Here’s the setlist to last weeks Calexico show. The show was really good. Even though the band encourages fans to tape their shows, we were unfortunately denied entry with our mics by the promoter. Hopefully the band puts up a copy on the Live Music Archive.

Setlist:
01. Bisbee Blue
02. Frontera/Trigger
03. Roka
04. Man Made Lake
05. Sunken Waltz
06. Slowness
07. El Gatillo
08. Inspiracion
09. Bend To The Road
10. Two Silver Trees
11. Writer’s Minor Holiday
12. The News About William
13. Not Even Stevie Nicks
14. House of Valparaiso
15. Alone Again Or
16. Fractured Air
17. Corona
18. Victor Jara’s Hands
19. Guero Canelo
20. Red Blooms

Links: website | myspace | archive.org

Tags: calexico, phoenix, Reviews

This was one of my favourite shows of the year. I should have recognized that it was Bllitzen Trapper opening up, but i didnt, until the last song, “Wild Mountain Nation”. After a really good opening set, Sam and Sara followed that up with, what i thought, was a great performance. Sam Beam and sister Sara performed a few songs together before the rest of the band came out. After that the tempo picked up, and there are some nice jams throughout the show. Sam and Sara came back out for the encore and performed what has to be one of the most beautiful songs ive had the pleasure of hearing. “The Trapeze Swinger”, a nine minute ballad, sent some chills down my spine.

You can purchase and download a copy of this show from playedlastnight.com. It sounds really good.

Iron & Wine:
01 He Lays In The Reins
02 Resurrection Fern
03 Upward, Over The Mountain
04 Godless Brother In Love
05 Sea And The Rhythm
06 Flightless Bird, American Mouth
07 Woman King
08 Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd’s Dog)
09 Carousel
10 Cinder And Smoke
11 House By The Sea
12 The Devil Never Sleeps
13 Bird Stealing Bread
14 Love And Some Verses
15 Sodom, South Georgia
16 Boy With A Coin
Encore:
17 The Trapeze Swinger

Blitzen Trapper: website | myspace
Iron & Wine: website | myspace | fan forum

Tags: blitzen trapper, iron and wine, phoenix

DBT & The Hold Steady brought the “Rock and Roll Means Well” tour to town last week. The show was great. The Hold Steady came out and played a solid set. They certainly got the place warmed up. DBT came out afterwards and continued with the rock. The recordings turned out ok. We werent allowed to bring in our mic stands so we improvised and taped our mics to the pillar at the back beside the soundboard. Enjoy.

The Hold Steady
01 Intro
02 Stuck Between Stations
03 Sequestered in Memphis
04 Navy Sheets
05 Banging Camp
06 The Swish
07 Magazines
08 Girls Like Status
09 Same Kooks
10 Joke About Jamaica
11 Stay Positive
12 Milkcrate Mosh
13 Chips Ahoy!
14 Constructive Summer
15 Lord, I’m Discouraged
16 Multitude of Casualties
17 Most People are DJs
18 Slapped Actresses

Download: 16-bit | 24-bit
Links: website | myspace

Drive-By Truckers
01 Where the Devil Don’t Stay
02 Lookout Mountain
03 The Company I Keep
04 Gravity’s Gone
05 Why Henry Drinks
06 Sinkhole
07 A Ghost to Most
08 The Righteous Path
09 I’m Sorry Houston
10 Love Like This
11 The Living Bubba
12 Women Without Whiskey
13 Heathens
14 3 Dimes Down
15 Home Field Advantage
16 Ronnie and Neil
17 Hell No, I Ain’t Happy
Encore:
18 Marry Me
19 Let There Be Rock
20 People Who Died

Stream from the LMA:

Download: 16-bit | 24-bit | Live Music Archive
Links: website | myspace | fan forum

Tags: drive-by truckers, Live Music Archive, phoenix, Recording, the hold steady