[photos courtesy of Amanda Hatfield]
In the last six weeks, we have twice had the pleasure of seeing one of Brooklyn’s brightest new bands — each time supporting an nyctaper-favorite band. In August when Caveman opened for War On Drugs at Cameo Gallery, we were unfamiliar with the band. Their sound features prominent keyboards, which naturally draws comparison to 80s bands, but its the heavy rhythmic elements that align them with contemporaries like The Dodos and Local Natives. Following the Cameo show, Caveman played a sold-out CD release show for their debut album CoCo Beware at Mercury Lounge. We caught them again after the Mercury coming-out party, this time at the Beekman Beer Garden with The Hold Steady. Perhaps it was my imagination, but it seemed that in a month since the Cameo show, Caveman was playing tighter and with more confidence. “Old Friend”, which flows live from the instrumental “Vampirer” was a strong end of set number that features a driving beat and the sweet melancholy vocals of Matthew Iwanusa, and we are streaming it below.
I recorded the Cameo show in the same manner at the War On Drugs recording, with the Neumanns supplemented with a mono board feed. The Beekman show was recorded with the four-microphone rig directly in front of the soundboard cage. The sound quality of both sets is excellent. Enjoy!
Stream “Old Friend” from Beekman Beer Garden:
[audio:http://www.nyctaper.com/C1908Caveman1020/09.%20Old%20Friend.mp3]
Stream “Thankful” from Cameo Gallery:
[audio:http://www.nyctaper.com/C1908Caveman1020/09.%20Thankful.mp3]
Direct download of complete show in MP3 files:
Beekman Beer Garden [HERE]
Cameo Gallery [HERE]
Download the Complete shows in FLAC
Beekman Beer Garden [HERE]
Cameo Gallery [HERE]
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Caveman
2011-09-17
Beekman Beer Garden
New York, NY USA
Four-Track Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Inside Soundboard Cage
Thirty Feet from Stage
Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2011-09-22
Setlist:
[Total Time 41:11]
01 Easy Water
02 A Country’s King of Dreams
03 My Time
04 December 28th
05 Thankful
06 Decide
07 My Room
08 Vampirer
09 Old Friend
10 Wheres The Time
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Caveman
2011-08-19
Cameo Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard (mono) + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 16bit 44.1kHz 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
2011-09-21
Setlist:
[Total Time 41:13]
01 A Country’s King of Dreams
02 Pricey
03 December 28th
04 My Time
05 Vampirer
06 Old Friend
07 Easy Water
08 My Room
09 Thankful
10 Decide
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