Of Montreal Return to NYC in December

November 18, 2008
By

Its was only a month ago when we recorded the most outrageous concert of the year (or decade) — Of Montreal at Roseland on October 10. The NYCTaper recording of the cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” spread far and wide on the web, including on You Ain’t No Picasso, Merry Swankster, Prefix Magazine (without credit), NME (without credit), New York Magazine (without credit), and even ended up on Pitchfork and Stereogum.

The Bowery Presents website posted a short while ago a listing for Of Montreal at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 16. Tickets go on sale on Thursday November 20 at NOON.

NYCTaper Upcoming Events — How Do You Like the New Server?

November 15, 2008
By


[image by Songbirdnest]

After recording five full sets in four nights, we have taken a few days to get over the exhaustion. We will not be out in the field until next Wednesday, and then its a fairly full schedule for the rest of the year.

The new server seems to be working quite well. The number of hits to the site this week have more than doubled since last week and we have experienced no outages and certainly no complaints. Again, please consider making a donation to nyctaper to help defray the costs of this substantial upgrade to the site.

In 2009, we plan to add new tapers and also photographers. If you are interested in a “position” in either category, please email NYCTaper. These are obviously not pay positions, but you will get guest list passes and exposure of your work to approximately 10,000 readers per day.

We expect to attend and record the following shows, subject to change. There will be dates added in the interim.

Upcoming nyctaper Events:

Hot Buttered Rum:
November 19, 2008 Sullivan Hall NYC

The Antlers:
November 20, 2008 Knitting Factory NYC

The Loom:
November 21, 2008 Cake Shop NYC

The Secret Life of Sofia / Jeremy Messersmith / Naked Hearts:
November 22, 2008 Union Hall Brooklyn

Sharon Van Etten:
November 25, 2008 Glasslands Brooklyn

Teletextile:
December 2, 2008 Cake Shop NYC

O’Death:
December 5, 2008 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Love Is All:
December 7, 2008 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Sharon Van Etten / Hurray For The Riff Raff:
December 8, 2008 Pianos NYC

The Butthole Surfers:
December 12, 2008 Warsaw Brooklyn

Oneida (and others – Oneida Fest):
December 13, 2008 Knitting Factory NYC

Yo La Tengo:
December 23, 2008 Maxwell’s NYC

Yo La Tengo:
December 27, 2008 Maxwell’s NYC

Camper Van Beethoven:
January 9 and January 10, 2009 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Animal Collective:
January 20, 2009 Manhattan Center Ballroom NYC

Grizzly Bear:
February 28, 2009 BAM Brooklyn

Kaki King Covered The Smiths at Webster Hall on November 9 – Flac and MP3 Downloads

November 13, 2008
By


[photo by Thom]

It is not often that an opening act gets called back for an encore. At the end of Kaki King‘s set at Webster Hall on Sunday night she received just that kind of reception from the feel-good crowd. Kaki answered the calls by returning solo and performing a surprise cover of The Smiths classic “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” from the Louder Than Bombs compilation and the Pretty in Pink soundtrack.

John Darnielle came out for a second to join Kaki but did not participate in the vocals. Unfortunately, while I had the deck running, I was not quite prepared for this surprise as I was standing near the back of the room jostling through the crowd for a location to record The Mountain Goats set. As a result, the sound quality of the recording is well below the usual standards of the recordings of this site. There is a lot of ambient noise — bottles clinking at the bar, chatting and rustling. We offer this recording because it has been requested by numerous people in the incredibly nice Mountain Goats forum. Enjoy!

Direct Download (right click and save file):
“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” [FLAC HERE]
“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” [MP3 HERE]

Hendrix Drummer Mitch Mitchell Passes Away

November 12, 2008
By

This just came over the wire out of Portland, OR. Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and currently on tour with the Experience Hendrix project died in his hotel room today. There are no further details, but this was confirmed by a local Portland paper.

The Mountain Goats November 9, 2008 Webster Hall – Flac and MP3 Downloads

November 10, 2008
By


[many thanks to Thom for photo permission — more here]

If Saturday night’s Mountain Goats concert in Brooklyn was a serious exercise in musical precision, Sunday night’s tour-closing show at Webster Hall was a joyous celebration of a wonderful month of music and friendship. The show began much like Saturday, but it soon became apparent that this would be a special Mountain Goats night when John Darnielle revealed that his solo set would include only songs from 1997’s Full Force Galesburg — including “New Britain” which had only been performed once previously. Of the twenty-four songs in the nearly two-hour show, a full twelve were different from the previous night, and included such rare gems as “Going to Georgia”, “Minnesota”, and “Game Shows Touch Our Lives”. After two encore segments of six songs, at the close of the night, John spoke eloquently and genuinely when he thanked the audience for their support. We thank John, Kaki and the bands for two very special evenings of music.

This concert was recorded from the prime location in this venue, in the center of the floor, equidistant from the two large PA stacks. While the mix was perhaps a bit too bass heavy (we EQ’d slightly in post-production), this recording is another excellent capture of a superb band. Enjoy!

This Recording is now available for download in FLAC and MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].

The Mountain Goats
2008-11-09
Webster Hall
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from FOB
Dead Center 20 Feet from Stage

DPA 4021’s > Marantz PMD-660 (Oade BCM) > 16bit 44.1 wav > Soundforge (set fades, level boost, slight eq) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper
2008-11-10

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:50:55]
01 [introduction]
02 Have to Explode
03 Heretic Pride
04 The House That Dripped Blood
05 Moon Over Goldsboro
06 Slow West Vultures
07 New Zion
08 [banter]
09 New Britain
10 It’s All Here In Brownsville
11 Minnesota
12 [banter]
13 Black Pear Tree
14 Bring Our Curses Home
15 Mosquito Repellent
16 Suedehead (Morrissey)
17 Supergenesis
18 San Bernadino
19 Sept 15 1983
20 Game Shows Touch Our Lives
21 This Year
22 [encore break]
23 Houseguest
24 Going To Georgia
25 No Children
26 [second encore break]
27 Palmcoder Yajna
28 The Sign (Ace of Base)
29 The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Mountain Goats, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase Mountain Goats official releases from their website.

Drive-By Truckers November 6, 2008 Terminal 5 – Flac and MP3 Downloads

November 9, 2008
By


[photo credit]

In March, the Drive-By Truckers performance at Terminal 5 was powerful and inspired, and their two-hour and thirty minute set was met with incredible crowd energy. At that show they delivered six full encores that lasted forty minutes. The circumstances were a world apart on Thursday night at Terminal 5. With the split headliner tour and as the back half of the crowd yapped throughout the set, the band had every right to mail it in and cut it short. But to their eternal credit, the Drive-By Truckers delivered the same high energy for which they have become renowned. At the end of the DBT set proper, there was a bizarre crowd reaction that we have never experienced before. Instead of cheering for a band who had delivered an excellent set, the crowd used the time to increase the volume of their chatter. It got so ridiculous that the DBT roadie had to come out and exhort the crowd to cheer. Eventually the band returned and presented a bonus set of five numbers where they were joined by Craig and Franz from The Hold Steady. The set ended as it had in March, with a manic cover of Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died”.

We recorded from the same location as The Hold Steady set. The quality of this recording is quite excellent, as again the DBT crew delivered well-balanced sound in venue that can be difficult to mix. Listeners will note the inescapable din of conversation at the more quiet moments, but our location, pole placement, and microphone model avoided the din during louder periods. Enjoy!

This Recording is now available to Download in FLAC and MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].

Drive-By Truckers
2008-11-06
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Front of Board Dead Center

Neumann KM-150’s > Monster Cable > Apogee Mini-Me > digital coax > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustments, downsample 16/44) > CD Wave 1.75 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-11-09

Setlist:
[total time 1:49:30]
01 Zip City
02 Goode’s Field Road
03 Carl Perkins’ Cadillac
04 The Righteous Path
05 A Ghost To Most
06 Home Field Advantage
07 3 Dimes Down
08 Hell No, I Ain’t Happy
09 Marry Me
10 The Sands Of Iwo Jima
11 Uncle Frank
12 The Living Bubba
13 Putting People on the Moon
14 [encore break]
15 Gravity’s Gone
16 A World Of Hurt
17 Shut Up and Get on The Plane
18 Let There Be Rock
19 People Who Died (Jim Carroll)

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Drive-By Truckers, visit their website, and purchase the new release Brighter Than Creation’s Dark from their site, and merch from their site.

SUPPORT NYCTaper




Email

Email nyctaper

DISCLAIMER and LEGAL NOTICE

nyctaper.com is a live music blog that offers a new paradigm of music distribution on the web. The recordings are offered for free on this site as are the music posts, reviews and links to artist sites. All recordings are posted with artist permission or artists with an existing pro-taping policy.

All recordings and original content posted on this site are @nyctaper.com as live recordings pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 106, et. seq. Redistribution of nyctaper recordings without consent of nyctaper.com is strictly prohibited.

nyctaper.com hereby waives all copyright claims to any and all recordings posted on this site to THE PERFORMERS ONLY. If any artist posted on this site requests that recordings be removed, those recordings will be removed forthwith.