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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Flipper @ The Eagles Lodge, Thornton CO, 1984-12-07

Bruce Loose from Flipper passed away recently.  That inspired my friend Jim Hucks to send me a WAV of this recording he made of Flipper when the played at the Eagles Lodge in Thornton Colorado back in December of 1984.  He recorded this on his Sanyo boombox so the audio fidelity is not amazing but pretty decent considering the source.  This has never seen wide circulation or any before this.

It starts off a little rough but the sound evens out as it goes along.  I've enjoyed listening too it this weekend.  It's loud and fuzzy but the vocals are pretty clear.  Neat document of the time.  Enjoy.

Flipper

The Eagles Lodge

Thornton CO (USA)

1984-12-07

Recorded by: Jim Hucks

Presented by: SxPxDxCx

Source: Sanyo boombox - cassette 

Transfer: cassette - WAV - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (57:16)

01 Way of the World (fades in)

02 Sacrifice

03 In Life My Friends

04 In Your Arms

05 Life

06 Shed No Tears

07 unknown title

08 The Lights, The Sound, The Rhythm, The Noise

09 Love Canal

10 Sex Bomb (fades out)

11 The Old Lady That Swallowed The Fly

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Dead Bob @ HQ, Denver CO, 2024-12-03

 

Dead Bob is a punk rock project from John Wright.  John played drums in legendary Canadian band NoMeanNo.  NMN retired in 2016 but but John stayed busy with a few other projects before starting his solo project called Dead Bob. For the album he played most everything but for the tour he recruited Ford Pier (D.O.A., Rheostatics), Byron Slack (Invasives, Hanson Brothers), Kristy-Lee Audette (Rong), and Colin MacRae (Pigment Vehicle) to flesh it all out.

On this night we got a double dose of Dead. Dead Bob headlined and Dead Pioneers opened up.  Fun night.  Cool setlist with a lot of NMN songs, and songs from live band memebers mixed in with the new Dead Bob material.  Sounds pretty good too.  Enjoy.

Dead Bob

HQ 

Denver CO (USA)

2024-12-03

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

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

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (85:06.55)

01 Some Bodies (NoMeansNo)

02 Just Breathe

03 Party of One

04 That Was Too Easy

05 You're Paying for Your Body Now (D.O.A.)

06 White Stone Eyes

 - Epic Suite -

07 Welcome Mat (Invasives)

08 Population Zero (Invasives)

09 Bitter Suite (Rong)

10 The Fall (NoMeansNo)

11 No Tomorrows

12 - interlude -

13 Maybe It Came at the Wrong Time (Ford Pier)

14 One of You

15 Dead Souls (NoMeansNo)

16 - band intros -

17 Life Like

18 Dead Bob (NoMeansNo)

19 - encore -

20  Make Believe World

21  Slowly Melting (NoMeansNo)

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Black Lamb @ 15th Street Tavern, Denver CO, 2002-06-01

 

Black Lamb is a Denver band I saw a lot in the aughts.  Still friends with some of the guys.  So it was sad to hear of the passing of Andy Pfeffer their bass player and founding member.  He was my age too so kind of terrifying.  Great hard rock / desert rock / stoner rock / Rock n Roll.  

This was a set from the long gone but not forgotten Denver dive bar 15th Street Tavern in 2002.  Black Lamb and Crimson Haybailer opened up for Lost Goat.  Hell of a show.  Pretty decent sound on this one I think.  A few tech issues with vocals at the start but minor.  I can feel my shoes sticking to the 15th St's floor listening to this.  Enjoy.

Black Lamb

15th Street Tavern

Denver CO (USA)

2002-06-01

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

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

Time: (47:21.62)  

01 Born & Razed

02 Muddy River Bottom Girl

03 Primer Nova

04 Walk With Me

05 Pillar Of Salt

06 Queen Separator

07 Gutter Baby

08 Morning Star

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