Well I forgot to mention in the previous post about upcoming Bloodsugars gigs. They are currently on tour in the Midwest (thanks Jason for mailing us a setlist while on tour!), and have one upcoming NYC gig to report.
On Friday July 18, the Bloodsugars will headline at Pianos on Ludlow Street, one of our favorite Manhattan venues.
The aptly-named Bloodsugars performed a short but, um, sweet set at the After The Jump Fest indoor Galapagos stage on June 21. The silky-smooth tenor belongs to lead vocalist Jason Rabinowitz, whose life-long battle with diabetes provides the basis for name of the band. The new 2008 release EP on Engine Room is entitled BQEP, and features six songs of addictive power-pop. The nyctaper recording offered below features five unreleased songs, the high quality of which bodes well for an anticipated full-length release.
This outstanding capture is a soundboard/audience “matrix” mix recorded in the same location and with the same equipment as our Brilliant Sweaters recording featured here a couple of weeks ago. 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].
Bloodsugars
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
2008-06-29
Setlist:
[total time 27:29]
01 Falling Makes You Blue
02 Priorities
03 You’ve Gone Wrong
04 Happiness
05 I Want It Back
06 Bloody Mary
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Bloodsugars, visit their website, visit their myspace page, and purchase their new EP BQEP directly from the Bloodsugars Store or the Engine Room Store.
We have been listening Ponytail non-stop since we experienced their energy at the After the Jump Festival on June 21. Our recording was in the queue for about 5 days straight! Now we all have the chance to jump back into the saddle for two more Ponytail shows this weekend.
The first one is the Saturday afternoon ToddP party at The Yard (July 12) with the incredible lineup that we posted about a few weeks ago. This is the “Mid Summer Party” where Ponytail will appear with Oneida, High Places, and others. This event will be covered by a nyctaper correspondent (we’re away again!).
Ponytail will also perform on Sunday night at Mercury Lounge at 9 p.m. We have received permission to record this show as we will be back on town.
Last Wednesday, High Places performed outside of their standard Brooklyn DIY and club scene. The Oval at Stuyvesant Town has had weekly Wednesday concerts for quite some time, but for years the bands have been local acts and cover bands. As the community has gone through some substantial upgrades, the Summer music series booked its first legitimate act.
The video embedded above appeared on youtube yesterday, and has created a bit of stir in the blogs. While the video seems to indicate that High Places only performed to a group of toddlers, the shot is quite misleading. This footage was taken during the day when High Places did their soundcheck to the afternoon crowd at the Oval — primarily children and older people. When the actual performance took place, the grass area in front of the stage was filled with people of all ages who included many fans of the band, local residents and curious onlookers — all very supportive of the interesting and excellent music on stage.
High Places is a taper friendly band, as our friend baltimore-taper recorded them last year. We recorded this set with a direct line from the soundboard. The signal is fairly clear, but there is a noticeable hum/buzz from the board that also was apparent in the PA stacks. During louder moments the well mixed board is outstanding, while during the quieter points the hum can be distracting. With that caveat enjoy this excellent band!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
High Places
2008-07-02
Stuyvesant Town Oval
New York, NY USA
Digital Soundboard Master
Soundboard > Edirol UA-5 (Oade Digimod) > M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge 8.0 (level adjustment, downsample, dither, EQ) > CD Wave (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced
nyctaper
nyctaper@nyctaper.com
2008-07-07
Setlist:
[total time 39:18]
01 /Banana Slugs
02 Sandy Feat
03 The Storm
04 Golden
05 The Tree
06 Oceanus
07 Head Spins
08 Namer
09 Gold Coin
10 New Grace
11 Stardust
12 Vision’s The First…
13 Universe
14 Freaked Flight
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT High Places and visit their MySpace page, where you can follow the links to buy official releases. The High Places artist page on Thrill Jockey Records is (here). You can purchase High Places CD 03/07 – 09/07 at Emusic (here).
The quirky British alt-pop band Bearsuit has announced its Fall US tour. After posting an informal survey of US fans asking for choice locations, Bearsuit has announced a series of East coast and Midwest dates in October. More details on the tour list on their MySpace page.
The tour includes a handful of dates in NYC, including October 13 at Cake Shop. nyctaper has already received advance permission to record that gig. Also planned are a series of TBA gigs for the October week of CMJ Marathon in NYC.
Today nyctaper was the subject of an article in The Washington Post Express Reader, specifically about the Feelies and Sigur Ros recordings offered here in the last month.
We also learned this weekend that we will also be part of an upcoming Billboard.com article, and we have also received two recent mentions in the top independent online music blog largheartedboy (here) and (here).
In recent weeks, we have also received download location requests from the soundboard technician of a major band featured here, the webmaster of another band, several band members, and the CEO of a major record label.
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