Death Cab For Cutie Return to NYC – Radio City October 6

August 11, 2008
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When we last saw Death Cab For Cutie on June 10, the hurricane winds were blowing and band and fans were fleeing McCarren Pool for shelter. In a storm-shortened set, Death Cab still managed to showcase some of the strong new material from their 2008 release Narrow Stairs, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts in May.

This Fall, on Monday October 6, 2008, Death Cab For Cutie will return to the safer environs of Radio City Music Hall. Tickets for this concert go on sale through their fan club pre-sale this Wednesday August 13, and through a general on-sale on Friday August 15.

Monotract June 21, 2008 After The Jump – Flac and MP3 Downloads

August 10, 2008
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Monotract were one of the “older” bands at the After The Jump Festival, as they have been recording and performing their compelling experimental “noise-wave” for a decade. In 2006, they caught the attention of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who signed them to Ecstatic Peace. Thurston also performed with Monotract at SXSW in 2007.

The late afternoon performance at After The Jump seemed a bit rushed due to time constraints, so that Monotract only played for 20 minutes. However, in that time frame they displayed the frenetic energy that has served them well for a decade of accolades. This is the matrix mix from the Galapagos stage and the sound recording is excellent. Enjoy!

After The Jump is a charitable organization of NYC music bloggers who donate all proceeds of their events to the advancement of music in NYC schools. nyctaper requests that if you download this recording, that you support this cause. Selected tracks from the recordings to be featured on this site from the ATJ Festival will be produced into a compilation, with all proceeds being donated to the music programs in NYC schools. When the compilation becomes available, all nyctaper readers who downloaded ATJ sets will be expected to purchase the release.

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Monotract
2008-06-21
Galapagos Main Stage
After The Jump Festival
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard/Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Front of Board Neumann KM-150s > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 16bit 44.1kHz wav file > Soundforge (set fades, level adjustments) > CD Wave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-08-08

Setlist:
[total time 20:16]
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02
03
04
05 Game 7

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nyctaper Preview: Dylan, Anti-Folk and Folk

August 8, 2008
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We have seen Bob Dylan many times over the years, going all the way back to a concert at the Spectrum in Philadelphia in October of 1981. On Tuesday, Dylan performs at Prospect Park, and we secured 3rd row tickets through the pre-sale many months ago. The last time we saw Dylan this close was when we stood at the rail in the rain in Washington DC in 1995 and sang along with “Joey” — “born in Red Hook Brooklyn in the year of who knows when.” Next week Dylan is back in Brooklyn since who knows when, but based on the setlists from the tour of Europe in the early Summer, we don’t expect Dylan to perform “Joey”. We’ll settle for “Hattie Carroll” or “It’s Alright Ma” or any number of folk-era numbers that defined the genre for generations of artists and fans.

This week also marks the annual Anti-Folk Festival at its home base, the Sidewalk Cafe on Avenue A. It begins tonight August 8th at 7 p.m., continues throughout the week and ends on Sunday night August 17. The complete Anti-Folk Festival schedule is listed on the Sidewalk Cafe page [here].

One of the anti-folk scene’s early success stories, Regina Spector, performs at the McCarren Pool on Friday August 15. We will be there, as we were back in October at Hammerstein Ballroom when Regina proved up to the challenge of a big room. The Pool is perhaps her largest venue yet, and it will be interesting to see if she can wow the outdoor Brooklyn crowd as she did last Fall.


To finish this appropriately thematic week, on Saturday we will travel to Pennsylvania for the 47th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. We applied for and received a media pass for the Saturday afternoon session, so that this event will be covered less as an audio archivist and more like a journalist. Its not the Spectrum, and Dylan won’t be there, but this Festival has existed longer than we have, and we expect to witness some major talent young and old.

Terry Karydes Benefit at Maxwell’s – Tickets Now Available

August 7, 2008
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This is the benefit concert we wrote about last week, featuring members of Yo La Tengo, The Feelies and The Schramms. Terry Karydes has a serious medical condition and as is the unfortunate fate of many artists, she has insufficient medical coverage. Please support this benefit and purchase a ticket. The link is not yet up on the Maxwell’s page, but Ticketweb now has tickets for this benefit [HERE].

Sharon Van Etten August 3, 2008 Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads

August 7, 2008
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At Cake Shop on Sunday night, Sharon Van Etten opened her headlining set to an enthusiastic crowd with a new song we believe is called “Whoa!”, and contains the refrain “oh, slow down”. Sharon could well be singing about how fast so many aspects of her career are moving. The very next day after Cake Shop, Sharon began another tour, this time with Festival, Bowerbirds and others, that runs through the end of August and covers the South and Midwest. The exciting date on the tour is Sharon’s appearance at the 47th Annual legendary Philadelphia Folk Festival on August 16. She has also booked an appearance at an official CMJ showcase in October, with more details to follow.

We recorded Sharon’s final NYC appearance of the summer from the upfront location at Cake Shop that we have used in the past. Unfortunately, the air conditioning at Cake Shop was broken, and the room was ventilated with two rather loud electric rotating fans. The recording has a consistent hum of the fans in the background. Otherwise, its an intimate recording of a outstanding performer. Enjoy!

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

Sharon Van Etten
2008-08-03
Cake Shop
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Upfront
10 Feet from the PA

DPA 4021s > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustments, downsample 16/44) > CD Wave > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-08-06

Setlist:
[Total time 40:17]
01 Whoa
02 I Wish I Knew
03 Consolation Prize
04 Picking Up Rocks
05 You Didn’t Really Do That
06 A Perfect Day
07 Damn Right
08 Strong

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The National August 4, 2008 Summerstage – Flac and MP3 Downloads

August 5, 2008
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One night after their excellent gig at Lollapalooza in Chicago, and one day before they will fly to Norway to begin a tour of Europe, The National made a pit stop in the middle of New York City and performed an outstanding set at Central Park Summerstage tonight. Despite all the travel, the show was quite energetic from the start, as “Brainy” and “Secret Meeting” set the tone for a 90-minute set of The National at full power. The middle of the set featured some rare nuggets, including “The Geese Of Beverly Road”, and the set closing was top notch. Matt Berninger was so over the top during “Mr. November” that he pulled his microphone cord out of the jack more than once. The band seemed to be enjoying themselves and expressed disappointment that the set was over at the curfew.

We recorded from the perfect location at Summerstage with our best mobile rig. We thought we had captured an outstanding sound quality performance of The National at BAM in February, but frankly this recording is a significant improvement even over that excellent recording. We “nailed it” tonight. Enjoy!

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

The National
2008-08-04
Rumsey Playfield
Central Park
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Front of Board Center
30 Feet From Stage (“Sweet Spot”)

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

Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper 2008-08-04

Setlist:
[total time 1:31:11]
01 [Flume introduction]
02 Brainy
03 Secret Meeting
04 Baby We’ll Be Fine
05 Slow Show
06 Squalor Victoria
07 You’ve Done It Again, Virginia
08 Abel
09 The Geese Of Beverly Road
10 Ada
11 All The Wine
12 Daughters Of The SoHo Riots
13 Apartment Story
14 Green Gloves
15 Mistaken For Strangers
16 Fake Empire
17 [encore break]
18 Start A War
19 Karen
20 Mr. November
21 [band introductions]
22 About Today

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