Miracles of Modern Science: July 16, 2009 Pianos – Flac and MP3 Downloads

July 21, 2009
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These days its a challenge within the “indie/rock/pop” realm to actually produce music that is “original” either in its presentation, production or writing. Miracles of Modern Science have mastered that challenge. The band consists of a cello, violin, stand-up bass, mandolin and drums, and writes and performs songs that sound equally of rock, pop, opera and Broadway. MOMS have in their brief career established a unique identity. On Wednesday at Pianos, MOMS played a forty-minute set of 7 numbers, including three from their debut EP, one single (“Didit”), and three newer songs. The packed room also included another rarity in the fledgling indie band scene — several rows of rabid fans who danced, sang along and demanded an encore that the venue would not permit.

Miracles of Modern Science have two gigs left this Summer in NYC:
Jul 25 2009 Le Poisson Rouge NYC
Aug 8 2009 NYCTaper Presents @ Shea Stadium Brooklyn

We recorded from directly in front of the soundboard where we have set up for all of our Pianos recordings. Other than some distortion on the vocal microphones in the first song, the set was mixed well and this recording is an excellent listen. Enjoy!

Download and stream the complete show [HERE].

https://archive.org/details/Moms2009-07-16.nyctaper

Miracles of Modern Science
2009-07-16
Pianos
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Front of Soundboard
30 Feet from the Stage

Neumann KM-150s > 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
2009-07-20

Setlist:
[Total Time 36:56]
01 Eating Me Alive
02 Luminol
03 Typo Gygo
04 Didit
05 Tensity
06 MR2
07 Bossa Supernova

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Miracles of Modern Science, attend their gigs (listed above), visit their MySpace page, and download their debut EP for free [here].

Wilco: July 18, 2009 Dutchess County Stadium – Flac and MP3 Downloads

July 20, 2009
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[photo courtesy of Mike at 50Showsat50 blog – more here]

A road trip to see Wilco — after Monday’s Coney Island excellence it seemed like a fine idea, and in the end it was infinitely worth it. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the two-hour ride north in fine company along the banks of the Hudson was quick and pleasant. While Dutchess County Stadium has the same general minor league field construction as Keyspan Park, its setting was a world away from Brooklyn. The vibe in the venue was friendly, relaxed, and without a scene-maker in in sight. The band seemed to understand its surroundings, as their play was deliberate though focused, and Jeff’s banter was playful and good-natured. The setlist was similar to Monday’s show but with seven different songs out of the 29 played. This show featured two early “rare” numbers — “Far Far Away” (Being There) and “Too Far Apart” (AM), the latter of which I had never before seen Wilco perform live. The show length was again approaching two and a half hours, and at 2:27 is the longest Wilco show I have ever seen.

This recording was made under absolutely ideal conditions. The location of the “section” of tapers was quite close to the stage at approximately 40 feet deep. The stand raised the microphones to an unobstructed fifteen feet, with a straight shot at the huge stacks and minimal crowd noise. The four-microphone rig captured a clear recording of such exquisite detail that we seriously recommend that readers listen to this recording on the best possible speakers available. Do the recording, the band and yourselves justice and don’t limit listen to computer speakers or an ipod. Enjoy!

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band was also recorded and will be posted here soon.

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Wilco
2009-07-18
Dutchess County Stadium
Wappingers Falls, NY USA

Digital Master Four-Track Audience Recording
Recorded from Upfront on the Field
40 Feet from the Stage – Dead Center

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
2009-07-19

Setlist:
[Total Time 2:27:50]
01 [introduction]
02 Wilco (The Song)
03 I’m Always in Love
04 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
05 Shot in the Arm
06 Bull Black Nova
07 You Are My Face
08 One Wing
09 Side With The Seeds
10 War on War
11 [banter – baseballs]
12 Deeper Down
13 Impossible Germany
14 Far Far Away
15 Too Far Apart
16 Handshake Drugs
17 Can’t Stand It
18 Jesus Etc.
19 Sonny Feeling
20 Theologians
21 Hate it Here
22 Walken
23 I’m the Man Who Loves You
24 Hummingbird
25 [encore break]
26 Poor Places
27 Spiders (Kidsmoke)
28 [second encore break]
29 The Late Greats
30 You Never Know
31 Heavy Metal Drummer
32 Hoodoo Voodoo
33 I’m A Wheel

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Wilco, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases at their website [here].

Wavves: July 15, 2009 Bowery Ballroom – Flac and MP3 Downloads

July 18, 2009
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This Wavves concert was already three days ago, which means that the “comeback” story is old news. In the atomic-speed Behind The Music career time of Nathan Williams, he’s undoubtedly moved on to the next chapter of the story. We are not sure whether by now he’s found Jesus, gone country, or written a symphony. What we do know is that on Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom with the reverb at full throttle, Wavves delivered a fifty-minute set of 15 songs, both old and new, to a crowd of bouncing, slamming and crowd-surfing fans all with a cast from a broken wrist on Nathan’s right arm.

Acidjack recorded this set from the middle of the floor, which was crowded and crazy. There’s quite a bit of crowd noise on this recording which rather than distracting the listener, actually adds authenticity to the capture. Enjoy!

Setlist help needed below.
Two previous Wavves recordings on nyctaper [here] and [here].
Woods set from the this was also recorded and will be posted soon.

Download and stream the complete show [HERE].

https://archive.org/details/Wavves2009-07-15.acidjack

Wavves
2009-07-15
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Front of Board Center
30 Feet from Stage

SP-CMC-8 (Audio Technica U853 Cardiod Capsules)> SP-SB-8 > Edirol R-09HR > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge (set fades, slight level adjustments, downsample) > CD Wave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded by acidjack
Produced by nyctaper
2009-07-18

Setlist:
[Total Time 49:07]
01 Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
02
03 Beach Demon
04 Summer Goth
05
06
07 Side Yr On
08 No Hope Kids
09 California Goth
10 California Goths
11
12 Weed Demon
13 To The Dregs
14 Friends Were Gone
15 Wavves

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Wavves, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their available releases through links at the Wavves MySpace page, and at Fat Possum Records site [here].

Yo La Tengo: July 13, 2009 Keyspan Park – Flac and MP3 Downloads

July 17, 2009
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Ira and Company later joined Wilco on stage
[photo courtesy of Ryan Muir]

Yo La Tengo has stayed fresh for over two decades by consistently keeping fans on their toes with the unpredictable. On Monday night, in an opening slot for 12,000 Wilco fans, one might have expected a fairly straightforward accessible set from YLT. Instead the band delivered an hour of fuzz and crackle anchored by the complete madness of the twenty minute closer “The Story of Yo La Tango”. While the set left casual listeners with raised eyebrows, those who listened closely were treated to an hour of what makes Yo La Tengo special. Also featured in the set were three songs from Popular Songs, the new album due in September.

We recorded from the same location as the Wilco recording, but the wind was heavier during this set. While there was also more chatter during the YLT opening, there were significantly fewer people in the venue so that the crowd din is also lower. Overall, this is certainly a fine recording although not of the quality of our several YLT Hannukah Maxwell’s recordings. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Yo La Tengo
2009-07-13
Keyspan Baseball Park
Brooklyn, NY USA

Four Track Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Inside Soundboard Area
300 Feet from the Stage

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
2009-07-17

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:02:34]
01 Here to Fall
02 Mr. Tough
03 We’re An American Band
04 Little Eyes
05 Autumn Sweater
06 [banter – baseballs]
07 Periodically Double or Triple
08 From A Motel 6
09 Nothing to Hide
10 Tom Courtenay
11 The Story of Yo La Tango

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Yo La Tengo, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases from the store at their website [HERE].

Wilco: July 13, 2009 Keyspan Park – Flac and MP3 Downloads

July 14, 2009
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[photo courtesy of Ryan Muir]

Wilco have given me, as a fan, literally everything one could ask. In twenty shows over thirteen years, I have seen them perform at intimate venues (Mercury, Irving), at Festivals (Fleadh), and at celebratory events (New Year’s ’04). They consistently perform extended two-hours-plus shows. They permit fans to record audio and freely share the concerts. Wilco have released nearly a decade and a half of consistently excellent albums.

Last night at Keyspan Park, they provided another unexpected and thoroughly mindblowing gift. Wilco brought the incomparable Yo La Tengo onstage to perform as two bands together the most appropriate Wilco song for the occasion “Spiders”. As two of my favorite bands of all time completely shredded the 13-minute song, it was hard to determine whether the ice chills were from the event or the cold winds coming off the beach. Historical, indeed.

The balance of this concert was standard Wilco excellence – with five songs from the new Wilco (The Album) sprinkled among twenty-six career spanning songs (no AM songs, though). The two-hours and twenty-one minute running time was a mere two minutes short of last year’s McCarren Pool marathon.

I recorded this set with the four-microphone rig from a location at the front inside of the soundboard area. The major impediments were distance (estimated at 300 feet), and occasional strong winds from the west. There was some chatter in the area in front of the board — what amounted to the rear of the field section, but its less of a factor than the elements. While this recording does not provide the same quality as last year’s McCarren recording, or the 2007 recording from Hammerstein, it is nevertheless a fair reproduction of the concert experience and a fine listen. Enjoy!

The Yo La Tengo set was also recorded and will appear on nyctaper in the near future.

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Wilco
2009-07-13
Keyspan Baseball Park
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Inside Soundboard Area
300 Feet from the Stage

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
2009-07-14

Setlist:
[Total Time 2:21:51]
01 Wilco (The Song)
02 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
03 Shot in the Arm
04 At Least That’s What You Said
05 Bull Black Nova
06 You Are My Face
07 One Wing
08 Handshake Drugs
09 Deeper Down
10 Impossible Germany
11 [banter / Take Me Out to the Ballgame]
12 Jesus Etc.
13 Sonny Feeling
14 I’m Always in Love
15 Can’t Stand It
16 Hate it Here
17 Walken
18 I’m the Man Who Loves You
19 Hummingbird
20 [encore break]
21 Heavy Metal Drummer
22 You And I [with Feist]
23 California Stars
24 You Never Know
25 Misunderstood
26 Spiders (Kidsmoke) [with Yo La Tengo!]
27 [second encore break]
28 The Late Greats
29 Hoodoo Voodoo

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Wilco, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases at their website [here].

Wilco at Coney Island – Written Setlist and Show Recording Coming Soon

July 14, 2009
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Above is the actual setlist for tonight’s Wilco show, donated by Wilco’s soundman Stan — who did a superb job at tonight’s baseball stadium show at Coney Island’s Keyspan Park.

What is not noted on the setlist is the mindbending joining-forces of Wilco and Yo La Tengo for the most out there version of “Spiders” we have ever seen.

We recorded the show with the four-microphone rig from inside the soundboard area. The long train ride home offered an opportunity to listen on headphones and it really came out quite excellent, despite the pitfalls (wind and distance) of an outdoor event. The recording is coming to nyctaper ASAP. We also recorded Yo La Tengo’s opening set and that will follow shortly thereafter.


Yo La Tengo on the video screen with the Keyspan backdrop

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