Math the Band: January 4, 2013 Glasslands – Flac/MP3/Streaming

January 8, 2013
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Math The Band Glasslands
[photo by nyctaper]

When I first saw Math the Band, in an opening slot for Anamanaguchi at Music Hall a couple of years ago, I knew I would have to see them and record them again. That 2011 recording was just not high enough quality to post, and it frankly failed to capture the crazy energy of the performance. Friday night at Glasslands, that energy was on display again and thankfully the stars aligned to produce a faithful recording of their fun and crazy set. Math the Band has been around for a decade and they are part of the groundbreaking Providence RI art collective AS220, but the duo performs with a kind of unselfconscious elation that would be typical of a brand new band finding their footing. The Glasslands show was short and sweet, a less than 30 minute run through much of their new album Get Real and a few chosen older nuggets. While the band certainly makes abundant use of the chiptune style keyboard, the songwriting shows influences of oldies like Dead Milkmen. And like their predecessors, the live show is a hoot — a smile-inducing experience that ends too soon and leaves us wanting more. Math the Band will be touring throughout January on the East Coast, dates are here.

I recorded this set with the Sennheiser Cards mounted in the middle of Glasslands and mixed with an excellent board feed from house FOH Josh. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

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Math the Band
2013-01-04
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser MKH-8040s > 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
2013-01-05

Setlist:
[Total Time 27:57]
01 Mission Statement
02 Hang out Hang ten
03 Bad Jokes
04 [banter]
05 Hey Alright
06 Stay Real (Sock it to me Satan)
07 Sad Son
08 Wear Wolf Fever
09 Four to Six
10 Why didn’t you get a haircut
11 Down
12 Tour de Friends

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Titus Andronicus: December 14, 2012 Maxwell’s – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

January 7, 2013
By

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[photos by acidjack]

The New Jersey punk band Titus Andronicus is definitive proof that intelligent music and pure punk abandon need not be mutually exclusive. Much like their contemporaries in Fucked Up, Titus haven’t left any of their genre’s guideposts behind; their sound is relentless, unsubtle and brash and their shows (other than this one) rarely lack for mosh pit chaos and stage diving antics. But Titus isn’t content to be only that. Their second album, The Monitor, by the end of its thrilling opening number “A More Perfect Union”, cemented the notion that the New Jersey band intended to at least partially claim the mantle of their home state’s singular musical hero, Bruce Springsteen; it was a denser, more fully realized follow-up to their promising debut, and one that gained notice well outside of punk circles. Titus have been called a thinking person’s punk band, and that’s more than fair; they have proven that records filled with literary and historical allusions can still get kids to the pit. Further, not many punk bands play 90 minute sets that include seven- and eight-minute songs; Titus does that all the time. No wonder that Yo La Tengo picked Titus, along with Real Estate, to represent the guard of New Jersey rock among their opening act picks for this year’s Hanukkah shows.

The YLT crowd may have been more subdued than the ones that last saw Titus play at Maxwell’s (including at the closing of the Monitor tour in 2010), but the band spared nothing as they tore through songs from their newly released LP, Local Business along with classics from their last two. Local Business was primarily recorded live, with fewer studio flourishes than past efforts, and that made that album’s songs like “In A Big City” shine in particular. Other than the melodic intro to “No Future Part III: Escape From No Future”, the band never put the brakes on, and that was as it should be. The stage diving may have been non-existent, but the appreciation, and the energy, were very much alive in the room. One of New Jersey’s, if not the nation’s best punk bands deserved nothing less.

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Titus Andronicus
2012-12-14
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

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

Schoeps MK5c>CMC6>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Soundboard>>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (mix down, adjust levels)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, exciter)>Audacity (set fades, tracking, amplify, light DR compression, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 [intro]
02 In A Big City
03 Upon Viewing Oregon’s Landscape With The Flood of Detritus
04 Upon Viewing Bruegel’s “Landscape With the Fall of Icarus”
05 Richard III
06 No Future Part III: Escape From No Future
07 Ecce Homo
08 Still Life With Hot Deuce and Silver Platter
09 A More Perfect Union
10 Roadrunner [Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers]

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NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule: Happy New Year 2013

January 4, 2013
By

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As we turn the calendar from what is undoubtedly our most productive year and also perhaps the best month (December 2012) we’ve ever had at NYCTaper, we wish our faithful readers a Happy 2013 and we hope to continue to bring the music consistently in the new year. Its a little slow in the next couple of weeks, as is usual for early January, but then the pace picks up. We are also working on some things that we can’t list yet. But still, lots of highlights below!

[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.]

If you want nyctaper to record your band, a band you represent, a show you’re promoting, or even your favorite band in the world, get us in the door and make sure everyone who needs to approve of the recording gives permission. Also, remember each person on the nyctaper crew does this all for free, the recordings, the post-production, the reviews, the links, etc., so treat us fairly.

Schedule:

Math The Band:
January 4, 2013 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Soft Moon:
January 8, 2013 Mercury Lounge NYC

Hospitality:
January 10, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

A Sunny Day in Glasgow:
January 16, 2013 Pianos NYC

Mission of Burma:
January 18, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven:
January 19, 2013 Stage 48 NYC

Growlers (permission pending) / MMOSS:
January 25, 2013 Union Pool Brooklyn

The Amazing:
January 25, 2013 Mercury Lounge NYC

Ty Segall:
February 1, 2013 Webster Hall NYC

Ramona Falls: (permission pending)
February 2, 2013 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Don Giovanni Records Showcase – Night 1:
February 8, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Don Giovanni Records Showcase – Night 2:
February 9, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Retribution Gospel Choir:
February 12, 2013 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Endless Boogie:
February 15, 2013 Cameo Gallery Brooklyn

Bad Books:
February 20, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Deafheaven / Sannhet:
February 22, 2013 Saint Vitus Brooklyn

Beach Fossils:
February 23, 2013 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper:
February 23, 2013 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Treefort Music Festival:
March 21-24, 2012 Various Venues Boise Idaho

Caveman:
April 10, 2013 Webster Hall NYC

The Infamous Stringdusters: December 27, 2012 Bowery Ballroom – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

January 2, 2013
By

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[Photos by acidjack]

Bluegrass music was born in Appalachia, far from Boston where the founders of The Infamous Stringdusters first got together. Many of the genre’s original players and adherents weren’t professionally educated in music, either – if they were educated at all. The Stringdusters were, but don’t let their skill with their instruments or their professionalism fool you – they are keeping bluegrass alive in the best of ways, paying homage to the past while moving the music into the 21st century. This Bowery Ballroom show was a homecoming for some of the band members who call New York home, and it felt like one, with the band members relaxed but on point as they delivered a nearly two and a half hour set of material from their latest record, Silver Sky, as well as wide-ranging covers that included the Police’s “Walking On the Moon” (covered on Silver Sky) and Pink Floyd’s “Fearless” as well as classic blues and country standards. I had not seen the Stringdusters live before and was kicking myself for taking this long. An evening with these guys makes for an outstanding evening of music.

I recorded this set with MBHO KA500N hypercardiod microphones from the balcony. Fortunately, hi and lo was with me to provide a second source to patch about 7 minutes of the set that were missed when I had an equipment problem.  The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of the complete show: [MP3] | [FLAC]
You can also stream and download this recording on the Live Music Archive [HERE]

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The Infamous Stringdusters
2012-12-27
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA

Hosted at nyctaper.com

Recorded by acidjack and hi and lo
Produced by acidjack

MBHO KA500N>MBP603>Aerco MP-2>Sony PCM-M10>24bit/44.1kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS5.5 (combine tracks, patch 7min of missing sound from source #2)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, exciter)>Audacity 3.0 (set fades, light DR compression, tracking, amplify, balance, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time 2:20:31]

Set 1
01 Road to Boulder
02 In God’s Country [U2]
03 Get It While You Can
04 The Place That I Call Home
05 Night On the River>
06 Well, Well (w/ “Norwegian Wood” tease)
07 One More Bridge
08 Telluride
09 Like I Do>
10 Up On Cripple Creek [The Band]
11 Black Rock

Set 2
12 Bonaparte’s Retreat>Fork Tease
13 Travelin’ Teardrop Blues [Del McCoury]>
14 Foggy Mountain Breakdown
15 [banter1]
16 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright [Bob Dylan]
17 No More To Leave You Behind>
18 17 Cents
19 How Far I’d Fall For You
20 A Hundred Years From Now [Elvis Presley]
21 Walking On the Moon [The Police]
22 Deep Ellum Blues [traditional]
23 Long Lonesome Day>
24 I Am A Stranger [Jeremy and Glen Garrett]
25 [banter2]
26 Some Wind
27 Gettin’ Down the Road
28 [encore break 1]
29 Fearless [Pink Floyd]
30 [encore break 2]
31 Fork In the Road

If you enjoyed this recording, please support The Infamous Stringdusters, visit their website, and buy their albums in their online store [HERE]

Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub): December 15, 2012 Maxwell’s – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

January 1, 2013
By

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[Photo courtesy of Bleary Eyed Brooklyn]

Teenage Fanclub is one of those “90s bands” that has taken on a more mythical quality in its comeback years than what it enjoyed during the first part of their career. Try finding classic records like Grand Prix on vinyl and you’ll discover that interest in this band hasn’t waned at all. Norman Blake, the band’s frontman and one of its founders, was a huge part of this, contributing delicate, nuanced songwriting and classic pop sensibility to the Scottish act’s sound. At the peak of their popularity in the 90s, Teenage Fanclub took an up-and-coming American act, Yo La Tengo, on tour with them. The friendship and mutual respect have remained ever since.

That made Blake a natural choice for the opening act of the final Hanukkah show at Maxwell’s; his presence was literally a visit from an old friend for Yo La Tengo, and it felt that way for the rest of us. Playing both Fanclub songs and songs from his other project, Jonny (“You Was Me”, streaming above, is a Jonny number), Blake was laid-back and unworried and delightfully shambolic; he didn’t hesitate to mention mid-song when he flubbed a solo or messed up a tuning. But this wasn’t the kind of show where anyone cared; in the 150-capacity confines of Maxwell’s, this solo acoustic set felt like hanging out with Blake in a family basement. He went on to join YLT for the bulk of their set as well, making this a fine night for Norman Blake, and for us.

I recorded this set primarily with a soundboard feed provided by Carson Kopp, the long-time engineer of Maxwell’s, with Schoeps MK5 microphones providing a bit of additional ambiance.  The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

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Norman Blake
2012-12-15
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

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

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Tracks
01 It’s All In My Mind
02 Dark and Lonely Night
03 I Don’t Want Control of You
04 You Was Me
05 [banter1]
06 Did I Say
07 [banter2]
08 When I Still Have Thee
09 [banter3]
10 Start Again
11 [banter4]
12 Everything Flows
13 [banter5]
14 He’d Be A Diamond

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Norman Blake, visit Teenage Fanclub’s website, and buy their recent releases from Merge Records [HERE] 

Suzuki Junzo: November 27, 2012 Union Pool – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

December 29, 2012
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The Japanese guitarist Suzuki Junzo‘s latest album is entitled Ode To A Blue Ghost, and that is an apt description for the spectral noise that Junzo wrings from his guitar. I was not familiar with Junzo before this show, but he has had a long career in the Japanese guitar underground, cranking out a host of self- and label-released records. This show at Union Pool with fellow avant-gardists Rhyton, Eidetic Seeing and the Gibby Haynes and Kohoutek-affiliated Ultimate Vag gave fans of far-out psych and noise a lot to love, but even the musicians in the other bands were somewhat unfamiliar with Junzo’s work. With an undercurrent of blues, Junzo’s guitar sounds can run a surprising emotional range, blending the familiar with the unfamiliar. This show represented a fairly rare chance to see Junzo outside his native Japan, and we are thrilled to have been there to capture it.

I recorded this set with Schoeps MK5 microphones and a soundboard feed by the house engineer, Doug.  This favors the soundboard mix as it is all guitar, and other than a few spots of DI distortion, it is excellent.  Enjoy!

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Suzuki Junzo
2012-11-27
Union Pool
Brooklyn, NY USA

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

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Tracks
01 Guitar Blues
02 Anastasia
03 Moetsukita Chizu (Lament for The Man Without a Map)
04 Hour of Death (Kaneko Jutok)
05 Awake in the Union Pool

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