The NYC Popfest website has updated to indicate that all Festival passes have sold out. There are still limited tickets available for some individual shows, including the June 14 Music Hall appearance by Ladybug Transistor.
Love is All have announced that the NYC Popfest opening night at Cake Shop, featuring Love is All and Oh! Custer, is RSVP only — hold reservations by emailing Cake Shop. There is a two ticket limit per person.
When we approached New Design High at 350 Grand Street at dusk on Friday night, the line for the Rooftop Concert Series season premiere spread across Grand, up Delancey and over and around onto Broome. After the six-flight walk-up, the large crowd was treated to a short but powerful set of music by Brooklyn’s Dirty on Purpose. As the sun set and with a spectacular view of downtown Manhattan available from all angles, the melodic guitar-oriented music opened the season with such appropriate songs including “Girls & Sunshine” and “Summer Dress”.
There were several impediments to optimal recording for this event, but none significantly detract from the enjoyment of this excellent capture. There was a generator on the rooftop (either power or air conditioning) which hums along in between songs and some barely audible wind bursts. The mobile sound system was quite basic, and was somewhat saturated in the first song. We were fortunate to set up 15 feet from the stage and as a result the impediments are fairly minor. Overall, as a result this is probably a better listen than our Mercury recording of Dirty on Purpose. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Dirty on Purpose
2008-06-06
Rooftop Films Concert Series
New Design High Rooftop
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Upfront
15 Feet from PA Stacks
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) > CD Wave 1.75 > Flac Frontend (level 7) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-06-08
Setlist:
[Total time 27:16]
01 [introduction]
02 These Days Were for Us
03 Girls & Sunshine
04 The Thing about Getaways
05 Summer Dress
06 Audience
07 Canned Fumes
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Dirty on Purpose, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase the their official releases directly from their site, or the NorthStreet records site.
The true measure of the quality of a singer-songwriter is the ability of the performer to get inside the song — those moments when the singer and song become one. Last night at Pianos, Sharon Van Etten realized a series of those poignant moments in a stunning fifty-minute performance of her intimate and powerful songs. That a modest and unassuming young woman can suddenly transform from awkward banter to confident and meaningful songstress at the moment she steps up to the microphone is a true indication of the talent of this artist. In the third number “Much More Than That”, a song of Sharon’s we had not heard before, she stepped back slightly from the microphone and projected in her sweet voice the crescendo of a simple yet transcendent song about the power of human touch — all the while truly touching each listener.
Sharon thanked the audience and noted the fleeting nature of such powerful evenings. The irony is that Sharon unwittingly has predicted her own future. There will not be many more opportunities to experience this performer with 50 people in a club the size of Pianos, as larger venues and audiences soon await this uniquely talented artist. Her debut CD will be released this summer, and she will tour the east coast in July. Prior to her tour, there are a few more chances to experience what the Pianos crowd was fortunate to hear last night.
Sharon’s other upcoming NYC dates include:
June 10 2008 8:00 Union Hall Brooklyn
June 14 2008 8:00 Union Pool Brooklyn
June 21 2008 8:00 Rooftop Films Concert Series Brooklyn
June 25 2008 9:00 Zebulon Brooklyn
Check Sharon’s MySpace page for more details.
We again recorded from the prime location directly in front of the soundboard at Pianos. However, given the quiet nature of this performance and the excessive Friday night noise from the front room of the venue, there are quite a number of moments when the extraneous noise leaks into the recording. Overall though we are pleased with this capture. Enjoy!
This recording is now available to Download in FLAC and MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].
Sharon Van Etten
2008-06-06
Pianos
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Front of Board
30 Feet from Stage
Neumann KM-150’s (AK-50 Hypercardiod Capsules) > Monster XLR cables > Apogee Minime > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge 8.0 (set fades, slight level boost, resample) > CD Wave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper
nyctaper@nyctaper.com
2008-06-07
Setlist:
[total time 47:27]
01 I Wish I Knew
02 Have You Seen
03 Much More Than That
04 You Didn’t Really Do That
05 I Fold
06 For You
07 Tornado
08 Its Not Like
09 Holding Out
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Sharon Van Etten, visit her website, visit her MySpace page, purchase one of her custom-made self-released CDs directly from her website, and purchase her new CD Because I Was In Love when it is released this summer.
Its that time of year. NYC in the Summer and a ton of great free outdoor music events. We would like to point out for our readers an excellent free music calendar that has existed for quite some time.
The calendar is [HERE] at the most complete one-stop show-list site for indie bands in NYC — Oh My Rockness.
The Antlers will be appearing at the After the Jump Festival on June 21, an amazing festival produced by the After the Jump blog cooperative and curated by our friends at the Pop Tarts Suck Toasted blog.
In anticipation of that appearance, today The Antlers released a free EP, a three-song collection with two covers and an original song. “Sylvia (An Introduction)” is the new Antlers track that introduces listeners to the theme of Hospice — the album that is currently being recorded and is expected to be released this Fall.
nyctaper shares the enthusiasm for this outstanding band with Pop Tarts, as we have recorded The Antlers twice this year [HERE] and [HERE] and they appeared at the nyctaper Anniversary Concert.
Download the new EP New York Hospitals [HERE]
We are particularly excited here at nyctaper for this EP because Sharon Van Etten contributes vocals to the two cover songs. We’ll be recording Sharon tonight at Pianos!
Fever Marlene drove fifteen hours from Milwaukee to New York yesterday. If the duo were fatigued, their performance last night at Pianos did not reflect it. As driving drummer Kevin Dunphy pounded enough to fill the room, vocalist/guitarist/foot-organ player Scott Starr led the band through an excellent compact fifty-minute set of songs from their two full length albums, along with two unreleased tracks. The empty performance room quickly filled as Fever Marlene began their set, and the crowd’s enthusiasm reached its peak when after a furious “Backseat Lover”, the band was cajoled into an encore.
Fever Marlene performs in NYC again tonight. Catch them before their return to Milwaukee at:
When: Tonight, Friday June 6
Where: The National Underground
159 East Houston Street [MAP]
Time: 10 p.m.
The recording offered below was captured from our standard location at Pianos and is a fine representation of this superb live band. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Fever Marlene
2008-06-05
Pianos
New York, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Front of Board
30 Feet from Stage
Neumann KM-150s (AK-50 Hypercardiod Capsules) > Monster XLR cables > Apogee Minime > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge 8.0 (set fades, level boost, resample) > CD Wave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper
nyctaper@nyctaper.com
2008-06-06
Setlist:
[total time 47:28]
01 Oh Berlin
02 All The Kites In The World
03 Red Fire
04 Khemitones
05 When Daniel Goodings Made It Rain
06 The Burned
07 Violets
08 We Are All Colors
09 Mad Woman
10 Backseat Lover
11 Some Saturdays
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Fever Marlene, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their CDs directly from the store at their website.
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