Dead Confederate May 29, 2008 Pianos – Flac and MP3 Downloads

May 30, 2008
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Athens Georgia is perhaps the smallest US city to generate the greatest collection of outstanding bands in the history of US music. In the late 70s, the Athens scene brought REM, Pylon, B-52s, Swimming Pool Q’s and Love Tractor, and in the 90s, of Montreal, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel and the entire Elephant Six group of bands made their mark. These days, such bands as Drive-By Truckers, The Whigs and Dead Confederate rule the roost.

Last night Dead Confederate came to the big city and performed a smoldering set at a packed Pianos. The setlist included only two songs from the debut 2007 EP release, but as we learned at Ear Farm, the band has begun the recording of a new full-length album, and five of the tracks performed last night will appear on that release.

We recorded from our prime location at this venue, in front of the soundboard with our microphones pointed directly at the PA stacks from 30 feet. The volume at the venue was quite elevated, so that we saw some peaks but the Neumann/Apogee combination handled the driven levels with clarity and no distortion whatsoever. The result is a crystal clear recording of a superb band. Enjoy!

This recording is now available for Download in FLAC or MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].

Dead Confederate
2008-05-29
Pianos
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Front of Board
30 Feet from Stage

Neumann KM-150’s (AK-50 Hypercardiod Capsules) > Monster XLR cables > Apogee Minime > 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
[email protected]
2008-05-30

Setlist:
[total time 49:10]
01 The Rat
02 Yer Circus
03 Heavy Petting
04 It Was a Rose
05 Flesh
06 All the Angels
07 Tortured Artist Saint

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Dead Confederate, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their debut EP Dead Confederate by following the links from their page.

Fever Marlene Coming to NYC for 2 Shows

May 28, 2008
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One of our favorite albums from 2007 is Civil War from Milwaukee’s Fever Marlene. Since that time they have released another album White China on Rev Pop Records, which was recorded on location at the Chelsea Hotel.

We have been waiting since October for Fever Marlene to return to NYC and today it was announced that they will appear here for two dates in June.

Here is the information:
Fever Marlene
When: June 5
Where: Pianos
158 Ludlow Street [MAP]
Time: 11 p.m.

When: June 6
Where: The National Underground
159 East Houston Street [MAP]
Time: 10 p.m.

Sample Two MP3s:
Fever Marlene: We Are All Colors MP3 (from Civil War)
Fever Marlene: Oh Berlin MP3 (from White China)

Awesome Color – New Video and Europe Dates

May 26, 2008
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We saw the premiere of this video at the Glasslands CD Release party, but today Awesome Color have released the video for “Eyes of Light” from their new CD Electric Aborigines on Ecstatic Peace Records.

The video has the feel of an early 70s BBC music broadcast, which fits the Brit-Prog influence in the song. Awesome Color is in Europe for the next two months, with headlining gigs, and shows opening for Dinosaur Jr. and Black Mountain. Check their MySpace page for dates.

Bridges and Powerlines May 11, 2008 Pianos – Flac and MP3 Downloads and News!

May 26, 2008
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Bridges and Powerlines were the headliners and final band at the nyctaper Anniversary Concert. The new release Ghost Types has received a ton of positive press, from Pitchfork to Current TV to Paste Magazine. Stereo Subversion did a recent lengthy interview [here]. The positive reviews are well deserved, as Ghost Types is a superb collection of alt-synth-pop songs that seem to pull from a litany of influences and yet sound completely original. Their performance at Piano’s on May 11 was short and sweet, rushed by time constraints but long enough for this excellent band to exhibit their pop brilliance.

Bridges and Powerlines will perform again this coming week:
When: Friday May 30, 2008
Where: Cake Shop [MAP]
Time: Doors at 8 p.m.
Note Also: Spanish Prisoners are the 3rd band on the bill

This recording is the same raw soundboard feed as The Loom and Antlers recordings we have posted previously. The mix for B&P is too light on guitar and keys, and we hope to capture a better mix at the show later this week. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Bridges and Powerlines
2008-05-11
nyctaper Anniversary Concert
Pianos
New York, NY USA

Digital Soundboard Master

Soundboard > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > digital coaxial >M-Audio Microtrack > 16bit 44.1 wav > Soundforge (level adjustments,set fades) > CD Wave (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper
2008-05-26

Setlist:
[Total Time 33:18]
01 Floods and Fields
02 Mumbles
03 Thieves Are Everywhere
04 Middle Child
05 The Cave-In
06 The Great Fire
07 Carmen
08 Uncalibrated

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Bridges and Powerlines, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase the new CD Ghost Types directly from the Citybird records webpage.

Sharon Van Etten also playing Rooftop Films Series

May 23, 2008
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Sharon Van Etten is the haunting angelic-voiced singer who as we posted yesterday, will appear as a guest vocalist on the upcoming Antlers record. Sharon will be performing several gigs in the NYC area over the next few weeks, including one of the Rooftop Films series gigs. On June 21, her rooftop gig will be on at the The Old American Can Factory in Gowanus [HERE] prior to the screening of the film “The Women of Brukman”.

Sharon’s other upcoming NYC dates include:
May 29 2008 9:00 Zebulon Brooklyn
June 6 2008 8:00 Pianos NYC
June 10 2008 8:00 Union Hall Brooklyn
June 14 2008 8:00 Union Pool Brooklyn
June 25 2008 9:00 Zebulon Brooklyn
Sharon will tour the East coast in July — check her MySpace page for more dates.

nyctaper has received permission to record the June 25 date at Zebulon.

Sharon Van Etten has a self-released custom-made CD of her excellent songs available for purchase at her website, and at the merch tables at her performances.

Deer Tick has 2 Upcoming NYC dates

May 23, 2008
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Deer Tick has just been added to the Rooftop Films concert series where they will perform on June 20. The Rooftop Films series screens independent films in outdoor locations throughout the City in the Summer. Deer Tick will perform at the “romantic short films” night which is listed on the site at “Lower East Side”, but we have learned is actually going to be 350 Grand Street between Essex and Ludlow.

This is the same series that Dirty on Purpose will open on June 6, which we posted about a couple of weeks ago. We have the permission of Dirty on Purpose to record that performance, but we are waiting to learn if the Rooftop people will allow recording. We expect to seek John/Deer Tick’s permission if the Rooftop people will permit, as John permitted our recording at Mercury Lounge in March.

John McCauley of Deer Tick will also perform solo at Bowery Ballroom, opening the Jaymay/AA Bondy show on June 10.

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