Mogwai Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA December 9, 2017 (Saturday) Taper: j.mart Source: DPA SMK4061 > Sound Devices 744T (+23dB, Line-In, 24/44.1) Mastering: Adobe Audition > Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, tape compressor, limiter, dither to 16bit) > TLH (FLAC 8) Tracklist: ----------- 01- intro 02- Hunted By A Freak 03- Crossing the Road Material 04- Party in the Dark 05- Take Me Somewhere Nice 06- I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead 07- Rano Pano 08- Killing All The Flies 09- Coolverine 10- Auto Rock 11- Don't Believe the Fife 12- Every Country's Sun 13- Helicon 1 / encore 14- Remurdered 15- Old Poisons TRT: 01h:25m:33s Notes: Mogwai have been going at it for 20+ years, and their latest album demonstrates some creative fatigue. Every Country's Sun is in my opinion the band's weakest album, even if backed by the brilliant Party in the Dark. Still, another good show by the boys, I'm happy to catch them on this tour regardless of my dislike for ECS, and what a kickass lighting design. This is a good recording - not great - which I attribute to my position in the venue. Apparently one of my DPA's wasn't screw in properly on the 48V adapter, and for some reason it came lose during the encore only, which messed up the left channel during Remurdered and the beginning of Old Poisons. I made the affected parts mono and stereorized it a bit to save your ears. The "pumping" effect during Remurdered is due to the mic shorting, which activated the limiter on my 744T (I had both channels linked). Despite this, I still think this is a recording worth grabbing. Xander Harris was unbelievable, Philadelphia was a lot of fun, and the band thanked the crowd a few times for braving the snow and coming to the show. #Please pass the info file along as you distribute the show# -j.mart 2017/12/10 App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned