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We've been on a lighter than usual blogging schedule for the past couple weeks... vacations, Olympics, Democratic Convention and all. Expect us to be back to all our bloggy goodness after Labor Day.

Cheap Thrills: The Broken West - Auctioneer

A free legal download from Now or Heaven (due September 9th)...

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Cheap Thrills: The Morning Benders - Dreams

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Cheap Thrills: Taylor Hollingsworth - Shout It Out

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Bootleg Justice: Drive-By Truckers Live @ Rothbury Music Festival in Rothbury, MI (7.4.2008)

Short festival set highlighted by a guest appearance from Bettye LaVette...

Drive-By Truckers
07-04-2008
Rothbury Music Festival
Rothbury, Michigan

01 - After The Scene Dies
02 - Self Destructive Zones
03 - That Man I Shot
04 - Three Dimes Down
05 - The Company I Keep
06 - Marry Me
07 - Putting People On The Moon
08 - A Ghost To Most
09 - I'm Sorry Huston
10 - Jealousy (with Bettye Lavette)
11 - One Of These Days
12 - World Of Hurt
13 - Women Without Whiskey
14 - Lookout Mountain

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Bootleg Justice: Gomez Live @ The Forum in Sydney, Australia (9.5.2006)

Great sound on this audience recording (a bonus show since we didn't get one posted yesterday)...

Gomez
09-05-2006
The Forum
Sydney, Australia

01 - Bring It On
02 - Hamoa Beach
03 - Silence
04 - See The World
05 - California
06 - Nothing is Wrong
07 - Ping One Down
08 - Sweet Virginia
09 - Notice
10 - Here Comes The Breeze
11 - Chasing Ghosts With Alcohol
12 - Ruff Stuff
13 - Flavours
14 - Girl Shaped Love Drug
15 - Detroit Swing 66
16 - Rhythm And Blues Alibi
17 - Get Miles
18 - How We Operate
19 - Fill My Cup
20 - Whippin Piccadilly

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Bootleg Justice: My Morning Jacket Live @ Waterfront Park in Louisville, KY (8.16.2008)

You don't get much fresher than this massive 3 hour show from Saturday - 32 tracks & 3 disks worth...

My Morning Jacket
08-16-2008
Waterfront Park
Louisville, KY

01 - Introduction
02 - Anytime
03 - Off The Record
04 - Gideon
05 - Evil Urges
06 - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 1
07 - The Way That He Sings
08 - What A Wonderful Man
09 - I'm Amazed
10 - Thank You Too!
11 - Sec Walkin
12 - Heartbreakin' Man
13 - Two Halves
14 - Lay Low
15 - Aluminum Park
16 - Mahgeetah
17 - Phone Went West
18 - Look At You
19 - Where To Begin
20 - Golden
21 - Dondante
22 - Smokin From Shootin >
23 - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2
24 - Wordless Chorus
25 - Highly Suspicious
26 - Cobra
27 - Steam Engine
28 - Run Thru
29 - Dancefloors
30 - One Big Holiday
31 - Low Rider >
32 - Oye Como Va

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Cheap Thrills: The Morning Benders - Lovefool

A free legal download from The Bedroom Covers...

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Cheap Thrills: Joseph Arthur - Lovely Cost

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Bootleg Justice: Elliott Smith Live @ The Steamboat in Austin, TX (5.3.2003)

Smith's voice is often shaky, but this tribute to musician Glynn Allen Owens was his last visit to Austin...

Elliott Smith
05-03-2003
The Steamboat
Austin, Texas

01 - Happiness
02 - Memory Lane
03 - Rose Parade
04 - Strung Out Again
05 - Plainclothes Man
06 - I Figured You Out
07 - St. Ides Heaven
08 - A Passing Feeling
09 - Division Day
10 - Between The Bars
11 - Somebody's Baby
12 - I Better Be Quiet Now
13 - Pretty (Ugly Before)
14 - Waltz #2 (XO)
15 - Satellite
16 - Coast To Coast
17 - Say Yes
18 - Blackbird

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Bootleg Justice: Warren Zevon with Jackson Browne Live @ VPRO Studio in Hilversum, Holland (12.8.1976)

A true classic here featuring Zevon, Browne & David Lindley in peak form at a Dutch radio station...

Warren Zevon with Jackson Browne
12-08-1976
VPRO Studio
Hilversum, Holland

01 - (intro)
02 - These Days > (interview)
03 - Cocaine Blues
04 - Linda Paloma
05 - Mohammed's Radio > (interview)
06 - Frank and Jesse James
07 - Hasten Down the Wind
08 - Desperados Under the Eaves > (interview)
09 - Excitable Boy > (program ID)
10 - (program ID) > For a Dancer
11 - Something Fine
12 - Carmelita
13 - Werewolves of London
14 - Back Turned Looking Down the Path > (David Lindley intro)
15 - Carmelita
16 - Mohammed's Radio
17 - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

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Bootleg Justice: Smashing Pumpkins Live @ Les Eurokeennes de Belfort in Belfort, France (7.4.1997)

Vintage Pumpkins' set from the French festival opens with a Yardbirds' cover...

Smashing Pumpkins
07-04-1997
Les Eurokeennes de Belfort Festival
Belfort, France

01 - Glimpses
02 - Where Boys Fear to Tread
03 - Eye
04 - Tonight, Tonight
05 - Transformer
06 - Zero
07 - Thru the Eyes of Ruby
08 - The End Is The Beginning Is The End
09 - By Starlight
10 - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
11 - Muzzle
12 - 1979
13 - X.Y.U.
14 - Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
15 - The Aeroplane Flies High

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Bootleg Justice: Robyn Hitchcock Live @ NHK 505 in Tokyo, Japan (10.06.2005)

Radio quality sound on this Japanese import...

Robyn Hitchcock
10-06-2005
NHK 505 Studio
Tokyo, Japan

01 - Chinese Bone
02 - Queen Elvis
03 - My Wife And My Dead Wife
04 - I Feel Beautiful
05 - Television
06 - Full Moon In My Soul
07 - English Girl
08 - Somewhere Apart
09 - Sally Was A Legend
10 - Creeped Out (American Girl)
11 - I Often Dream of Trains
12 - Raymond Chandler Evening
13 - You And Oblivion

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Bootleg Justice: Spoon Live @ Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY (7.15.2008)

This great July set features covers of the Stones and Paul Simon as well as most of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga...

Spoon
07-15-2008
Prospect Park Bandshell
Brooklyn, New York

01 - Intro
02 - They Never Got You
03 - My Mathematical Mind
04 - Rhythm And Soul
05 - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
06 - The Delicate Place
07 - The Beast And Dragon Adored
08 - The Ghost Of You Lingers
09 - Don't You Evah
10 - Don't Make Me A Target
11 - Chicago At Night
12 - Utilitarian
13 - I Turn My Camera On
14 - Peace Like a River
15 - Someone Something
16 - The Two Sides Of Monsieur Valentine
17 - The Underdog
18 - Stay Don't Go
19 - Small Stakes
20 - Me And The Bean
21 - Black Like Me
22 - Finer Feelings
23 - Rocks Off

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Cheap Thrills: Robyn Hitchcock - Bad Case of History

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Bootleg Justice: Cracker Live @ Crossroads in Kansas City, MO (8.1.2008)

Great sound on this week-old set...

Cracker
08-01-2008
Crossroads
Kansas City, Missouri

01 - One Fine Day
02 - Gimme One More Chance
03 - The Riverside
04 - Mr. Wrong
05 - Eurotrash Girl
06 - Lonesome Johnny Blues
07 - Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
08 - 100 Flower Power Maximum
09 - How Can I Live Without You
10 - The Man In Me
11 - Happy Birthday To Me
12 - Take the Skinheads Bowling
13 - Loser
14 - Everybody Gets One For Free
15 - Low
16 - Another Song About the Rain

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Bootleg Justice: Paranoid Social Club Live @ Old Port Festival in Portland, ME (6.1.2008)

Hometown show for the Portland-based rockers...

Paranoid Social Club
06-01-2008
Old Port Festival
Portland, Maine

01 - Intro
02 - Evolution
03 - Save Me
04 - Pusher Man
05 - Rhythm Is...
06 - Fuckin' With My Head
07 - Shot Down
08 - Two Girls
09 - Gangsta'
10 - Wasted
11 - I Want You

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Cheap Thrills: Taylor Hollingsworth - Hard Headed Woman

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Bootleg Justice: Jack Johnson Live @ Coachella in Indio, CA (4.25.2008)

Solid audience recording from this spring's festival...

Jack Johnson
04-25-2008
Coachella Main Stage
Indio, California

01 - Intro
02 - Hope
03 - Taylor
04 - Flake
05 - Sleep Through the Static
06 - Staple It Together/Whole Lotta Love
07 - Go On
08 - Good People
09 - Monsoon
10 - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
11 - Bubble Toes/Express Yourself
12 - Wasting Time
13 - Breakdown
14 - Banana Pancakes
15 - Let It Be Sung
16 - I Love You And Buddha Too
17 - If I Had Eyes
18 - Encore Break
19 - Angel/Better Together

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Cheap Thrills: The Morning Benders - Mother and Child Reunion

A free legal download from The Bedroom Covers...

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MJTV: Vib Gyor - The Secret

Still working on their debut, but I think these guys are going to be big...

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Bootleg Justice: Cowboy Junkies Live @ Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, NH (07.27.2008)

Nice recording of last week's show...

Cowboy Junkies
07-27-2008
Tupelo Music Hall
Londonderry, NH

01 - Brand New World
02 - Lay It Down
03 - I'm So Lonesome
04 - Final Feet
05 - I Don't Get It
06 - (Handouts intro)
07 - Handouts in the Rain
08 - (new songs intro)
09 - Confessions of Georgia E
10 - The Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun
11 - Angels in the Wilderness
12 - Bread & Wine
13 - (letters in the mail chat)
14 - Someday Soon
15 - (Adventures in parenting story)
16 - My Wild Child
17 - (Trinity story)
18 - To Love Is To Bury
19 - Highway Kind
20 - Hunted
21 - (band intros)
22 - Follower 2
23 - (crowd)
24 - Misguided Angel
25 - Working on a Building

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Cheap Thrills: The Watson Twins - Sky Open Up

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Tour Dates: Richard Shindell

New shows for the folk singer-songwriter...

September:
Thu 09/18/08 San Diego, CA Acoustic Music San Diego
Sat 09/20/08 Santa Monica, CA McCabe's Guitar Shop
Sun 09/21/08 Sand City, CA Ol' Factory Cafe
Mon 09/22/08 Felton, CA Don Quixote's Int'l Music Hall
Wed 09/24/08 Berkeley, CA Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Thu 09/25/08 Winters, CA The Palms

October:
Thu 10/02/08 Carbondale, CO Steve's Guitars

November:
Sat 11/01/08 West Long Branch, NJ Pollak Auditorium
Sun 11/02/08 Fairfield, CT Fairfield Theatre
Fri 11/07/08 Chicago, IL Morse Theater
Sat 11/08/08 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
Wed 11/12/08 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
Thu 11/13/08 Vienna, VA Barns At Wolf Trap
Fri 11/14/08 Tarrytown, NY The Tarrytown Music Hall
Sat 11/15/08 Cambridge, MA Passim Folk Music & Cultural Center
Sun 11/16/08 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
Wed 11/19/08 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
Thu 11/20/08 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
Fri 11/21/08 Jersey City, NJ Brennan Coffeehouse Series
Sat 11/22/08 Huntington, NY IMAC Inter-Media Art Ctr.

March:
Sat 03/07/09 Macomb, IL Tri-States Public Perf. Studio
Sat 03/14/09 Rhinelander, WI LRC Theatre
Fri 03/20/09 Syracuse, NY May Memorial
Sat 03/21/09 West Grove, PA Turtle Dove Folk Club

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Tour Dates: Liam Finn

Finn follows dates opening for Eddie Vedder with a couple months of headlining shows...

August:
4 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
5 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
7 - Newark, NJ - NJ Performing Arts Center
9 - Newark, NJ - NJ Performing Arts Center
10 - Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
12 - Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
13 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
16 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
17 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
19 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
21 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
22 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre

September:
4 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
5 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
6 - Washington, DC - The Rock and Roll Hotel
7 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
9 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
11 - St. Louis, MO - Billiken Club/St. Louis UNI
13 - Denver, CO - Monolith Festival
15 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
16 - Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewing Co.
18 - Tuscon, AZ - Plush
19 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
20 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
21 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
23 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
24 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
26 - Seattle, WA - High Dive
27 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret

October:
1 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
2 - Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
3 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
4 - Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
5 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rosa/Pop Montreal
7 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
8 - Portland, ME - Space
9 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
10 - Providence, RI - Club Hell

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Bootleg Justice: David Gray Live @ KCRW in Santa Monica, CA (12.10.2007)

Studio-quality sound on this FM broadcast...

David Gray
12-10-2007
KCRW
Santa Monica, California

01 - Intro
02 - Leaving
03 - Babylon
04 - Long Black Veil
05 - Interview
06 - You Mean The World To Me
07 - One With The Bird
08 - Living Room
09 - Outro 1
10 - Wandering Angus
11 - Outro 2

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Bootleg Justice: Dan Bern Live @ Attic Tea House in Santa Cruz, CA (11.9.2006)

The genius that is Bernstein...

Dan Bern
11-09-2006
The Attic Tea House
Santa Cruz, California

01 - Party By Myself
02 - Hard Times
03 - Crossroads
04 - Slavery Girl
05 - Big Ol' Blue Highway
06 - Witness
07 - 22nd Street
08 - Asterisk Nation
09 - No Missing Link
10 - Beautiful Trees
11 - Oh Pluto
12 - Breathe
13 - Suicide Room
14 - Reeperbahn
15 - Chelsea Hotel
16 - Hannibal
17 - Jerusalem
18 - Tiger Woods
19 - Drifting Along
20 - Joe Christ
21 - Desert Rain
22 - Baby Bye Bye
23 - Remember Me
24 - Thanksgiving Day Parade

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