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We posted about the Steve Wynn set a couple of months ago. The former frontman for the Dream Syndicate will perform the complete The Days of Wine and Roses with his band Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 at Maxwell’s. Steve has graciously permitted nyctaper to capture this historic concert in its best possible light and even invited us to the soundcheck.
Today we learned that we will be permitted to also record Freedy Johnston‘s set. Freedy will be performing his album Can You Fly in its entirety. We also recorded Freedy more than a decade ago at the Fleadh Festival and we’re going to dig into the archives and try to post that show before tomorrow.
[photo by Matt, links to full resolution photos below]
When we posted yesterday about the Dirty on Purpose gig at the McCarren Pool Afterparty, the day time pool bands were TBA for August 10. We did not realize that just a few hours later the bands would be confirmed for that date. Felice Brothers are the headliners, and our old friends Deer Tick are also on the bill.
We figure this is good time to offer a download of Deer Tick‘s (John solo) performance from the Bowery opening for Jaymay in June. This recording was captured by Matt from brooklynvibes, and he reports that John was very well received by the crowd who also included Jaymay in the audience for this set. To bring this post full circle, Jaymay also supported her friends in Dirty on Purpose with a guest vocal on “Like Bees” earlier this year.
Matt recorded this with his high end AKG microphones and the sound is spectacular. Enjoy!
Download and stream the complete show [HERE].
https://archive.org/details/JohnMcCauley2008-06-10
John McCauley of Deer Tick (Solo)
New York, NY
Bowery Ballroom
June 10, 2008
Taper: Matt Casey
Source: AKG 414’s> Sound Devices 702
Conversion: Matt Casey
Source: CF> USB> Wavelab (normalizing)> CDWAV (tracking) >FLAC
Setlist:
01 [introduction]
02 Straight Into A Storm > Spend The Night
03 Live Fast Love Hard Die Young (Faron Young)
04 Art Isn’t Real
05 Mexican Home (John Prine)
06 Baltimore Blues No. 1
07 The Ghost
08 Dirty Dishes
09 Little White Lies
10 Ashamed
11 Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon)
12 These Old Shoes
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Deer Tick, visit their website, visit their myspace page, and purchase the War Elephant release from Itunes, or emusic, or order it directly from Feow Records when its back in stock.
Sharon van Etten / Secret Garden from sarahana on Vimeo.
From our friends at Hooves on the Turf comes two amazing clips of Sharon Van Etten singing two of her songs acappella in the secret garden at Prospect Park. Please click on the Hooves link and read their wonderful write-up and for an additional video.
Sharon has also added a new performance date, Monday July 28 at The Annex.
In March, when guitar virtuoso and former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler was announced for a July 23 Central Park gig, we bought a ticket forthwith for the full ticketmaster price. Sadly, the forecast (see above) for this early evening event has become worse as this week has progressed. Essentially, early tonight the skies are going to open and the massive rains will prevent a nyctaper recording of this show despite Knopfler’s permissive taping policy. Apologies to the readers who have been anxiously awaiting this one.
Its been a while since our latest update, and we have many new additions. As the Fall concert season approaches, the indoor events are now beginning to be announced often — expect more additions.
Unconfirmed dates are indicated with asterisks (**).
Upcoming nyctaper Events:
Mark Knopfler: (tentative: massive rain forecasted)
July 23, 2008, Central Park Summerstage, NYC
Steve Wynn:
July 25, 2008, Maxwell’s, Hoboken NJ
Bon Iver:**
July 29, 2008, Bowery Ballroom NYC
-or-
July 30, 2008, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Sharon Van Etten:
July 30, 2008, Zebulon, Brooklyn
Old 97s:
August 1, 2008, Webster Hall NYC
Sharon Van Etten:
August 3, 2008, Cake Shop NYC
The National:
August 4, 2008, Central Park Summerstage
Dirty on Purpose:
August 10, 2008, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Bob Dylan: (review only)
August 12, 2008, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Regina Spector:
August 15, 2008 (early), McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn
Brilliant Sweaters:
August 15, 2008 (late), Cake Shop NYC
The Bloodsugars:
August 23, 2008, Mercury Lounge NYC
Spanish Prisoners:
August 28, 2008, Cake Shop NYC
The Figgs:
August 29, 2008, Knitting Factory NYC
Sonic Youth:
August 30, 2008, McCarren Pool Brooklyn
The Loom:
September 2, 2008, Zebulon, Brooklyn
Sigur Ros:
September 17 and 18, 2008, United Palace Theatre
My Bloody Valentine:**
September 23, 2008, Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Black Mountain:
September 24, 2008, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Built to Spill/Dinosaur Jr./Meat Puppets:
September 26, 2008, Terminal 5 NYC
Of Montreal:
October 10, 2008, Roseland Ballroom NYC
bearsuit:
October 13, 2008, Cake Shop, NYC
Mountain Goats:
November 8, 2008, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
and
November 9, 2008, Webster Hall, NYC
Bjorkestra at Montreal Jazz Fest June 2008
[photo credit]
Bjorkestra, Travis Sullivan‘s unique big band jazz interpretation of the music of Bjork returns to NYC for two gigs. The first gig is this Thursday July 24 at Le Poisson Rouge, doors at 7 pm and Bjorkestra on at 9 pm.
There will be some changes in the lineup for the LPR gig. Travis has pared down horn section from 18 to 12 pieces, and vocalist Natalie John will stand-in for Becca Stevens who is on tour with her own album.
The second new Bjorkestra gig is an opening slot for Benevento Russo Duo at SpiegelWorld on September 23.
Purchase the Bjorkestra CD Enjoy through links at their website. Sample previous live recordings of Bjorkestra at nyctaper [here].
Twelve hours after Bell opened the After The Jump Fest with a noon performance at Galapagos, Health tolled the midnight bell as the last band to perform at the Festival. Health’s percussive experimental noise rock ignited the exhausted crowd and closed the long day with an appropriate bang.
We recorded this set from inside the soundboard booth with our DPA microphones mounted to the soundproofed wall above the booth. The sound in this venue is always outstanding and this recording reflects that quality. 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.
Download and stream the complete show [HERE].
https://archive.org/details/Health2008-06-21.dpa.nyctaper
Health
2008-06-21
After the Jump Festival
Music Hall of Williamsburg
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Inside Soundboard Booth
DPA 4021s > Marantz PMD-660 (Oade BCM Mod) > 16bit 44.1kHz wav > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustments, set fades) > CD Wave > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-07-20
Setlist:
[Total time 31:11]
01 Zoothorns
02 Crimewave
03 Heaven
04 Tabloid Sores
05 Party Zone
06 Death+
07 Triceratops
08 Perfect Skin
09 Girl Attorney
10 Courtship
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Health, visit their myspace page, and purchase their official releases from the links at their website, or at the Health Cartel Store.
[photo courtesy of Ear Farm blog]
We expect there will be many reviews of this concert and in particular the Voice’s coverage will likely be comprehensive. We arrived in the middle of the Islands set, with the intention to see and record only the Stephen Malkmus set and we were successful. On a hot sunny day when the Jicks performed an energetic and loose set of primarily Real Emotional Trash material, we were left with some interesting lasting images. The sights of several people who passed out from heat exhaustion and crowding, the persistent sights and sounds of the Cyclone rollercoaster every few minutes over our left shoulder, and Stephen literally coaxing the promoters to let the Jicks perform encores even after the stage lights were turned off were memorable images we will likely not soon forget.
We recorded from the ground in front and left of the soundboard. The placement was problematic because of the Cyclone, but our hyper-directional microphones really proved their worth as the recording is not marred by the rumbling ride and screaming patrons. During quiet moments and in between songs, the cyclone provided “local color”, during the normal volume of the songs, the noise can not be heard. Enjoy!
Many thanks to a writer from the Voice and also Matador Records for their advanced assistance in capture of this concert.
Download and stream the complete show [HERE].
https://archive.org/details/StephenMalkmusandTheJicks2008-07-19.fob.neumanns.nyctaper
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
2008-07-19
Siren Music Festival
Coney Island Main Stage
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Dead Center
Front of Board — Approximately 100 Feet from Stage
Neumann KM-150s (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
2008-07-20
Setlist:
[total time 1:19:31]
01 Baby C’mon
02 Gardenia
03 Dragonfly Pie
04 Jenny and the Ess-Dog
05 Phantasies
06 Hopscotch Willie
07 Elmo Delmo
08 Cold Son
09 Baltimore
10 Astral Facial
11 We Can’t Help You
12 Real Emotional Trash
13 [encore break]
14 All Over Gently
15 Pencil Rot
16 Two Tickets to Paradise (Eddie Money)
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, visit their website, and purchase their official releases from the Store at the Matador Records site.
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]
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