Widowspeak: October 20, 2011 NYCTaper CMJ Show at Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

October 27, 2011
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[photo by Amanda Hatfield]

The curse of being anointed a CMJ “buzz band” is that everyone wants to be seen at your shows, but no one is really listening to the music. We decided to offer Widowspeak a spot on our CMJ bill back in June, after both acidjack and I had seen them perform compelling sets at different shows. They seemed like a natural fit — unpretentious and intelligent indie-rock with roots in multiple genres from multiple decades. Widowspeak makes music for music lovers. I guess its not that surprising then that ten other promoters also booked them, and every “CMJ preview” mentioned them as a “band to see”. As with every band we booked, we’ll add to that Widowspeak is also a “band to hear”. On Thursday, when they performed at the NYCTaper show at 4 pm at Cake Shop they were also scheduled to play shows at 10:30am, 8pm and 11pm that day. So we lucked into getting the band fresh, lively, and in good moods. The set is concise but clearly indicates that the band has grown in confidence and cohesion since we last saw them. We’re streaming “Puritan”, as that track had some extra jump in its step — energy that the band would need later that night.

I recorded this set in the same manner as the previous sets from this show. We boosted the vocals from the board feed a bit more in this recording and the sound is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “Puritan”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/W3030Widowspeak0211/05.%20Puritan.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [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.

Widowspeak
2011-10-20
Cake Shop
NYCTaper CMJ Show
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + DPA 4021s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-10-26

Setlist:
[Total Time 22:52]
01 Nightcrawlers
02 Hard Times
03 Fir Coat
04 In The Pines
05 Puritan
06 Harsh Realm
07 Gun Shy

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Widowspeak, visit their Facebook page, visit their Bandcamp page, and purchase their newly-released LP from Captured Tracks.

Surfer Blood: April 29, 2011 Bowery Ballroom – FLAC and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

October 26, 2011
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[Photo courtesy of Shaun Regan at eardrumnyc]

Since we first caught them at the Market Hotel back when they were a mostly-unknown Florida band, Surfer Blood have become a bit of an indie staple. And for good reason: Their sound is infectious, upbeat and delivered with a great attitude. After touring the hell out of their breakout debut Astro Coast, the band began writing the new material that eventually became their new EP release, Tarot Classics. Several of those songs were on display at this show, a sellout of the Bowery Ballroom, which the band co-headlined with …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead (that recording here). The band were in good spirits, no doubt in awe themselves of how far they had come since a moderately-attended CMJ show less than two years before. Tarot Classics, while only a snapshot, shows that in terms of pop relevance, Surfer Blood have plenty more in the tank. That was evidenced by two followup shows at the Northside Festival, including an opening slot for Guided by Voices.

At the request of Kanine Records, we did not release any Surfer Blood recordings containing Tarot Classics material until the EP was released. We also have two outstanding matrix recordings of the band’s Northside Festival sets that we will offer in the coming days. Thanks to Kanine for their continued support of excellent music and our efforts here at NYCTaper.

Stream “Voyager Reprise”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/S2104SurferBlood2902/08 Reprise.mp3]

Stream “Harmonix”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/S2104SurferBlood2902/04 Harmonix.mp3]

Direct download of MP3 files [HERE]

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

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Surfer Blood
2011-04-29
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA

An acidjack master recording
Recorded and produced by acidjack for nyctaper.com

Equipment: DPA 4021>Oade M248>Sony PCM-M10 (24/44.1)
Position: Slightly ROC, clamp to balcony rail, pointed at stacks
Mastering: 24bit/44.1kHz WAV>Audacity (set fades, amplify and balance, smooth peaks, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Floating Vibes
02 Twin Peaks
03 [new song-?]
04 Harmonix w/ jam
05 [banter]
06 Take It Easy
07 Miranda [new]
08 Voyager Reprise [new]
09 Fast Jabroni
10 Swim
11 Anchorage
12 [encore break]
13 Neighbour Riffs
14 Island
15 Catholic Pagans

If you enjoyed this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Surfer Blood, visit their MySpace page, and purchase Tarot Classics on Kanine Records (here).

Savoir Adore: October 20, 2011 NYCTaper CMJ Show at Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

October 26, 2011
By


[photo by Amanda Hatfield]

We have in the last several months had the distinct pleasure of experiencing Savoir Adore up close in two very different settings. In June, at their semi-acoustic Vivo in Vino concert, the band was adept at paring down their instruments to perform an excellent set in an intimate setting. At Thursday at our CMJ show at Cake Shop, we saw the full band and all the trappings — Paul Hammer in particular was remarkable at switching between electronics, guitar, vocals and keys, often more than one at a time. The set consisted of three new songs and four tracks from their debut album In The Wooded Forest. We are streaming “We Talk Like Machines”, which featured gorgeous vocals from Deidre Muro. Savoir Adore are poised at this point to take it the next level. The band’s obvious talent, energy and professionalism is a sure thing, and as they finish recording their second album, we expect big things from them in 2012.

I recorded this set in the same manner at the two previous recordings posted from this show and the sound quality is superb.

Stream “We Talk Like Machines”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/S2606SavoirAdore1122/04.%20We%20Talk%20Like%20Machines.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [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.

Savoir Adore
2011-10-20
Cake Shop
NYCTaper CMJ Show
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + DPA 4021s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-10-25

Setlist:
[Total Time 30:47]
01 Bodies
02 Sparrow
03 Sara’s Secret
04 We Talk Like Machines
05 [banter]
06 Dreamers
07 Loveliest Creature
08 Transylvanian Candy Patrol

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Savoir Adore, visit their website, follow them on Facebook, and purchase In The Wooded Forest from their the Cantora Records website [HERE].

Tristen: October 20, 2011 NYCTaper CMJ Show at Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

October 25, 2011
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[photos by Amanda Hatfield]

Tristen released her debut album in February, and her national breakout has seen coverage from NPR, Rolling Stone magazine, Spin magazine, and a performance on Mountain Stage. Inexplicably, Tristen has not hit NYC. We attempted to reconcile that anomaly when we invited her to perform at our CMJ show at Cake Shop. I spent much of the pre-show conversation imploring people not to miss her, and was rewarded when Tristen delivered a superb thirty minute set. She began with a new song, and her set included five numbers from Charlatans At The Garden Gate. Her band (“The Ringers”) included a couple of new players from her last performance in NYC (February at Knitting Factory), but was tight and comfortable with the material. The penultimate number from the set, “Doomday”, featured a killer hook and some of Tristen’s best vocals, and we are streaming it below. After her set was over, I was approached by several people who thanked me for telling them not to miss her set. Perhaps NYC is finally ready for her talent. Tristen goes back on tour in January with a series of East Coast dates opening for Justin Townes Earle.

I recorded this set in the same manner as the White Fence set, and the sound quality is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “Doomsday”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/T2302Tristen1120/09.%20Doomsday.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [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.

Tristen
2011-10-20
Cake Shop
NYCTaper CMJ Show
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + DPA 4021s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-10-23

Setlist:
[Total Time 29:20]
01 New Punching Bag
02 Special Kind of Fear
03 [banter – band intro]
04 Catalyst
05 Save Raina
06 [banter – day drinking]
07 Avalanche
08 [banter – jazz music]
09 Doomsday
10 [banter – one more]
11 No One’s Gonna Know

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Tristen, visit her website, and purchase Charlatans At The Garden Gate from the American Myth Records website [HERE].

White Fence: October 20, 2011 NYCTaper CMJ Show at Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

October 24, 2011
By


[photos by Amanda Hatfield]

White Fence played one of the most impressive shows we’ve seen in all of 2011 — at Bowery in August. So, it was only natural that we would invite them to play our annual CMJ show at Cake Shop, and we were thrilled that they could join the bill. After a long drive from Connecticut where they had played the previous night (see here), the band arrived for their 3:15 pm set time a little weary but ready to go. Tim Presley noted the weirdness of the early set time before immediately launching into the opening two-fer “Mr. Adams” and “Who Feels Right”. Thereafter the gathering crowd was transfixed by some of the tightest and most faithful 1966-era psych-garage rock we have heard in ages. From the balcony at Bowery the band was remarkable, but from a few feet away at Cake Shop it was truly sublime to see Tim and Jarvis trade guitar licks throughout the nine-minute version of “Baxter Corner”. The only disappointment was the brevity of the set that was dictated by our tight schedule. Before departing, the band took requests and then launched into a fiery “Get That Heart” that we’re streaming below. White Fence is truly one of the most compelling bands we’ve seen in quite some time and we expect that the memory of their set at the NYCTaper CMJ show will be a musical highlight we won’t soon forgot.

I recorded all eight sets from our CMJ show in the same manner. The DPA 4021 microphones were attached to a threaded mount on the low ceiling five feet from the stage. We then mixed a soundboard feed, capturing the vocals missing from the “on-stage” rig. The results are indeed superb. Enjoy!

All sets from this show will be posted over the next week.

A large portion of this show was recorded on video by our friends at Bleary Eyed Brooklyn, and we expect to be embedding some of that video synchronized with our audio soon.

The entire show was photographed by several of NYC’s top concert photographers (including Amanda Hatfield’s work in this post), whose photos have graced these pages in the past. We expect to have more excellent photos in the coming days.

Stream “Get That Heart”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/W0813WhiteFence0211/08.%20Get%20That%20Heart.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [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.

White Fence
2011-10-20
Cake Shop
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + DPA 4021s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-10-22

Setlist:
[Total Time 24:36]
01 Mr. Adams
02 Who Feels Right
03 The Love Between
04 Baxter Corner
05 Growing Faith
06 [new song]
07 [banter]
08 Get That Heart

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT White Fence, visit the White Fence blog, the White Fence Facebook page, and purchase his latest record Is Growing Faith directly from Woodsist records [HERE].

Smashing Pumpkins: October 18, 2011 Terminal 5 – FLAC/MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs

October 21, 2011
By

Photo courtesy of Jill and For the Love of Brooklyn
[photos courtesy of Jill and For the Love of Brooklyn. See all her pictures here!]

For me, the hobby of live recording at concerts has one origin; the Smashing Pumpkins. It was in 2000 and the band was on their final world tour when I was drawn into this hobby. The band, still mired in the politics of a big recording label, did not openly allow taping, but those that were interested were just an internet search away from immersion into a community of passionate fans who were taping, trading and archiving recordings.

Since the band’s humble beginnings in Chicago, Billy Corgan was receptive towards live recordings and the community often saw ‘leaked’ analog cassettes from the archives. (Mashed Potatoes, anyone?) It was through these tapes that I was drawn to the beauty of live recordings, experiencing the energy and passion of a show I could not attend, or creating a permanent memory of those I could. Fortunately for the taping community, in 2003, Billy Corgan instituted an open taping policy with his side project Zwan and legions of fans could finally – and legally – document their performances.

Though the only remaining original member of the band is Corgan, this open taping policy has remained constant and is exposing new fans to their huge catalog of music while showcasing the talent of their three new members, guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bassist Nicole Fiorentino, and 21-year-old Mike Byrne on drums. But regardless of the lineup changes, the music remains as powerful as ever, selling out venues and enthralling crowds worldwide.

The NYCTaper crew caught the Smashing Pumpkins on tour at Terminal 5 this week and they did NOT disappoint. Indeed, their performance was a mind-blowing mix of new material from their forthcoming album, Oceania, with sprinklings of hardcore fan favorites from Gish, Siamese Dream, Pisces Iscariot, Mellon Collie, and Adore. We recorded this show with multiple rigs clamped to an ideal spot above the soundboard, and the house mix was as good as any of us had ever heard at Terminal 5. Thanks to the electric performance of the band and the crazy high energy of the crowd, the results of our recordings were nothing short of fantastic.

In honor of JFCB who sent us a 4AM email (he just couldn’t stop listening!), we are streaming two of his favorites from the show:

Stream “Geek U.S.A.”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/S1810SmashingPumpkins1102/tsp2011-10-07.mk41.GeekUSA.mp3]
Stream “Muzzle”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/S1810SmashingPumpkins1102/tsp2011-10-07.mk41.Muzzle.mp3]

Direct download of MP3 files [HERE]

Direct download of 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. Note that this show will be uploaded to the Live Music Archive shortly. Please do not upload to the LMA on our behalf.

Photo courtesy of Jill and For the Love of Brooklyn

The Smashing Pumpkins
Terminal 5
New York, NY, US
2011-10-18

Recordist : hi and lo
Location : first balcony rail, DFC
Source : Schoeps MK41/CMR > Naiant PFA > EAA PSP-2 > Tascam DR-680 @ 24 bit / 48 kHz
Edit : WaveLab V6 (EQ/Fades/Resampling/Dither)
Final Format : 16 bit, 44.1 kHz
Tracking : CD-Wave v1.98
Encoding : FLAC v1.2.1 Level 8 with TLH v2.6.0 (Build 168)

Tracklist:

01. Intro
02. Quasar
03. Panopticon
04. Starla
05. Geek U.S.A.
06. Muzzle
07. Window Paine
08. Lightning Strikes
09. Soma
10. Siva
11. Oceania
12. Frail and Bedazzled
13. Silverfuck
14. Obscured
15. Pale Horse
16. Thru the Eyes of Ruby
17. Cherub Rock
18. Owata
19. My Love Is Winter
20. For Martha
21. (Encore Call)
22. Pissant
23. Bullet with Butterfly Wings

Running Time: 2:16:45

Please support Smashing Pumpkins by seeing them on their current tour in support of Oceania and by visiting their official website. If you’ve enjoyed this recording, you may also purchase an official soundboard version directly from the band’s website and by signing up for the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club.

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