Speedwolf @ Three Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2013-07-20

 

Well with the announcement that this year is going to be the last Underground Music Fest in Denver.  This is also the 25th year for the UMS.  I've gone most years.  Certainly every years since 2007ish.  Living very near to all the venues they have it in certainly made it an easy one to attend for me.

They have said that they might come back in a different form someday.  We will see what happens I guess.  I'm going to miss it.  

I'm going to post a few sets from UMS across the years.  Today the mighty Speedwolf who headlined the UMS stage at Three Kings Tavern back in 2013.  It was always a lot of fun to see these guys.  They topped the bill of a mostly metal and heavy stage I recall.   Something that UMS doesn't always include.  In the last few years we might get 1 or 2 nods to metal.  

This is a fun set.  A little rough and rowdy!!  SPEED WITH THE WOLF!!!

Speedwolf

UMS

Three Kings Tavern

Denver CO (USA)

2013-07-20

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

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

Transfer: M10 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC 

Time: (38:10.58)

01 - Sid Pink intro -

02 I'm Begging Please

03 Speedwolf

04 Up All Night

05 The 1%er From Hell

06 Sign Of The Wolf

07 Never Twice

08 I Can't Die

09 Denver 666

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Chat Pile @ Gothic Theatre, Englewood CO, 2025-03-06

 

Here is one of my favorite bands going right now.  Chat Pile from Oklahoma. They have been bubbling up for the underground since 2019.  Their 2021 album God's Country really brought more attention to the band.  Their 2024 album Cool World continues this good work.

A Chat Pile is mining term for the big piles of leftover sandy material that is produced from the Zinc and Lead mining.  They are scattered about Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas and are considered hazardous material due to the fine particles of heavy metals they contain that are easily blow around.

The band Chat Pile is itself a conglomeration of musical genre's.  To me they sound like a mix of every band that was on Amphetamine Reptile Records and a healthy scoop of grunge music.  It's loud, heavy, and can be confrontational sonically.  But then the band kind of looks like regular dudes.  The singer talks about movies filmed in the area that they are playing so we get a lot of Denver and Colorado movie talk.  Good times. Enjoy.

Chat Pile

Gothic Theatre

Englewood CO (USA)

2025-03-06

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 > SP-SPSB-20 > SP-ATEN-6 > AI-Micro > S20

Transfer: S20 > USB > Adobe Audition > CDWave > FLAC 

Run time: (72:06.44)

01 Cut

02 I Am Dog Now

03 Tape

04 Why

05 Shame

06 Frownland

07 Tropical Beaches, Inc.

08 Camcorder

09 Pamela

10 Masc

11 Crawlspace

12 - interlude -

13 Funny Man

14 - interlude -

15 Dallas Beltway

16 - encore -

17 Rainbow Meat

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Red Cloud West @ Larimer Lounge, Denver CO, 2004-08-22

 

Red Cloud (West) was a fantastic band in Denver in the early to mid aughts.  Core members were Jason Heller and Ross Etherton.  On their CD Neil Keener played bass and Andrew Wagner played drums.  Not sure if they played at this live show or not since I can find no pictures.

They had to add "West: to their name after some hip hop guy calling himself Red Cloud got after them.

Great fiery guitar work.  Some what of a loud quite loud atheistic.  They kind of sounded like a post punk Neil Young and Crazy Horse.  I was a huge fan and saw them play live a bunch.   This show was part of a big day at the Larimer Lounge that also featured Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Railbenders, Drag The River, and Foggy Mountain Fuckers.  Good times.

Real nice audience recording with a mostly quite and polite crowd.  As the ladies at the very end say "Red Cloud Forever!!!!!....word"  Enjoy.

Red Cloud West

Larimer Lounge

Denver CO (USA)

2004-08-22

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

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

Time: (33:29.01) 

01 Room Full of Folks

02 Last Night On Earth

03 Can I take You?

04 Coonskin Cap

05 Ballad of Mark Allen Rodgers

06 Love, It's Not Working

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Jesus Lizard @ Fox Theatre, Boulder CO, 1997-02-15

 

Today I'm sharing this audio from Jim Hucks fantastic video of a1997 Jesus Lizard show at the Fox Theatre in Boulder Colorado.  Jim sent me a big audio cache recently so I'll be getting some more of that posted soon.  

Jesus Lizard was touring behind their 1st major label album Shot.  They play songs off of that and a nice mix of back catalog.  Pretty nice board mix.  A few drop outs and cut ins in a couple spots.

During the interlude track David Yow brought out their backstage cold cuts platter and some bread and passed it out to the crowd.  You proceeded to mostly just made a big mess.  Prompting Yow to say "Eat it don't throw it".  He complains lightly and makes jokes about the recent indoor cigarette smoking ban that had recently gone in to effect.  Head up if you watch Jim's video linked below.  Yow takes off his pants.

Thanks again to Jim for sharing this with me.  Jesus Lizard are such a great band.  Long time favorite.  I hope they make it to Denver again at some point in their occasional short runs.  Enjoy.

Jesus Lizard

Fox Theatre

Boulder CO (USA)

1997-02-15

Recorded by: Jim Hucks

Presented by: SxPxDxCx

Source: SBD - ? - aiff - WAV

Transfer: WAV - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (42:29.69)

01 Good Riddance

02 Glamorous

03 More Beautiful Than Barbie

04 Boilermaker

05 Blue Shot

06 Killer McHann

07 Mailman

08 Blockbuster

09 Gladiator

10 - interlude - 

11 Eucalyptus

12 Wheelchair Epidemic (Dicks)

13 Shut Up (The Stranglers)

14 Seasick

15 Monkey Trick

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Elder @ Electric Ballroom, London England, 2025-05-16

Here is another set from the Desert Fest London.  This time the band Elder.  They are from Massachusetts but are based in Berlin Gemmary now.  They play a melodic progressive doom metal.  I have seen them before in Denver on a much smaller stage back in 2022.  

I missed the very beginning of their set because I was coming from seeing Årabrot set at the Underworld.

Sounds pretty good and the crowd isn't too chatty.  Towards the end there is a chatty bit were they made us stop standing on the stairs that we had been standing on the whole show up until that point.  Enjoy.

Elder

Desert Fest London

The Electric Ballroom

London England

2025-05-16

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (71:57.10)

   Compendium + 

01 Legend (fades in)

02 Lore

03 Deadweight

04 Spirit at Aphelion

05 Halcyon

06 Dead Roots Stirring

+ played but not on my recording

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Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore @ Oriental Theatre, Denver CO, 2025-06-11

 

Well yesterday we had an old recording.  Today we have a nice fresh new one.

I've seen Dave Alvin before but never Jimmie Dale Gilmore so this was a not miss for me this year.

We got a nice long set with a bunch of their originals and some fun covers.  Really great show and I think this recording turned out pretty nice.  Enjoy.

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore

with the Guilty Ones

Oriental Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2025-06-11

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

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

Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (115:03)

01 - intro - 

02 We're Still Here

03 Betty And Dupree

04 Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown

05 Blind Owl

06 Braver Newer World

07 Surfer Girl (Brian Wilson)

08 Why I'm Walking (Stonewall Jackson)

09 Johnny Ace Is Dead

10 Billy The Kid And Geronimo

11 Borderland

12 Dry River

13 Let's Get Together (Dino Valenti)

14 Fourth of July

15 Dallas

16 - encore -

17 - Lee Allen story -

18 Walkin' With Mr. Lee (Lee Allen)

19 Midnight Train

20 Marie Marie

21 Downey To Lubbock

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Slim Cessnas Auto Club @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 1999-05-29

 

Here is an older one.  I had only been recording live audio at show for about a month or so at this point.  I was already a big SCAC fan and had seen them many times.  I tried to record them a the Lion's Lair a few weeks before and totally botched it.  This was my redemption.

In 1999 SCAC was going through a big change.  Long time member Frank Hauser Jr was no longer in the band and Munly had joined not long before this.  This is a transition show where they are still playing some of the old numbers from the 1st 2 CDs,.   Once they got rolling with Munly and the new songs started coming they never played these old songs very much anymore.

Wish I could remember were I stood and recorded this.  There is very little crowd chatter and I think it sounds pretty nice.  Enjoy.

Slim Cessnas Auto Club  

Bluebird Theater

Denver CO (USA)

1999-05-29

Recorded and Presented By: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

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

Time: (73:46.23) 

01 In My Arms

02 On To The Day

03 Jesus Christ

04 Lethal Injection

05 Cold Cold Eyes

06 Little Earthquake

07 Never Too Late

08 On Bended Knee

09 My Last Song About Satan

10 Hold Her Tonight

11 Jackson

12 Death Ain't You Got No Shame

13 Kristin & Billy

14 Mothers Daughter

15 Viceroy Filter King

16 Sometimes I Wonder

17 Goddamn Blue Yodel #7

18 Dear Amelia (Slim solo)

19 Fraulein

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