[photos taken for nyctaper by Kate Ehle – more here]

We will be seeing The Loom again tonight, Saturday January 9 at Mercury Lounge at the late show opening for Rural Alberta Advantage. I remembered that we had not yet posted the recording of their excellent set from the NYCTaper CMJ show at Bruar Falls. It was a busy CMJ week for the Loom, who followed this excellent Thursday afternoon appearance with a gig at brooklynvegan’s loft party on Friday night that earned The Loom some nice buzz. Following CMJ, the band went into the studio to record for their second release and first full length album, which will be released later this year. This CMJ set features all new material, four songs of which we had never seen the band play live before.

The Loom have four more local gigs in January and February before they head to Austin and SXSW in March:
Jan 16 2010 Pianos
Feb 12 2010 The Studio @ Webster Hall
Feb 13 2010 Glasslands
Feb 28 2010 Pianos

This set was recorded with two microphones directly in front of the stage mixed with a soundboard feed. The sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

The Loom
2009-10-22
Bruar Falls
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 16bit 44.1kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2010-01-08

Setlist:
[Total Time 25:05]
01 Middle Distance
02 A Song of Faint Praise
03 For the Hooves that Gallop
04 First Freeze
05 [banter]
06 Helen Marie

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[photo by nyctaper]

Beach Fossils began as a solo recording project of Dustin Payseur but has evolved into a terrific band. At Glasslands on Wednesday, the band performed to an ecstatic crowd of fans who danced with abandon to each of the eight songs performed. This was one of most fun shows we’ve seen in a while, and the band seemed to be having as much fun as the crowd as they bounced joyfully around the stage. Beach Fossils will release their debut album later this year on the excellent Captured Tracks and Woodist Records, with 7″ singles due soon. We expect to see much more of this band in the near future, as this show was a total blast.

We recorded in the same location as the Babies set, and the sound quality is again excellent. Enjoy!

Beach Fossils perform again in NYC at Cake Shop on February 9.

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Beach Fossils
2010-01-06
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2010-01-08

Setlist:
[Total Time 27:58]
01 Youth
02 Daydream
03 Sometimes
04 Lazy Day
05 Golden Age
06 [banter/tuning]
07 Vacation
08 The Horse
09 Twelve Roses

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[photo by nyctaper]

Babies is the new band formed by Cassie Ramone of the Vivian Girls and Kevin Morby of Woods. The band’s sound however bears very little stylistic resemblance to either. Last night at Glasslands, the quartet performed a nine-song twenty-seven minute set of straightforward girl-boy vocal guitar rock with an electric stage energy sometimes not seen from their more sedate day job bands. The result was one of the more rambunctious crowds in the many times we have been to this Brooklyn art space venue. While the band’s MySpace page features the two recorded tracks from Babies thus far, last night’s set contained enough solid material for a full length album that we anticipate will see release this year.

We recorded this set from directly in front of the soundboard area and mixed two microphones with a two-channel feed from the board. The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Babies
2010-01-06
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2010-01-07

Setlist:
[Total Time 26:03]
01 My Name
02 No War
03 All Things Come to Pass
04 Meet Me in the City
05 Sick Kid in the Distance
06 Downtown
07 Somebody Else
08 Breakin’ the Law
09 Caroline

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Babies, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official release when it appears later this year.

[photo by nyctaper]

After more than a decade of work as a band, at the end of 2007 The Slip went on hiatus. Two years later, they are back. At Sullivan Hall on Saturday night, guitarist/vocalist Brad Barr announced in the middle of their longest show in two years that the band was actively recording new material and would play many shows in 2010. Throughout the two-set show The Slip performed several of these newer songs, but satisfied the packed crowd with best-ever quality versions of the classic material — “Children of December”, “Wolof” and the thirteen-minute “Paper Birds” in particular. If this epic show is any indication, 2010 will be a banner year for The Slip.

We recorded this set from the left side elevated seating area fifteen feet from the PA. While the raised area gave us a direct line to the stacks, albeit off-center, there is persistent crowd chatter on this recording. With that caveat, enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files: (Set 1 HERE) (Set 2 HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

The Slip
2010-01-02
Sullivan Hall
New York, NY USA

Four-Track Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Upfront Left Side – 15 Feet from PA

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2010-01-04

Setlist:
Set 1:
[Total Time 1:09:26]
01 [introduction]
02 Aurora
03 Broke The Promise Land
04 Gaunt Debutante
05 Give the Devil Back His Heart
06 If You Knew
07 The Soft Machine
08 Happy Snails
09 All I Saw Was You
10 Children of December

Set 2:
[Total Time 1:23:13]
01 [introduction]
02 Paper Birds
03 Motherwolf*
04 [banter]
05 Airplane/Primitive
06 Wolof
07 Suffication Keep
08 [encore break]
09 Let There Be Horses
10 [second encore break]
11 Pass It On
12 Heartbreaker (Zep)*
*with Marco Benevento

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[photo by kittykowalski]

After more than a decade of inactivity, in 2008 That Petrol Emotion returned to live performance with several Festival appearances. In 2009, the band continued their return and played their first NYC show in fifteen years at the Bell House in December. While the fifteen-song setlist consisted primarily of material from their final two albums, Chemicrazy and Fireproof, TPE did reach back for two numbers from their 1986 debut Manic Pop Thrill. The performance was remarkable not only for the tight musical play, but also the energy the band brought to the stage — lead singer Steve Mack in particular exhibited the physical energy of a man half his age. The set closed with a manic version of “Scumsurfin'” which the band stretched out to an intense seven minutes.

This set was recorded with a soundboard feed mixed with the Neumann microphones from our usual location in this venue. The sound quality is quite good. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

That Petrol Emotion
2009-12-12
Bell House
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 16bit 44.1kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-12-31

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:14:33]
01 [introduction]
02 Blue to Black
03 Last of the True Believers
04 Gnaw Mark
05 Big Decision
06 [banter]
07 Its A Good Thing
08 Catch A Fire
09 Tingle
10 Hey Venus
11 Infinite Thrill
12 Sensitize
13 Lifeblood
14 Abandon
15 Too Late Blues
16 [encore break]
17 Mouth Crazy
18 [banter]
19 Scumsurfin’

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