[photo by Ryan Muir courtesy of Stereogum]
This Wavves concert was already three days ago, which means that the “comeback” story is old news. In the atomic-speed Behind The Music career time of Nathan Williams, he’s undoubtedly moved on to the next chapter of the story. We are not sure whether by now he’s found Jesus, gone country, or written a symphony. What we do know is that on Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom with the reverb at full throttle, Wavves delivered a fifty-minute set of 15 songs, both old and new, to a crowd of bouncing, slamming and crowd-surfing fans all with a cast from a broken wrist on Nathan’s right arm.
Acidjack recorded this set from the middle of the floor, which was crowded and crazy. There’s quite a bit of crowd noise on this recording which rather than distracting the listener, actually adds authenticity to the capture. Enjoy!
Setlist help needed below.
Two previous Wavves recordings on nyctaper [here] and [here].
Woods set from the this was also recorded and will be posted soon.
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Wavves
2009-07-15
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Front of Board Center
30 Feet from Stage
SP-CMC-8 (Audio Technica U853 Cardiod Capsules)> SP-SB-8 > Edirol R-09HR > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge (set fades, slight level adjustments, downsample) > CD Wave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded by acidjack
Produced by nyctaper
2009-07-18
Setlist:
[Total Time 49:07]
01 Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
02
03 Beach Demon
04 Summer Goth
05
06
07 Side Yr On
08 No Hope Kids
09 California Goth
10 California Goths
11
12 Weed Demon
13 To The Dregs
14 Friends Were Gone
15 Wavves
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Wavves, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their available releases through links at the Wavves MySpace page, and at Fat Possum Records site [here].
They are soo fun live!!
STOKED FOR THIS. THANKS!
I think #9 is called ‘Perfect People’. Not 100% sure about that.
01 is an ironic Black Flag cover, Nervous Breakdown, and 09 is California Goth (different to California Goths that follows it).
Track 7: Side Yr On
Track 9: California Goth
And yes, track one is Nervous Breakdown by Black Flag. A lot of these songs are new so there aren’t necessarily known titles for them.
Track 12 should be labeled ‘Weed Demon / So Bored’.
And bring on the Woods!
Just want to add one correction to the mic info posted here – the recording was:
DPA 4061 (Coresound “High End Binaurals”)>R-09HR (24/48)> the other post-production stuff described above.
Same will be true for the Woods set.
02-Idiot
05-Take On The World
06-Green Eyes
and #11 is In The Sand
now setlist is Full =)