[photo courtesy of hoovesontheturf]
The Loom are a “group with momentum” according to Breakthru Radio, who have chosen the band as their current artist of the week. There is also an interview available at the Breakthru site.
The Loom have also been added to the BAM Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival. The performance date is February 12, 2009 at the Bell House.
[photo courtesy of Impose Magazine]
Friday night (January 30) ToddP presents a show that pits four Brooklyn bands in a “battle” against four bands from Baltimore. This show had been scheduled for the DanBro studios, but it has just been moved to a new venue – “The 1896”, located at 215 Ingraham Street in Bushwick. This venue is about a block from the Jefferson Street stop on the L.
We had not previously scheduled to record this show, but in light of our recent revelation about These Are Powers, nyctaper will attend and record the Brooklyn portion of this marathon event.
Here is ToddP’s updated information:
| THE 1896 | ¦ moved from Danbro ¦
215 Ingraham St @ Gardner Ave | East Williamsburg / Bushwick, Bklyn
L-Jefferson | 8pm | all ages | $3 |
| PICS | http://www.the1896.com/the1896/Area_-_2.html
all other details remain the same, two stages, bands playing staggerred one after the other, great times, two towns coming together, etc!
pro PA system on both stages, in two beautiful -heated- rooms, both w/ vaulted ceilings and great sightlines!
NOTE: to accomodate all these sets, we will be starting the first bands EARLY @ 8:15pm!!
====| FRIDAY 1/30 @ THE 1896 |====¦ moved from Danbro ¦
:: BKLYN vs. B-MORE BATTLE MARATHON!
:: 2 stages, bands from Brooklyn on one, Baltimore on the other
:: | $3 |
:: DAN DEACON
:::: Double Dagger
:::::: Future Islands
:::::::: dj Dog Dick
:: Woods
:::: Blank Dogs (canceled – replaced by VIVIAN GIRLS)
:::::: These Are Powers
:::::::: USAISAMONSTER
:: PLUS SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS!!!!
NOTE: to accomodate all these bands, we will be starting the first bands EARLY @ 8:15pm!!
| THE 1896 | ¦ moved from Danbro ¦
215 Ingraham St @ Gardner Ave | East Williamsburg / Bushwick, Bklyn
L-Jefferson | 8pm | all ages | $3 |
| PICS |
While it has not yet been officially announced, word has leaked that tickets for Bruce Springsteen Madison Square Garden date(s) on the Spring Tour will go on sale through Ticketmaster on Monday February 2, 2009 at 9 a.m. EST. There are some dates already listed at Ticketmaster, which include Hartford, Penn State and Washington DC.
The dates also include Meadowlands (May 21 and May 23) and Nassau Coliseum (May 4), which are listed on Springsteen’s site as going on sale Monday at 9 a.m., but have not yet appeared on the Ticketmaster site.
Last night the official schedule for the Winter/Spring 2009 Wordless Music Series was announced, and its an impressive one. We were already aware of the Mountain Goats / Vanderslice date (that we will record), but some of these other shows are amazing. Tickets for (nearly) all 2009 Wordless Music shows are on sale and can be purchased at wordlessmusic.org or lprnyc.com. Here is the official announcement:
Wordless Music
Presents
The 2009 Winter/Spring Season!
with
The Mountain Goats, Terry Riley, Toumani Diabate, Juana Molina,
The Books, Johann Johannsson, James Blackshaw, Grouper, MONO,
Charles Spearin, Gabriel Prokofiev, Lukas Ligeti, John Vanderslice,
The Sight Below, Lusine, Signal, Torngat, ACME, ICE, and Craig Wedren
alongside
music of Gyrgy Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, Charles Ives, Arthur Russell,
Louis Andriessen, Jefferson Friedman, Timothy Andres, Michael Gordon,
Stockhausen, Stravinsky, Schubert, Chopin, Shostakovich, and Erik Satie
and
the New York premiere
of Arvo Part’s Symphony No. 4 (“Los Angeles,” 2009)
Tickets now on sale
Wordless Music
2009 Winter/Spring Season
02.13.09 Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think) with ACME
02.14.09 Grouper, The Sight Below, and Lusine with Michael Brofman, piano
02.27.09 Juana Molina with Lukas Ligeti, marimba lumina
03.04.09 James Blackshaw and Meg Baird with Heather O’Donnell, piano
03.15.09 Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think) with Todd Reynolds/Evan Ziporyn/Verge Ensemble
03.18.09 Gabriel Prokofiev / Nonclassical Records Showcase (U.S. debut)
03.27.09 The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice with Miranda Cuckson and Reiko Uchida
04.02.09 Torngat with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
04.04.09 The Music of Arthur Russell
04.09.09 The Books with Timothy Andres, piano
04.18.09 Toumani Diabate with Jenny Lin, piano
04.22.09 Michael Gordon’s “Trance”
04.26.09 Terry Riley and Gyan Riley
05.08.09 MONO with the Wordless Music Orchestra (Jeff Milarsky, conductor)
05.10.09 Arvo Part’s Symphony No. 4 (New York premiere)
05.17.09 Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 3 and Suite from “The Hours”
06.25.09 Johann Johannsson with string quartet (U.S. debut)
[image by Songbirdnest]
The past week saw an increase in volume of visits to the site by a mere 500%. In an alignment-of-the-planets-fashion, Animal Collective reached peak popularity, started a tour and played two NYC shows that we captured with two excellent recordings — Bowery is one of our best captures ever. Its rewarding to receive recognition from some of the most established music sites on the web, including Pitchfork, Gorilla vs Bear, largeheartedboy and Stereogum, along with a host of other fine sites.
The problem of course is that the drastic increase in volume crashed the server on Wednesday morning. We allocated more memory (at more cost) on three separate occasions on Wednesday and Thursday and finally just moved the Animal Collective files to archive.org. The high volume of visits continue and more downtime resulted today. Ultimately our host server responded with a virtual shrug of the shoulders. We paid extra for a private server, but apparently this kind of traffic is not even something that upgrade can handle. We continue to search for solutions, but obviously we are hand-tied by the fact that this is an ad-free site and donations cover less than half of the monthly server fees alone. All other operating costs (equipment, media, travel, tickets, bandwidth, etc) we pay out of pocket.
What it boils down to is that nyctaper needs a white knight/site sponsor — something akin to the massive free servers of archive.org but on a single site scale. We do not want to place ads on the site and lose our credibility and compromise our objectivity. If any of our readers have ideas or suggestions, feel free to email them.
Lost in all this new found flavor-of-the-week temporary popularity is the type of recognition that we truly value. Largehearted Boy and Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, two sites who we read regularly and respect greatly have both listed us in their “10 Blogs to Read in 2009” lists. Many thanks to the two classy gentlemen who run both of those superb sites.
We have added some exciting new shows to the schedule listed below.
Upcoming Shows:
The Annuals:
January 28, 2009 Bowery Ballroom NYC
Kittens Ablaze:
January 31, 2009 Mercury Lounge NYC (CD Release)
-and/or-
Rafter:
January 31, 2009 Cake Shop NYC
Blank Dogs / Woods:
February 6, 2009 Market Hotel Brooklyn
February 7, 2009 Less Artists More Condos NYC
These Are Powers:
February 13, 2009 Secret Project Robot Brooklyn NY (CD Release)
Jason Isbell:
February 26, 2009 Bowery Ballroom NYC
Blitzen Trapper:
February 27, 2009 Bowery Ballroom NYC
Grizzly Bear:
February 28, 2009 BAM Brooklyn
The Antlers:
March 5, 2009 Union Hall Brooklyn (CD Release)
Monks of Doom:
March 12 -and- March 13, 2009 Europa Brooklyn
John Darnielle / John Vanderslice:
March 27, 2009 Ethical Culture Concert Hall (Wordless) NYC
Langhorne Slim:
April 3, 2009 Bell House Brooklyn
Animal Collective:
May 13, 2009 Terminal 5 NYC
NYCTaper Live
Radio23.org
Show #2
Sunday January 25, 2009
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Listen:
http://radio23.org/listen.html
NYCTaper on the web:
https://www.nyctaper.com
Segment 1:
Brother Sport
Fireworks – Animal Collective 2009-01-21
Segment 2:
Music Tunes – Ponytail 2009-01-23
Double Double Yolk – These Are Powers 2009-01-23 (coming soon)
Two – Antlers 2009-01-22 (coming soon)
Segment 3:
Southern Heights – Victor Krummenacher 2009-01-09
No One Nothing – Naked Hearts 2009-01-22 (coming soon)
I Can’t Help It – Jonathan Segel 2009-01-11
She Divines Water – Camper Van Beethoven 2009-01-10
Segment 4:
Flaming Wreck – Pernice Brothers 2006-12-08 (coming soon)
Fletcher Christian – Mekons 2007-10-03
Time to Pretend – MGMT 2007-12-08
Fidelity – Regina Spektor 2007-10-16
Coles Corner – Richard Hawley 2007-12-01
Kamera – Wilco 2007-06-25
Segment 5:
Ex-Guru – Fiery Furnaces 2008-01-17
Neon Beanbag – Stereolab 2008-10-02
Head Full of Steam – Robert Forster 2008-09-15
Black Rice – Women 2008-10-22
Dear Sarah Shu – John Vanderslice 2008-10-18
Have to Explode – The Mountain Goats 2008-11-08
Secret Meeting – The National 2008-08-04
Handpocket – Best Friends Forever 2008-10-23
MP3 Download NYCTaper Live Show #2 [HERE]
NYCTaper Live
Radio23.org
Show #1
Sunday, January 18, 2009
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Segment 1:
Camper Van Beethoven, Bowery Ballroom
01 Take the Skinheads Bowling (Jan 10, 2009)
02 Tania (Jan 09, 2009)
03 Good Guys and Bad Guys (Jan 10, 2009)
04 Interstellar Overdrive (Jan 09, 2009)
Segment 2:
Yo La Tengo, Maxwell’s
01 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dylan) (Dec 23, 2008)
02 Off and Running (Mindbenders) (Dec 27, 2008)
03 Long Gone (The Customs/Lyres) (Dec 27, 2008)
04 She May Call You Up Tonight (Left Banke) (Dec 27, 2008)
Segment 3:
01 In The Flowers
02 My Girls – Animal Collective Oct 01, 2007 Webster Hall
04 Beg Waves
04 Celebrate the Body Electric – Ponytail June 21, 2008 Music Hall of W’burg
Segment 4:
01 Tyrants – Black Mountain Feb 23, 2008 Glasslands
02 Saved By Old Times – Deerhunter Nov 07, 2008 Music Hall of W’Burg
03 Oh Larsen B – British Sea Power May 19, 2008 Maxwell’s
04 Lady Lawyers – Oxford Collapse Oct 21, 2008 Cake Shop
05 Busy Doing Nothing – Love Is All Dec 07, 2008 Bowery Ballroom
06 Motorcrash – Sugarcubes Nov 17, 2006 Reykjavik Iceland
Segment 5:
01 Jam > Up On the Sun – Meat Puppets Oct 17, 2007 Pianos
02 Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider – Of Montreal Oct 13, 2007 Roseland
03 Cat and Mouse – Naked Hearts Oct 6, 2008 Mercury Lounge
04 Passion is No Ordinary Word – Ted Leo Dec 05, 2007 Music Hall of W’Burg
05 Just Like Heaven – Dinosaur Jr Sept 26, 2008 Terminal 5
MP3 Download NYCTaper Live Show #1 [here]
As we announced a couple of weeks ago, nyctaper has been invited to produce a radio show for an exciting new web radio station. Radio23.org will launch in April of 2009, but for now its running beta, with the shows that are ready to broadcast taking their time slots.
“NYCTaper Live” will broadcast via Radio23.org every Sunday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The “listen” link is [HERE], and includes the ability to access the podcast with four different types of software, including WinAmp (recommended) and Windows Media Player. Our debut is this Sunday, January 18, at 3 p.m.
The initial format of the show includes new material in the first hour, and nyctaper archives in the second hour. Essentially, I will be playing highlights from the shows that are available for download in their entirety on this site. Additionally, I will be dusting off the old radio voice to do narration in between segments. Hopefully, I will not be too rusty from my four years of college radio back in the mid-80’s!
Listen to NYCTaper Live on Radio23.org on Sunday, January 18 at 3 p.m., and every Sunday thereafter!
[Bearsuit at NYCTaper CMJ Show – photo by subinev]
By all accounts, British alterna-pop wizards Bearsuit killed at CMJ. On their triumphant return to the U.S. after an immigration issue in 2007, Bearsuit played NYC in early October, and then toured the east and midwest before they returned for a week of outstanding CMJ shows. Now they want to return to the U.S.!
Today Bearsuit posted a request for their MySpace friends seeking sponsorship for an appearance at SXSW 2009:
Help them out, will ya? Perhaps they will even return to NYC if we do!
In other Bearsuit news, they performed live on the BBC earlier this week. Listen [here].
Last year, Ireland’s premiere “celtic soul” singer-songwriter Pierce Turner performed his St. Patrick’s Day show at the authentic pub Puck Fair — and the size of the crowd was pressed against the walls in complete capacity. This year, the ever-popular show will be moved to Joe’s Pub where ticket sales will guarantee a limited entrance. Pierce is warning fans to buy early because this show will most certainly sell out, as many of his prior non-holiday Joe’s Pub shows have done. If the 7 p.m. show is indeed sold out, there is an open slot at 9 p.m. to add a late show, so all hope is not lost.
This is not yet formally announced, but Pierce Turner will also appear as a pianist at a special event at City Winery on April 5, 2009 as part of Philip Glass‘s ongoing series of performances at that new venue. A bit of trivia — the piano that sits in Pierce’s living room in his NYC home was a gift from Philip Glass upon the completion of Turner’s solo debut It’s Only A Long Way Across, which was produced by Glass. At this point, City Winery has only announced that Suzanne Vega will also perform at this event, but expect Turner to be added soon.
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