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Pop. 1280: August 16, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

September 19, 2013
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I’d heard nothing but good things about Pop. 1280 since my NC buddy David Schwentker posted their Hopscotch Festival recording here from last year. It’s not just about the dark, synth-driven sound or the vocals that sound like the voice of the apocalypse. It’s about how they convert the sound of their excellent records, including this year’s Imps of Perversion on Sacred Bones, into a live show that, even in the late slot at Mercury Lounge, will wake you the hell up. The band tore through a short set of material that focused almost exclusively on Imps of Perversion, with one track from 2011’s The Horror making an appearance. Compared to the Hopscotch set, Pop. 1280’s sound has become even more refined and able to dominate a crowd, and we look forward to a longer engagement in the future.

I recorded this set in our usual manner for Mercury Lounge, with Schoeps MK41 microphones and an excellent soundboard feed from head engineer Kevin Mazzarelli. The sound is outstanding. Enjoy!

Stream “Human Probe”

Download the complete show: [MP3] | [FLAC]

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Pop. 1280
2013-08-16
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA + Soundboard >> Roland R-26>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CSS 5.5 (align, mix down, fades)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, eq)>Audacity 2.03 (tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Human Probe II
02 The Control Freak
03 Nailhouse
04 [tuning]
05 New Electronix
06 Human Probe>
07 Do the Anglerfish

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Pop. 1280, visit their Tumblr, and buy their records from Sacred Bones.

Chuck Johnson: May 26, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

July 16, 2013
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[Photo by acidjack]

After getting a preview of what was to come last year at Hopscotch Music Festival, we expected Chuck Johnson‘s 2013 record Crows In the Basilica to be an important part of the conversation on best guitar records of the year. That was confirmed both by Basilica’s release on Three Lobed Recordings this spring, as well as by this performance at Mercury Lounge, where Chuck demonstrated that the subtle brilliance of his compositions can’t be contained by the studio.

Chuck and his contemporaries are almost always categorized by the label “American Primitive”, a sub genre of guitar playing shared with its progenitor John Fahey and many other worthy players, but the term “primitive” as understood by most is misleading. Rather than suggesting a simplicity or naïveté to the material, American Primitive is best understood as a recognition of the ability of these players to use highly complex guitar arrangements that link the instrument’s present with its more elemental, folk-derived origins. Before venturing out as a solo player, Johnson played in well-regarded North Carolina bands like Shark Quest and the string trio Idyll Swords, but it is here where Johnson’s skill on guitar is best appreciated. We hope you will enjoy this moving set of music from Johnson and be on the lookout for his future shows.

I recorded this set with Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones from our usual spot in the venue, plus a soundboard feed provided by Mercury team. Given that it is a recording of a single instrument, the recording heavily favors the soundboard feed, with a bit of audience mics mixed in to give a feel of the room. It is an excellent recording. Enjoy!

Stream “Crows In the Basilica”

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Chuck Johnson
2013-05-25
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Soundboard + Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 >> Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, adjust levels, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( 8 )

Tracks
01 Swallow the Sun>
02 Albion Source
03 Caldera Wires
04 Vastapol
05 On A Slow Passing In Ghost Town *
06 Crows In the Basilica
07 Mine Creek
08 The Stars Rose Behind Us

If you enjoyed this recording, please support Chuck Johnson, visit his website and purchase Crows In the Basilica from Three Lobed Recordings [HERE]

French Films: June 4, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

June 28, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack]

The Finnish band French Films isn’t yet well-known here in the U.S., but that seems poised to change. Like their fellow travelers Hooded Fang, who they joined for this Mercury Lounge bill, they have a reasonably deep repertoire (they formed in 2010) as well as the chops to deliver it live. Taking their cues sonically from Beatlesque pop and the early-aughts New Wave revival, the band’s sound combines their propensity for hummable hooks with a darker tinged edge. What they’ve done so far was good enough to earn them a European Border Breakers Award, which honors the best new musical acts across Europe, and they are using that to jumpstart their foray into the U.S., which also included a show at Glasslands a few days before this show. This set, which drew the largest crowd of the night, found them playing their European hit, “Escape In The Afternoon”, along with material from this year’s release, White Orchid. One of the band members noted his attendance at an early Strokes show at this same venue, and I feel like a little pixie dust from those legendary shows from last decade rubbed off on these guys and their excellent set as well.

I recorded this set with Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones and a soundboard feed provided by French Films’ traveling FOH. The sound quality is excellent. Please note that the set has some songs removed, at the band’s request. Enjoy!

Stream “Golden Sea”

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French Films
2013-06-04
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard >> Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, adjust levels, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (tape effects, EQ)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( 8 )

Tracks
01 White Orchid
02 Convict [not included at artist request]
03 [banter1]
04 Ridin’ On [not included at artist request]
05 Golden Sea
06 [banter2]
07 Long Lost Children [not included at artist request]
08 Where We Came From
09 Escape In the Afternoon [not included at artist request]
10 Special Shades
11 When People Like You Filled the Heavens [not included at artist request]
12 [banter3] [not included at artist request]
13 Pretty In Decadence [not included at artist request]
14 You Don’t Know

If you enjoyed this recording, please support French Films, visit their Facebook page, and buy White Orchid and their other releases from iTunes or your favorite retailer.

Hooded Fang: June 4, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

June 19, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack]

It’s impossible not to like the Toronto band Hooded Fang, who play a brand of rather American-tinged pop-inflected punk that always draws a crowd, and often a moshpit. While they’re just getting their due here in America (this was only their second NYC show), they’re actually on their third record, this year’s Gravez, which is as concise a burst of infectious new guitar music as I’ve heard this side of Parquet Courts.

This show at Mercury Lounge matched Hooded Fang up with a diverse cast of U.S. and international acts, including Brooklyn’s Pow Wow and Total Slacker as well as Finland’s French Films (that recording coming soon). As I expected from listening to the record, the Fang’s set put the emphasis solidly on fun, with new tracks like “Ode To Subterrania” delivering a light take on that staple of early-20s slackerdom, living in a basement. My other favorite, “Trasher”, echoes mid-to-late 80s postpunk, in roughly the vein of the Pixies, making a nice counterpoint to some of the more straight-ahead rocking tracks. Most of Gravez was played, but the band tore through those songs so fast that it left time for older fare from their second record, Tosta Mista, including the set closer, “Vacationation”. Hooded Fang promise to be one of the most exciting bands of their kind to hit the scene this year, and I hope more New York appearances are in the offing.

I recorded this set in my usual manner for the venue, with Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones and a soundboard feed provided by longtime Mercury engineer Kevin Mazzarelli. The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream “Ode to Subterrania”

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Hooded Fang
2013-06-04
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard >> Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, adjust levels, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (tape effects, EQ)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( 8 )

Tracks
01 [intro]
02 Graves
03 Ode to Subterrania
04 Bye Bye Land
05 Wasteland
06 [banter1]
07 Clap
08 ESP
09 Sailor Bull
10 Trasher
11 Genes
12 [banter2]
13 Tosta Mista
14 Vacationation

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Hooded Fang by visiting their bandcamp page where you can buy the digital album, or buy the vinyl/CD here.

Tom Carter: May 25, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

June 10, 2013
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[Photo by acidjack]

After a health scare sidelined him for much of last year, it was especially moving to see the guitar wizard Tom Carter back in action on Memorial Day weekend at Mercury Lounge. The Charalambides guitarist took us on an emotional journey through rare material that began with the “Nancy’s Song” (a renamed version of “Colors For N” from the Whispers to Infinity CD-R), followed by “August Is All” from the Northern Spy Records Clandestine Cassette series, and closing with “Numinous”, a very limited and out-of-print 2010 cassette-only release from Prairie Fire Tapes. While some live recordings can’t capture the magic of being in the room, I like to think this is exactly the kind that rewards repeat listening. The delicate but majestic tones of “Numinous” felt like the right choice for an artist whose comeback should continue going strong.

I recorded this set with a soundboard feed provided by the Mercury Lounge team, plus Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream “Numinous”

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Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Tom Carter
2013-05-25
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard >> Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, adjust levels, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( 8 )

Tracks
01 Nancy’s Song
02 August Is All
03 Numinous

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Tom Carter by buying his music from Wholly Other, the “Buy Music” links at the Help Tom Carter page and visiting the Tom Carter page maintained by Kranky.

D. Charles Speer & the Helix: May 25, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

June 2, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack]

We were thrilled to get a chance over Memorial Day weekend to check with D. Charles Speer & the Helix. We followed frontman Dave Shuford’s other band, Rhyton, quite a bit last year (not to mention our love for the separate work of Helix keys man Hans Chew). Now, after two Rhyton albums, Shuford is re-focusing on the Speer project, and if the material we heard on this night at Mercury Lounge is any indication, they have some good stuff up their sleeves. Two of our favorites from this set were “Cretan Lords”, which boasts inspired guitar work that alludes to the style of the Greek island for which it’s named, as well as the new midtempo psych-boogie burner “Doubled Exposure,” which adds some reggae flavor to the band’s already-complex stylistic mix. We also loved the band’s cover of the Jim Jackson classic, “Bootlegger’s Blues”. Keep an eye out for a new record from the Speer gang in the relatively near future, but until then, we hope this tides you over.

I recorded this set in our usual manner for this venue, with a soundboard feed from the Mercury FOH team and Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones. There are some issues with a vocal mic during the first song, “Red Clay Road” and light DI noise can be heard at especially quiet points during some numbers. Overall, though, the sound quality is outstanding per our usual for this venue. Enjoy!

Stream “Doubled Exposure”

Stream “Bootlegger’s Blues [Jim Jackson]”

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D. Charles Speer & the Helix
2013-05-25
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard >> Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, adjust levels, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( 8 )

Tracks
01 Red Clay Road
02 Cretan Lords
03 Bootlegger’s Blues [Jim Jackson]
04 The Heated Hand
05 Mandorla at Dawn
06 Doubled Exposure
07 Wallwalker
08 Tough Soup

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT D. Charles Speer & the Helix, visit their website, and purchase their records directly from Thrill Jockey [HERE]

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Acid Mothers Temple: April 19, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

April 21, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack – sorry they aren’t very good]

Seeing Acid Mothers Temple has become a bit of a yearly tradition for me, and it’s one worth keeping. No two shows by the legendary Japanese psych-rock band are alike, and this one at the Mercury Lounge on Friday night was extra-special due to the introduction of two as-yet-untitled songs from the band’s forthcoming album. The rest of the set was the usual dazzling display of the band’s improvisational talent, with this tour’s version of “Pink Lady Lemonade” jamming into “Om Riff” and back into “Pink Lady Lemonade” anchoring the middle of the set, plus a killer rendition of “Cometary Orbital Drive”. As with the Knitting Factory show I captured last year, the band ended this 90-minute set with “Chinese Flying Saucer”, sending the exhausted late-night crowd home happy. Until next year, enjoy this dose of Acid Mothers Temple!

I recorded this set with Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones in our usual spot in the venue, plus a soundboard feed from a longtime Mercury house engineer. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

This NYCTaper recording is being hosted on the Live Music Archive.  You can stream the entire show by clicking the song titles below.

Direct Download: [MP3] or [FLAC


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Acid Mothers Temple
2013-04-19
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK41 (PAS, slightly ROC)>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard)>>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (adjust levels, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ)>Audacity 3.0 (tracking, fades, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time: 1:30:55] (Thanks to the band for the corrected song titles)
01 [new song 1] Space Speed Suicide
02 [banter1]
03 Dark Stars In the Dazzling Sky In Search of Lost Divine Ark
04 [banter2]
05 Pink Lady Lemonade>
06 Om Riff>
07 Pink Lady Lemonade
08 Cometary Orbital Drive
09 [encore break]
10 Chinese Flying Saucer

If you enjoyed this recording, please support Acid Mothers Temple, visit their website, and buy their records from your favorite retailer.

Meat Puppets: April 4, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

April 7, 2013
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[Photos from the April 3 show by P Squared Photography]

I last saw the Meat Puppets at Mercury Lounge four years ago, when I made this recording.  Four years later, the band has proven that fires cannot only be rekindled, they can be made made brighter. Now in the fourth decade of their career and on their second reunion as a band, the brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood have all the scars to prove what 30 years of rock n’ roll can do to a person and a unit. Rock n’ rollers are meant to die happy warriors. If they’ve lived how they’re supposed to live they make their memories early, then check out before their time with a ledger of music a mile deep. Maybe they were onto something when they titled their most commercially successful record Too High To Die, but the Kirkwoods haven’t bowed out or toned it down. They keep re-grouping, re-generating — so much so that Curt’s son Elmo is now the band’s rhythm guitarist.

After a shorter set the night before owing to being the “early show”, this “late show” set on Thursday at Mercury Lounge was a marathon that gave fans everything they could possibly want.  We got all of the Meat Puppets II classics that Kurt Cobain made famous (“Oh Me”, “Plateau”, with a searing guitar solo, and “Lake of Fire”), fiery versions of band classics (a nine-minute “Up On the Sun” and equally sick “I’m A Mindless Idiot”), covers (Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B”, Freddy Fender’s “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights”, the Texas Tornadoes’ “(Hey Baby) Que Paso” and Jimmy Driftwood’s “Tennessee Stud”), a taste of their forthcoming album, Rat Farm (the title track, “Time and Money” and “Original One”), plus two of their better-known Too High To Die numbers (typical set closer “Backwater” plus “Comin’ Down”). Among the new songs, “Original One” from Rat Farm was the live debut of that song. The band kept their feet on the gas for all of this nearly two-hour set, with minimal breaks between songs, and the brothers’ interplay between each other on stage seemed, to me, to be at an all-time high. The Puppets have always been capable of writing great songs, but haven’t always been what you’d call musically consistent. Tonight, we saw them at their absolute full potential — a band that can be both.

I recorded this set in our usual manner for the venue, with Schoeps MK41 supercardiod microphones and a feed of the excellent house mix by the Meat Puppets’ touring FOH (please send his name if you have it) working with Mercury head FOH Kevin Mazzarelli.  The sound quality is outstanding. Enjoy!

Stream “Plateau”

This Recording is now available to Download in FLAC and MP3 and to Stream at Archive.org [HERE].

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Meat Puppets
2013-04-04
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Recorded and produced by acidjack for nyctaper.com

Schoeps MK41>KCY>Z-PFA>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard (engineers: Kevin Mazzarelli and Meat Puppets traveling engineer)>>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS5.5 (align, mix down, fades)>Izotope Ozone 5 (light EQ, exciter)>Audacity 3.0 (tracking, amplify, balance, downsample, dither)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time: 1:53:50]
01 [Intro]
02 Sometimes Blue
03 Waiting
04 The Monkey and the Snake
05 Oh, Me
06 Touchdown King
07 Up on the Sun
08 Comin’ Down
09 Plateau
10 [banter1]
11 Wasted Days and Wasted Nights [Freddy Fender]
12 (Hey Baby) Que Paso [Texas Tornadoes]
13 I’m a Mindless Idiot
14 [banter2]
15 Rat Farm
16 [banter3]
17 Sam
18 Lost
19 [banter4]
20 Time and Money
21 Tennessee Stud [Jimmy Driftwood]
22 Original One
23 [banter5]
24 Open Wide
25 [banter6]
26 Sloop John B [Beach Boys]>
27 Lake of Fire
28 Seal Whales
29 Backwater

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT the Meat Puppets, visit their website, and pre-order Rat Farm from their online store [HERE].

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Woodsman: January 25, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

February 6, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack]

The Brooklyn-by-way-of-Denver band Woodsman make a unique brand of rock that features unconventional song structures and a mystical, blissed-out vibe.  While their excellent 2011 release, Rare Forms, was a good listen, the band had already evolved beyond it by the time of its release, as evidence by the Mystic Places EP that followed it shortly after.  As evidenced by much of the new material played during this opening set at Mercury Lounge, the band’s last year or so found them moving the goalposts again.  Here, the band performed a series of pure instrumentals, all of them save their 2012 single release “All Tangled Up” being brand new. These songs are about developing texture and mood, almost totally absent the bombastic dance-floor sound that kicked off Rare Forms or the Spiritualized/Pink Floyd-style rock sound that characterized much of Mystic Places. Part of the change in feel owes to the band’s shift from a two-drummer four piece to one-drummer trio, which, depending on which of their styles you like best, could be addition by subtraction.  These new compositions show considerable promise for the forthcoming third LP, in particular the night’s final complete number, “Ruin”.

I recorded this set with MBHO KA500N hypercardiod microphones and a soundboard feed from the talented longtime Mercury Lounge engineer Kevin. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Thanks to Woodsman for letting us post the recording, and their help with the setlist!

Direct download of the complete show: [MP3] | [FLAC]

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Woodsman
2013-01-25
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Soundboard (engineer: Kevin Mazzarelli) + MBHO KA500N>MBP603>Sound Devices USBPre2>>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (mix down, adjust levels)>Izotope Ozone 5 (light EQ, exciter)>Audacity 3.0 (set fades, mix down, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 All Tangled Up
02 Balance
03 Untitled
04 Teleseparation
05 Ruin
06 [outro]

The Amazing: January 25, 2013 Mercury Lounge – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

January 31, 2013
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The Amazing hail from Sweden and share some members with that country’s well-known retro-psych outfit Dungen (our most recent recording of them HERE).  While The Amazing also share some stylistic traits with that band, most obviously the stellar guitar work of both bands’ lead guitarist Reine Fisk, they also stand as a distinct entity. The Amazing’s sound is a more nuanced affair than the rock behemoth that is Dungen, and their songwriting is more wistful and textured.  Frontman Christoff Gunrup sings in English, and that combined with the instrumental approach gives The Amazing the caste of a folkier, almost countrified version of Dungen.  This show at Mercury Lounge found the band celebrating the release of their latest record, Gentle Stream, their second full-length LP and first to be released by our good friends at Partisan Records. The boys served up material from all three of their current records, with an appropriate amount of emphasis given to the latest effort. This was their final NYC show for a bit, but don’t ignore a chance to see these guys, wherever they may be.

I recorded this set with MBHO KA500N hypercardiod microphones and a soundboard feed from the talented longtime Mercury Lounge engineer Kevin. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of the complete show: [MP3] | [FLAC]

If the FLAC link is no longer working, email nyctaper for the FLAC files

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Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

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The Amazing
2013-01-25
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Soundboard (engineer: Kevin Mazzarelli) + MBHO KA500N>MBP603>Sound Devices USBPre2>>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (multi band compression on SBD, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, exciter)>Audacity (set fades, additional EQ, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time: 54:41]
01 Head Beaches
02 [banter1]
03 Deportation Day
04 Dogs
05 [banter2]
06 The Fog>
07 Gentle Stream
08 Flashlight
09 Gone
10 When the Colours Change

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT The Amazing, like them on Facebook, and buy Gentle Stream from Partisan Records [HERE]

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