth

17 Coal Black Horses

18 Slow Guilt Trot 

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The Cavemen @ Piper's Opera House, Virginia City NV, 2018-04-15

Going a few year back with this one.  The Cavemen from New Zealand and play some unhinged drunken wild rock n roll.  I got to see them twice at Debauch-A-Reno Fest back in 2018.  This show was at the opera house up in Virginia City Nevada.  It was a fun weird time.  Not long before they went on I came upon the band in on of the stairwells in the venue drinking beer shots out of the drummer beat up Converse hightops.  Gross!!  They rocked though.  Short but sweet set on this day.

The put out a bunch of 7 inches and a few albums that I dig over the last decade or so.  Been pretty quiet recently.  Not sure if they are still an active band.  I was reminded of this show by a post on IG recently from their American record label Slovenly asking if anyone knew what they were up too.  Enjoy.

The Cavemen

Debauch-A-Reno Fest

Piper's Opera House

Virginia City NV (USA)

2018-04-15

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-1 - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (16:18.32)

01 Mentally Ill

02 Criminal Love

03 I'm A Mess

04 Stand by Your Ghoul

05 Dead To Me

06 Death Row

07 Swamp Thing

08 Juvenile Delinquent

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Joe Jackson @ Paramount Theatre, Denver CO, 1994-12-08

For today's post here is another of MarcR's mid 90s DAT captures.  I have been wanting to post this one for awhile. I was finally inspired buy the Anthrax show I just posted.  They had a minor hit with a cover of his song "Got The Time" and played at that 2000 Boulder show.  That was a song on Joe Jackson's first album from 1979.  For this tour in 1994 Joe keeps the fast tempo of that song but with more acoustic instrumentation.  Fun to compare those back to back.  

I'm  guessing Marc sat at the  front of the balcony for this as there isn't much chatter.  Good crowd and Joe talks a bunch through out the set.  And wow what a set at almost 2 hours.  Nice sound on this one I think.  Enjoy.

Joe Jackson

Night Music Tour

Paramount Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

1994-12-08

Recorded: MarcR

Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MarcR binaural mics - D7 - DAT

Transfer: DAT - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (116:36.59)

01 Flying (fades in)

02 Home Town

03 - interlude -

04 Real Men

05 Nocturne No. 4

06 Is She Really Going Out With Him? / It's Different for Girls

07 Not Here, Not Now

08 Down to London

09 The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy

10 - interlude -

11 Sea of Secrets

12 Nocturne No. 2

13 Stranger Than Fiction

14 Got the Time

15 - interlude -

16 Ever After

17 Lullaby

18 Only the Future

19 Another World

20 Chinatown

21 Breaking Us in Two

22 You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)

23 What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again)? (Louis Jordan)

24 I'm the Man

25 Steppin' Out

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Anthrax @ Fox Theatre, Boulder CO, 2000-01-31

 

In 1987 when Anthrax's album Among The Living came out I had already been a fan for a little bit.  I was 18 and trying to share my love for the album with my Mom.  Through the connection that we both were Steven King fans.  I didn't think she would love it but she heard it and made a face of dislike.  Then she said "That sounds like dangerous accident music, I hope you don't listen to that while you're driving"

At this Anthrax show from the Fox Theatre in Boulder Colorado in January of the year 2000.  Right before they play Metal Thrashing Mad, Scott Ian talks for a little bit, and he mentions that this song is about drinking and driving to fast.  So, as with a lot of things, Mom was right.  

Anthrax was on tour for a greatest hits collection called "Return Of The Killer As".  It featured a cover of The Temptations song "Ball of Confusion" that had vocals from current vocalist John Bush and former vocalist at the time Joey Belladona.  This was supposed to a tour with both of them trading off songs.  Somehow that didn't work out so it is just John Bush singing.

Fox always sounded good so this is pretty ok.  Vocals and clear and the drums are thundering.  Guitars get a little muddy but very listenable.  Enjoy.

Anthrax

Fox Theatre

Boulder CO (USA)

2000-01-31

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: CSBs - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (74:44.09)

01 Crush

02 Fueled

03 I Am The Law

04 Anti-Social (Trust)

05 Inside Out

06 Room For One More

 - Medley -

07 Among The Living

08 I'm The Man

09 Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)

10 Be All End All

11 Hy Pro Glo

12 604

13 - Scott Ian speaks -

14 Metal Thrashing Mad

15 Only

 - encore - 

16 Hot For Teacher (tease)

17 Got The Time (Joe Jackson)

18 Caught In A Mosh

19 Bring The Noise (Public Enemy)

20 Cupajoe

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Indian @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2022-07-15

 

This is about the polar opposite of the last post.  Sludge doom group Indian from Chicago are quite a bit louder than Low.  They don't play out a whole lot but I've been lucky and have seen them twice. Once at a Psycho Vegas fest in 2018 and then on this killer bill in Denver with Primitive Man in 2022.  Ethan McCarthy from Primitive Man joins them for for this set adding noise and electronic flourishes.  It's just loud, ugly and brutal start to finish.  I love this kind of stuff.  Especially live.  

Indian

Bluebird Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2022-07-15

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - M10 

Transfer: M10 - USB - Cooledit - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (36:56.63)

01 Rhetoric of No

02 Rape

03 - interlude -

04 The Impetus Bleeds

05 No Grace

06 Banality 

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Low @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 1995-09-26

 

Here is another of the MarcR DAT archive.  This time I present a really beautiful recording of the Minnesota band Low at the Ogden Theatre back on September 26th 1995.  They were on tour with Soul Coughing.  They were supporting their album 'Long Division' but played some older songs and some songs that end up on the next album 'The Curtain Hits The Cast'.

I have been listening to Alan Sparhawk's newest solo album and his collaboration with Trampled By Turtles a bunch recently.  Both are fantastic is different ways.  That reminded me MarcR had a Low recording.  After really listening to it I knew I had to share it. This show isn't listed on setlist fm or on the Low LMA page.  So here is an uncirculated 1995 Low show with one of the most respectful and quiet audiences I have ever not heard.  Alan even thanks them for being so quiet at one point. Enjoy!

Low

Ogden Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

1995-09-26

Recorded: MarcR

Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MarcR binaural mics - D7 - DAT

Transfer: DAT master - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (50:16.09)

01 Violence

02 Turn

03 Below & Above

04 Do You Know How to Waltz?

05 Words

06 Shame

07 Cut

08 Lazy

09 Over the Ocean

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Carcass @ HQ, Denver CO, 2025-09-26

 

For the final scary thatsthethingaboutthat post of October.  What is scarier that a dead body?  Human or animal remains prepared for consumption or left to rot.  BOO!!  Scary to most people's ears is the long running British band Carcass.  With albums like Reek of Putrefaction or the cover art of Symphonies of Sickness was enough to put most people off.  Carcass rise above the death metal pack not only with killer riffs but a sense a humor about the whole thing.  An cornerstone band in that musical universe.

I had seen Carcass a few times in the past but it was a special treat to see them at the smallish Denver venue HQ.  They had been playing much bigger rooms across the country on this tour but we got a more personal experience.  Hell of a show with Headonist, Necrot, and Brujeria as support.

I think HQ is a pretty good sounding room and I think they brought in some extra PA for this night.  Pretty happy with how this turned out.  Enjoy.

Carcass

HQ

Denver CO (USA)

2025-09-26

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 C - SP-SPSB-1 - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (72:51.72)

01 Unfit for Human Consumption

02 Buried Dreams

03 Incarnated Solvent Abuse

04 No Love Lost

05 Death Certificate

06 Dance of Ixtab (Psychopomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in B)

07 Keep On Rotting in the Free World

08 Embodiment

09 Genital Grinder

10 Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore)

11 Tools of the Trade

12 316L Grade Surgical Steel

13 This Mortal Coil

14 Corporal Jigsore Quandary

15 Ruptured in Purulence

16 Heartwork

17 Carneous Cacoffiny

18 Die in Pain

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Satan’s Satyrs @ Summit Music Hall, Denver CO, 2015-04-10

For today's scare on thatsthethingaboutthat.  Satan!!  Defiantly scary. Satyrs  totally creepy man beasts. But both are fictional characters.  Not much to be scared about really.  I find people that literally believe satan is real and blame him for things real and imagined to be way more terrifying.  BOO!!!

Satan’s Satyrs was an American band from Virginia.  The formed in the late aught and disbanded in 2019.  The main satyr Clayton Burgess, who started the band after being influenced but Saint Vitus, Electric Wizard, and Witchfinder General, ended up playing bass for Electric Wizard from 2013 to 2018,  You can hear the fuzzed out 70s biker vibes in their songs big time.

At this show they opened up for Electric Wizard and had some equipment issues but other wise sounded pretty good.  Enjoy.

Satan’s Satyrs

Summit Music Hall

Denver CO (USA)

2015-04-10

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-1 - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Cooledit - CDWave - FLAC - MP3

Run time: (49:22.54)

01 Thumper's Theme

02 Instruments of Hellfire

03 Alucard

04 Show Me Your Skull

05 Satan's Satyrs

06 Creepy Teens

07 Bellydancer's Delight

08 Lucifer Lives!

09 Sadist 69

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Skeleton Key @ Fox Theatre, Boulder CO, 2003-05-10

 

For today's scare on thatsthethingaboutthat.  Skeletons are defiantly scary.  Skeleton's with keys terrifying!!!   BOO!!  Skeleton Key was a band from New York City that started in the mid 90s. Erik Sanko started the band and was the only constant member over the years.  He described Skeleton Key as using antique microphones, primitive guitars, and unconventional percussion to create a sound that was luxurious, yet affordable.  They remind me a bit of Soul Coughing a little bit.

They released an album on Capital Records in 1997.  In 2002 they released an album on Mike Patton's label Ipecac which is how the ended up on tour opening up for Melvins and Tomahawk.  I've shared the Tomahawk recording before but never the Melvins.  I'll have to get that up at some point.

I missed the beginning of the set for some reason and the last song on the recording fades out.  An incomplete capture but what I did get is pretty entertaining.  Enjoy.

Skeleton Key

Fox Theatre

Boulder CO (USA)

2003-05-10

partial capture

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - UAC222 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (27:12.61)

Kerosene *

01 Little Monster

02 Everybody's Crutch

03 Roost in Peace

04 Sawdust

05 Panic Bullets

06 Gravity Is the Enemy

07 Big Teeth (fades out)

* played but not on my recording

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Spirit Possession @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2022-07-15

 

Today's scare on thatsthethingaboutthat.  What would the Halloween season be without some spirits and possessions?  Put them together it's even better.  Spirt Possession from Portland OR live at the Bluebird Theatre back in 2022.  The describe themselves as "raw schizophrenic angular spiraling black metal explodes with razor thrashing guitars, blistering drum violence, commanding torturous vocals, and apocalyptic harsh noise".  BOO!!  

Their 1st album hadn't been out very long at the time of this show so they play mostly songs off of it but at the end they play "Practitioners Of Power" which ends up on the 2023 release '...Of The Sign".

All available on bandcamp.  Go support independent music anyway you can.  

I ran my mics on a tall stand for this one so I think it captures that night pretty well.  Spirit Possession was part of a killer bill with Elizabeth Colour Wheel, Body Void, Jarhead Fertilizer, Indian, and Primitive Man.  Bonkers show.  Enjoy.

Spirit Possession

Bluebird Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2022-07-15

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - M10 

Transfer: M10 - USB - Cooledit - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (26:09.15)

01 Deity Of Knives And Pointed Apparitions 

02 Spirit Possession

03 Amongst Inverted Castles And Holy Laughter

04 Swallowing Throne

05 Practitioners Of Power

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"Demons" @ Lion's Lair, Denver CO, 2002-03-02

Today's scare on thatsthethingaboutthat.  Demons are scary to a lot of people.  Demons are not real though so maybe the scariest thing about this post is Mathias Carlsson's sick guitar tone blasting of the Lion's Lair stage.  "Demons" are from Sweden and came up out of the that rock scene and pre date Hellacopters by a few years.  They are mining that same rock vein.  Loud, fast, punk edged Rock N Roll.

They toured the US heavily in the early aughts. I think mostly due to the fact that American label Gearhead was putting out their albums.  I saw them with New Bomb Turks a couple times.  At this show the opened up for The Dragons along with Land Of El Caminos.  Fun show.

They were still touring behind their LP "Riot Salvation" but they do play a couple songs from the then upcoming LP "Stockholm Slump".   We get a couple choice covers of The Pagans and Misfits.

RAWK!!

"Demons"

Lion's Lair

Denver CO (USA)

2002-03-02

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - UAC222 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (28:24.62) 

01 Degeneration Hotel

02 Voodoo Charm

03 Some Days

04 Riot Salvation

05 Sparkle

06 Devil In Me

07 Clock Strikes 13

08 What's This Shit Called Love? (The Pagans)

09 Undertaker's Lament

10 She (Misfits)

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Tombs @ Three Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2019-06-15

 

For today's scare on thatsthethingaboutthat.  What is scarier than graves?  Tombs of course.  Boo!!

Tombs is a blackened metal with some post-punk tendencies.  They hail from Brooklyn New York and are Mike Hill's band.  They have been around since 2007.  A lot of their early releases are on Relapse so I know I would have heard some of those but I forget what I heard first.  I had never seen them before so I was excited to see them as part of the 2019 Electric Funeral Fest.  

In a total coincidence, while I was getting this post ready, I see Tombs has a brand new album coming out tomorrow called Feral Darkness.  The preview tracks sound sick so check that out on bandcamp.

Maybe we will see some live dates behind it.  Good stuff.

Here is their short but sweet set from Denver.  Enjoy.

Tombs

Electric Funeral Fest Vol.IV

Three Kings Tavern

Denver CO (USA)

2019-06-15

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source : MBHO KA-500N - JKLabs - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (38:12.73)

01 Monarchy of Shadows

02 November Wolves

03 Obsidian

04 Deceiver

05 Necro Alchemy

06 The World is Made of Fire 

07 Thanatos

08 Path Of Totality

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Smashing Pumpkins @ Balch Fieldhouse, Boulder CO, 2000-05-16

For todays October scare.  What strikes terror in the mind of almost all who hear it?  It's an icy shriek that pierces right to the bone in it's presence.  Is it a Banshee?  Is it a Siren? No it's more terrifying than that.  The one of a kind howl of a young female person.  Are they in danger? Is something horribly wrong?  No it's just excitement to see Billy Corgan.  I descreamafied this as best I could but there is no fully escaping the the creatures of the night.  The tag team of shriekers mostly attack in-between songs so steal yourself for that.  

This was called The Sacred and Profane tour and it was to promote the Machina album.  Jimmy Chamberlin was back in the band but Darcy was out and replaced with Melissa Auf der Maur from Hole for this tour.  The band seemed in a pretty good mood compared to other times I had seen them.  No fighting between James Iha and Billy on stage.  Lots of songs from Machina and a bunch of older classics.  Nice acoustic interlude in the middle.  Bullet With Butterfly Wings is played in a heavy doom style and it goes into the oddest cover of Talking Head's "Once in a Lifetime".  Billy announced less than a week after this show that the band was calling it quits.  That lasted until 2007 when he started playing as the Smashing Pumpkins again.

Balch is a big auditorium and sounds wasn't amazing but for that room I think they did a pretty good job and this is an enjoyable listen.  Minus the shrieking of course.  Enjoy.

Smashing Pumpkins

The Sacred and Profane tour

Balch Fieldhouse

Boulder CO (USA)

2000-05-16

Recorded: Bill Tatina

Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - DAT - CDR 

Transfer: CDR - EAC - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (109:54.52)

01 Age of Innocence

02 Glass and the Ghost Children

03 The Everlasting Gaze

04 Heavy Metal Machine

05 - banter 1 -

06 Blew Away

07 Stand Inside Your Love

08 Blue Skies Bring Tears

09 I of the Mourning

10 To Sheila (acoustic)

11 Muzzle (acoustic)

12 Disarm (acoustic)

13 - banter 2 -

14 Ava Adore

15 Rock On (David Essex)

16 Zero

17 - banter 3 -

18 Today

19 Snail

20 With Every Light

21 Bullet With Butterfly Wings 

22 Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)

23 - encore -

24 Raindrops + Sunshowers

25 Cherub Rock

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Wormrot @ HQ, Denver CO, 2025-05-13

 Here is another for "scary" October posts.  Worms and Rot and Grindcore!!  Oh My!!

Its been 15 years since I last saw the scary good band Wormrot. It was back in 2010 at Blast'O'Mat.  

You can see that here.  WORMROT at Blast'O'Mat 2010

They are from Singapore so it's a big undertaking to even get to the US these days so I wasn't going to miss them when they came to Denver earlier in 2025 with NO/MAS.   They delivered with a catalog spanning set.  We even got an encore with a song from Abuse.  Enjoy.

Wormrot

HQ

Denver CO (USA)

2025-05-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 C - SP-SPSB-1 - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (40:25.30)

01 No One Gives a Shit

02 The Darkest Burden

03 Behind Closed Doors

04 Fallen Into Disuse

05 Buried the Sun

06 Oblivious Mess

07 Forced Siege

08 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Grind

09 Public Display of Infection

10 Outburst of Annoyance

11 Left to Rot

12 Loathsome Delusions

13 Principle of Puppet Warfare

14 Vicious Circle

15 Murder

16 Breed to Breed

17 Evolved Into Nothing

18 Grieve

19 Pale Moonlight 

20 Seizures

21 Voiceless Choir

22 When Talking Fails, It's Time for Violence

23 Glass Shards

24 - encore -

25 Fix Your Broken Mind

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Atomsmasher @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2001-09-13

 

There is something exquisite about look of horror, revulsions and disgust you will see on a persons face who encounters a noise or power electronics act for the first time when they were seeking out. It's a mix of stepping in dogshit and unexpectedly seeing a corpse at the same time.  As they say it's not for everyone.

James Plotkin (aka Atomsmasher on this night) is an American musician and engineer and is probably best know for his involvement in O.L.D. and Khanate.  He also has some new more ambient electronics releases.  Atomsmasher was a mix of those worlds.  I was looking up the credits for the one CD that I knew about and saw on Discogs that Dave Witte of now Municipal Waste fame played live drums that James Plotkin sampled for 2001 CD.    Dave has been in a ton of bands so not a total surprise.

At this show Atomsmasher was opening for Fantomas.  A good fit I thought but not for everyone.  Mr. Plotkin sat at a table with a laptop for his set.  You can't really hear it on this recording but this asshole up front keep hollering "ctrl alt del" during the set.  Code for rebooting a computer.  Haha.  He also would occasionally flick coins towards James and his laptop.   What a fucker.  James didn't react during his set at all.  At the very end though he pushed his table out of the way and jumped off of the stage and punched the guy in the face.  Totally had it coming.

Atomsmasher

Bluebird Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2001-09-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (28:34.69)  

Very beginning of set missing starts about 5 minutes in

01 Phantom Smasher

02 Gilgamesh

03 Skull Shot

04 unknown title

05 unknown title

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Planning for Burial @ Hi Dive, Denver CO, 2025-07-03

 Here is one for scary October posts.  What is more terrifying then contemplating your eventual demise?

So today I present Planning for Burial from Pennsylvania.  This is a one man act fronted by Thom Wasluck.  He has shirts that says "LOUD / QUIET / LOUD / QUIET" and that is a pretty good description.  He gets labeled gloomgaze, post-metal, shoegaze.  

Audio is sounds good I think.  Vocals are a little low but it was loud as hell in there.  Just look at his stage rig in these pictures.  One of the cooler shows I have seen this year.  Enjoy.

Planning for Burial 

Hi Dive

Denver CO (USA)

2025-07-03

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - M10 

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (39:53.07)

01 Farm Cat, Watching

02 With Your Sunglasses On Like A Ghoul

03 Warmth of You

04 A Flowing Field Of Green

05 Threadbare

06 (continued)

07 You Think

08 Movement Two

09 (blueberry pop)

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Murder City Devils @ Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, 2001-03-08

 

Unsure on photo credit.  I scrapped these off of the web back in 2001.  

Going into October I figured I would post some more "scary" bands and shows.  This one is a triple threat,  Murder is scary, and Devils are scary, and people that don't live in the city are scared of cities.  Boo!!

Today is a show I know I traded on CDR back in the aughts but it doesn't have a full listing on setlist fm so maybe not very many trades.  I had seen the Murder City Devils 2 or 3 time in 2000.  Then twice in 2001.  They toured a lot those years.  This March 2001 show still had Leslie on keyboards.  She quit the band after this tour I think.  When MCD came back in October of 2001 with Botch she was gone. I recall they announced that that was their last tour ever.  The final Seattle show was going to be it. There is an official live album of that October show called R.I.P.

Out of the gate at this show they play a brand new song "That's What You Get" that ends up on the Thelema EP.  They play every song on that EP except for 365 Days this night.  Some of the lyrics are still in flux.  Not sure when the recorded those songs but Thelema didn't come out until September of 2001.  Spencer apologizes before every new song.  

They still play a lot of the "hits" off the 1st two albums and I think the sound is pretty good on this one.

Enjoy.

Murder City Devils

Bluebird Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2001-03-08

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (47:56.36)  

01 That's What You Get

02 Idle Hands 

03 One Vision Of May

04 I Want A Lot Now (So Come On)

05 Bear Away

06 Grace That Saves

07 Midnight Service At The Mutter Museum

08 18 Wheels

09 Rum To Whiskey

10 Bride of the Elephant Man

11 Left Hand Right Hand

12 Dance Hall Music

13 Press Gang

14 I Drink The Wine

15 Broken Glass 

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Castle Rat @ The Underworld, London UK, 2025-05-18

 

Here is another set I captured at Desert Fest London this year.  This time the mighty Castle Rat.  They are a fantasy metal band from Brooklyn NY.  The music is on point for the style but an audio recording doesn't really give you the full experience.  This band puts on a show with costumes and sword fights.  It's quiet a fun spectacle.  If you get a chance to see this band live do it.

Castle Rat

Desert Fest

The Underworld

London England

2025-05-18

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (54:06.07)

01 Dagger Dragger

02 - back story 1 -

03 Feed the Dream

04 Resurrector

05 Red Sands

06 - back story 2 -

07 Cry for Me

08 WIZARD

09 Fresh Fur

10 - back story 3 -

11 Nightblood

12 Realm

13 SIREN

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Dashboard Confessional @ Tulagi's, Boulder CO, 2001-11-16

 

I went to this show at Tulagi's in 2001 to see Rival Schools mostly but had never seen Dashboard Confessional so I stuck around and caught their set too.  Not my cup of tea exactly but no doubt Chris Carrabbaj is a talented singer and songwriter.  At this show Chris is joined by Dan Hoerner from Sunny Day Real Estate .

I think I recorded this mostly because I thought I could get some good CDR trades for it.  I don't think that ever happened. I know it was on my trade list but I never transferred it from the MD master until a year or so ago.  And I only just fully listened to it this week.  24 years later.  Too many recordings and not enough time.  

Parts at the start of this are a little chatty and He-urricane Bro Dude blows in at about cat 3 and starts yelling out loudly for a song from another Florida band Further Seems Forever.  Chris was involved with that band but only briefly it turns out.  Bro yells out for a song called 'The Moon Is Down" multiple times until Chris very politely tells him that it is not going to happen.  He settles down after that.   It's a sing along crowd but they don't over power the PA.  An enjoyable listen I think.  

Dashboard Confessional

Tulagi's

Boulder CO (USA)

2001-11-16

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: MD-722 (Analog) - SBLive - Cooledit - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (44:03.27)

01 The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most

02 Saints and Sailors

03 The Sharp Hint of New Tears

04 Knock'Em Dead

05 Road Rules Apply

06 The Brilliant Dance

07 So Impossible

08 Ender Will Save Us All

09 - interlude -

10 Screaming Infidelities

 - encore -

11 The Good Fight

12 Again I Go Unnoticed

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John Moreland @ Three Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2014-11-07

 

I had his 2nd album In The Throes for a while and was lucky enough to catch the amazing Oklahoma singer songwriter John Moreland twice in 2014.  1st in March of 2014 at Illegal Pete's on Broadway in Denver.  Which was great but not a full set.  He came back in November and headlined at Three Kings Tavern.  Killer set and a meh crowd.  It is what it is.

John Moreland

Three Kings Tavern

Denver CO (USA)

2014-11-07

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source : MBHO KA-200N - Niaant Little Box - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Time: (61:49.14)

01 Hang Me In The Tulsa County Stars

02 Blacklist

03 Your Spell

04 You Don’t Care Enough for Me to Cry

05 I Need You to Tell Me Who I Am

06 Break My Heart Sweetly (with Kierston White)

07 Oh Julia

08 Cherokee

09 Avalon

10 God’s Medicine

11 Sweat & Cigarettes

12 - interlude -

13 Nobody Gives a Damn About Songs Anymore (with Kierston White)

14 3:59am

15 - encore -

16 Gospel

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