Torrent of the Day: My Morning Jacket – Bonnaroo 2008

One of the biggest surprises of Bonnaroo for me was My Morning Jacket. I have enjoyed their last two albums “Z” and “Evil Urges”. However, I certainly wasn’t aware of what a staggering live show these guys can put on. With the help of saxophonist Jeff Coffin, the Nashville Horns, and Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, My Morning Jacket put on a nearly four hour long party. The band played a majority of the songs from their last two albums and a couple songs from their older albums. They also spiced things up a bit with a diverse sprinkling of covers from Sly & the Family Stone, Funkadelic, Erykah Badu, Kool and the Gang, Bobby Womack & Peace, and Velvet Underground. They closed out their late night set covering Mötley Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home” with comedian Zach Galifianakis dressed as little orphan Annie. Enjoy.


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Bands I Heart: 65daysofstatic

65daysofstatic is a really great band that doesn’t get enough hype on the blogosphere, including here. Their full-length from last year was our #30 best album of 2007 and I had only mentioned them once before that, so here’s some 65daysofstatic stuff. This UK outfit is broadly a post-rock band, but they break down more genre walls then most any band you can paint with that brush. They just dropped a new video on youtube earlier this week in support of their new EP/Single, The Distant and Mechanized Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties:

“Dance Parties (Distant)”:

So they seemed to have gone post-dance-rock with this EP and these guys have the ability to conquer just about any sort of feel they want. Here’s another track from it:

65daysofstatic : The Distant and Mechanized Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties : Goodbye, 2007

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Torrent Of The Day: Dark Meat (4/27/2008)

I finally got around to listening to Athens, Ga’s Dark Meat. Very interesting stuff. As I listen to Universal Indians, I find myself really loving the extremely weird stuff, but not so into their particular brand of southern rock during the more accessible parts. But despite my own subjective hang-ups with them, they are certainly worth looking into.

Dark Meat : Universal Indians : Angel Of Meth

Dark Meat 2008-04-27 The Nomad Minneapolis, MN (MBHOs) (FLAC)

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Torrents Of The Day: Portishead, Genghis Tron, Porcupine Tree

The new Portishead album, Third, drops at the end of the month, here’s the video for the single and a show from this month to jam:

PORTISHEAD 2008-04-03 Columbiahalle, Berlin, GER (FLAC)

I’ve been really loving the new Genghis Tron album so here’s a show from last week:

Genghis Tron 2008-04-08 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN (MBHOs) (FLAC)

And here’s some cool demos from In Absentia from Porcupine Tree:

Porcupine Tree 2002-xx-xx In Absentia Sessions (Demos & Outtakes) (SHN)

Torrents Of The Day: Langerado 2008

Langerado was fun:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4/Wrap-Up

Click the band to download their Langerado set:

Beastie Boys
Phil Lesh
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
Gov’t Mule
Benevento Russo DuoUmphrey’s McGee
Ghostland Observatory
Pnuma Trio
Les Claypool
The Roots
Sound Tribe Sector 9
The Disco Biscuits
!!!
Pelican
R.E.M.

Torrent Of The Day: Dinosaur Jr (8/14/2007) (DVD)

Dinosaur Jr. 2007-08-14 Paredes de Coura, Portugal (PAL)

DINOSAUR JR
Paredes de Coura Festival
Paredes de Coura, Portugal
August 14, 2007

SETLIST:

Almost Ready
Just Like Heaven
Back To Your Heart
Been There All The Time
Little Fury Things
Out There
This Is All I Came To Do
Feel The Pain
Forget The swan
The Wagon
Freak Scene
Sludgefeast

Encore:
Tarpit
Chunks

Torrent Of The Day: At The Drive In (1/18/2001 12″ vinyl bootleg)

This is pretty cool:

At The Drive In 2001-01-18 Live In Tokyo Japan, January 18 2001 (16-bit) (FLAC)

At The Drive In – Live In Tokyo Japan, January 18 2001 (Lost Horse Records, catalog #LH-2010, price 2,500 Yen) bootleg vinyl 12″ lp (butterscotch/cream swirl pattern) >Technics SL-B350 turntable (refurbished but not modified)>Edirol R-09 (via analog line in)>16 bit stereo WAV>CEP2 (fades,trims,remove most pops/clicks,join/merge side A&B,volume adjustments)>CDWAVE (track splits on sector boundaries)>FLAC via Traders Little Helper (level 8)>bit torrent

Record was cleaned before transfer but some low level vinyl noise is still audible.The recording is taken from the circulating Japanese pro shot video (Shibuya ON AIR EAST), and was just a tad hot at the start of Arcarsenal, but the levels were quickly adjusted by the filming crew. Any edits made by the manufacturer of this lp were left intact.

The album and jacket are very nicely presented, with awesome artwork on the front cover, and as stated above, the vinyl is a butterscotch and cream swirl pattern.

Tracklist (as listed on back of album jacket).

Side A:
1.Arcarsenal
2.Pattern Against User
3.Invalid Litter Dept.
4.Cosmonaut

Side B:
1.Raschuache
2.Sleepwalk Capsules
3.Enfilade
4.Extracurricular

Torrents Of The Day: DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Kid Koala, Battles, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta


photo by Sleo

There are some some great shows floating around The Traders Den right now, so here you go. First, there’s this Arcade Fire:

Arcade Fire 2008-01-30 The Forum, Melbourne, Australia (FLAC)

While we wait to see if that TMV Atlanta show actually happens, here’s something to keep us busy. This is the first time The Mars Volta have ever done an FM broadcast of their show, so pick this essential one up:

THE MARS VOLTA FM BROADCAST – 1.30.2008, UC Irvine (en-dw remaster) (FLAC)

If you want to get a taste of what will be one the best shows at Bonnaroo, go get this:

Battles 2008-01-28 Big Day Out, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia (FLAC)

If you missed the Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, and Kid Koala show a few weeks ago, here’s another recent show to jam:

Kid Koala 2008-02-04 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN (16-bit) (FLAC)

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist – The Hard Sell 2008-02-04 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN (16-bit) (FLAC)

This video that Sleo got at the ATL show will explain what the DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Hard Sell concept is:

Torrent of The Day: Explosions In The Sky (5/5/2007) (DVD)

As I write this, tickets for the Explosions In The Sky show in April are still available, but I doubt they will be much longer, so go get yours now fool! Here’s an awesome 3 camera mix DVD of a show from last year:

Explosions in the Sky 2007-05-05 Vancouver, BC [3-Cam] (NTSC)


An insane amount of work was put into this. I’m guessing close to 50 hours. The biggest reason was that I pretty much had to do this twice as my HD died when I had it complete the first time around. Angles were mixed in FCP, menus made in photoshop and authored in DVD Studio Pro. 24p and film damage filters were added to try to ‘average’ out all the angles. I was thinking of doing full motion menus, but Apple Motion had a steeper learning curve than I thought. No selling/ebaying and all that stuff. I don’t make a penny off of this and neither should you. I’ve got plenty more where this dvd came from, most which would kill this one. I’d hate to have to have to stop sharing because of a couple of bad apples. I won’t be seeding 24/7, so no whining. oh and a waffles invite would be much appreciated.

Explosions In the Sky DVD
May 5, 2007
Croatian Cultural Center
Vancouver, BC

Videography
Angle 1: Brian Conolly; HV20 -center
Angle 2: Jeffrey Mew; TRV950 -right (jeffmewATgmail.com)
Angle 3: Steven Mew; TRV18 -left
Transfer: Angles 1-3: MDV-M > firewire > HD

Audio
Brian Connolly; AKG C1000S > Edirol UA-5 (Oade T+ mod) > S/PDIF > Microtrack (16/48)
Transfer: WAV-M > HD

Post Production: Final Cut Pro > Compressor > DVD Studio Pro

Menus/Chapters/Song selection

Lineage: MDV-M > DVD-M
Video format: MPEG-2, 720×576 29.9 fps (4:3) NSTC, Color, ~8050 kbps (monolingual)
Audio format: Dolby Digital AC3, 48000 Hz Stereo, 448 kbps
Audio type: Stereo (2 Channel)

sample: http://firmdragon.blogspot.com/2007/…-05052007.html

Setlist
01.) Introduction
02.) First Breath After Coma
03.) Welcome, Ghosts
04.) With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept
05.) Your Hand in Mine
06.) Greet Death
07.) Catastrophe and The Cure
08.) The Only Moment We Were Alone
09.) Outro

Total: 1:10:58 / 4.17GB

Thank You Explosions in the Sky.

Here’s some vids of the DVD:

“First Breath After A Coma”:

Welcome, Ghosts”:

If you can’t download the DVD and want to just watch the rest of the vids online, go here.

Torrent Of The Day: Beirut (11-26-2007)



BEIRUT 2007-11-26 Black Session (FLAC)

BEIRUT
Black Session
Radio France (Studio 105)
November 26, 2007

Lineage : FM Master (from numeric Radio FM)
recorded live to HD with Audacity > editing & tracking with Audacity > Wav > Traders’ Little Helper (SB aligned/Flac level 6) > Flac files.

01 – Nantes
02 – Brandenburg
03 – Sunday smile
04 – Scenic world
05 – Mount Wroclai
06 – In the Mausoleum
07 – La fête
08 – Elephant gun
09 – The penalty
10 – After the curtain
11 – Le moribond (Jacques Brel cover)
12 – Postcards from italy
13 – Cherbourg

Total time : 48’57″
Artwork Included
Notes : BEIRUT were broadcasted live from “studio 105″ for the radio “France Inter” at Radio-France (Paris).
Sorry about the DJ chatting over some songs, Bernard Lenoir speaks too much…

Line up :
Zach Condon (trumpet/ukulele/vocals)
Nicholas Petree (drums)
Perrin Cloutier (cello, accordion)
Jason Poranski (guitar, mandolin)
Paul Collins (bass, piano, ukulele)
Jon Natcez (baritone sax, clarinet and glockenspiel, ukulele, mandolin, etc…)
Kristin Ferebee (violin)
Tracy Pratt (trumpet, euphonium, flugel horn)

Torrent Of The Day: Smashing Pumpkins (11-07-2007) Athens, Ga (DVD)

Smashing Pumpkins 2007-11-07 Athens, GA (NTSC)

Smashing Pumpkins
11-07-07
Classic Center
Athens, Ga

Video:
NTSC
MPEG 2
720×480 16:9
29.97
8000 kbps avg

Audio:
LPCM (wav file from original avi rip of master)

Source: Panosonic PV-GS300
Location: Front row far right, seat A10 (due to this, jimmy pretty much doesn’t exist. I got a fewgood shots but most of the time sacraficed him for a much better shot of the rest of the band)
Lineage: Master>Vegas 7 Capture and render to Mpeg2> TMPGenc DvdAuthor2

Disk 1
United States
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Drown
Bring the Light
Tonight Tonight
Tarantula
Pomp and Circumstances
Glass and the Ghost Children
Superchrist
Doomsday Clock
1979 (solo acoustic)

Disk 2
Perfect (acou

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