The Ugly Midwesterner Master Series

The Ugly Midwesterner Master Series is a series of live recordings, made by me, The Ugly Midwesterner, starting in 2024
and currently with no end date in sight. I intend to keep this series of recordings going until A) I die. B) Taping is
made punishable by death in the state of Nebraska. or C) Evil AI takes over the world and forces us all to live in pods
(no more concerts then!). Typically, an Ugly Midwesterner tape can be characterized by its awful quality, abundance of
crowd chatter, and/or being a band known to absolutely nobody. Currently, there are 11 tapes in The Ugly Midwesterner
Master Series. You can view more statistics about it here.

TUMMS #001 - Floyd - 2024-04-05 - The Waiting Room Lounge, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts I-V) [cuts in]
  2. Have a Cigar
  3. Learning to Fly
  4. Speak to Me / Breathe (In the Air)
  5. On the Run
  6. Time
  7. Breathe (Reprise)
  8. The Great Gig in the Sky
  9. Money
  10. Us and Them
  11. Any Colour You Like
  12. Brain Damage
  13. Eclipse
  14. High Hopes
  15. Pigs
  16. In the Flesh?
  17. The Thin Ice
  18. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1
  19. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
  20. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
  21. Goodbye Blue Sky
  22. Mother
  23. What Shall We Do Now?
  24. Young Lust
  25. [band introductions]
  26. Hey You
  27. Nobody Home
  28. Wish You Were Here
  29. Comfortably Numb
  30. Run Like Hell
LINEAGE:

  Samsung S9 > Axet Audio Recorder > WAV 16/44 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B

COMMENTS:

  My second show I ever taped (the first one was a friend's band's concert that was sadly incomplete and taped in a lossy format).
  The quality of this tape really shows how inexperienced I was at the time: my phone was in my jacket pocket, making almost all
  of the sound come through the right channel. After the show, I tried to fix this, but almost anything I tried made it sound worse.
  I panned the audio to the left channel by about 80%, which balanced the sound more but also made the bass drum a bit distorted on
  the left channel, a trade I was willing to make. On June 9, I re-made the fileset to reflect my current fileset organization, and
  added a cover. On a lot of the tracks you can hear a 14-year-old me making possibly the weakest screams ever after about every song
  like a dumbass. God, I sounded like such a dork. I almost don't want to share this tape again solely for that reason + it picks up
  a bunch of crowd chatter, but here we are. Sigh...

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 16/44 [142:51]

TUMMS #002 - Fooz Fighters - 2024-08-17 - SumTur Amphitheater, Papillion, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts I-V) [cuts in]
  2. Have a Cigar
  3. Learning to Fly
  4. Speak to Me / Breathe (In the Air)
  5. On the Run
  6. Time
  7. Breathe (Reprise)
  8. The Great Gig in the Sky
  9. Money
  10. Us and Them
  11. Any Colour You Like
  12. Brain Damage
  13. Eclipse
  14. High Hopes
  15. Pigs
  16. In the Flesh?
  17. The Thin Ice
  18. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1
  19. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
  20. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
  21. Goodbye Blue Sky
  22. Mother
  23. What Shall We Do Now?
  24. Young Lust
  25. [band introductions]
  26. Hey You
  27. Nobody Home
  28. Wish You Were Here
  29. Comfortably Numb
  30. Run Like Hell
LINEAGE:

  Samsung S9 > Axet Audio Recorder > WAV 24/96 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B

COMMENTS:

  My second show I ever taped (the first one was a friend's band's concert that was sadly incomplete and taped in a lossy format).
  The quality of this tape really shows how inexperienced I was at the time: my phone was in my jacket pocket, making almost all
  of the sound come through the right channel. After the show, I tried to fix this, but almost anything I tried made it sound worse.
  I panned the audio to the left channel by about 80%, which balanced the sound more but also made the bass drum a bit distorted on
  the left channel, a trade I was willing to make. On June 9, I re-made the fileset to reflect my current fileset organization, and
  added a cover. On a lot of the tracks you can hear a 14-year-old me making possibly the weakest screams ever after about every song
  like a dumbass. God, I sounded like such a dork. I almost don't want to share this tape again solely for that reason + it picks up
  a bunch of crowd chatter, but here we are. Sigh...

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 16/44

TUMMS #003 - The Damones - 2024-09-13 - The Granary Green, Ralston, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. [intro]
  2. Hello There [Cheap Trick cover]
  3. Is She Really Going Out With Him? [Joe Jackson cover]
  4. 867-5309 / Jenny [Tommy Tutone cover]
  5. The Walls Came Down [The Call cover]
  6. We Got the Beat [The Go-Go's cover]
  7. Radio Free Europe [R.E.M. cover]
  8. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) [Dead or Alive cover]
  9. Should I Stay or Should I Go [The Clash cover]
  10. Crimson and Clover [Tommy James & The Shondells cover]
  11. Who Can It Be Now? [Men At Work cover]
  12. Whip It [DEVO cover]
  13. Harden My Heart [Quarterflash cover]
  14. Girls Just Want to Have Fun [Cyndi Lauper cover]
  15. Here Comes Your Man [Pixies cover]
  16. Save It For Later [The Beat cover]
  17. Turning Japanese [The Vapors cover]
  18. What's My Scene [Hoodoo Gurus cover]
  19. Never Say Never [Romeo Void cover]
  20. Don't You Want Me [The Human League cover]
  21. She Sells Sanctuary [The Cult cover]
  22. Kids in America [Kim Wilde cover]
  23. Ah Leah [Donnie Iris cover]
  24. Tainted Love [Soft Cell cover]
  25. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) [Eurythmics cover]
  26. I Melt With You [Modern English cover]
  27. Heart of Glass [Blondie cover]
  28. And She Was [Talking Heads cover]
  29. Voices Carry ['Til Tuesday cover, cuts]
  30. Little Red Corvette [Prince cover]
  31. Call Me [Blondie cover]
  32. Centerfold [The J. Geils Band cover]
  33. [band introductions]
  34. Dancing with Myself [Billy Idol cover]
  35. Don't Change [INXS cover]
LINEAGE:

  Samsung S9 > Axet Audio Recorder > WAV 16/44 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B

COMMENTS:

  My second [?] time seeing the Damones, an 80s new wave cover band. They're really good, although this recording isn't. At this
  point, my S9 was on its last legs - I could only get the screen to turn on about 5% of the time, and when it did, it would start
  flashing green about 30 seconds into use. The thing was essentially toast, but a few days before I was scheduled to get my S24,
  I went to this show. The band played two long sets, thankfully I brought a chair. They played a few favorites, namely the Devo
  and Talking Heads tracks, but also a track I was unfamiliar with - Turning Japanese by The Vapors. I really liked that one. My
  phone was on the ground, mics facing the stage. This is probably my worst tape, honestly, there's not much to like about it.
  Distant, unbalanced sound, and the first few seconds of just about every track are pretty fucked due to some auto-leveling shit
  I don't even know why it sounds like that.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 16/44 [143:50]

TUMMS #004 - The Damones - 2025-03-21 - The Waiting Room Lounge, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

    Set 1:
  1. Hello There [Cheap Trick cover]
  2. Hit Me With Your Best Shot [Pat Benatar cover]
  3. Rockaway Beach [Ramones cover]
  4. Love Removal Machine [The Cult cover]
  5. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) [Dead or Alive cover]
  6. Let's Go to Bed [The Cure cover]
  7. Our House [Madness cover]
  8. Middle of the Road [Pretenders cover]
  9. Dream Police [Cheap Trick cover]
  10. Let's Go [The Cars cover]
  11. What's My Scene? [Hoodoo Gurus cover]
  12. Call Me [Blondie cover]
  13. Rio [Duran Duran cover]
  14. Million Miles [The Plimsouls cover]
  15. Tainted Love [Soft Cell cover]
  16. Head Over Heels [Tears for Fears cover]
  17. Should I Stay or Should I Go? [The Clash cover]

    18. Set 2:
  18. Add It Up [Violent Femmes cover]
  19. Kids In America [Kim Wilde cover]
  20. Dancing With Myself [Billy Idol cover]
  21. Town Called Malice [The Jam cover, fades in]
  22. Centerfold [The J. Geils Band cover]
  23. Girls Just Want To Have Fun [Cyndi Lauper cover]
  24. Little Red Corvette [Prince cover]
  25. In Between Days [The Cure cover]
  26. Modern Love [David Bowie cover, fades in]
  27. Harden My Heart [Quarterflash cover]
  28. Super Freak [Rick James cover]
  29. Don't Change [INXS cover]
  30. [banter]
  31. Just Like Heaven [The Cure cover]
  32. And She Was [Talking Heads cover]
  33. Anything, Anything [Dramarama cover]
  34. [band introductions]
  35. Blister in the Sun [Violent Femmes cover]
  36. Goodnight [Cheap Trick cover]

    37. Encores:
  37. Cruel Summer [Bananarama cover, fades in]
  38. Melt With You [Modern English cover]
LINEAGE:

  Samsung S24 > Axet Audio Recorder > WAV 16/44 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  And another tape of the Damones. I upgraded to a new phone, so this tape turned out a lot better than the others in my catalog.
  Unfortunately this one has a lot of talking around the phone, so much so that I had to fade in a few songs as to not make you
  listen to the life of two women in their forties (my mother and her friend). As stated before, this is still a phone recording,
  so don't expect anything too special. Sad to see they cut the Devo and Vapors tracks from their set this time. Scans of printed
  setlist included, "MA & PA" was not played.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 16/44 [151:35]

TUMMS #005 - DSM-5 - 2025-04-08 - Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. [unknown] [fades in]
  2. Red Hat Dingbat
  3. Fucked Up Society
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  My first ever tape with my H1e! Unfortunately it's incomplete, as I arrived about 20 minutes after the show started. All three
  of these tracks are unreleased to my knowledge, first one fades in with about 10 seconds left. Fun hardcore punk with fun riffs,
  hope to see them again soon. As this was my first gig using it, and I didn't want to get kicked out, the Zoom was in my pocket,
  which hurts the sound a bit. You can hear some crowd chatter at points, nothing as bad as the last entry in this series but it's
  still there. Didn't take any pictures so the cover was made from a video of another performance of theirs at the same venue eight
  months prior.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [05:54]

TUMMS #006 - Hand Painted Police Car - 2025-04-08 - Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. [unknown]
  2. Nowhere to Go but Down
  3. Not a Real Doctor
  4. You Believe
  5. [unknown]
  6. Tupac Would've Been President
  7. [unknown]
  8. [unknown]
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  The second performance of the night, of which there were four. Slower, more "normal" punk than DSM-5, but still alright. To my
  knowledge, four of these tracks are released and four are unreleased.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [24:53]

TUMMS #007 - The Rumours - 2025-04-08 - Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. [intro]
  2. It's Not Me (It's You)
  3. Outta My Mind
  4. Shakin' Tits and Takin' Shits
  5. San Francisco
  6. Cuntrol (U) Freak
  7. r u ready
  8. Kill or Be Killed
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  The third outta four bands, The Rumours were really fun. Good music, also the reason why I went (mother's friend had a friend
  who was in the band). Good stuff, sound improves at Cuntrol (U) Freak as I finally took the damn mic outta my pocket. Last 3
  tracks have maybe the best sound I recorded at the gig. Apparently "r u ready" live debuted at this show.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [32:16]

TUMMS #008 - The Koffin Kats - 2025-04-08 - Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. [intro]
  2. Riding High
  3. Graveyard Tree
  4. Mechanical Youth
  5. Chaos
  6. Chainsaw Massacre
  7. V8 Nightmare
  8. Witch in the Woods
  9. Perfect Suicide
  10. One Revived
  11. Mors Ex Infernos
  12. Graveyard Tree III
  13. Maneater [Daryl Hall & John Oates cover]
  14. Splatterhouse
  15. Red Alert
  16. Way Out There
  17. Giving Blood
  18. Bad Apple
  19. Midnight
  20. [banter]
  21. The Bottle Called
  22. The Way of the Road
  23. Koffin Kat Rock
  24. For Hire
  25. [outro]
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  A FUCKIN DOUBLE BASS! AWESOME! These guys were the headliners and the only half-popular band performing that night. They put on
  a great show, the music started to sound a little repetitive to my ears near the end (perhaps I was just tired of standing) but they
  were great anyway. Put my mic back in my pocket for a bit before Red Alert because a security dude was walking around with a flashlight
  and I thought I was fucked but nothing happened. Phew. I changed nothing about the sound except adjusted the volume for the first ~3
  minutes and the rest of the show because I was around the back of the venue when they started but I moved up during Graveyard Tree.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [66:00]

TUMMS #009 - Khaos Theory - 2025-05-17 - Smiley Bee Coffee & Sweets Shop, Falls City, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. Anthem
  2. The Exorcist
  3. Sleepwalking [Bring Me the Horizon cover]
  4. Drum Solo
  5. The Curse
  6. Waking State
  7. Voices
  8. Rainy Day [Ice Nine Kills cover]
  9. Last Chance
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B

COMMENTS:

  Opening for Small Town Avenue. These guys were okay but the sound of the venue really put me off and I tend to dislike metalcore.
  For whatever reason most of the people I asked said they enjoyed these guys more than STA.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [34:04]

TUMMS #010 - Small Town Avenue - 2025-05-17 - Smiley Bee Coffee & Sweets Shop, Falls City, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. Dammit [blink-182 cover]
  2. Scotty Doesn't Know [Lustra cover]
  3. Aliens Exist [blink-182 cover]
  4. Teenage Dirtbag [Wheatus cover]
  5. Truck
  6. Midnight Train to Memphis [Chris Stapleton cover]
  7. Undone - The Sweater Song [Weezer cover]
  8. American Idiot [Green Day cover]
  9. Sugar, We're Goin Down [Fall Out Boy cover]
  10. What's My Age Again? [blink-182 cover]
  11. Medley [includes All The Small Things, Basket Case, Girls & Boys, My Friends Over You, & The Middle]
  12. The Anthem [Good Charlotte cover]
  13. My Own Worst Enemy [Lit cover]
  14. Voldemort [With Confidence cover]
  15. Stay Together for the Kids [blink-182 cover]
  16. Dysentery Gary [blink-182 cover]
  17. I Miss You [blink-182 cover]
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  Falls City, Nebraska's best pop punk cover band. Good tape, mic was set on a table near the back right of the venue. Complete video
  was recorded by the manager but has yet to be posted, I also captured video of almost every song from the audience (missing most of
  American Idiot). Includes their only original song so far, "Truck".

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [69:28]

TUMMS #011 - Sessanta [A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, & Primus] - 2025-06-03 - Baxter Arena, Omaha, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. The Package [A Perfect Circle]
  2. Disillusioned [A Perfect Circle]
  3. Blue [A Perfect Circle]
  4. Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers [Primus]
  5. Here Come the Bastards [Primus]
  6. Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread [Primus]
  7. Man Overboard [Puscifer]
  8. Horizons [Puscifer]
  9. Indigo Children [Puscifer]
  10. [bear joke]
  11. Little Lord Fentanyl [Primus]
  12. Welcome to This World [Primus]
  13. My Name Is Mud [Primus]
  14. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver [Primus]
  15. Flippant [Puscifer]
  16. No Angel [Puscifer]
  17. Bullet Train to Iowa [Puscifer]
  18. The Algorithm [Puscifer]
  19. The Contrarian [A Perfect Circle]
  20. The Doomed [A Perfect Circle]
  21. Weak and Powerless [A Perfect Circle]
  22. The Outsider [A Perfect Circle]
  23. The Humbling River [Puscifer]
  24. Polar Bear [Puscifer]
  25. The Remedy [Puscifer]
  26. Pablo's Hippos [Primus]
  27. Too Many Puppies [Primus]
  28. The Noose [A Perfect Circle]
  29. Kindred [A Perfect Circle]
  30. Judith [A Perfect Circle]
  31. Southbound Pachyderm [Primus w/ all 3 drummers]
  32. Grand Canyon [Puscifer w/ all 3 bands]
LINEAGE:

  Samsung S24 > Axet Audio Recorder > WAV 16/44 > Audacity > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B

COMMENTS:

  This is not a very good tape. The original plan was to try and sneak my trusty Zoom H1e into the venue, but I got nervous
  at the last moment and left it in the car I was dropped off in, as this was my first time ever "attempting" to sneak
  something into a show. Bad decision on my end, as when I walked in and saw the security, I was sure I could've gotten the
  thing in. But to actually try and get a good tape with it was another thing. There was security everywhere watching for
  people recording video with their phones, so who knows what they would have done when they saw the H1e with its glorious
  microphones sticking out in the most obvious way possible. So I had to use my phone to tape, I knew I wouldn't get a good
  tape with it but whatever - I am a firm believer that any recording is better than no recording. For the first two acts I
  had my phone in my pocket with the mics pointing up, which doesn't sound great, but it's listenable. For the third act I
  put my phone in my cupholder, with mics pointing almost straight up with a little slant toward the stage. Overall this was
  an incredible show, and I finally fulfilled my dream of seeing Primus after missing them at the Astro last year. Also they
  played a live version of Ween's "Birthday Boy" on the PA before the show which was great to hear.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC

TUMMS #012 - Small Town Avenue - 2025-06-28 - Falls City Library & Arts Center Parking Lot, Falls City, NE

TRACKLIST:

  1. When I Come Around [Green Day cover]
  2. Midnight Train to Memphis [Chris Stapleton cover]
  3. Bored to Death [blink-182 cover]
  4. Everlong [Foo Fighters cover]
  5. What's My Age Again? [blink-182 cover]
  6. Medley [includes All The Small Things, Basket Case, Girls & Boys, My Friends Over You, & The Middle]
  7. The Anthem [Good Charlotte cover]
  8. My Own Worst Enemy [Lit cover]
  9. Dysentery Gary [blink-182 cover]
  10. American Idiot [Green Day cover]
  11. Dirty Little Secret [The All-American Rejects cover]
  12. Sugar, We're Goin Down [Fall Out Boy cover]
  13. Voyeur [blink-182 cover]
  14. Truck
  15. Dammit [blink-182 cover]
  16. Aliens Exist [blink-182 cover]
  17. What's My Age Again? [blink-182 cover]
LINEAGE:

  Zoom H1e > WAV 32/48 > Audacity > TLH > MP3Tag > FLAC

QUALITY:

  B+

COMMENTS:

  Outdoor show, plagued by equipment issues throughout. Amps cutting out and back in, mics turning off, etc. The sad part is the instruments on their own sound great - this would've been my best tape to date if not for that, as well as the vocals being more distorted than I would like. I missed the first song (Dammit) but thankfully they ran out of songs on the setlist after Voyeur, so they played it aswell as three others.

DOWNLOAD:

  Pixeldrain - FLAC 24/48 [70:40]




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