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Marco Benevento Trio at Le Poisson Rouge June 24

June 20, 2008

The Marco Benevento Trio will perform at the newly opened venue Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday June 24th as part of the JVC Jazz Fest. When we saw the final night of Marco’s residency at Sullivan Hall in January, the trio that performed eventually went on the road for several dates. That group included Andrew Barr on drums, and the amazing Reed Mathis on Bass. Unfortunately, this version of the group will not include Reed, as he will be on tour with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (in Cleveland that night).

Le Poisson Rouge is the new venue on the same location (Sullivan & Bleeker) as the legendary Village Gate, and which has received the blessing of Gate owner Art D’Lugoff. One of the proprietors of LPR is Ronen Givony, whose work with the brilliant Wordless Music Series has been renowned.

While we will miss Reed Mathis on Tuesday, we will in fact see Jacob Fred tonight at Sullivan Hall for the midnight show!

Oh! Custer June 12, 2008 Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads

June 19, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo by soundbites blog]

Oh! Custer is one of those rare bands who immediately caught our ear when we first heard them in a promotional email. Their CDs are released in the US through an independent label called Series Two Records. When we learned that Oh! Custer would play the NYC Popfest, we reached out to Series Two and the Popfest and received permission to record the performance.

The duo play a unique lo-fi guitar-oriented Swedish pop with Josef providing melodic electric guitar lines to Esbjörn’s vocals and rhythm guitar, and backed by laptop beats and ambient sounds. As the middle band in a 5-band bill on the opening night of the NYC Popfest, Oh! Custer had the unenviable task of keeping the momentum. With a persistent beat, strong songs and funny/friendly banter, Oh! Custer kept the crowd into the show and earned some new fans.

We recorded from the identical location as the Love Is All recording from later in the evening, but during Oh! Custer we moved the microphones to avoid the draft from the air conditioning duct. There is a some rumble from the air in the first 3 songs, but that is greatly decreased when the mics were moved. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Oh! Custer
2008-06-12
Cake Shop
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Upfront
10 Feet from the PA

DPA 4021s > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustments, downsample 16/44) > CD Wave > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-06-19

Setlist:
[Total time 41:09]
01 Others
02 Keep it Coming
03 Late
04 Secrets
05 So Much Better
06 States
07 October
08 Post
09 Fields of Autumn
10 Spoiler
11 Your Name
12 Be Mine (Robyn cover)

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Oh! Custer, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their CDs directly from the Series Two Records site.

Antietam May 31, 2008 Brooklyn Public Library – Flac and MP3 Downloads

June 18, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo credit]

As we reported a couple of weeks ago, on May 31 Antietam played in a library with a special guest and a setlist organized by the Dewey Decimal System. Our intrepid nyctaper correspondent Neil d was there to witness the event and recorded it for the site. As we learned that night, due to thunderstorms the show was moved inside at the last moment, and the bands (Ladybug Transistor opened) performed in the Brooklyn Public Library‘s new auditorium.

The multi-generational and multi-ethnic crowd witnessed the “expanded five-piece Antietam,” with Josh Clark on second guitar and Ira Kaplan on keyboards. Guests also included Mark Howell on trumpet and Ladybug bassist Julia Rydholm on violin. The unique setlist idea featured a sketch pad mounted on the stage that included the name of each song, where to find its topic in the Dewey Decimal System, and a couple of Brooklyn neighborhoods for which each song was dedicated.

Neil recorded from upfront with a stereo Griffin I-Talk microphone into an I-Pod at lossless 16-bit. The quality of this recording is surprisingly good considering the basic nature of the equipment and the acoustics of a library auditorium not built for post-punk rock music. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Antietam
(with Ira Kaplan)
2008-05-31
Brooklyn Public Library Auditorium
Brooklyn NY USA

Digital Master Recording

Griffin I-Talk Stereo Microphone > I-Pod > 16bit 44.1 kHz wav file > Soundforge 8.0 (set fades, level adjustments) > CD Wave (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded by neil d
with permission from Antietam (thanks Tara!)
Produced by nyctaper
2008-06-17

Setlist:
[total time 1:31:30]
01 [introduction]
02 RPM
03 Time Creeps
04 Shipshape
05 Pennants and Flags
06 Turn It On Me
07 Miss Me Bliss
08 Needle and the Eye
09 1-2-1
10 The Moor
11 [instrumental]
12 Hasten
13 I Swear
14 Tranquility Base
15 The Gate Closed
16 New Parade
17 V.O.B.
18 That’s the Way It Is
19
20 You/I
21 Arrowhead Syrup
22

The nyctaper recording of Antietam in April at Southpaw is still available [HERE]

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Antietam, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase the new release Opus Mixtum directly from the Carrot Top Records website.

July 12 Show with Oneida, High Places will be at The Yard

June 17, 2008

By nyctaper

The ToddP concert for July 12, which had been “Outdoor Venue TBA”, was announced today to be at The Yard. The Yard is a terrific outdoor venue in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn at 388-400 Carroll Street [MAP].

The event features an amazing roster of local acts — a veritable who’s-who of the Brooklyn DIY scene, with Oneida as headliner.

Here is the ToddP Listing for this Concert.

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Saturday July 12th -NOON- @ THE YARD

:: MID SUMMER OUTDOOR PARTY
:: in conjunction w/ Impose & Crashin’ In

: ONEIDA
:: HIGH PLACES
::: TITUS ANDRONICUS
:::: Shy Child
::::: Chinese Stars
:::::: Ponytail
::::::: Telepathe
:::::::: Vivian Girls
::::::::: Abe Vigoda
:::::::::: Knyfe Hyts
::::::::::: Soft Circle
:::::::::::: Soiled Mattress and the Springs
::::::::::::: Chairlift
:::::::::::::: more tba + secret special surprise guests…

[ THE YARD ] —> OUTSIDE!!!
400 Carroll St btwn Bond St & Nevins St | Gowanus, Brooklyn
F/G-Carroll St, M/R-Union St | –> NOON <– | $10 | ALL AGES

[ curated by Todd Patrick w/ Derek Impose & Lio Kanine ]

http://imposemagazine.com
http://kaninerecords.com

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Love is All at Bowery Ballroom June 16, 2008 (Review)

June 17, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo by soundbites blog]

Love is All was so impressive at Cake Shop that we just had to see them again before they left NYC for Sweden. We missed the Market Hotel show, but luckily managed to catch the last half of the Bowery set last night after taking a cab downtown right after Sigur Ros let out.

Arriving right before the “I Ran” cover, we heard a good thirty minutes of energy which included two encores (“Felt Tip” and “Spinning and Scratching” not on the written setlist below). The crowd was significantly more sedate than the Cake Shop crazies, and seemed to include more casual fans — those who weren’t involved enough to get a hard ticket (Cake Shop) or travel to a diy venue in Bushwick. Although she couldn’t jump into and sing among crowd from an elevated stage, Josephine nevertheless strutted and shimmied her way through the set.

Love is All will be back. They have new songs and are working on a new CD. We can’t wait.

The Weekend – What Happened and What’s Coming

June 16, 2008

By nyctaper

So, after Death Cab and a near death experience on Tuesday and the long and late night with the amazing opening of the NYC Popfest on Thursday, we decided to rest on Friday the 13th.

We woke up on Saturday morning to find an email from Nick Hallett who conceived and directed the performance of Oneida‘s The Wedding at The Kitchen. He offered us an opportunity to record the Saturday night performance.

When the details were worked out, we arrived at the Kitchen early to set-up and beat the rain. The venue is this amazing art/performance space in far west Chelsea and it has an excellent sound system and crew. We recorded Oneida’s Wedding as a four-channel soundboard/Neumann mix, and the audio is so good that we have offered the master to the participants for possible release. Its that good. More details to follow.

When Oneida was over, we raced back home, changed rigs and out of the wet clothes and took the L Train over the Music Hall and Ladybug Transistor, offered now on nyctaper [HERE]. Unfortunately, the show lasted quite late and when we exited the venue our text message to ToddP was returned with a “show is over” response — in other words, sadly we missed Love is All at the Market Hotel.

Yesterday we spent the day on Governor’s Island recording over three hours of moe. Expect that recording in the next few days. Tonight we’re at Sigur Ros. Whew!

In the following days, we’ll be posting the Oh! Custer recording, Antietam at Brooklyn Public Library, moe. and Sigur Ros. Oneida will be posted if the participants do not use the master for an official release.

Ladybug Transistor June 14, 2008 Music Hall – Flac and MP3 Downloads

June 16, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo by soundbites blog]

On one of the busiest calendar days in the history of NYC live music, the closing night of the NYC Popfest at Music Hall of Williamsburg was understandably under capacity. Thematically, the attendance fit well with one of the most under-appreciated bands in music today. The Ladybug Transistor has released a series of excellent CDs over a 10 year career and yet their catalog has basically gone under the radar. Gary Olson crafts intelligent pop songs, and the live execution of the material is tight and focused. The band has performed infrequently this year, after an extensive tour in the Fall in support of the superb 2007 release Can’t Wait Another Day on Merge Records. The performance on Saturday night drew heavily from the Can’t Wait release, and the band’s relaxed energy and playfulness served the material well.

We are again indebted to our friends at Merge for the existence of this recording. Arrangements were made through Merge, and ultimately we received friendly emails with permission from Gary. This recording was captured from the prime location in this venue with our best mobile rig and we are very pleased with the results. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Ladybug Transistor
2008-06-14
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from FOB
Dead Center 30 Feet from PA

DPA 4021’s > Marantz PMD-660 (Oade BCM) > 16bit 44.1 wav > Soundforge (set fades, level boost, slight eq) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper
2008-06-16

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:05:53]
01 Lord, Don’t Pass Me By
02 Song For Ending
03 Like A Summer Rain
04 I’m Not Mad Enough
05 Nico Norte
06 Gospel
07 The Reclusive Hero
08 A Burial At Sea
09 NY-San Anton
10 In-Between
11 Terry
12 Three Days From Now
13 Always On The Telephone
14 Rushes Of Pure Spring
15 [encore break]
16 Please Don’t Be Long
17 Different Drummer

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Ladybug Transistor, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their CDs directly from their website or from the store at Merge Records.

June 14 – Too Much to See!

June 13, 2008

By nyctaper

These days, the active NYC live music scene often offers two or three shows in a single night that I would like to experience. On Saturday night June 14, there are no less than ten events that would be great to see.

We’re going to Brooklyn to see:
Ladybug Transistor at Music Hall of Williamsburg as part of the NYC Popfest

We may make it out to Bushwick to see:
Love Is All at the Market Hotel, a ToddP concert

These excellent events we will miss:
Mission of Burma at Bowery Ballroom, performing the complete Signals Calls and Marches start to finish
REM, Modest Mouse and The National at Jones Beach
Sharon Von Etten at Union Pool
Evangelista (Carla Bozulich) at Mercury Lounge
Vampire Weekend at Central Park Summerstage
Oneida at The Kitchen, performing The Wedding start to finish
The Music Slut 3rd Anniversary Party at Pianos with Drink Up Buttercup
Rock The Harbor Festival on Staten Island