Langerado 2008 Day 2: Friday

Friday morning started with some early cocktails and chilling at the camp site. So far, this has been a larger battle against the environment than a typical fest. While I was initially worried about alligators, snakes, and mosquitoes, it turns out the most menacing wildlife is evil swamp ants with a nasty stinging bite. Between that, the “Rainarado” weather elements and the logistical issues that seemed to have plagued a fest at a new venue for the first time, it has made for an interesting adventure, but I firmly believe a great road trip requires obstacles to conquer, so it has been fun overcoming them.

The first band I caught were The Walkmen. I had not really heard these guys at all before going, but I decided to check them out because they were touring with Vampire Weekend. I thought they did a decent set, but they are not really my style.


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Langerado 2008 Preview

Langerado just released the schedule today and it looks pretty good. Here is my personalized schedule so far. If you are still on the fence whether to go to this one, I’m gonna go through some of the smaller acts that I’m really excited about. The first band on the “Swamp Stage” is right here from Altanta, Dead Confederate. I believe they are going to be one of the ATL bands that get big nationally by the end of this year (they were handpicked to open for R.E.M. at SXSW), because their new EP is really awesome. Jam this track and pick up this EP:

Dead Confederate : The Rat

Vampire Weekend is another band that is on the super-hype lately in blogland. While I enjoy their new album, I think it is one of those “good but not great”. They are just a little too gimmicky and lacking a tad bit in substance. Regardless of that, though, I’m very excited to see them live because I think they will be pretty cool to see. Check them out:

Vampire Weekend : Walcott
An album I really enjoyed from last year is !!!‘s Myth Takes. They are organic dance rock that sort of sound like a an indie-rock version of STS9 or those sorts of bands with lyrics/vocals. I’ve been wanting to catch them live for so long because I’ve heard how much fun their shows are. If 311 isn’t quite your bag, or you’ve seen them like 10 times like me, this band is really worth checking out:

!!! (chk chk chk) : Break In Case Of Anything
So, one of the biggest draws to Langerado for me is Built To Spill. They are one of my all time favourite bands. Since I have like a million BTS live shows, this seems like a good time to share one. Behold 1999-05-09 (Early Show):

1. Made Up Dreams
2. Center of The Universe
3. Kicked it In The Sun

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Built To Spill Hits The A In March

One of my favourite bands, Built To Spill, will be at The Variety Playhouse on March 12th. When they came through last year, Doug Martsch did an acoustic set outside the front doors for everyone before the show, and even went around looking for BTS fans who didn’t have tickets to the sold out show and put them on the guest list:

Coincidentally, I was listening to the BTS show from 2005 at The Variety Playhouse last night, so here it is for you:

Saturday, May 21st, 2005
Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA

Built to Spill
Stab
Strange
The Plan
When Not Being Stupid Is Not Enough
Goin’ Against Your Mind
I Would Hurt a Fly
Distopian Dream Girl
Virginia Reel Around the Fountain [the Halo Benders]
Alien Fugue [Caustic Resin]
Big Dipper
Velvet Waltz
Sidewalk
Carry the Zero

encore:
Stop the Show

Mike Johnson and the Evildoers opened.

Brett Netson of Caustic Resin played with the band.

Live Show: Built To Spill (7-1-1999)

Labor day weekend as i was driving through the mountains, I pulled a random BTS live show out from my collection of bajillions and found a real gem. So, here it is for you:

Built To Spill
1999-07-01
Bahnhof Langendreer
Bochum, Germany

01. The Plan [5:26]
02. Temporarily Blind [4:59]
03. Stop The Show [4:44]
04. In The Morning [3:15]
05. Kicked It In The Sun [7:42]
06. One Thing [4:17]
07. Twin Falls / Some (instrumental) [6:56]
08. Time Trap [5:58]
09. I Would Hurt A Fly [6:19]
10. Untrustable [9:05]
11. Car [3:29]
12. Carry The Zero [6:39]
13. Get A Life [10:57]

Band Members:
Scott Plouf – drummer
Brett Nelson – bass
Jim Roth – guitar
Doug Martsch – vox, guitar

Torrent Of The Day: Built To Spill (7-12-2007) Plus Boise Cover Band Bonus



I just picked up a copy of Boise Cover Band‘s Unoriginal Artists featuring Doug Martsch and some Idaho boys doing a bunch of covers (duh). Here’s a really cool one:

Built To Spill 07/12/2007 Montreal, QC., CANADA SP-C4′s

Built To Spill
07/12/07
Le National
Montreal, QC, CANADA

Source: SP-C4′S (cardoid, DIN) > Canare SQ’s > UA-5 > NJB3 (16/44.1kHz)
Location: FOB, LOC, on stand ~9′, ~30′ from stage
Transfer : NJB3 > USB > HD > Audacity (fades,+6db gain) > CDWAV > FLAC
Recorded and transferred by JAHDAWG

ONE SET, TWO DISCS

DISC 1:

01.Traces
02.In The Morning
03.Time Trap
04.Stab
05.Else
06.Third Uncle *
07.Car
08.Goin’ Against Your Mind
09.Made Up Dreams
10.Velvet Waltz
11.Nowhere Nothin’ Fuckup

Disc 2:

12.Strange
13.Wherever You Go
14.Carry The Zero
Encore:
15.Randy Described Eternity

* Brian Eno cover

Torrent Of The Day: Built To Spill (9-25-2001) (DVD)

One of the few good Built To Spill DVDs that exist, and it was filmed here in Atlanta. Get it:

Built to Spill 2001-09-25 Atlanta, GA (NTSC)

Built to Spill 9/25/01
Atlanta, GA
Variety Playhouse
Audience Shot
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Video: AUD (Tripod) Mini DV Master
Transfer: Mini DV > Standalone DVD > Reauthored with Adobe Encore DVD
NTSC 4:3
720X480 29.97 fps

Audio: SBD > DAT > CDR
AC3
256 kbps
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Setlist:
Nowhere Nothing Fuckup
Stop the Show
In Your Mind
Carry the Zero
Dream Police
Made Up Dreams
Big Dipper
Randy Described Eternity
Car

Twin Falls>Some
What Is Life
Stab
Velvet Waltz
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Freebird
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Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 256 kbps
Video System: NTSC 29.97 fps
Video Bitrate: 9500 kbps

Video Of the Day: Built To Spill

Torrent Of The Day: Built To Spill (7-13-2006)

Built To Spill 2006-07-13 The Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah (16-bit) (FLAC)

Built To Spill
2006-07-13
The Depot
Salt Lake City, UT

Disc I
1. Car
2. Goin’ Against Your Mind
3. Else
4. Good Ol’ Boredom
5. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
6. Rearrange (Gladiators cover)
7. Big Dipper
8. Kicked It In The Sun

Disc II
1. Conventional Wisdom
2. Bomb Shelter Part 2 (Halo Benders cover, Calvin Johnson film in background)
3. Carry The Zero
4. They Got Away
5. Untrustable
Encore:
6. Broken Chairs

Notes: bts2006-07-13d1t01 was spliced with a different source because the ADK source was incomplete.

Source: bts2006-07-13d1t01: Audix m1290 (cardioids, DIN, DFC, balcony rail)> Sound Devices MP-2> Sony PCM-M1 All other tracks: ADKTLs (XY, DFC, balcony rail> Motu Traveler @ 24/48> Compaq laptop

Lineage: Master Wavs> Spark XL 2.82 (spliced d1t01 w/ the ADKTL source, fades, tracks)> Wav> xACT 1.58> Flac16 level 8

Taped by Dave Marshall & Alex Widner

Compiled by Alex Widner xawidner AT yahoo_com

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