Autolux 12/20/05 - The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA.

(Photo courtesy of autolux.net)

From the archives.

A few years ago, Autolux was the opener for a pair of infamous back-to-back Queens Of The Stone Age shows at The Wiltern. We here are no strangers to Autolux, having posted an headlining show of theirs at The Fonda a year ago. While my main motivation at the time of attending these shows was for QOTSA, I decided to record Autolux because I had seen them not that long ago opening for QOTSA and Nine Inch Nails, and were a bit familiar with them.

The setlist was pretty standard for an opening set - most of songs were culled from their debut (and only full-length) album Future Perfect. Only a couple of songs were not from the album, including "Reappearing" - which has been rumored to be on their long-delayed sophomore release Transit Transit

Alternatively, the QOTSA sets were re-posted to dimeadozen.org recently - they can be found here (12.19.05) and here (12.20.05) (both require registration to view and download)

1.) Intro FLAC MP3
2.) Instrumental FLAC MP3
3.) Plantlife FLAC MP3
4.) Blanket FLAC MP3
5.) Robots In The Garden FLAC MP3
6.) Capital Kind Of Strain FLAC MP3
7.) Subzero Fun FLAC MP3
8.) Turnstile Blues FLAC MP3
9.) Reappearing FLAC MP3
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Autolux 1/17/09 - The Music Box @ The Fonda, Hollywood, CA.

Ah, Autolux. Admittedly, it took some time for me to "click" with this band. More than a couple of years, actually.

I first saw Autolux when they opened for Queens Of The Stone Age/Nine Inch Nails in October 2005. at the Hollywood Bowl. I didn't really give them much of a chance at the time, possibly to due to the heady distraction of QOTSA/NIN and seeing them from front row garden box seats (thanks to good luck on ticketbastard the night before) I ended up seeing them twice again before the year was up, this time opening for QOTSA at The Wiltern on their "infamous" back-to-back pre-Christmas headlining shows. Again, they didn't make much of an impression on me, but I did record them nevertheless (only one came out good)

Awhile later, I did eventually aquire their one and only full length release Future Perfect, and it remained in random rotation for some time before I started to give it more attention. I can't say for sure why and when their music started "clicking", but it was enough for me to specifically seek them out at the MakeMusic Festival in Pasadena last year. There, I finally started seeing how good this band really was (well, it helped that it was a free show, even though it ended up being hotter than hell out there. there is a nice recording of it floating around)

So, we come to this full-length, proper show of theirs at the Fonda recently. It was a good mixture of old and new songs, with a nice cover of The Velvet Underground's "After Hours" thrown in. (and yes, I'm one of those people wondering "where's the second album already?") I think it may even be good enough for a "best of the year" list - well, okay, it may be a little early for that. Wooden Shijps opened for them - not really my cup of tea, I was bored during their set, oh well.

1.) In The Way
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?lyzt5v4xn0z
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zndlywljdyn

2.) Audience No. 2
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?zogmwezy2qf
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?xqizytkmomy

3.) Supertoys
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?0knfo2gi2lm
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?dznmyy01ttr

4.) Capital Kind Of Strain
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?mfelowtmz3d
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?0jmudzun1ya

5.) Here Comes Everybody
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?dmdjd0jorzd
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zwwxnjrym5m

6.) Headless
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?2dmzmdmznti
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?nnmitrjzm53 (fixed, should be working now)

7.) Turnstile Blues
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?tjmiyjgyyzx
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?yjffmjxxku1

8.) The Science Of Imaginary Solutions
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?adjhnzwdltm
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?kmgmyjj0jun

9.) Blanket
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?mnimzzgooyn
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zt2uf2rzmnn

10.) Subzero Fun
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?omqdjzwjctt
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zlkmrfy3fy0

11.) Finder's Fee
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?dywduyzhqjn
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?h0m1jyedn4q

12.) SYRH
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?qy34d3zijyj
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zyz2amrmzzz

13.) E: After Hours (The Velvet Underground)
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?d4hjn0yydnm
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2oojh5zmr2

14.) E: Plantlife
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?lhz0yzdy2ko
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiyzqu0jyme

15.) E: Reappearing
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?m3mfomjzenz
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?gwhyg20hwgd

Text: http://www.mediafire.com/?myrmm40yj2m
MD5: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndtmwync0mz
Fingerprints: http://www.mediafire.com/?dm3k51jionj