Zachary Cale: May 16, 2023 Tubby’s (Kingston, NY)

June 14, 2023
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It’s been a while since Zachary Cale was last featured on this site but a glance at his band camp page shows he hasn’t been silent. In addition to the treasure trove of already available music he has new material in the works, and we were treated to a bunch of it during this performance.

While this is the last set to be posted from the Island House night at Tubby’s, this was actually the opening set of the night. With Robert Boston on keys and J.R. Bohannon on pedal steel Cale eased the audience into 5 straight new tunes. This is easy listening in the best sense of the phrase. On three separate occasions I sat down at my desk to mix this and then found myself, several minutes later, slowly drifting back to reality. I wasn’t “processing” anything; I was just enjoying the experience of hearing new music and allowing it to transport me to dreamland. The trio also treated us to a beautiful version of Neil Young’s “Motion Pictures”; a song perfectly tailored to Cale’s relaxed and comfortably honest vocal delivery. The set closed with “Dear Shadow”, the loan old song of the night, from 2013’s “Blue Rider”. 

These unreleased songs will be released on a forthcoming instrumental based record Cale has in the works. I’m very excited to see how this flesh out. Additionally, he has several shows in the coming days including a July 2 bill with the excellent Stella Kola at Mama Tried in Brooklyn which is a must see if you’re in the area.  

I recorded this from my usual spot by the soundboard with the MBHO’s and a board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle. Enjoy!

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Zachary Cale
2023-05-16
Tubby’s Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by Kliked

Thanks to Tubbys FOH engineer Kyle for the patch!

  1. Reprieve
  2. Leafy Wind
  3. Water Ballet
  4. My Mutineer
  5. Evil Thump
  6. Motion Pictures (Neil Young)
  7. Love’s Work
  8. Dear Shadow

Zachary Cale – Guitar, Vocals
J.R. Bohhanon – Peddle Steel
Robert Boston – Keys

Support this excellent artist:
https://zacharycale.bandcamp.com
https://zacharycale.com

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Purling Hiss: April 23, 2023 Union Pool

June 11, 2023
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Purling Hiss hit the road for the first time in a while to support their new record on Drag City, Drag On Girard. Last time I saw the ‘Hiss it was a solo Mike Polizze show opening for Dungen. I can’t even remember when that was but oh it’s great to be back. Long before I began contributing here at NYCTaper I followed along with all the excellent recordings especially from the Water on Mars-era. While I would have loved to hear the title track from that one, we got a solid setlist from them closing out their second night at Union Pool, including oldies “Almost Washed My Hair” and “Run From the City.” If you missed Purling Hiss at Union Pool, they’re playing a free show at Rippers on August 25th. Do it!

I recorded this from our usual spot at Union Pool with a feed from the engineer, Jase, who was responsible for the excellent sound all night. And thanks to all the folks for making it one of our favorite venues!

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nyctaper · Purling Hiss – Live at Union Pool 2023-04-23
Purling Hiss
2023-04-23
Union Pool
Brooklyn, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard (engineer: Jase Hottenroth) + MBHO KA200N/603A > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 3.0.2 > FLAC

Tracks [38:17]
01. Yer All in My Dreams
02. Drag On Girard
03. Mercury Retrograde
04. Run From the City
05. Baby
06. Out the Door
07. Fever
08. Don't Even Try It
09. Almost Washed My Hair

Seawind of Battery: May 16, 2023 Tubby’s (Kingston, NY)

June 7, 2023
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Photo by Christopher Bruno

Seawind of Battery began as an outlet for Mike Horn’s experimental guitar works.  His 2022 album “Clockwatching” struck a nerve with folks keen on hearing ambient guitar explorations delivered with a country drawl.  In recent days Mike has added Jarrod Annis on lap steel.  Operating as a duo the project feels more substantial. The layered guitar parts acting as backing band now have countering “lead” voices in Jarrod’s lap steel and Mike’s Tele and it makes for a very exciting ride. 

I’ve been waiting to see how this material would be reproduced live and I wasn’t disappointed. The set opened with “New Moon”, one of two new compositions we were treated to. The introductory guitar melody reminded me as much of the “ambient country” sounds Mike is often associated with as it did Robert Smith’s use of chorus to enlarge and reinforce his playing. “Some Kind of Symmetry” off his initial Island House release, “clockwatching”, closed the set. Waves of echo, delay and sonic pleasures washing over the crowd. 

There’s a lot going on in Seawind of Battery land. As mentioned above Mike is working on new music for an upcoming album and there is a preorder available for the Clockwatching vinyl release. He also has a few shows lined up for the summer including one this Friday (use code: ‘room31nyc’ at checkout for a discount) with Kendraplex and an 8/17 date with the Royal Artic Institute at Fox & Crow in Jersey City that I’d love to see. 

I recorded this from my usual spot by the soundboard with the MBHO’s and a board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle. Enjoy!

Download and stream from the Live Music Archive!

Seawind of Battery
2023-05-16
Tubby’s Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by Kliked

Thanks to Tubbys FOH engineer Kyle for the patch!

1) New Moon
2) Clockwatching
3) Dreamscaper
4) Some Kind of Symmetry

Seawind of Battery is:
Mike Horn – Electric Guitar
Jarrod Annis – Lap Steel

Support this excellent artist:
https://seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com

6/9 w/ Kendraplex @ Room 31 (Arlo NoMad – New York, NY) – Tix: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seawind-of-battery-kendraplex-tickets-625352214307?aff=erelexpmlt (use code: ‘room31nyc’ at checkout for a few bucks off)
7/26 w/ Liam Grant @ Mama Tried (Brooklyn, NY)
8/12 w/ More Klementines @ Room 31 (Arlo NoMad – New York, NY)
8/17 w/ The Royal Arctic Institute @ Fox & Crow (Jersey City, NJ)
9/30 w/ Wendy Eisenberg Trio @ Room 31 (Arlo NoMad – New York, NY)

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Emergency Group: May 16, 2023 Tubby’s (Kingston, NY)

May 31, 2023
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Emergency Group plays jazz. But they also don’t play jazz at all. There are obvious reference points to 70s electric jazz but it’s boring to stop there; let’s add some progressive rock, some free improv and a sprinkling of post rock. The Brooklyn-based quartet brought all those influences and laid them bare on the stage at Tubby’s to close out an excellent evening of music courtesy of Island House Recordings. 

It took all of 90 seconds for the band to find a perch to launch from as drummer Andreas Brade sends the band pummeling forward. This began a 2-song 40+ minute ride so hot guitarist Jonathan Byerley was forced to play in a tank top and then apology to the crowd for “doing kind of a Bob Weir thing”. Electric piano leads and crunchy riffs buoyed by hypnotic bass lines and drumming equally prepared for fusion or hard rock; National Health or Spooky Tooth. Pick your poison. For the encore the band invited Seawind of Battery to join in. The already expansive playing took an atmospheric turn with the addition of Mike Horn’s looped guitar and Jarrod Annis’s lap steel. 

Emergency Group has a show on July 23 with Tacoma Park at Mama Tried. Additionally, they are heading into the studio in July for new music produced by Chris Schlarb! All money spent on their Bandcamp is going directly towards that recording budget so, I implore you, dig deep. A Schlarb/Emergency Group collab is a truly exciting proposal. 

I recorded this from my usual spot by the soundboard with the MBHO’s and a board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle. Enjoy!

Download and stream from the live music archive!

Emergency Group
2023-05-16
Tubby’s Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity FLAC (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by Kliked

Thanks to Tubbys FOH engineer Kyle for the patch!

  1. Tubby’s Jam 1
  2. Tubby’s Jam 2
  3. Tubby’s Jam 3*
  • with Seawind of Battery

Emergency Group is:
Robert Boston – Keys
Andreas Brade – Drums
Jonathan Byerley – Guitar
Dave Mandl – Bass

Support this excellent artist:
https://emergencygroup.bandcamp.com/album/inspection-of-cruelty

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Damon & Naomi: May 9, 2023 Tubby’s (Kingston, NY)

May 24, 2023
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Photo by CG Lauro

Followers of this site of a certain age (e.g., too old to be seeing rock shows in the middle of the week) will almost certainly have some association with Damon & Naomi’s work. Maybe you have a fond memory from the early 90s of the sun shining, your vision blurred just enough around the edges to let the light and new ideas in and, somewhere in the background, “Strange” is playing from a mixtape. Or maybe that completely hypothetical and totally not autobiographical scenario doesn’t apply, and you just appreciate incredible songwriting with harmonies that can only come from a lifetime of playing music with someone. Either way, we’ve got you covered. 

Tubby’s is a small room and acoustic sets full of ballads can be complicated. On this Wednesday night, the crowd was completely engaged in the moment. We stood enthralled as they worked through songs from their most recent album, 2021’s, “A Sky Record” and beyond. Things got really interesting when they invited their co-headliners, Meg Baird and Charlie Saufley, to join them.  

When Damon casually stated, “Tonight, you’re seeing two duos and two quartets. This is the first appearance of the first quartet,” the room knew special things were about to happen. With Meg on drums and Charlie on guitar they eased into the ghostly and beautiful “Seasons Without Time” and eventually brought the set to fiery close with the Galaxie 500 classic “Another Day.” 

I recorded this from my usual spot by the soundboard with MBHO’s and board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Will. Enjoy! 

Download and stream from the live music archive!

Damon & Naomi
2023-05-09
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer Will for the board patch

  1. Intro
  2. Oceans In Between
  3. Between the Wars
  4. How Do I Say Goodbye
  5. Helsinki
  6. The Robot Speaks
  7. Seasons Without Time*
  8. Sailing By*
  9. Another Day*
  • with Meg Baird on Drums and Charlie Saufley on guitar

Support this excellent artist!
https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/album/a-sky-record

https://www.damonandnaomi.com/

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Oneida: August 4, 2022 Tubby’s

May 17, 2023
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Brahs and Sahs! Here’s your unofficial Oneida chatbot with the news: It’s nearly summer and once again August has been declared the month of Oneida, with tour dates in a bunch of cities you’ve heard of and possibly live in. Last year’s August festivities were interrupted by that nasty bug (but not before we got to see them play Tubby’s), so wish the boys a Success-ful tour and grab your tickets now—dates below!

Soundtrack your buying with this sumptuous gig from last August in support of their latest album Success and general Oneida awesomeness. All the hits from the album are here with some oldies to round things out—I can’t even remember the last time I saw them play “Double Lock Your Mind,” not to mention the fan-favorite “Each One Teach One” making an appearance. But I love the new ones too—they’re like Oneida meets the Ramones? I don’t know but “Rotten,” “I Wanna Hold Your Electric Hand,” and “Beat Me to the Punch” are infectious pop-tunes run through the Oneida riff machine.

I recorded this from our usual spot at Tubby’s with a board feed courtesy of our bud, Will. The sound is excellent. And remember—if you don’t appreciate the Oneida you have we’re not gonna get you another one.

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nyctaper · Oneida – Live at Tubby's 2022
Oneida
2021-08-04
Tubby's
Kingston, NY

Recorded and produced by Eric PH for nyctaper.com

Soundboard (engineer: Will) + MBHO KA200N/603A (DIN) > Naiant PFA >> Sound Devices MixPre-6 > WAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC + Izotope Ozone 5 > Audacity 3.0.2 > FLAC

Tracks [1:21:42]
01. Rotten
02. Cockfight
03. Opportunities
04. Each One Teach One
05. Paralyzed
06. Ghost in the Room
07. I Wanna Hold Your Electric Hand
08. Low Tide > Ragged Shore
09. Up With People
10. Solid
11. Double Lock Your Mind
12. Beat Me to the Punch

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