NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule: Summer 2013

May 22, 2013
By

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It promises to be an active Summer here at NYCTaper. We have festivals, outdoor shows, and the returns of many favorites to the site. The highlights include our all-hands-on-deck trip to Mountain Jam, and many other special events. Hope to see you out there!

[Caveat: Below is the updated schedule. We expect to attend and record these events. However, circumstances will prevent some of these from being done, and others will be added in the meantime.]

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Schedule:

Amanda Palmer:
May 25, 2013 Bowery Ballroom (Mermaid Benefit)

Flashlights:
May 27, 2013 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

The Thermals:
May 28, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Julia Weldon:
May 29, 2013 Rock Shop Brooklyn

Futurebirds:
May 31, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Hooded Fang:
June 4, 2013 Mercury Lounge NYC

the Mountain Goats:
June 5, 2013 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

Fuzz (Ty Segall):
June 6, 2013 Death By Audio Brooklyn

Mountain Jam:
June 6 – June 9, 2013 Hunter Mountain NY

The Antlers:
June 12, 2013 Le Poisson Rouge NYC

Deer Tick:
June 13, 2013 Shine A Light Festival, Rockville Centre NY

Mac DeMarco / White Fence:
June 13, 2013 Brooklyn Bowl

Miracle of 86:
June 14, 2013 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

White Fence:
June 14, 2013 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Miracle of 86:
June 15, 2013 Mercury Lounge NYC

Lambchop:
June 16, 2013 Warsaw Brooklyn

Heliotropes:
June 18, 2013 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Blank Tapes:
June 18, 2013 Union Pool Brooklyn

Low:
June 19, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Man Or Astro-Man:
June 20, 2013 Mercury Lounge NYC

Dirty Beaches:
June 28, 2013 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Tall Tall Trees:
June 29, 2013 Backyard Brunch Sessions Brooklyn

Deafheaven:
July 2, 2013 Saint Vitus Brooklyn

Los Lobos / Alejandro Escovedo:
July 11, 2013 Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival NYC

Lemonheads:
July 24, 2013 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Woods:
July 27, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Frank Turner:
July 30, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Hurray For the Riff Raff:
August 1, 2013 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Galactic:
August 7, 2013 Brooklyn Bowl

Amanda Palmer:
August 9, 2013 Damrosch Park NYC

Daughn Gibson / Hiss Golden Messenger\:
August 17, 2013 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Mac DeMarco:
August 28, 2013 East River Park NYC

Ty Segall:
August 29, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Ty Segall:
August 30, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Superchunk:
September 27 and 28, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Doe Paoro: May 14, 2013 Glasslands – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

May 22, 2013
By

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[Photos by acidjack]

We first caught Doe Paoro a year ago at Cameo Gallery, and she wowed us with her sincerity and her unique approach to pop music. Taking the stage at Glasslands, nominally as a support act but as the one with the largest crowd by far, Doe Paoro, showed added poise in her live performance and some subtle refinements to her sound. She also had two songs, “See Me Now” and “New Lows”, to share from a new 7″ release. Boasting a completely new look from last year’s more 90s-inspired digs, Sonia (her real name) came across as a more mature but equally strong performer, continuing to meld vocals that draw from a number of singing traditions with arrangements that draw from reggae, R&B, pop and rock. Along with her bouncier numbers like “Born Whole” and “I’ll Go Blind”, Sonia’s ballads shouldn’t be ignored, either. Both “New Lows”, the new song, and “Live Again” were particularly strong. We look forward to seeing what Sonia will do next.

I recorded this set with the installed Glasslands rig, combining the Naiant  X-R cardiod microphones with a soundboard feed by the Glasslands engineer Chris. To minimize distractions during the quieter songs, the recording favors the soundboard feed. Enjoy!

Stream “I’ll Go Blind”

Stream “New Lows”

Direct download of MP3 files [HERE] | Direct Download of the FLAC files [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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Doe Paoro
2013-05-14
Glasslands
Brooklyn, NY USA

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

Soundboard (engineer: Chris) + Naiant X-R (cardiod,ORTFish, DFC)>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, effects)>Audacity 3.0 (tracking, fades, amplify, balance, parallel compression, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 [intro]
02 Give Give Give
03 Born Whole
04 I’ll Go Blind
05 Can’t Leave You
06 Live Again
07 Body Games
08 [banter]
09 See Me Now
10 New Lows

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Doe Paoro, like her on Facebook, and purchase Slow to Love and her other records [HERE]

Grandchildren: May 15, 2013 Glasslands – FLAC/MP3/Streaming Full Show

May 20, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack]

Grandchildren is hardly the only criminally underrated band out of Philadelphia right now (we’ve written about several of them) but they are one of the most compelling. This band has mastered the art of dense, lushly orchestrated rock music with a modern electronic twist — exactly the kind of current sound that screams for a wider audience. Here at Glasslands to celebrate the release of their third LP, Golden Age, the band showed the maturity, poise and musical prowess we first saw in them back in 2009, this time backed by their strongest and most consistent material of their career. Picking a “highlight track” for this show was almost impossible, as Golden Age serves up one good song after another, and the band has worked hard to make the big arrangements come across live. Songs like “No Way Out” excellently demonstrate the band’s refinement of their sound and their ability to write songs that can appeal across genres and generations of fans.

I recorded this set with Naiant X-X omnidirectional mics at the stage lip, plus the Naiant X-R house mics and a soundboard feed from the night’s hardworking engineer Jeremy. The sound quality is outstanding, and we are so pleased with it we are offering the entire set streaming below in addition to MP3 and FLAC downloads. Enjoy!

Stream the entire set:

Direct download of 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.

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Grandchildren
2013-05-15
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

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

[Naiant X-X (split omni, ROC stagelip, 3ft split) + Soundboard (engineer: Jeremy)>Edirol R-44 [OCM]] + [Naiant X-R (cardiod, DFC, ORTFish)>Sound Devices USBPre2 (clock sync to R-44)>Sony PCM-D50]>6x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, tube effect)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, light parallel compression, tagging, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Forward
02 Sunrise
03 Golden Age
04 [tuning]
05 End Times
06 No Way Out
07 Saturn Returns
08 Into Gold
09 Where’s the Knife
10 Everlasting
11 Rain Down

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Grandchildren, like them on Facebook, and buy Golden Age directly from Ernest Jenning Record Co. [HERE]

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Rathborne: May 14, 2013 Glasslands – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

May 16, 2013
By

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[Photos by acidjack]

Luke Rathborne is young, has an LP and two EPs under his belt, and he’s just getting started. Rathborne’s 2011 record, After Dark, was recorded when he was a young man of 17; he came here at 18. We found him at Glasslands less than two years later celebrating the release of a new album, SOFT, that refines the sound of those rawer earlier experiments. Styling the performing band simply Rathborne, the group took the stage and kicked off the Replacements-esque “Wanna Be You” without a second’s hesitation. Rathborne is a natural presence onstage, with a refreshing kindness and innocence to go with his rock poise. He may not have even been born then, but Rathborne is clearly a student of the 80s, particularly New Wave acts like the Cars. Most of the songs played clocked in under three minutes and exuded fresh energy. Rathborne closed the set with “So Long NYC”, about the all-too-common story of your dreams washing out. But for Luke Rathborne, his own dreams are very much alive.

I recorded this set with our Glasslands house setup, including Naiant microphones and a mix provided by house engineer Chris. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream “Last Forgiven”:

Stream “Deal”

Direct download of 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.

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Rathborne
2013-05-14
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

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

Naiant X-R (cardiod, DFC, ORTFish) + Soundboard (engineer: Chris)>Edirol R-44 [Oade Concert Mod]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, tube effect)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, light parallel compression, tagging, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Wanna Be You
02 What More
03 I’m So Tired
04 [tuning/banter]
05 Eno
06 Last Forgiven
07 [banter1]
08 Nobody Knows
09 Soft
10 Why
11 Deal
12 Low!
13 Don’t Call Me Baby
14 So Long NYC

If you enjoyed this recording, please support Rathborne, visit their website, and pre-order SOFT [HERE]

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Night Beats: May 8, 2013 Glasslands – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

May 14, 2013
By

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[Photos by acidjack – the band and recording are much better than these photos]

Last time we saw Seattle’s Night Beats they blew us away with their energy and ability to delivery a set of straight-ahead garage rock full of songs you’d remember the next day. This show at Glasslands found them in the familiar spot of opening for another critically acclaimed band — in this case, Iceland’s Dead Skeletons — and Night Beats gave a performance that was every bit the equal of their earlier headlining set at the Knit. Even more special this time around, the band played almost entirely new material from their next record on Trouble In Mind, which drops in August. The band is not ready to share the titles of them yet, but it’s safe to say that if you dig their first LP and EP, the new songs will make you happy. The new material features some excellent guitar work at points, including some pretty serious shredding during the second of the new numbers. Keep an eye out in the coming months for more info on the new album.

I recorded this set with the Naiant X-R microphones mounted in the venue plus a soundboard feed from Jeremy, the night’s engineer. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream “new song #2”

Stream “Puppet On A String”

Direct download of 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.

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Night Beats
2013-05-08
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

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

Naiant X-R (cardiod, DFC, ORTFish) + Soundboard (engineer: Jeremy)>Roland R-26>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, tube effect)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, light parallel compression, tagging, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks (please let me know if any song titles are wrong)
01 Puppet On A String
02 Shadows In the Night
03 [new song 1]
04 [new song 2]
05 [new song 3]
06 [new song 4]
07 [new song 5]
08 [new song 6]
09 [new song 7]
10 [new song 8]
11 [new song 9]

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Night Beats, like them on Facebook, and purchase their record directly from Trouble In Mind Records [HERE]

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper: May 11, 2013 Glasslands – Flac/MP3/Streaming

May 13, 2013
By

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[photos by Dominic Mastrangelo]

It was three years ago that we saw what I believe to have been one of the first Lady Lamb the Beekeeper shows in New York, a solo set at the opening night of the Rock Shop. That was back in the days when Skippy was still in NYC and billed a show for the ages that night — Sharon Van Etten and TuneYards headlined the bill. Aly Spaltro was still a teenager at that point, but it was obvious that she was abundantly talented with unlimited potential. She was signed to Bada Bing Records, and after several self-released albums, the first proper Lady Lamb album came out this year. Ripely Pine is a superb album that highlights Aly’s strengths — emotional vocals, intimate songwriting and aggressive musicianship. This is also an album that will profile her talents to a much wider audience. We saw the beginnings of that at a packed Glasslands on Saturday night. While the front half of the crowd consisted of fan-boys and fan-girls who seemed to know all the words to the songs, the back half of the crowd contained those “here to be seen” types who are both a blessing and a curse to an artist — more ticket sales but less attention. Aly’s set consisted of much of Ripely Pine and a few older songs. We were particularly impressed with “Bird Balloons” which opened the set with a fury that never let up. Lady Lamb continues the tour on the East Coast before heading to Europe in the end of May.

I recorded this set in our usual manner in this venue, with the mounted Naiant cards matrixed with an excellent board feed mixed by Glasslands excellent house FOH Josh. The packed Saturday night crowd presented some challenges as the din of chatter is present at quiet moments. We were also visited by persistent thumps from the DJ at 285 next door. Otherwise the sound quality is excellent, and with those caveats, enjoy!

Stream “Bird Balloons”:

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.

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
2013-05-11
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
2013-05-12

Setlist
[Total Time 1:02:22]
01 Bird Balloons
02 [band intro]
03 Aubergine
04 [banter – TJ]
05 Hair to the Ferris Wheel
06 Between Two Trees
07 Florence Berlin
08 Milk Duds
09 Regarding Ascending the Stairs
10 You Are the Apple
11 [banter – thanks]
12 The Nothing Part Two
13 [banter – loud voice]
14 Crane Your Neck

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, visit her website, and purchase Ripely Pine from Bada Bing Records [HERE].
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