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Suuns: December 10, 2011 Webster Hall – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

January 11, 2012
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Suuns Ventrice
[photo courtesy of Maryanne Ventrice and Impose Magazine]

When acidjack recorded Suuns in January at Rock Shop, he noted the versatility of the band and the “controlled intensity” that the band brings to each song. By December, when I recorded their show at Webster Hall opening for The Antlers, Sunns seem to have perfected that approach. In one of the best-received opening sets we’ve seen in quite some time, Suuns began with the new 12″ b-side “Red Song” (streaming below), which presaged the compelling tension and release of the post-rock they delivered in spades. The balance of the setlist included much of their excellent 2010 release Zeroes QC (Secretly Canadian Records) and one new song. We expect that the continued development of this talented and imaginative quartet will bring to them to larger stages and audiences — it won’t be long before they’ll play Webster again as the headliner.

I recorded this set in the same manner as the Antlers set from the same show, and the sound quality is superb.

Stream “Red Song”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/S0125Suuns0211/01.%20Red%20Song.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Suuns
2011-12-10
Webster Hall
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, downsample, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-18

Setlist:
[Total Time 31:46]
01 Red Song
02 Arena
03 Pie IX
04 [new song – Cities]
05 Sweet Nothing

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Suuns, visit their Facebook page, and purchase Zeroes QC from Secretly Canadian Records [HERE].

Kevin Devine: January 7, 2012 Maxwell’s – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

January 10, 2012
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[screenshot from video here]

It almost unfathomable, considering the many many shows we’ve attended over the last decade, that we had not previously crossed paths with Kevin Devine. His abundant vocal and songwriting talents, and the picture perfect nature of his intelligent indie-pop records are exactly what we look for in a performer. So when we finally got the chance to catch Kevin at Maxwell’s on Saturday, the entire show felt completely natural. And when we met and chatted with Kevin after the show, he seemed like a kindred spirit. The songs themselves make it obvious that we are listening to a writer with vision, emotion and fortitude — dealing with life’s difficulties while persistently finding the beauty in it all. On Saturday, Kevin performed solo acoustic and while surrounded by diehard fans in an intimate venue, and delivered a powerful set that included much of his new album Between the Concrete & Clouds (Razor & Tie), but also dug deep into his catalog including classics “Cotton Crush”, “Tap Dance” and “Ballgame” (streaming below). Kevin even included a song from his old band Miracle of ’86 (“Knife”), and two new songs. Kevin Devine will be touring Europe in February, and will be back in the US for some Midwest dates in March, but promised some East coast dates in the Spring.

Stream “Ballgame”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/K7010KevinDevine1202/21.%20Ballgame.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Kevin Devine
2012-01-07
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2012-01-08

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:26:30]
01 [intro]
02 Petite Mort
03 Tap Dance
04 Off Screen
05 Afterparty
06 Brooklyn Boy
07 Time To Burn
08 [banter – Maxwells]
09 Knife
10 [banter – dream]
11 Awake in the Dirt
12 A Story A Sneak
13 Noose Dressed Like a Necklace
14 [banter – I know how its gonna go]
15 Tomorrows Just Too Late
16 Carnival
17 No Sides
18 [banter – encore]
19 Country Sky Glow
20 Cotton Crush
21 Ballgame
22 [crowd – teases]
23 I Used To Be Someone
24 Between the Concrete and Clouds
25 [banter – thanks]
26 Brother’s Blood

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Kevin Devine, visit his website, and purchase Between the Concrete and Clouds from Razor and Tie Records [HERE].

Clear Plastic Masks: January 4, 2012 Mercury Lounge – FLAC and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

January 9, 2012
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[Photo courtesy of the band and hosted at the band’s Facebook page]

I started my musical 2012 off right with a dose of feel-good rock from Brooklyn’s Clear Plastic Masks at the always-welcoming Mercury Lounge in Manhattan.  Despite the continuing interest in various forms of bedroom recordings and keyboard-and-loop heavy atmospherics in the Brooklyn scene, there remain a solid cadre of new bands making organic, straight-ahead rock, and CPM fall into that category.  The most obvious reference for their bluesy rock sound is The Black Keys, but being a four-man act (Charlie Garmendia on drums, Eddy DuQuesne on bass/keys, Matt Menold guitar/keys and Andrew Katz guitar/keys/vocals), they have a denser, richer sound that also draws from classic acts like Sam and Dave, the Violinaires, and Jimmie Rodgers.  The band puts that dense sound – and good humor – to good use in the live setting, cranking out the type of songs that shake asses and sell drinks.  It’s not clear whether their new single, “Working Girl”, intends the double-entrendre for that title, but this modern-day version of a blue collar lament makes a good starting point for understanding the band.  The song was recorded at the Bomb Shelter in Nashville for a forthcoming 7″ single, which will accompany the band’s self-released, self-titled EP available at their bandcamp page.  The band have a relaxed, easy rapport with the crowd and clear enthusiasm for what they’re doing, besides the ability to shred pretty hard – witness the guitar work on “Phoenix is Rising”, streaming below. You can find out for yourself at their next NYC show tomorrow (Tuesday Jan 10) at Union Pool, after which they head on a southward tour that will wind up in New Orleans. Clear Plastic Masks also plan to dive in to recording a full-length record while down South – a good way to immerse themselves in their source material, for sure.

I recorded this set in our usual manner for Mercury, with Schoeps supercardiod microphones and a soundboard feed from Kevin, the head engineer at the club.  The results are outstanding. Enjoy!

Stream “Phoenix is Rising”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/C1004ClearPlasticMasks2012/14 Phoenix Is Rising.mp3]

Stream “Working Girl”
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/C1004ClearPlasticMasks2012/06 Working Girl.mp3]

Direct download of MP3 files [HERE] | Direct Download of the FLAC files [HERE].

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Clear Plastic Masks
2012-01-04
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Recorded and produced by acidjack
for nyctaper.com

Soundboard + Schoeps MK41>KCY>Naiant littlebox >> Edirol R-44 [Oade Concert Mod]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Audacity (mixdown, downsample to 44.1kHz, set fades, tracking, amplify and balance)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 [intro]
02 Death of Me
03 I’m Free
04 Outcast [Eddie and Ernie]
05 [banter]
06 Working Girl
07 [banter]
08 Pegasus and Glue
09 Rolling Down A Hill
10 [tuning]
11 Uncle Chris
12 Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
13 [banter]
14 Phoenix Is Rising
15 Baby Come On

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Clear Plastic Masks, visit their Facebook page, and download their self-titled EP from their bandcamp page.

Yo La Tengo: December 27, 2011 Maxwell’s – FLAC and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs

January 2, 2012
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photo
[Photo from night one courtesy of EarDrumNYC]

That life is short is one of those well-worn cliches.  It’s also true.  Knowing that this would be the only Yo La Tengo Hanukkah show I would see this year – and knowing that YLT frontman Ira Kaplan might not have been able to make it at all – that old cliche came to mind in full force.  This is a band that consistently holds nothing back – a band that, whenever its career is over, will wind up its run with no regrets.  The same can be said of this Hanukkah run at Maxwell’s, which found classic acts like Pussy Galore and The Trypes reunited, showed off Lee Ranaldo’s post-Sonic Youth project, and found critical darlings like the Sea and Cake and Kurt Vile opening.

The openers are always a big part of the story with these shows, but Yo La Tengo rightfully remains the focus.  Once again, they delivered a set that was by turns fiercely jammy and rocking, quiet and pensive, and funny.  And as with virtually every Hanukkah set they play, it was full of surprises and special guests.  Continuing the tradition of covering Jewish musicians, after a solemn opener of “As the Hour Grows Late,” the band moved on to Bob Dylan’s “I Threw It All Away”, followed by a nearly ten-minute guitar-freakout version of Velvet Underground’s “Heroin,” that featured Eleventh Dream Day’s Rick Rizzo ripping it up on guitar.  Though still early in the night, that could easily be my top highlight.  On the other hand, it’s hard to argue with the sprawling sequence of “From A Motel 6” into two Beatles numbers “Flying” and “It’s All Too Much” each featuring The Trypes.  But then, if you were Ira, you’d probably pick the song that closed out the eight-night session – his mother, Marilyn, performing Bob Hilliard and Lee Pockriss’ “My Little Corner of the World”.  Ms. Kaplan and her son can now check another item off of their bucket list.  And so do we.

nyctaper and I recorded this set with four microphones and soundboard feed running into two clock-synced decks, providing rich, fantastic sound.  Enjoy!

Thanks to Jesse Jarnow of The Village Voice and Frank & Earthy for the setlist and his outstanding coverage of all eight nights.  Also, our final YLT recording of 2011, the December 24 show, will be posted Wednesday.  

Stream “Heroin [Velvet Underground]”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/04 Heroin.mp3]

Stream “From A Motel 6”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/12 From A Motel 6.mp3]

Direct download of MP3 files [HERE] | Direct download of FLAC files [HERE]

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Yo La Tengo
2011-12-30
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Matrix Recording
Hosted exclusively at nyctaper.com

Recorded by nyctaper and acidjack
Produced by acidjack

Soundboard + DPA 4021>Sound Devices USBPre2 + Neumann KM150 >> 2x Edirol R-44 [Oade Concert Mod] (decks clock synced via the USBPre2)>6x24bit/48kHz WAV>Audition (mix down, light EQ, downsample to 44.1kHz)>Audacity (set fades, tracking, amplify, downsample to 16bit)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time 1:40:23]
01 [intro]
02 As The Hour Grows Late*?
03 I Threw It All Away [Bob Dylan]*
04 Heroin [Velvet Underground]^
05 I Should Have Known Better?
06 Swing For Life
07 Damage
08 Liz Beth [Eleventh Dream Day]^?
09 Big Day Coming (acoustic)^
10 [banter]
11 The Empty Pool [Yung Wu]%
12 From A Motel 6> %
13 Flying [The Beatles]>#
14 It’s All Too Much [The Beatles]>#
15 I Heard You Looking!
16 Take Care [Alex Chilton]
17 [encore break]
18 Blue Line Swinger
19 [banter]
20 My Little Corner of the World [Bob Hilliard, Lee Pockriss]@

* with Rick Rizzo on guitar and John Baumgartner on accordion
^ with Rick Rizzo
% with Glenn Mercer
# with the Trypes
! with Glenn Mercer, John Baumgartner and Stan Demeski
@ with Marilyn Kaplan on vocals

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Yo La Tengo, visit their website, and purchase their official releases from the store at their website [HERE].

Kurt Vile: December 26, 2011 Maxwell’s – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

December 31, 2011
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[photo courtesy of Charles Chawalko]

2011 has been a tremendous year for Kurt Vile, and the kicker was that his last show of the year was an opportunity to open one of the legendary Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows on Monday. Smoke Ring For My Halo has been on every end of the year best-of list for 2011 — I’m not exaggerating, its literally been on every list I’ve seen. And for good reason. Smoke Ring is an album that seems to finally realize the full potential of Vile’s rich talents. The 2011 release is well-produced, but still captures the artist’s underground qualities and esoteric lyrics while also featuring fully formed melodies. At Maxwell’s, Kurt performed with what is most likely the final gig of this version of the Violators. Adam Granduciel was on lead guitar for this show, but has growing commitments as the War On Drugs continues its ascent in stature. On Monday, the band opened with a cover of the Feelies, one of Maxwell’s “house bands”, and then continued with much of Smoke Ring. We are streaming “Ghost Town”, the albums’s final climactic track.

I recorded this set in the same manner at the Yo La Tengo recording from this night and the sound quality is superb.

Stream “Ghost Town”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/K1016KurtVile1001/05.%20Ghost%20Town.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Kurt Vile
2011-12-26
Hanukkah Night 7
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-30

Setlist:
[Total Time 52:14]
01 For Awhile [Feelies]
02 Puppet to the Man
03 Runner Ups
04 Jesus Fever
05 Ghost Town
06 Hunchback
07 Freak Train
08 Peeping Tomboy
09 [banter – tuning]
10 Society is My Friend

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Kurt Vile, visit his website, and purchase Smoke Ring For My Halo from Matador Records [HERE].

Yo La Tengo: December 26, 2011 Maxwell’s – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song

December 30, 2011
By


[photo courtesy of Will Hermes and Love Goes To Buildings on Fire blog]

A couple of years ago, Jesse Jarnow wrote a piece in the Village Voice about NYCTaper. Although I’m obviously not completely unbiased about the writer, I felt it was not a puff piece, and I am certain that it was a well researched and thorough article on the culture of taping and the modern wrinkle that nyctaper represents. So it was a nice bit of news we got last year when we learned that Jesse received a book deal with Penguin Books to write the definitive biography of Yo La Tengo. His research and writing strengths aside, Jesse also happened to be one of the foremost experts in the details of the music of YLT — his yearly annotated Hanukkah setlists have been a great assistance in the compiling of our recordings. Given that Jesse’s book Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock is due for release this coming June, it was a bittersweet coincidence that this year’s Hanukkah shows have been, in large part because of the Ira’s recent health scare, thoroughly historical retrospective shows. The yearly December shows have always had their fair share of rare numbers, but this year has been special. YLT has broken out multiple songs we’ve never seen before. The guests have included original bassist Dave Rick, and on this Night 7, the incomparable Dave Schramm played the entire set. Dave was an integral part of the development of the band in the early years of Yo La Tengo, and his distinctively sweet guitar tone was the highlight of evening. We are streaming the show’s climax, YLT’s 1987 semi-obscure single “Asparagus Song”. The irony of course is that this show was one of the few over the last several years that Jesse actually missed. Hopefully, this recording can be a partial substitute.

I recorded this show in the same manner as the two previous YLT posts, and the sound quality is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “Asparagus Song”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/17.%20Asparagus%20Song.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Yo La Tengo
2011-12-26
Hanukkah Night 7
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-28

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:29:55]
01 Sudden Organ
02 Can’t Forget
03 How To Make A Baby Elephant Float
04 I Can Hear Music [Ronettes]
05 When It’s Dark
06 Here Comes My Baby [Cat Stevens]
07 Cone of Silence
08 Little Eyes
09 I Feel Like Going Home
10 [banter – Stampfel intro]
11 Griselda
12 One PM Again
13 The One To Cry [The Escorts]
14 Wasn’t Born To Follow [Byrds]
15 Mr. Tough
16 The Summer
17 Asparagus Song
18 Center of Gravity
19 [encore break]
20 I Can’t Make It On Time [Ramones]
21 Gates of Steel [Devo]
22 Prisoners of Rock and Roll [Neil Young]

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Yo La Tengo, visit their website, and purchase their official releases from the store at their website [HERE].

Yo La Tengo: December 23, 2011 Maxwell’s – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs

December 26, 2011
By


[photo courtesy of Bryan Bruchman and brooklynvegan]

A close brush with mortality often offers a rare opportunity for perspective and retrospection. It was twenty-seven years ago that the first Yo La Tengo show took place at Maxwell’s, and Dave Rick was the bass player on that night. For Night 4 of Hanukkah 2011, Dave joined YLT for the entire set. As a result, the setlist dug all the way back to the early YLT, including their very first release, the 7″ single “The River of Water”, along with deep track “Serpentine” from 1987’s New Wave Hot Dogs. This show’s three-song climax also included a terrific version of a rare performance of “Some Kinda Fatigue” that we’re streaming below. And in an apparent acknowledgement of the theme for the night, the set’s finale was an extended and heart-wrenching version of “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven” that highlighted the shortness of life. On this particular night, we certainly enjoyed it while we can.

I recorded this set in the same manner as the previous night and the sound quality is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “Some Kinda Fatigue”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/15.%20Some%20Kinda%20Fatigue.mp3]

Stream “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/17.%20More%20Stars%20Than%20There%20Are%20In%20Heaven.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Yo La Tengo
2011-12-23
Hanukkah Night 4
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-25

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:29:03]
01 Detouring America With Horns
02 Nothing To Hide
03 Avalon or Someone Very Similar
04 Porpoise Song [Carole King]
05 The River of Water
06 Serpentine [Phil Milstein]
07 Ben Wa Baby [Phil Milstein]
08 Don’t Have To Be So Sad
09 [banter – thanks]
10 Saturday
11 [banter – mix cd]
12 Coloured [Chris Knox]
13 Black Flowers
14 Today Is The Day
15 Some Kinda Fatigue
16 Tom Courtenay
17 More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
18 [encore break]
19 You Don’t Love Me Yet [Roky Erickson]
20 This Ain’t The Summer of Love [Blue Oyster Cult]
21 Crush [Chris Knox]

(Thanks Jesse for the setlist)

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Yo La Tengo, visit their website, and purchase their official releases from the store at their website [HERE].

Yo La Tengo: December 22, 2011 Maxwell’s – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs

December 24, 2011
By


[photo courtesy of Bryan Bruchman and brooklynvegan]

Its the season for giving, and virtually every year Yo La Tengo gives Hanukkah presents to its fans. The eight annual Maxwell’s shows are a time for surprise openers, special guests, rare songs, and unique covers. But this year is special for another reason entirely. Following a serious and recent health scare for Ira Kaplan, there was a potential that the shows would need to be cancelled. But Ira vowed to play all eight shows, and after a medical clearance the shows went on — albeit with Ira sitting in a chair on stage. We made it to Night 3, which featured Lee Ranaldo as special guest, both as the opener and as one of the guest musicians during the YLT set. As expected, the shredding and freakout guitar numbers for YLT were mostly absent, which highlighted the band’s more mellow and contemplative side. But when it came time for the show’s climax, the presence of Lee was fortuitous. A scalding version of Lee’s Sonic Youth song (from Goo) “Mote” featured the dual shredding of Kaplan and Ranaldo, and it flowed naturally into one of those extended versions of “Hatchet” that seem to have become an annual Hanukkah treat. We are streaming both songs below. When the twenty minutes of guitar bliss was over, it was obvious that although he suffered a health scare, Ira’s decision to press forward with these shows was the greatest gift of all.

I recorded this set from our standard location in this venue, at the front right corner of the soundboard booth, and mixed the hypercardioid microphones with an excellent board feed. The quality is superb. Enjoy!

I recorded Night 4, we will have a correspondent at Night 5, and I will be attending Night 7 (with hi and lo) and Night 8 (with acidjack), so there are more YLT Hanukkah shows to come.

Stream “Mote” [Sonic Youth]:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/14.%20Mote%20%5bSonic%20Youth%5d.mp3]

Stream “Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/Y6644YLT9879/15.%20Pass%20the%20Hatchet%20I%20Think%20I%27m%20Goodkind.mp3]

Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Note: All of the material on this site is offered with artist permission, free to fans, at our expense. The only thing we ask is that you download the material directly from this site, rather than re-posting the direct links or the files on other sites without our permission. Please respect our request.

Yo La Tengo
2011-12-22
Hanukkah Night 3
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-24

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:31:50]
01 Nutricia
02 Sugarcube
03 Madeline
04 Lewis
05 Mr. Tough
06 Season of the Shark
07 Periodically Double or Triple
08 [banter – Licht intro]
09 Doesn’t Anybody Love the Dark [Run On]
10 The Last Days of Disco
11 Fourth Time Around [Bob Dylan]
12 Decora
13 Double Dare
14 Mote [Sonic Youth]
15 Pass the Hatchet I Think I’m Goodkind
16 [encore break]
17 Andalucia [John Cale]
18 Mandy [Barry Manilow]

(Thanks Jesse for the setlist)

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Yo La Tengo, visit their website, and purchase their official releases from the store at their website [HERE].

Blitzen Trapper: December 9, 2011 Maxwell’s – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs

December 13, 2011
By


[photo courtesy of Christopher Altenburg at Monster Fresh]

Blitzen Trapper are not currently on tour, but as a bonus for their trip East to play Letterman on Thursday night, the band added an intimate show at Maxwell’s on Friday. After spending much of the last three months on tour in support of their sixth album, the September release American Goldwing (Sub Pop), this one-off show gave Blitzen Trapper the opportunity to stretch out and play some rare tracks and a lengthy set. Indeed, the set lasted well over ninety minutes and contained twenty-five songs, including “Silver Moon” and “Not Your Lover”, songs absent from recent setlists. On Letterman on Thursday, the band played “Might Find it Cheap”, so that Friday’s version was tight and energetic — we’re streaming it below. The intimate nature of the venue also created a nice interaction between the band and the diehards who were able to secure tickets to the sold-out show, and that led to some hilarious banter. Blitzen Trapper is a band that seems to really enjoy playing music and on Friday night that was more than evident.

I recorded this set with the standard setup for this venue, with the Neumanns mounted inside the front right corner of the soundboard booth and mixed with a board feed. Blitzen Trapper’s outstanding tour FOH Martin did a superb job on the mix and this recording is one of the best we’ve ever captured at Maxwell’s. Enjoy!

Stream “Might Find It Cheap”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/B2227Blitzen9822/06.%20Might%20Find%20It%20Cheap.mp3]

Stream “Good Times Bad Times” [Led Zeppelin cover]:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/B2227Blitzen9822/29.%20Good%20Times%20Bad%20Times%20%5bZep%5d.mp3]

This recording is now available for download in FLAC or MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].

Blitzen Trapper
2011-12-09
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-10

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:34:54]
01 [intro]
02 American Goldwing
03 God and Suicide
04 My Hometown
05 Furr
06 Might Find It Cheap
07 Love and Hate
08 Fletcher
09 Fire and Fast Bullets
10 Gold For Bread
11 Love The Way You Walk Away
12 Stolen Shoes and A Rifle
13 Black River Killer
14 Silver Moon
15 Talking It Easy Too Long
16 Good Ol Boys [Waylon Jennings]
17 Big Black Bird
18 Evening Star
19 Miss Spiritual Tramp
20 Your Crying Eyes
21 Street Fighting Sun
22 Wild Mountain Nation
23 [encore break]
24 Not Your Lover
25 [banter – thanks to Martin and Sara]
26 Lady on the Water
27 [banter – Summer of 69]
28 Jericho
29 Good Times Bad Times [Zep]

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The Antlers: December 10, 2011 Webster Hall – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs

December 12, 2011
By


[photo courtesy of JeremyEye]

About midway through the Antlers show at Webster Hall last night, I took a stroll around the venue just to try to take it all in. The 1200+ capacity venue was literally packed to the walls — it wasn’t an easy stroll. But the take-away is that this band can fill a venue of this size on a busy Friday night when concert-goers had many other choices. In the Antlers biggest ever show in NYC, the band delivered the goods. It was a ninety-minute set limited only in length by the late-night club that Webster Hall becomes after 11 p.m. We got the feeling that they could have played another half hour. The set consisted of an interesting mix of Burst Apart and Hospice material, including some songs we had not seen in a while. “Sylvia” is streaming below, and the stand-out performance brought back a powerful song that was not played earlier in the year. The Burst Apart material has grown in length and development in the live setting, and in particular “Teeth” (also streaming below) embodies that maturation. Just a few days removed from a 30-plus show tour of Europe, the Antlers were well rehearsed but undoubtedly a little fatigued. Fortunately, the energy of a sold-out triumphant hometown return show invigorated the quartet, so that there wasn’t an ebb moment in the entire ninety-minute set.

I recorded this set with the hyper-cardioid Neumann microphones placed at the front rail of the soundboard booth in the lower balcony, and mixed with a soundboard feed. The difficult room was mixed with precision by the Antlers FOH Dan Seiders, and the sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream “Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A3398Antlers3200/08.%20Every%20Night%20My%20Teeth%20Are%20Falling%20Out%20(2).mp3]

Stream “Sylvia”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A3398Antlers3200/14.%20Sylvia.mp3]

This recording is now available as a FLAC or MP3 download at Archive.org [HERE].

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The Antlers
2011-12-10
Webster Hall
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, downsample set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2011-12-11

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:33:37]
01 Parentheses
02 No Widows
03 Kettering
04 French Exit
05 Atrophy
06 Corsicana
07 Rolled Together
08 Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
09 [banter]
10 Hounds
11 Putting the Dog To Sleep
12 [encore break]
13 I Don’t Want Love
14 Sylvia
15 Epilogue

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