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Holly Miranda: December 18, 2015 Bowery Ballroom

January 6, 2016

[photo courtesy of Gina Garcia]

We’ve followed Holly Miranda for more than the last half decade, and she’s never let us down. Whether it was at the legendary Maxwells, headlining gig at Bowery, a private show at a wine bar, a night at Glasslands, or a show among friends at Zebulon, Holly Miranda has consistently delivered outstanding performances. Her latest record is a self-titled album that was recorded a couple of years ago after Holly moved to LA and parted ways with XL Recordings. As we noted in 2013, the new album and the artist would find a new home quickly and sure enough Dangerbird Records did just that. Last month at Bowery Ballroom, Holly brought together some old friends (including friend of the site Tim Mislock) and played a too brief support set which included much of the new album, a couple of older tracks and one sublime cover. As always, ultimately the set left us satisfied but wanting more. So, tomorrow night Holly Miranda will join forces with the excellent Hypnocraft and play a show at Manhattan Inn. Don’t miss it.

I recorded this set with the Schoeps cards mounted in our usual location in this venue. The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Download the Complete Show [MP3] / [FLAC]

Stream the Complete Show [minus banter tracks]:

Holly Miranda
2015-12-18
Bowery Ballroom
New York NY

Digital Master Recording
FOB Audience

Schoeps CCM4u Cardioids > Sound Devices 744t > 24bit 48kHz wav > Soundforge (post production) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper

Setlist:
[Total Time 38:48]
01 Mark My Words
02 Desert Call
03 Waves
04 No One Just Is
05 All I Want To Be Is Your Girl
06 Come On
07 [band introductions]
08 Mary Won’t You Call My Name [Morphine]
09 [Kyp Malone intro – Everlasting false start]
10 Everlasting

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Holly Miranda, visit her website, and purchase her official releases from the Music link at her website [HERE] or directly from Dangerbird Records [HERE].

Herbcraft: December 12, 2015 Trans-Pecos

January 4, 2016

By EricPH

Like the Northeast’s answer to Eternal Tapestry, Herbcraft trade in spaced-out, far-flung psych pastorals. Ever since we caught the Portland, Maine band nearly two years ago at Mercury Lounge, we’ve been itching for the opportunity to get them back to NYC. So when we booked Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band to headline Trans-Pecos (that set here), Herbcraft were high up on our wish list of openers. In forty mind-expanding minutes, Herbcraft took the room on a wild journey. Their set begins with a long improvised jam that segues seamlessly into “A Knock at the Door” from The Astral Body Electric and then into “Bread Don’t Rise” from last year’s Wot Oz. The tunes are rhizomatic head trips—pulsating, looping, and expanding without origin or destination. There is no other option but to kick back, tune in, and give in to the mighty Herbcraft…

I recorded this set with the mics set up at the stage lip, combined with a board feed from Trans-Pecos FOH, Ned. The results are outstanding. Enjoy!

Download the complete show: [MP3/FLAC]

Stream the complete show:

Herbcraft
2015-12-12
Trans-Pecos
Queens, NY

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by Eric PH

Soundboard (engineer: Ned) + AKG C480B/CK61 (stage lip) > Roland R-26 > 2xWAV (24/48) > Adobe Audition CC (align, mixdown, balance, compression, normalize, fades) > Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ) > Audacity 2.0.5 (downsample, dither, tracking, tagging) > FLAC (16/44.1, level 8)

Tracks [40:59]
01. Untitled Improvisation
02. A Knock at the Door
03. Bread Don’t Rise

Support Herbcraft: Bandcamp | Facebook | Buy Wot Oz from Woodsist

List of All Available NYCTaper Recordings – 2015 Posts

December 31, 2015

By nyctaper

This is a rejuvenation of the lists we used to do in the early days of the site. We now have all years updated on the site, 2007-2015, which means that every recording in our history is only two clicks away. Again, don’t take this as an invitation to download massive quantities of recordings. If I find someone downloading 10 or 20 shows at once, I’ll block your IP address.

All 2007 Recordings Listed [HERE]
Part 1 of 2008 Recordings (January through June 13) Listed [HERE]
Part 2 of 2008 Recordings (June 13 through July 31) Listed [HERE]
Part 3 of 2008 Recordings (July 31 through December 31) Listed [HERE]
All 2009 Recordings Listed [HERE]
All 2010 Recordings Listed [HERE]
All 2011 Recordings Listed [HERE]
All 2012 Recordings Listed [HERE]
All 2013 Recordings Listed [HERE]
All 2014 Recordings Listed [HERE]

Alphabetical List of All Available Recordings at NYCTAPER.COM
(Click on Title for location):
Posted in 2015 (262 Recordings):

NYCTaper Upcoming Schedule: Winter/Spring 2016

December 30, 2015

By nyctaper

Another Happy New Year to all of our faithful readers. As we move into 2016 there will be some major changes at NYCTaper as we become involved in the minority ownership of a renewed venue, the Market Hotel. We can continue to promise the same degree of archival work, but with an added extra — we’ll be documenting as much as we can from one particular venue which may also come to include regular streaming of shows. Its an exciting time here and a ride upon which we hope you’ll join us!

Caveat: Below is the updated schedule. We expect to attend and record these events. However, circumstances will prevent some of these from being done, and others will be added in the meantime. Feel free to make suggestions or point out shows we missed or invite us to your shows!

Schedule:

Alex Bleeker and The Freaks (Play Dead):
December 30, 2015 Rough Trade BK

Cass McCombs/Soldiers Of Fortune:
January 7, 2016 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Air Waves/Grooms/Drawing Boards:
January 8, 2016 Mercury Lounge NYC (permission pending)

Oneida:
January 9, 2016 Palisades BK

METZ:
January 13, 2015 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Creepoid:
January 14, 2016 Trans Pecos Queens (permission pending)

Yonatan Gat/PC Worship/Guardian Alien:
January 15, 2016 Mercury Lounge NYC

Infinity Girl:
January 16, 2016 Muchmore’s BK (permission pending)

Torres/Palehound:
January 21, 2016 Bowery Ballroom NYC (permission denied)

Alejandro Escovedo:
January 23, 2016 City Winery NYC

The Weather Station:
January 27, 2016 Baby’s All Right BK (permission pending)

Rayland Baxter:
January 28, 2016 Mercury Lounge NYC

Mothers:
January 29, 2016 Palisades BK

Wilco:
February 2 and 3, 2016 Capital Theatre Port Chester NY

William Tyler:
February 3, 2016 Union Pool BK

Martin Courtney:
February 13, 2016 Baby’s All Right BK

Disappears:
February 20, 2016 Baby’s All Right BK

Animal Collective:
February 23, 2016 Irving Plaza NYC

Wussy:
March 4, 2016 Studio at Webster Hall NYC

Nada Surf:
March 8, 2016 Bowery Ballroom NYC (permission pending)

craw:
March 12, 2016 Saint Vitus BK

Mount Moriah:
March 13, 2016 Rough Trade BK

Tortoise:
March 17, 2016 Littlefield BK

Chris Forsyth & Solar Motel Band / 75 Dollar Bill:
March 19, 2016 NYCTaper Presents at Trans Pecos Queens

Wussy:
March 30, 2016 NYCTaper Presents at Trans Pecos

the Mountain Goats:
April 1, 2016 Bearsville Theatre Woodstock NY

the Mountain Goats:
April 2, 2016 College Street Music Hall New Haven CT

Phil Cook:
April 6, 2016 Mercury Lounge NYC

Melvins:
April 14, 2016 Music Hall of Williamsburg

the Mountain Goats:
April 17, 18, 19, 2016 City Winery NYC

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard:
May 14, 2016 Bowery Ballroom NYC

Zachary Cale: October 15, 2015 NYCTaper Unofficial CMJ Show, Cake Shop

December 29, 2015

By acidjack

[photo courtesy of Cereal + Sounds]

Zachary Cale is a slow-burn kind of musician. That’s true both of his songs, which tend to unfold at a middle tempo that neither rushes nor inhibits his point, and his musical career, which continues to grow bit by bit, solid album by solid album. Cale is one of those artists you tend to hear about from other fans and musicians, not so much from the PR-driven and mostly corporatized music “press.” Perhaps that’s a fault of his modest approach, but with this year’s Duskland, possibly even more so than 2014’s Blue Rider (released in December 2013), even those outlets have been forced take notice.

Though most of this year’s CMJ New Music Marathon (wisely named, since it bears little resemblance to music events people actually attend for fun) was run by the usual suspects — big name PR and talent agencies, particularly — we were excited that Cale asked to join our annual show at Cake Shop, an unofficial daytime event that, as tends to be the case with day shows, tries to put some of the fun back into the “marathon.” This five-song set doesn’t do justice to the breadth of Cale’s oeuvre, but “Blue Moth,” “Sundowner” and “Evensong” make the case for Duskland as well as any three of its songs could. Possibly as a nod to those who’ve seen him several times before, like we have, Cale offered up a rare nugget to close the set: the b-side “Holes In Everything,” an uptempo country-western affair that punctuated, as well as anything could, that this day show was about fun.

I recorded this set in the same manner as the other CMJ sets, with Schoeps MK4V microphones at the stage lip and a soundboard feed from the day’s engineer Jeff. The sound quality is outstanding. Enjoy!

Download the complete show: [MP3/FLAC]

Stream the complete show:

Zachary Cale
2015-10-15
NYCTaper Unofficial CMJ Show
Cake Shop
New York, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK4V (onstage)>KC5>CMC6 + Soundboard (engineer: Jeff)>>Edirol R-44>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down, fades, compression)>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ, image)>Audacity 2.0.5 (track, amplify, balance, downsample, dither)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Blue Moth
02 Sundowner
03 Evensong
04 Hangman Letters
05 Holes In Everything

If you enjoyed this recording, please support Zachary Cale by visiting his website, ordering Duskland from No Quarter, and buying his other records from his online store.

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