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NYCTaper Top 25 Moments of 2014

December 31, 2014
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Here is our annual compilation of the 25 best “moments” of the entire year from our site to you. Its been another banner year at NYCTaper. We’ve managed to record and post nearly one show per day for the entire year and sometimes even more than one. Its a level of consistency for which we’ve striven for years and as the NYCTaper “team” has grown so has our ability to reach our goals. All of this would not be possible were it not for the bands — hundreds of amazingly talented artists who not only perform superb concerts but allow us to bring recordings of them to you, their fans. Thanks also of course to the venues who allow us to come into their locations and do what we do, the labels, managers, PR persons, photographers, fellow bloggers and countless other people whose assistance and cooperation help make this “NYCTaper” thing happen. Here’s to many more great years!

1. Jason Molina Tribute (mems. of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. w/ special guests) – January 11, 2014, Hideout, Chicago, IL

acidjack: For me, the most thrilling, moving concert moment came early in the year, and in another city, no less. Mike Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger guested with Magnolia Electric Co. on four special tribute shows around the country, including this one, but it was in Chicago that the majority of Molina’s former bands and supporters coalesced into an evolving unit that traded and vocalists and instrumentalists by the song. As I put it then:

The crowd’s largest response came to perhaps Molina’s best-known song (and inarguably one of his best), “Farewell Transmission”. In that song, Molina sings that the real truth about it is that no one gets it right, but we’re all supposed to try. Well, if Jason could have heard his former bandmates and friends on this night, I think he would agree that they got it right. And they proved another piece of truth from that great song, that he will be gone, but not forever. Because the real truth about it is, a great artist like Jason Molina doesn’t die, he just changes shape. In our hearts and minds, he is forever.

2. Wussy: October 11, 2014 Private House Larchmont NY

nyctaper: Lisa Walker’s voice is one of the most compelling in all of contemporary americana music in large part because as a person she’s real and unpretentious. Its a voice that can capture the longing and heartache of a beautifully sad song such as Lisa’s penned “Motorcycle”. The experience of watching the performance of that song from about ten feet away in a private house concert was moving and is undoubtedly my single “moment” of this year.

3. Hiss Golden Messenger – March 2, 2014 Mercury Lounge and September 18, 2014 Rough Trade

acidjack: Mike Taylor, aka Hiss Golden Messenger, broke in a big way in 2014, one of the most deserving artists in all the land to do so. In early 2014 Mike still toured alone, able to afford to do little more than sling a guitar over his back. By the time he hit Rough Trade in September, he had a record out on Durham, NC stalwart Merge, and a backing band replete with new and old collaborators. Not long after that, he and his new band were on Letterman. These two shows pretty much tell the story in miniature, of a band transformed, but an artist whose honesty and craft remain steadfast.

4. The War On Drugs – March 19 and March 20, 2014 Bowery Ballroom.

acidjack: We’ll probably have similar takes on this show, so I won’t waste words, but suffice it to say that Lost In the Dream was the album of the year, and this show, complete with a cover of John Lennon’s “Mind Games”, showed any doubters that the album’s greatness wasn’t just in the painstaking production.

nyctaper: At the time it was released, I called “Eyes To The Wind” a perfect song and I still believe that nearly a year later. It was the highlight of this show for me and will be a track to which I return for years.

5. Woods: November 6, 2014 Death By Audio

nyctaper: 2014 was also a year to say goodbye to some places that meant a lot to NYCTaper over the years. Death By Audio was one of those venues and our last show at the venue was a special one. We’ve attended many Woods shows, and invariably the song that is often the centerpiece of the night is “Bend Beyond” — a terrific song that also offers the band a chance to stretch out and improvise. At this DBA show, Woods was reunited for one night with former member G. Lucas Crane whose preceding set transitioned into a Woods jam that evolved into this song. It was a fairly dramatic moment and was musically right there. A definitely highlight of the year.

6. Ryley Walker – September 6, 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh, NC and October 24, 2014 Rough Trade

acidjack: Ryley Walker seems poised for a similar trajectory to Hiss Golden Messenger — he’s an incinerating songwriter whose ability to make an emotional connection should bring him to many larger places. In a bit of a reverse of this year’s HGM experience, I saw Walker for the first time at Hopscotch Music Festival, backed by a full band on the broad stage of the Fletcher Opera Theater. A little over a month later, he was back on the road in his natural state, a man with his guitar (with upright bassist in tow for a few songs before he left for another gig). In my book, this “Summer Dress” from Rough Trade during CMJ blows away the full-band version — and that’s saying something.

7. Nicole Atkins: June 18, 2014 Madison Square Park

nyctaper: She put out one of the best records of the year, Slow Phaser, and by the time she and her new band returned to NYC, Nicole Atkins had found her live groove. This show at Madison Square Park was a strange one, with families on blankets, roaming kids, and what seemed like a never ending parade of police sirens. But for this one magical song, “Its Only Chemistry”, Nicole Atkins was the brightest light in this huge city park.

8. The Coup – March 13, 2014 South By Southwest

acidjack: Despite that SXSW has outstayed both its literal and cultural welcome, this day show, put on by our friend Steve, hearkened back to what it ought to be about. The bill had huge range, free tacos and beer were to be had, and people were there for music, not scenemaking. Boots Riley and his crew of left-leaning, hard-swinging, hip-shaking funk geniuses stormed the joint and never looked back.

9. Smashing Pumpkins: December 8, 2014 Webster Hall

nyctaper: A Smashing Pumpkins concert at a venue the size of Webster Hall is a special event in and of itself. But this year has been a productive one for Billy Corgan and his band. Their new album is Monuments to an Elegy is really quite excellent and the new touring band is a superb collection of pros. But the most memorable moment from this show for me was the finale — “Burnt Orange-Black” a powerful dirge that will appear on next year’s album. Its already a stunner and one of the best new songs we heard all year.

10. The Growlers: September 18, 2014 Bowery Ballroom

nyctaper: This show was fairly epic at two hours and it included nearly thirty distinct songs. But the highlight was the truly surreal mid-show appearance of two huge Chinese New Year’s styled dragons and a drum parade that entered through the back of the Bowery and worked through the packed crowd to the stage. The parade drumming transitioned into the titled track from The Growlers excellent new album Chinese Fountain, in what was an odd but very memorable moment.

11. Marah: July 12, 2014 Bowery Electric

nyctaper: A band with a ten year old prodigy that plays fiddle like a man five times his age would have to be a yearly highlight, but really Marah is much more than that. This show at Bowery Electric was a revelation and this performance of an old Marah song (when it was a completely different band) was one of the best things we saw all year particularly the sweet fiddle solo by Gus Tritsch and that moment when band leader David Bielanko realized in his mid-song monologue just exactly how special this band has become.

12. Yellow Ostrich – December 8, 2014 Glasslands

acidjack: This was one of those end-of-an-era shows in two ways — both the last by a beloved band, and in the final month of a venue where I spent a lot of time, Glasslands. We were sorry to see Yellow Ostrich go, but we’re glad they didn’t overstay their welcome. Alex Schaaf and his band exited at the top of their game, and we were honored to be part of it.

13. Dream Syndicate: November 16, 2014 Rough Trade

nyctaper: We’ve chronicled the solo career of Steve Wynn pretty regularly on this site, but I had personally not seen The Dream Syndicate in more than thirty years. The band’s reunion finally made it to NYC this Fall and it was certainly worth the wait. The last time I saw them, Dream Syndicate opened with “Tell Me When Its Over” and this past month it was the second song of the set and just as sweet.

14. Tweedy – June 7, 2014 Mountain Jam, Hunter, NY

acidjack: I had minimal hopes for this father-son band; nothing about nepotism tends to go well. But the Tweedy team proved doubters totally wrong, with a record that, if anything, exceeded Wilco’s recent output. The “band” debuted their entire new album for us on the Mountain Jam stage. Even if everyone wasn’t paying attention during that mid-afternoon set, the ones that mattered were.

15. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: October 13, 2014 Baby’s All Right

nyctaper: When I hear music scene veterans claim that there’s just nothing new that exciting, I happily point to bands like King Gizzard. The band came all the way from Australia to perform some shows this Summer, and we caught one of those shows, but it wasn’t until this night at Baby’s All Right that the lure of the Gizz fully clicked for us. A youthful and energetic take on neo-psych, this band’s new album is extraordinarily good and for this night at Baby’s they opened the show with the five-song segue that opens the album — after which there was a lot of affirmative head-shaking in the crowd. The Gizz had arrived and we can’t wait until they grace our shores again.

16. Three Lobed / WXDU Day Show – September 5, 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival

acidjack: I might as well just put this on my list for every year — this showcase, jointly produced by Three Lobed Recordings and the Durham, NC radio station WXDU, produces the most consistently incredible lineup of challenging music that I see. This year’s lineup boasted The Little Black Egg Big Band (featuring Steve Gunn, William Tyler and members of Yo La Tengo), MV & EE, Rose Cross North Carolina, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Thurston Moore/Mary Lattimore/Ryan Sawyer, and Daniel Bachman/Nathaniel Bowles. Beyond the quality of the music, the show always brings its own special crowd, the die-hards and the heads whose lack of strength is numbers is more than made up for in passion.

17. Yo La Tengo: December 6, 2014 Trocadero Philly

nyctaper: I traveled to Philly to catch my only Yo La Tengo show this year, and of course it was infinitely worth it. But what separated this show from the “standard” YLT show was the ferocious and simply awe-inspiring version of “Story” that closed the set. The guitar-crushing noise jam that concludes the song stretched the entire number to twenty-two minutes and elevated this to epic proportions. The was the band’s last show of their 30th anniversary tour and they ended it in very appropriate fashion.

18. Steve Gunn – October 12, 2014 Rough Trade

acidjack: Steve Gunn’s name always comes up among the biggest names in current American guitar music. What he accomplished with this year’s “Wildwood” took him beyond those confines, as the wider world began to view him as equal in his songwriting to what he had been recognized for on the guitar. This show at Rough Trade put that all on display, as Gunn and his band didn’t let a grueling slog up the East Coast keep them from giving a signature performance.

19. The Kickback: June 10, 2014 Pianos

nyctaper: There are very few times when I can confess to literally gasping at a live performance. The Kickback came to town for the New Music Festival and Jeff from the Syndicate recommended that I check them out. The band was quite good but it was the last number of their set that took this show to entire other level. Billy Yost’s intensity during “Rob Our House” was as breathtaking as it was simply pure rock excellence. Based on this show we invited the band to play our CMJ show where they again played one of the best sets we saw all year.

20. Strand of Oaks – December 4, 2014 Bowery Ballroom

acidjack: Tim Showalter is one of those almost comically earnest musicians, a man whose heart is as big as his sound. Strand of Oaks isn’t a new band, but it might as well be, given how meteoric Showalter’s rise has been this year. He started the year at Mercury Lounge and ended it at Bowery Ballroom, and the ceiling is far from there. Strand of Oaks has that mainstream approachability and big tent emotion that serves rock colossuses like U2 so well, but Showalter actually believes what’s coming out of his mouth.

21. PUP: February 21, 2014 Cameo Gallery

nyctaper: A long time ago, I was suspended for a week from the college radio station where I worked for playing the Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk To Fuck” on the air. Given the times and my position, it was a fair cop. I’m happy to still be around when the song is now a quaint old punk novelty and can be played by a band with a sense of humor and a sense of history with no repercussions whatsoever. PUP’s performance gave me a big smile to cap off an excellent night.

22. Spacin’/Purling Hiss – September 5, 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival

acidjack: Two of our favorite Philly bands formed an impromptu whole to replace someone I’ve already forgotten about on the end of this bill. While Mark Kozelek was being a dick over in the Lincoln Theatre on this night, those in the know caught this juggernaut (joined, just for good measure, by Steve Gunn and Mary Lattimore on the last song) playing real rock n’ roll that no crowd noise could keep down.

23. Hurray For The Riff Raff: July 26, 2014 XPonential Fest

nyctaper: acidjack and I went down to Camden for the Saturday of XPonential Fest and it was one of the best days we had all year. Its a great event and we’re hoping to do multiple days of XPN’s Fest in 2015. One of the reasons we made the trip was to see NYCTaper faves Hurray For The Riff Raff. The band continues to grow in stature and its fun to follow their ascent. “The Body Electric” is a song Alynda wrote as an “anti” murder ballad — the shaming of the idea that in traditional folk songs the protagonist is always the man killing a woman. The song was particularly poignant in a year when domestic violence was in the forefront of the news. The song’s powerful message earned it significant media attention including year end awards from the likes of NPR.

24. Herbcraft – January 24, 2014 Mercury Lounge

acidjack: I had no idea who Herbcraft even were when I arrived at this show, and barely got my recording equipment set up in time. They weren’t even the headliner. But what came next was no afterthought — this Woodsist band owned the stage, proving the real power of live music to expose you to new music in a way that clicking around on Spotify will never be able to top. Perhaps most notably, this post got several comments from people who felt the same way — that they couldn’t believe this band had slipped underneath their radar.

25. Dva – January 9, 2014 Trans Pecos

nyctaper: I attended this concert on the recommendation of Adam from Northern Spy and I’ll admit that I had no idea what to expect. At the end of the event, I was thanking Adam for inviting me because Dva is an amazing act and their live show has to be seen to be truly experienced. “Mulatu” was the first single from this Czech duo’s first US release and it encapsulates everything that’s great and interesting about Dva.

nyctaper Top 10 Concerts of 2014

December 27, 2014
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NYCTaper (the site) will have our “Top 25 Moments” post later this week, but in the meantime this is the nyctaper (the person) list of my Top 10 concerts of 2014. Since I recorded less than half of the recordings posted on the site this year, its by no means comprehensive but its a personal list I’ve done since the site began in 2007.

1. The War On Drugs: March 19 and 20 2014 Bowery Ballroom
2014 was pretty much the year of the The War On Drugs. Their album has been the consensus number one selection among a vast number of end-of-year lists — appearing at or near the top in every single list we’ve read recently. And we’re proud of the fact that we were there first. In my review of this show, I predicted that Lost In The Dream would be an album of the year candidate and would be in the decade discussion. The band played two flawless shows at Bowery Ballroom, bringing the new album’s material to life with passion and precision.

2. Wussy: October 10, 2014 Knitting Factory / October 11, 2014 Private House Larchmont NY
2014 was also the year of Wussy. As their album Attica continues to show up on virtually every knowledgeable year-end list, it appears that the world at large is finally catching on to a band we’ve been pushing for the last half-decade. In between these two shows — a full band set headlining the CBGB Fest at the Knit, and the following night playing acoustically at a private house show — Wussy filmed a segment with CBS national morning news that recently aired. It was their first national tv appearance, and I’m guessing it won’t be their last. Both of these shows were great for different reasons, but both indicated the strengths of this unconventional but extraordinary band.

3. Wilco: October 29, 2014 Capitol Theatre Port Chester NY
Of the three nights when Wilco celebrated their 20th anniversary and the tour came to the NYC area, this was my favorite night for variety of reasons. The performances on all three nights were top notch, but this night had the extra bonus of some older Wilco material that I had never heard live or hadn’t seen in years.

4. Ty Segall: September 17, 2014 Webster Hall
Ty Segall keeps churning out the records and they keep getting better. The shows are also genuinely the best show in town — crazy talented band, great songs and a crowd that matches the energy from stage top to bottom. This night at Webster was part of two consecutive sold-out shows for Ty and this set was easily one of my best of the year, notable for the force of the crowd causing the photo pit guardrails to be removed because of of the crush.

5. Marah: July 12, 2014 Bowery Electric
The story of Marah is one of redemption and ultimately an extraordinary reinvention. A fairly successful band from the aughts, Marah was dormant for a few years before rising up from the ashes into an eclectic Americana band whose project was to resurrect centuries-old Pennsylvania folk songs into a contemporary format. Add to the band a 10 year old child prodigy on fiddle and a PhD in rural cultures on banjo and you have one of the most unlikely success stories in recent memory. This show at Bowery Electric was a revelation in so many ways, it perhaps best to just listen to the show in its entirety.

6. Woods: November 4, 2014 Death By Audio
This night ended up being my last at Death By Audio. If recording your last show one of your favorite venues ever ends up being one of your favorite bands, then its all good. For this show, Woods reunited with former member Lucas for several songs including the transition jam from his set to the main Woods set that led into “Bend Beyond” — also one of the best single moments of the year.

7. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: October 13, 2014 Baby’s All Right
Their new album came out too late in the year to end up on too many end-of-year lists, but if it had been released in February or March it would be right there. King Gizzard is a band clearly on the rise and their shows are all out ragers. We saw them four times this year but this was the one that really kicked it in and took this band to an entire other level. The opening segue was the one of the best extended pieces of music we heard all year.

8. PUP: February 21, 2014 Cameo Gallery
This is likely the show that I saw this year where the most unbridled energy emanated from the stage. PUP is part of the burgeoning punk scene in Toronto and they toured North America and Europe persistently throughout the year in support of their self-titled debut on Side One Dummy Records. This night at Cameo pre-dated the release of the album and the crowd was a fraction of the fans they’d see before the end of the year, but PUP was simply one full hour of energy, humor and fun and this was one of my favorite nights of the year.

9. The Kickback: October 23, 2014 NYCTaper Unofficial CMJ Day Party, Cake Shop
I invited The Kickback to play our CMJ show because of one song in particular — a version of “Rob Our House” at Pianos that we had seen in June. But when the band played their afternoon set in the basement of Cake Shop, I soon learned that this was far from a one-song band as every track was more compelling than the next. Of course, “House” was the number that blew mostly everyone away when it closed the set, but in reality this entire performance was killer.

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NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule – Winter/Spring 2015

December 15, 2014
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There have been a nice selection of announcements for 2015 shows lately, and we’ll keep it rolling into the new year. 2014 has been another banner year here at NYCTaper and we’ll be finishing up the year with a few shows still to record, a bunch of stuff still in the queue, and our annual “best of” lists.

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. Feel free to make suggestions or point out shows we missed or invite us to your shows!.

Schedule:

Beach Fossils:
December 17, 2014 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Soulside:
December 17 and 18, 2014 Saint Vitus Brooklyn

Nels Cline:
December 18, 2014 Trans Pecos Queens

Fat White Family:
December 20, 2014 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn

Deer Tick:
December 29, 2014 Brooklyn Bowl

Mark McGuire:
January 7, 2015 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn (permission pending)

Rangda:
January 9, 2015 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn

Oneida / Chris Forsyth:
January 10, 2015 Palisades Brooklyn

Lazyeyes:
January 11, 2015 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn

Vaselines / Amanda X:
January 16, 2015 Bell House Brooklyn (permission pending)

Wussy:
January 17, 2015 Studio at Webster Hall NYC

Amen Dunes / Kevin Morby:
January 22, 2015 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead:
January 23 and January 24, 2015 Brooklyn Bowl

Elisa Ambrogio / Nathan Bowles:
January 31, 2015 Silent Barn Brooklyn

Felice Brothers / Strand of Oaks:
February 7, 2015 Shine a Light Benefit / Tommy Brull Foundation, Rockville Centre NY

Sturgill Simpson:
February 11, 2015 Bowery Ballroom NYC (permission pending)

Helmet:
February 18, 2015 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Helmet:
February 22, 2015 Saint Vitus Brooklyn

Kayo Dot:
February 25, 2015 Mercury Lounge NYC

This Will Destroy You:
February 26, 2015 St. Vitus Brooklyn

North Mississippi Allstars with Anders Osbourne:
February 27, 2015 Capitol Theatre Portchester NY

Disappears:
February 28, 2015 Rough Trade Brooklyn

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper:
March 3, 2015 Rough Trade Brooklyn

Los Lobos / Alejandro Escovedo:
March 6, 2015 Capitol Theatre Portchester NY

The Growlers:
March 7, 2015 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn

Twerps / Ultimate Painting:
March 13, 2015 Rough Trade Brooklyn

The Church:
March 14, 2015 Rough Trade Brooklyn (permission pending)

SXSW:
March 19-22, 2015 Austin TX

Hurray For The Riff Raff:
April 24, 2015 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Mountain Jam:
June 4-7, 2015 Hunter Mountain NY

NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule: Fall and Winter 2014-15

October 15, 2014
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With the change of season and CMJ upon us, it seems like a good time to update our calendar.

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. Feel free to make suggestions or point out shows we missed.

Schedule:

White Fence:
October 13, 2014 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn

Ought:
October 14, 2014 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Caveman:
October 15, 2014 Baby’s All Right Brooklyn

J Mascis:
October 17, 2014 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Paul Collins Beat:
October 18, 2014 Cake Shop NYC

Thurston Moore:
October 21, 2014 Saint Vitus Brooklyn

NYCTaper CMJ Show:
October 23, 2014 Cake Shop NYC

Thurston Moore:
October 26, 2014 Rough Trade Brooklyn

Panache CMJ Hangover Brunch (White Fence, King Gizzard, etc):
October 26, 2014 Baby’s All Right BK

Additional CMJ shows will be attended and recorded

Wilco:
October 28 29 30, 2014 Capitol Theatre Portchester NY

Cass McCombs / Meat Puppets:
November 1, 2014 Rough Trade Brooklyn

Big Ups:
November 2, 2014 Mercury Lounge NYC

Kevin Devine:
November 3, 2014 HiFi Bar NYC (formerly Brownies)

Pup:
November 7, 2014 Mercury Lounge NYC

Dream Syndicate:
November 15 and November 16, 2014 Rough Trade Brooklyn

Thee Oh Sees:
November 18, 2014 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Yo La Tengo / Antietam:
December 6, 2014 Trocadero Philadelphia PA

Medeski Martin and Wood:
December 11, 2014 Terminal 5 NYC

Soulside:
December 18, 2014 Saint Vitus Brooklyn

Wussy:
January 17, 2015 TBA NYC

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead:
January 23 and January 24, 2015 Brooklyn Bowl

NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule – Summer and Fall 2012

August 2, 2012
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The Summer season comes to a close, and shows for September and October are now being announced. Expect a lot of additions to this schedule as things keep popping up day to day. Highlights include acidjack’s return to NC and his attempt to record as much of the Hopscotch Festival as possible, and of course our CMJ show(s).

[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:

Family Band:
August 1, 2012 Union Pool Brooklyn

Helmet:
August 2, 2012 Webster Hall NYC

Night Beats:
August 6, 2012 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Broncho:
August 8, 2012 Glasslands, Brooklyn

Wussy:
August 11, 2012 Mercury Lounge NYC

Sonny and the Sunsets:
August 16, 2012 Mercury Lounge NYC

Screaming Females:
August 16, 2012 92Y Tribeca NYC

Imperial Teen:
August 17, 2012 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Matthew E. White:
August 20, 2012 Mercury Lounge NYC

Sebadoh:
August 22, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Hurray For The Riff Raff:
August 26, 2012 Mercury Lounge NYC

Hopewell:
September 8, 2012 Cameo Gallery Brooklyn

Hopscotch Music Festival (various artists)
September 5-8 Various Venues Raleigh, NC

Thrill Jockey 20th Anniversary (Guardian Alien, Dan Friel, Rhyton, White Hills, Man Forever):
September 14, 2012 Death By Audio Brooklyn

Thrill Jockey 20th Anniversary (Tortoise, Future Islands, Matmos, Liturgy, D Charles Speer):
September 15, 2012 Webster Hall NYC

Patterson Hood:
September 17, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Lightning Bolt:
September 20, 2012 285 Kent Brooklyn

North Mississippi Allstars:
September 28, 2012 Irving Plaza NYC

The Melvins:
October 4, 2012 Music Hall of Williamsburg

Animal Collective:
October 5, 2012 Williamsburg Waterfront

Mike Watt:
October 12, 2012 Bell House Brooklyn

the Mountain Goats:
October 14, 2012 Music Hall of Williamsburg
October 15, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

NYCTaper CMJ Day Party (bands TBA):
October 18, 2012 Cake Shop NYC

NYCTaper CMJ Really Big Night Show (bands TBA):
October 20, 2012 Venue that Hasn’t Reopened Yet

NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule: Winter/Spring 2012

January 5, 2012
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Happy New Year to all of our faithful readers. 2011 was a banner year again for NYCTaper and the site continues to grow in size and recognition. We again must thank in earnest the artists who have contributed their superb music to the site, along with the many venues who have welcomed us. Additionally, the management, labels, agents, photographers, fellow bloggers, fellow tapers, and all other people who have contributed one way or another in making this site what it is today are so appreciated. We hope again to bring all of you the same kind of quality recordings in 2012!

[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:

Kevin Devine / Common Prayer:
January 7, 2012 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

The Lemonheads:
January 11, 2012 Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Scud Mountain Boys:
January 13, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC (permission pending)

Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven:
January 14, 2012 Highline Ballroom NYC

Phantom Family Halo:
January 16, 2012 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Mission of Burma:
January 19, 2012 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn

Akron/Family:
January 21, 2012 285 Kent Brooklyn

Nada Surf:
January 24, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Cass McCombs:
January 25, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Cloud Nothings / Jump Into The Gospel:
January 26, 2012 Studio at Webster Hall NYC

Rubblebucket:
January 28, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Grandfather:
February 1, 2012 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn

Larkin Grimm:
February 2, 2012 The Rock Shop Brooklyn

Thurston Moore:
February 3, 2012 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

Bjork:
February 3-18 NY Museum of Science Queens (some dates)

Howlin Rain:
February 7, 2012 Mercury Lounge NYC

JEFF The Brotherhood:
February 9, 2012 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

Screaming Females:
February 11, 2012 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn

Frankie Rose:
February 21, 2012 Knitting Factory Brooklyn [permission pending]

Bjork:
February 22, 2012 – March 2, 2012 Roseland Ballroom NYC (some dates)

Parts & Labor / Oneida:
February 24, 2012 285 Kent Brooklyn

Heartless Bastards:
February 24, 2012 Webster Hall NYC

Sharon Van Etten:
February 24, 2012 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn

Sharon Van Etten:
February 25, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Craig Finn:
February 29, 2012 Mercury Lounge NYC

Wussy:
March 3, 2012 Cake Shop NYC

The Wedding Present:
March 21, 2012 Bell House Brooklyn

the Mountain Goats:
March 24, 2012 Merkin Hall NYC

Cursive:
April 3 or 4, 2012 Bowery Ballroom NYC

The War On Drugs:
April 6, 2012 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn

NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule: Spring Into Summer

March 22, 2010
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Its about time for a new “upcoming” post. There are many new additions.

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 me on the list and make sure everyone who needs to approve of the recording gives permission. Also, remember I’m doing this all for free — the recordings, the post-production, the reviews, the links, etc. — so treat me fairly.

2010 Schedule:
Love Is All:
March 27, 2010 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ
March 28, 2010 Knitting Factory Brooklyn (acidjack)

Drive-By Truckers:
April 1, 2010 Webster Hall NYC (acidjack)

Wilco:
April 2, 2010 Wellmont Theatre Montclair NJ (acidjack)

So Cow / Babies:
April 7, 2010 Death By Audio Brooklyn

Acid Mothers Temple:
April 7, 2010 Knitting Factory, Brooklyn (acidjack)

Ted Leo / Obits:
April 9, 2010 Irving Plaza NYC

Cymbals Eat Guitars / Bear in Heaven:
April 9, 2010 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn (acidjack)

The Wedding Present:
April 11, 2010 Bowery Ballroom NYC

-and/or-

Shark? / Sundelles / Lil’ Daggers:
April 11, 2010 Glasslands Brooklyn

Liars:
April 15, 2010 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Wussy:
April 16, 2010 Cake Shop NYC

and/or

Real Estate:
April 16, 2010 Market Hotel Brooklyn

Liars:
April 18, 2010 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn

Owen Pallett:
April 22, 2010 Webster Hall NYC

Vivian Girls:
April 23, 2010 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

Titus Andronicus:
April 24, 2010 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

Here We Go Magic:
April 30, 2010 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ (permission pending) (acidjack)

The Joy Formidable:
May 1, 2010 Mercury Lounge NYC

The Clean:
May 7, 2010 Bell House Brooklyn

Broken Social Scene:
May 8, 2010 Music Hall of Williamsburg (permission pending)

Jonsi:
May 9, 2010 Terminal 5 NYC

Woods:
May 13, 2010 Abrons Arts Center NYC

ArpLine / Dinosaur Feathers / Uninhabitable Mansions / Natureboy:
May 15, 2010 NYCTaper 3rd Anniversary Show, Pianos NYC

Buffalo Tom:
May 21, 2010 Mercury Lounge NYC

NYC Popfest:
May 23, 2010 Littlefield Brooklyn (acidjack)

Holly Miranda:
May 26, 2010 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Jay Farrar:
June 4, 2010 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ

Les Claypool:
June 8, 2010 Brooklyn Bowl

The National / The Antlers:
June 16, 2010 Radio City Music Hall NYC

Flaming Lips:
July 26, 2010 Central Park Summerstage NYC

The National:
July 27, 2010 Prospect Park Brooklyn (acidjack)

Pavement:* (permission pending)
September 23, 2010 Central Park Summerstage NYC

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