This is not much of a warning, since I’m posting this at 2:30pm, but I just found out about this. Big Dipper, who we recorded in April at Southpaw, are in the WMFU studio today (its prerecorded) for a live chat and live performance. This is part of the Cherry Blossom Clinic show at 3 p.m. and can be streamed on the web [HERE]
[photo courtesy of Dese'Rae L. Stage] [more of Dese'Rae's excellent photos here]
If there’s anything predictable about The Fiery Furnaces, its their unpredictability. The touring band continues to morph and the arrangements of the songs continue to evolve. We knew this would be another interesting Furnaces show when the nearly eight-minute opening “Navy Nurse” began with two minutes of Eleanor’s new improv lyrics, followed by a brief Mozart interlude from Annabelle, before proceeding to the song proper.
Annabelle’s multitude of melodic percussion added a nice touch to the band’s sound, perhaps a bit more appropriate than the strong presence of Kyle Hollingsworth’s brief time with the Furnaces. The other band changes were the return of Michael Goodman on percussion and Jason Loewentein‘s absence (he’s literally on summer vacation). Additionally, Matt played guitar on about half the songs — the first time he’s played guitar live in several years.
The renovated East River Park Bandshell had a great atmosphere, with an LES vibe mixed with the river surroundings. The acoustics of the shell were quite good and the amphitheatre seating offered a fine view for all in attendance. We recorded from the front rail next to the soundboard and captured an excellent recording, compromised only by the hum of the generator during quiet moments. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Fiery Furnaces
2008-07-17
East River Park Bandshell
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Dead Center
Front of Board — Front Railing at 50 Feet
Neumann KM-150s (AK-50 Hypercardiod Capsules) > Monster XLR cables > Edirol UA-5 (Oade digimod) > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge 8.0 (set fades, slight level boost, resample 16/44) > CD Wave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-07-19
Setlist:
[total time 1:25:27]
01 Navy Nurse
02 Up in the North
03 Duplexes of the Dead
04 Automatic Husband
05 Ex-Guru
06 Single Again
07 I’m In No Mood to Comb My Hair
08 Evergreen
09 Japanese Slippers
10 I’m Waiting To Know You
11 Chris Michaels
12 Straight Street
13 Slavin’ Away
14 Philadelphia Grand Jury
15 Tropical Ice-land
16 Pricked in the Heart
17 Blueberry Boat
18 In My Little Thatched Hut
19 [encore break]
20 Benton Harbor Blues
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Well, after a few exchanged and forwarded emails with some of the powers that be, and an extremely helpful Voice writer, it looks like nyctaper will be out at the Village Voice’s Siren Festival on Saturday in Coney Island to record the Stephen Malkmus set from the audience. We received confirmation from Matador that Malkmus will permit taping. Now we just need to find a spot in the crowd to get it done!
Click on the Siren Festival logo above for all the details about the Festival that you probably already know.
Olga Bell opened the After the Jump Fest in very appropriate fashion — starting a few minutes late because she was welcoming fans and friends with the donuts she brought to the show. Shortly thereafter, the sugar buzz was replaced by the buzz of a performer whose unique and entrancing songs captivated the daytime crowd. Bell’s self-released EP has received positive reviews in all the right places, including Spin Magazine, on the cover of Tripwire, and our friends at the Ear Farm blog — with more attention certain to follow.
This recording is from the Galapagos main stage matrix rig. The quality is superb. Enjoy!
After The Jump is a charitable organization of NYC music bloggers who donate all proceeds of their events to the advancement of music in NYC schools. nyctaper requests that if you download this recording, that you support this cause. Selected tracks from the recordings to be featured on this site from the ATJ Festival will be produced into a compilation, with all proceeds being donated to the music programs in NYC schools. When the compilation becomes available, all nyctaper readers who downloaded ATJ sets will be expected to purchase the release.
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Bell
2008-06-21
Galapagos Main Stage
After The Jump Festival
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard/Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Front of Board Neumann KM-150s > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 16bit 44.1kHz wav file > Soundforge (set fades, level adjustments) > CD Wave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-07-17
Setlist:
[total time 30:38]
01 Hero
02 Miner
03 Brown Bear
04 House Fire
05 Echinacea
06 Suerte Loca
Olga Bell performs again at Joe’s Pub on Friday July 25th.
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Olga Bell, visit her MySpace page, and purchase her EP directly from her website.
It was announced at PhilLesh.net a short while ago that Phil & Friends will return to NYC to perform an unprecedented 14 shows at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square, beginning on Halloween and ending on November 18.
Last year, Phil performed a “mere” 10 nights at Nokia, and we were there to record the show on November 8. Pre-Sale tickets for this year’s run begin tomorrow, and the general on-sale begins on July 26.
The Fiery Furnaces are performing a free show in a NYC park tonight — at the East River Park at 7 p.m. A detailed MAP of East River Park is [HERE].
Last August, their performance at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens was one of the highlights of the concert year for nyctaper. This year, we will attempt to record Fiery Furnaces for the 7th 8th time, and the first time since the April show at Southpaw. The band has undergone some more changes, as temporary keyboard player Kyle Hollingsworth has returned to his solo work and guitarist/bassist Jason Loewenstein is back on board.
The Furnaces also added Annabelle of the unique “glockenbelle”, a percussionist who “plays piano, ukelele, recorder, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, casio VL-5, il mignolo, zither, the underwood, and an array of small percussions” with thimbles. She will perform with the Furnaces tonight.
The opening band tonight is Drug Rug, a punk-pop band from Cambridge MA. We understand that the curfew is 10 p.m., so expect that Drug Rug will play from approximately 7:30 to 8:15 and the Furnaces with perform from 8:45 p.m. to 10.
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