There's an inordinate number of amazing, amazing shows coming to Dallas (and Austin) over the next few months. Dozens, in fact. March may be the best single month for live shows I've ever seen. I think I'm going to shows 20+ days out of 30 - and I'm not even guessing at the number of shows Im going to see at SXSW and the Open:Ellum festival.

Polyphonic Spree, Page France, Matt Wertz, Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal, Stephen Kellog, Snow Patrol, Tom Brosseu, Justin Timberlake (yes, JT), Ben Kweller, Gomez, Mo Pair, Lemonheads, G Love, Abra Moore, Kill Hannah, Sparklehorse. Sweet.

Trust me, I'll be there with my Microtrack in hand for as many as possible.

With that said, yesterday I got some amazing news. Maria Taylor is coming to town.

I began to love Maria while she was in Azure Ray - but her last solo record, 11:11 was absolutely beautiful - and I've managed to pick up a promo version of her upcoming record, Lynn Teeter Flower, scheduled to come out in March, and it's just as good if not better then her first record.

Ill stick up another post later tonight with her tour dates and a MP3 from the new record but in celebration of the good news I decided to dig into the archives and pull out this Azure Ray show I taped a few years ago, when they were opening for the Elected.

Live MP3s:
Soundcheck
Displaced
Look to Me
No Signs of Pain
Sea of Doubts
The Drinks We Drank Last Night
Hold On Love
If You Fall
Invisible Ones Guard the Gate
These White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue
Raining in Athens
November
Beautiful Things Can Come From The Dark

Labels: audience mp3s, concerts, fat cats., houston, indie, live mp3s, soundboard mp3s

Continuing the Rilo Kiley round of posts - here's their Houston Texas show from their second Execution of All Things tour.

It was the second time I'd seen them, the first having taken place just two nights earlier in Denton. It was also the first time I attended and taped a show at Fat Cat, a venue that I visited dozens more times over the next few years. It was a perfect little venue, decent raised stage, great long bar down the left hand side, and held about 150 people - near perfect amount of people for a show. Unfortunately the venues been shut down now - they built some condos behind it, and the resident who moved in filed a complaint. No more permit, no more Fat Cats. Shame.

Back to the show - it was a fantastic time. I dropped by earlier in the day to ask about taping and got to watch the band soundcheck for a while. Pretty much the same set as Denton, but with a couple of key differences, notably the inclusion of Run Devil Run as part of the soundcheck - which would be released on Jenny's solo record in 2005 and the addition of Science vs Romance at the end of the show.

I've also posted a couple of full song video clips from the show. These are 100meg files - right click and save please.

Enjoy!

Live MP3s:
Intro
Paint's Peeling
The Good That Won't Come
Execution of All Things
Capturing Moods
3 Hopeful Thoughts
My Slumbering Heart
Hail to Whatever
Pictures of Success
So Long
Spectacular Views
A Better Son Daughter
Room 8
Science Vs Romance

Live Videos:
Spectacular Views - RealMedia
Room 8 - RealMedia

Labels: fat cats., houston, indie, rilo kiley, soundboard mp3s