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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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.

Holly Miranda: June 2, 2013 Glasslands – Flac/MP3/Streaming

June 6, 2013
By

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[photos by Maryanne Ventrice – courtesy of Prefix Magazine]

A small record label is going to get very lucky in the near future. After she moved to LA and was released from her contract with XL Recordings, Holly Miranda has spent the last couple of years writing, recording and perfecting a new album. At Glasslands on Sunday night, much of the new album material was on display. From the first notes of the opener “Mark My Words” it was very much apparent that Holly is truly “back”, and as she worked through the set with a full band (including horns) I came to the very inescapable conclusion that the new album is the best music she’s ever written. As the new record is shopped to the appropriate label, my guess is that it won’t be long before someone snaps it up. The songs magnify all of Holly’s strengths — her ability to write and perform everything from blues-based rock to sweet love songs, and many styles in between. We’re streaming “The Only One”, a song that I had never heard before but which struck me instantly with its true beauty. We really could have streamed any highlight, because there were many. Holly Miranda will play again in NYC at Rockwood Music Hall on July 17.

We recorded this set with our installed rig (Naiant Cards plus board) and the sound is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “The Only One”:

Download the Complete show [MP3] / [FLAC]

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Holly Miranda
2013-06-02
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Naiant X-R Cardioid > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper 2013-06-05

Setlist
[Total Time 42:45]
01 Mark My Words
02 [false start]
03 Whatever You Want
04 Fuck in the Sun
05 [banter – Ambrosia intro]
06 Desert Call
07 The Only One
08 [banter – thanks]
09 Everlasting
10 Heavy Heart
11 [band introductions]
12 Waves
13 [banter]
14 Pelican Rapids

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Holly Miranda, visit her website, and purchase her new album when its released.

Julia Weldon: May 29, 2013 Rock Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming

June 4, 2013
By

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[screen shot from this video]

We receive hundreds of sample tracks every month, and I try to listen to all of them. Every once in a while there is an artist whose talent jumps out at me immediately. This was the case with Julia Weldon, whose recorded music is so impressive that we took a mid-week trip all the way out to Rock Shop just to be able to catch her live. There’s a great moment on this recording where a guy who wandered into the back room of Rock Shop mid-set spontaneously can be heard to say “she’s great” near the end of “Marian” streaming below. Julia is that kind of performer — whose talent is so obvious that a perfect stranger, likely in the venue to see another act, is compelled blurt out a superlative to no one in particular. Her set included some older numbers, but concentrated on her soon to be released new album, Light Is A Ghost. We are confident that with the new material and a consistent performing schedule, Julia will soon be playing in larger venues to much larger crowds, and eventually touring behind a prominent indie-label release. Such things are pretty easy to predict.

Julia Weldon will be playing at Knitting Factory on July 19, in a release show for a her new CD.

We recorded this set with the large diaphragm Neumann TLM-102 cards, which seemed to work well in this small room. Other than some non-optimal aspects of the mix, we’re pleased with the result. Enjoy!

Stream “Marian”:

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.

Julia Weldon
2013-05-29
The Rock Shop
Brooklyn NY

Digital Master Audience Recording

Neumann TLM-102s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper 2013-06-01

Setlist:
[Total Time 41:31]
01 Went to My Woman
02 [tuning-tech]
03 Meadow
04 Careful in the Dark
05 Icarus
06 [band introductions]
07 Marian
08 [banter solo]
09 Broken
10 [banter uke intro]
11 Give
12 Soon
13 All I Gave Her
14 Round Again

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Julia Weldon, visit her website, and purchase her music from the links at her website [HERE].

Futurebirds: May 31, 2013 Bowery Ballroom – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

June 3, 2013
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On Friday night, we caught the Futurebirds at Bowery Ballroom for a great show. The six-piece band hails from Athens, GA and it’s not the first time we here at NYCTaper have had the good fortune to enjoy a taste of their good old-fashioned rock and roll. Last year they came to Irving Plaza to play in full costume for a show during Halloween weekend, and the year prior we saw them perform at Union Pool.

Over seven months of touring, Futurebirds were hard at work writing their sophomore record, Baba Yaga, testing out new material on the road for live audiences. The new LP was released in mid-April on Fat Possum Records and Friday’s show featured a healthy portion of new songs from the album. The band’s energy was downright refreshing after a long week at work, especially with an ice cold pale ale in hand. The crowd was way into the southern rock songs, many of which stretched on into psychedelic jams that reinforced how comfortable these guys are playing this material in a live setting.

Highlights of the set include new song “Virginia Slims” and oldie-but-goodie “Battle For Rome,” both of which you can stream below.

I recorded Futurebirds with a soundboard feed provided by house engineer Kenny and a pair of Schoeps MK4 microphones mounted from our usual spot in the Balcony. Per the Bowery’s usual excellence, the house mix was very well balanced and resulted in a great recording. Enjoy!

Stream “Virginia Slims”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/F2602Futurebirds0211/Virginia%20Slims.mp3]

Stream “Battle for Rome”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/F2602Futurebirds0211/Battle%20for%20Rome.mp3]

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

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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Futurebirds
Bowery Ballroom
Brooklyn, NY
2013-05-31

Recordist : hi and lo
Source 1 : Schoeps MK4 > KC5 > CMC-6 > EAA PSP-2 > Sonic AD2K + Soundboard >> Tascam DR-680 @ 24 bit / 48 kHz
Edit : WaveLab V6 (mixdown/eq/gain/fades/dither/resampling)
Encoding : FLAC v1.2.1 Level 8 with TLH v2.6.0

Tracklist:

01. Strangers
02. Serial Bowls
03. Tanlines
04. Sam Jones
05. Battle for Rome
06. Virginia Slims
07. (Banter)
08. Heavy Weights
09. (Banter)
10. Megachills
11. (Banter)
12. Johnny Utah
13. M J B
14. Death Awaits
15. (Banter)
16. Ski Chalet
17. Wild Heart
18. Yur Not Ded
19. (Encore Call)
20. St. Summercamp
21. Americle

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Futurebirds, visit their website, and purchase any of their CDs or Vinyls from their online store [HERE].

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

June 2, 2013
By

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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]”

Direct download of MP3 files [HERE] | Direct Download of the FLAC files [HERE]

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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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VietNam: May 18, 2013 Glasslands – Flac/MP3/Streaming

May 31, 2013
By

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[photo by Renee Ligtvoet for Bushwick Daily]

The conventional description of the music of VietNam is that its 60s-influenced. But given the long hair, long beards, clothing styles, crowded stage of multi-instrumentalists, and melodic back-beat minor-chord based songs, its pretty clear this band is directly descended from the mid-70s post-hippie movement personified mostly by the Rolling Thunder Revue. As with Rolling Thunder, the stage energy is focused primarily on one enigmatic and magnetic presence, in this case its Michael Gerner who last released a VietNam album in 2007. The surprising return of the band is buoyed by the new album A.merican D.ream (Mexican Summer Records) which like its five-year old predecessor, is a strong album of self-described “apocalyptic street blues”. At Glasslands on Saturday last, the band completed a short tour and the hometown show was both a strong finale to the tour and a reintroduction of VietNam as an excellent live band. The setlist was equally distributed among the new album and the older one, and during the hour-long set we became completely convinced that the band does its predecessors proud.

I recorded this set with our installed Naiant cardioid microphones mixed with an excellent board feed provided by Glasslands superb FOH Josh. The sound quality is superb, enjoy!

Stream “Fight Water With Fire”:

Download the Complete Show [MP3] / [FLAC]

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VietNam
2013-05-18
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Naiant X-R Cardioid > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2013-05-24

Setlist
[Total Time 1:00:39]
01 Too Tired
02 Priest Poet and the Pig
03 Fight Water With Fire
04 Kitchen Kongas
05 Blasphemy Blues
06 Flyin
07 No Use In Crying
08 Mama Loi Papa Loi
09 Apocalypse
10 Yaz

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT VietNam, visit the website, and purchase A.merican D.ream from the Mexican Summer Records website [HERE].

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