Kittens Ablaze: New Video + Headline NYCTaper CMJ Show + Tour Dates

October 21, 2009
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The new video for “This Machine is Dying” is embedded above. This particular song is often the highlight of a live Kittens Ablaze show, and includes a ton of audience participation. Experience the band live when Kittens Ablaze headline the NYCTaper CMJ show at Bruar Falls on Thursday. The show starts at 12 noon, and KA will play last at 5:45 pm.

After CMJ, Kittens Ablaze hit the road, with the following confirmed tour dates:
11/1 – PHILADELPHIA, PA @ The Fire/IOU Records (9pm)
11/2 – CHICAGO, IL @ Reggie’s Music Joint (10pm)
11/3 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ The 400 Bar (9pm)
11/4 – MADISON, WI @ The Glass Nickel (9pm)
11/6 – DETROIT, MI @ The Lager House (9pm)
11/7 – COLUMBUS, OH @ Bernie¹s (11pm)
11/14 – PORTLAND, ME @ Empire (set time TBD)
11/17 – BOSTON, MA @ The Middle East (set time TBD)

CMJ Day One – Live Blog

October 20, 2009
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[Greycoats]
I am upstairs at Pianos watching the Greycoats to start. They are a jangle-pop band from Minneapolis, under the same umbrella as our old friend Jeremy Messersmith. The guys are also completely without attitude and have the wonderfully fresh midwest charm. A definite see-again band, they are playing a few more shows this week, including a night time showcase at Spike Hill tonight at 10 pm. Greycoats go on directly before Unicycle Loves You, who are also playing the NYCTaper CMJ Show on Thursday.


[Home Video]
Next up downstairs at Pianos is Home Video, a Brooklyn band whose heavily 80’s-influenced music recalls New Order and Pet Shop Boys later material. Off to Cake Shop.


[Sisters]
At Cake Shop, the Brooklyn lo-fi band Sisters is a guitar/drums duo who make up for the lack of other instruments with a ton of energy and a very conspicuous stack of multiple Fender amps. Fun and loud.


[Motel Motel]
Next up downstairs at Cake Shop was nyctaper-favorite Motel Motel who attracted the first large crowd of the day for their unique brand of urban alt-country that blew me away in April. We will see them next on Thursday at the NYCTaper CMJ Show.


[Fanfarlo]
This photo is grainy and distant because that’s as far up as I could get for Fanfarlo at Pianos. The downstairs room was completely packed, some people did not even make it in the door. I believe that this band has now been crowned as the first official buzz band of CMJ ’09. We’ll see them again tonight at Music Hall under less packed conditions.


[Blood Warrior]
The final band I saw at today’s afternoon shows is the relatively new band of O’Death’s Greg Jamie, Blood Warrior, a band that impressed us so much at the After The Jump Fest in August. We are excited to see them again at the NYCTaper CMJ show on Thursday.

…more to come…this week…

CMJ Begins! Live Blogging, NYCTaper CMJ Show News

October 20, 2009
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In a few minutes I’ll be off to pick up the badge and begin the week of 1000 shows. This afternoon, I’ll be at the Music Slut CMJ Party at Pianos and the Pop Tarts CMJ Show at Cake Shop and live blogging from both. No recordings (that will be tonight) but plenty of photos, reviews and updates — if it all works out.

The NYCTaper CMJ show, at Bruar Falls all day Thursday afternoon (Oct 22) is getting some nice press and blog recognition. We told you about the Village Voice, OhMyRockness, 27/Seven Brooklyn and last.fm recommendations/listings. Today Ear Farm posted their comprehensive CMJ Guide, and the NYCTaper show is listed on the Thursday schedule. Also, Deli Magazine this year returns with their “marathon runners“, and one of this year’s runners Nancy will spend much of her Thursday afternoon with us at Bruar Falls.

Finally, I set up an Invite page on Facebook for our CMJ show, with all the details and all the fancy interactive stuff that Facebook offers [HERE].

No Age: October 17, 2009 Above The Auto Parts – Flac and MP3 Downloads

October 18, 2009
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[photo by nyctaper]

In a week where they played at the fancy Le Poisson Rouge, at MoMA, and at the architectural wonder The New Museum, on Saturday night No Age returned to their lo-fi roots and their longtime friend ToddP and played a venue that was essentially a warehouse and parking garage in Bushwick. The forty-minute set was a non-stop bundle of power and energy, and excited the frantic crowd to the point of a near riot. The set featured a couple of numbers from their new EP Losing Feeling which was released last week. While the band calmly requested that the non-stop crowd jumpers and surfers avoid crashing into the equipment and not hurt themselves, the show came to a halt when one over-ambitious jumper hit the stage and began bleeding at the end of the song — and you can’t make this stuff up — called “Get Hurt”. The band responded to a strong call to return and finished the show at 2 am with a two-song encore.

ToddP brought in an excellent sound system for this show and the sound in the venue, considering the horrendous acoustics in the warehouse, was actually quite good. We recorded with a stereo feed from the board mixed with the Neumann’s lifted to maximum height at the soundboard area. The result is a really superb capture of this classic DIY event. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

No Age
2009-10-17
Above The Auto Parts Store
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-10-18

Setlist:
[Total Time 42:37]
01 Teen Creeps
02 You’re A Target
03 Here Should Be My Home
04 [new song]
05 Cappo
06 [new song]
07 Every Artist Needs A Tragedy
08 Genie
09 Sleeper Hold
10 Eraser
11 Brain Burner
12 Get Hurt
13 Ripped Knees
14 Boy Void

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT No Age, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases from the Sub Pop Records website [HERE].

Built to Spill: October 15, 2009 Music Hall – Flac and MP3 Downloads

October 17, 2009
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[photo courtesy of Sarah Tew]

The fourth and final night of the Built to Spill NYC “tour” was a night to jam. BTS seemed relaxed and poised to have some loose fun. Doug spoke often to the crowd and honored a couple of requests — “You Were Right” and “Cars” were audience choices. The most compelling parts of the evening though were the two extended jam segments. “Hindsight” from the new album There Is No Enemy was stretched out with a new instrumental segment, and the show-closing eleven minute “Conventional Wisdom” was perhaps the most intense song performed by the band all week.

We recorded this show from the same location as the previous night. While the vocals were still too low in the mix, the problem is not nearly as pronounced as the recording of the night before. With that caveat, enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Built to Spill
2009-10-15
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY USA

Four-Track Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Center Balcony Rail

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2009-10-17

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:37:27]
01 Liar
02 Stab
03 Time Trap
04 Hindsight
05 Kicked It In The Sun
06 Virginia Reel Around the Fountain
07 Done
08 Sidewalk
09 You Were Right
10 Big Dipper
11 Untrustable
12 [encore break]
13 The Weather
14 Car
15 Conventional Wisdom

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Built To Spill, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases from the Official Store at their website [Here].

NYCTaper CMJ ’09 Day Party Poster!

October 16, 2009
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Thanks to our friends at BandsInTown, we now have a really excellent poster for our CMJ ’09 Day Party at Bruar Falls.

The details again:

The NYCTaper 2009 CMJ Day Party will take place at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn on Thursday October 22 beginning at 12 noon (doors). Bruar Falls is the relatively new venue opened by the Cake Shop people earlier this year. Its located at 245 Grand Street in Williamsburg, a five-minute walk from the Bedford stop of the L Train [MAP].

The Lineup and Schedule are all follows:
12:30 Unicycle Loves You
01:15 Thunder Power
02:00 The Loom
02:45 Peasant
03:30 Blood Warrior
04:15 Emanuel and The Fear
05:00 Motel Motel
05:45 Kittens Ablaze

The show has received listings/recommendations at the Village Voice, 24/Seven Brooklyn, OhMyRockness, and Last.fm.

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