The Mallard - 2011-12-04 - Verdi Club SF

The Mallard
2011-12-04
The Verdi Club
San Francisco CA

taper: tomzero

equipment:  Sonic Studio mics -> Edirol R-09HR (24 bit / 48 kHz) -> Nero (level boost & downsample to 16 bit / 44.1k) -> cd wav -> flac level 8

setlist 

00 soundcheck
01 soundcheck
02 Mansion
03 Shallows
04 Candy For Brains
05 I Listen To Lyrics Last
06 Fog
07 Ex
08 1999
09 Fault
10 Vines
11 Moon Beeps [The Intelligence]


Complete audio recording (FLACs in zipfile)
  

                        Video thanks to DerGato

First out of three times last December I was to check out the stylings of the MALLARD.  I got to know their set really well, standouts are 'I Listen To Lyrics Last' which has made it to the blogosphere, the quite ducky Candy For Brains, and the Intelligence cover at the end, which hopefully pleased Lars Finberg, who was playing with Thee Oh Sees later on.

The soundcheck at the start took quite a while, but the sum result was worth it.  I was also at this show but decided for whatever reason not to record.

The Mallard will be playing along with Thee Oh Sees in early March 6th at the Independent in SF.  Don't miss it!

As a bonus, you can check out our recording of followup act Bronze's set.  Any help ID'ing the tracks most appreciated, as more than half the set seems to be new songs.


Setlist

"Feeding Time" 
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Sides
"The Longing"
So Slow
"The Price Of Quality"

The Intelligence - 2010-11-11 - Eagle Tavern SF

MOON BONG LIFE

PUKE LIKE UNIVERSE

ESTATE MOM DEBT HORSE

COPS THANK COSMIC MALES

Catchy "lo-fi" garage-y rock.  Like like like like like like like. While some wonder why the Intelligence's pop ditties aren't more popular, some have a greedy desire to see them remain underground, so they remain all yours.  The paradox of Indie, I guess.  I'm not going to go there.  This is not Pitchfork.  I had a blast, and while not as insane as they were during Thee Oh Sees set, the crowd certainly were buying what Finberg and Co. were selling.

Tuning a 'tar, taking a swig

I had seen The Intelligence once before, at Part Time Punks in 2009.  They made a positive impression then, and it continued forward to seeing them a year later.  I quite liked "Block Of Ice" not realizing it was a cover of the group they played after.  Or is it the Thee Oh Sees who cover it?  No, I was right the first time.                                                

My recording was done with the trusty Sony PCM-M10, which I had set on top of a video poker machine stage left-ish.

Setlist (the entire set was filmed with my iPhone 4, all songs linked):

Moon Beeps / Bong Life / Life Preserver / Tuned To Puke / Like Like Like Like Like Like Like / The Universe / Estate Sales / Mom Or A Parking Lot / Debt & ESP / Horse Glue / Dating Cops / Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine / The Unessential Cosmic Perspective / Males // Pony People

Thee Oh Setlist

Setlist: 

The Universe / Nice Tries / Debt & ESP / Dating Cops / Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine / The World Is A Drag / The World Is Not A Drag / Block Of Ice (Thee Oh Sees) / Like Like Like Like Like Like Like / Black Hole (The Urinals) / The Unessential Cosmic Perspective

Photos of PTP taken by All Music Guide reviewer Ned Raggett...

And a video, put up by yours truly taken from bcingyou's Kodak digivid, featuring "The World Is A Drag", "Like Like Like Like Like Like Like", and "Black Hole", a Urinals cover.

Part Time Punks Festival 2009 - Shark Toys + Abe Vigoda + The Intelligence (pt. 1)

The Intelligence

Presenting these in reverse order, as that presentation makes the most sense for these.  At least to me.

The Intelligence
Part Time Punks Festival
2009-10-11
The Echoplex
Los Angeles CA 

taper: bcingyou, using Sony ECM-990F > M-Audio Microtrack II.

01 intro / The Universe

02 Nice Tries

03 Debt & ESP

04 Dating Cops, busted snare, joke

05 Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine

06 The World Is A Drag

07 Tuned To Puke

08 Block Of Ice  [Thee Oh Sees]

09 Like Like Like Like Like Like Like

10 Black Hole [The Urinals]

11 The Unessential Cosmic Perspective

12 outro

INTELLIGENCE (bcingyou recording, pCloud)

An assemblage of video clips synced from my friend's Kodak Easyshare, maybe also incorporate footage from my iPhone?

The Intelligence from the 'Part Time Punks' fest at the Echo in LA on October 11th, 2009, featuring Lars Finberg and cohorts. Two brief clips, joined together....including "The World Is A Drag" [0:00], "Like Like Like Like Like Like Like" [1:18], "Black Hole", a Urinals cover [3:14], and their last song, The Unessential Cosmic Perspective [4:34]

DVD d/l of above.