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Lucero: February 6, 2009 Terminal 5 – FLAC and MP3 Downloads

February 19, 2009

[photo by Johnny for nyctaper]

Since Johnny’s Black Keys recording received universal rave reviews from nyctaper listeners, we had high expectations for the opening sets of this show — those expectations have been met!

Review by Johnny:
I can honestly say that I hadn’t heard a note from this band until they stepped on the stage at Terminal 5. Led by Ben Nichols, Memphis-based Lucero seem to be cut from a different part of the same whiskey-soaked cloth as Drive-By Truckers and the Replacements that Bruce Springsteen had used to wipe his brow. They present a rollicking good time that would make seeing them in some boozy little southern fried bar a mind-blowing event. Not to say their set at Terminal 5 wasn’t awesome, but equipment problems plagued guitarist Brian Venable for the first part of the performance, eliciting a few snickers from the crowd whereas in a smaller venue the throng would’ve been passing shots up to the stage in an effort to relieve the group’s frustration. Kudos to them for keeping their sense of humor through the ordeal and putting on a great show. The beautiful interplay of the pedal steel and the keyboards didn’t hurt either. The only way to say it is that these guys ripped. If this is what they are like on an “off” night, I can only imagine the experience when they’re “on”. As I stated earlier, I hadn’t heard of Lucero prior to this show. But rest assured, at least one of their albums will join me at the register next time I’m in a record store and I’m damn well going to see them the next time they’re playing a gig in town.

Our recording position in the venue was the same as for the Black Keys and Heartless Bastards. Aside from the chatter during the low-volume parts and the guitarist’s equipment troubles, the mix was about as good as it gets in this venue and the resultant recording sounds really good. Enjoy!

Direct download of the complete show in MP3 [HERE]
Direct download of the complete show in FLAC [HERE]

If either of the links are no longer working, email nyctaper with a request for the download location of the files.

Lucero
February 6, 2009
Terminal 5
New York, NY, USA

Location: 2nd level, directly behind soundboard, DFC
Source: AUD > AKG C 414 B-XLS > Edirol R-44 (WAV @ 24-bit/48kHz)
Lineage: R-44 (WAV @ 24-bit/48kHz) > USB > PC > Adobe Audition (adjust levels, downsample, dither, tracking) > WAV (16-bit/44.1kHz) > Trader’s Little Helper (check/fix SB’s) > FLAC Frontend > FLAC ( level 8 )
Recorded and produced by: Johnny Fried Chicken Boy

SETLIST:
[Total time: 53:43]
01. That Much Further West
02. Nights Like These
03. Kiss the Bottle [*]
04. Johnny Davis
05. Joining the Army (aborted)
06. Nineteen Seventy-Nine
07. I Can Get Us Out of Here
08. Wasted
09. Tonight Ain’t Gonna Be Good
10. Noon as Dark as Midnight
11. Slow Dancing
12. Bikeriders
13. Nobody’s Darlings
14. Better Than This [#]

* Jawbreaker song
# Ben Nichols solo

If you download this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Lucero, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases and merch from the store at their website [HERE].

The Black Keys: February 6, 2009 – FLAC and MP3 Downloads

February 13, 2009

By nyctaper

[photo by johnny for nyctaper]

When nyctaper was at the Market Hotel for last Fridays’ lo-fi fest, we had a new correspondent at Terminal 5 to record The Black Keys. His recording is really quite outstanding. Here’s Johnny:

Review By Johnny
On the inaugural run of their tour for Attack & Release last spring, the Black Keys came to Terminal 5 and put on a blistering show that made instant converts of even the most jaded concert-goers. Patrick Carney pounded away on his drum kit like a man possessed while guitar-slinger Dan Auerbach steered the notes into unreal sonic territory and even made a comment from the stage about how uncharacteristically “loose” the wildly appreciative NYC audience was. This time around expectations were very high. Several months of touring found a slightly more polished (and occasionally sloppy) but no less energetic duo playing to a very receptive crowd on the first of two sold-out nights at Terminal 5. Attendees of last May’s show will notice that the setlist hasn’t changed much, however, the bluesier numbers seemed to be a little more intense and smoldering and they appeared to stretch out more on some of the songs. As hoped and expected, the Keys came out with an excellent, high-octane set, reaffirming what the faithful know and impressing the uninitiated. As I heard one person remark on the way out, “Wow, I can’t believe it’s just two guys!”

An unexpected ban on tripods/stands due to the sold-out nature of the show resulted in a scramble to find an alternative recording position. We found a space right behind the soundboard on the second floor and clamped to the railing. The crowd around me was very polite albeit chatty (what is it about Terminal 5 that makes people want to talk so much?), incredibly accommodating, proved that beers could unexpectedly show up in your hands and, in the case of several girls I met, very cute. The recording came out very well due to location but, typical of the mix for Black Keys shows, is a little bass-heavy which is further accentuated due to the layout of this venue. I hope you like what you hear as much as we did. Enjoy!

Direct download of the complete show in MP3 [HERE]
Direct download of the complete show in FLAC [HERE]

If either of the links are no longer working, email nyctaper with a request for the download location of the files.

The Black Keys
February 6, 2009
Terminal 5
New York, NY, USA
(Opening bands: Lucero / Heartless Bastards)

SETLIST:
[Total time: 1:16:08]
01. Same Old Thing
02. 10 A.M. Automatic
03. Thickfreakness
04. Girl Is On My Mind
05. Stack Shot Billy
06. Busted
07. Everywhere I Go [*]
08. Strange Times
09. Your Touch
10. I’m Glad [#]
11. Psychotic Girl
12. No Trust
13. Have Love Will Travel [%]
14. The Breaks
15. I Got Mine
16. encore break
17. Set You Free
18. Till I Get My Way

* Junior Kimbrough song
# Captain Beefheart song
% Richard Berry/Sonics song

If you download this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Black Keys, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases and merch from the store at their website [HERE].

Drive-By Truckers November 6, 2008 Terminal 5 – Flac and MP3 Downloads

November 9, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo credit]

In March, the Drive-By Truckers performance at Terminal 5 was powerful and inspired, and their two-hour and thirty minute set was met with incredible crowd energy. At that show they delivered six full encores that lasted forty minutes. The circumstances were a world apart on Thursday night at Terminal 5. With the split headliner tour and as the back half of the crowd yapped throughout the set, the band had every right to mail it in and cut it short. But to their eternal credit, the Drive-By Truckers delivered the same high energy for which they have become renowned. At the end of the DBT set proper, there was a bizarre crowd reaction that we have never experienced before. Instead of cheering for a band who had delivered an excellent set, the crowd used the time to increase the volume of their chatter. It got so ridiculous that the DBT roadie had to come out and exhort the crowd to cheer. Eventually the band returned and presented a bonus set of five numbers where they were joined by Craig and Franz from The Hold Steady. The set ended as it had in March, with a manic cover of Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died”.

We recorded from the same location as The Hold Steady set. The quality of this recording is quite excellent, as again the DBT crew delivered well-balanced sound in venue that can be difficult to mix. Listeners will note the inescapable din of conversation at the more quiet moments, but our location, pole placement, and microphone model avoided the din during louder periods. Enjoy!

This Recording is now available to Download in FLAC and MP3 at Archive.org [HERE].

Drive-By Truckers
2008-11-06
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Front of Board Dead Center

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 16/44) > CD Wave 1.75 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-11-09

Setlist:
[total time 1:49:30]
01 Zip City
02 Goode’s Field Road
03 Carl Perkins’ Cadillac
04 The Righteous Path
05 A Ghost To Most
06 Home Field Advantage
07 3 Dimes Down
08 Hell No, I Ain’t Happy
09 Marry Me
10 The Sands Of Iwo Jima
11 Uncle Frank
12 The Living Bubba
13 Putting People on the Moon
14 [encore break]
15 Gravity’s Gone
16 A World Of Hurt
17 Shut Up and Get on The Plane
18 Let There Be Rock
19 People Who Died (Jim Carroll)

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Drive-By Truckers, visit their website, and purchase the new release Brighter Than Creation’s Dark from their site, and merch from their site.

The Hold Steady November 6, 2008 Terminal 5 – Flac and MP3 Downloads

November 7, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo credit]

The “Rock and Roll Means Well” tour pulled into NYC last night and The Hold Steady began the evening with a high energy set that was not matched by the lackluster energy of the crowd. We spent much of the night peering past texting LED screens and a persistent din of crowd chatter. Despite the good intentions of the two bands, its perhaps not a particularly good touring idea to co-headline two bands who match well in spirit but not in fan-base identity. Nevertheless, Craig Finn’s boundless stage persona managed to propel the band through a set focused on the rock numbers. As he referenced the good mood of the tour in light of Tuesday’s historic events, Finn marched The Hold Steady into the title track from Stay Positive and kept the band at high speed through a set that featured nine of the eleven numbers from the new CD.

We recorded from the rear center of the floor, raised the pole to maximum height, and pointed the hyper-directional microphones upwards towards the stacks. We were successful in avoiding much of the crowd chatter din and captured a very fine recording which actually improves upon the bass-heavy and boomy sound that reached our ears on the floor of the venue. Enjoy!

Drive-By Truckers were also recorded and will be posted in the next day or two.

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

The Hold Steady
2008-11-06
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Floor – Dead Center 100 Feet from Stage

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-11-07

Setlist:
[total time 1:08:03]
01 Stay Positive
02 Cattle and The Creeping Things
03 Same Kooks
04 Stuck Between Stations
05 Constructive Summer
06 Sequestered in Memphis
07 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
08 Navy Sheets
09 Banging Camp
10 Massive Night
11 Joke About Jamaica
12 You Can Make Him Like You
13 Lord, I’m Discouraged
14 Yeah Sapphire
15 The Swish
16 Chips Ahoy
17 Magazines
18 Slapped Actress

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Hold Steady, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their official releases from Official Store at The Hold Steady website [HERE].

Dinosaur Jr. September 26, 2008 Terminal 5 – Flac and MP3 Downloads

September 27, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo credit]

We have a particular affinity for Dinosaur Jr. here at nyctaper. It was our recording of them in the first few weeks of this site that put us “on the map” as it were. A year and a half ago, that concert exceeded all of our expectations. Last night at Terminal 5, Dinosaur Jr. exhibited an energy and level of proficiency that completely floored us — the band was even better than last time. Lou Barlow was energetic, animated and played frenetic bass guitar, and Murph was pounding furiously and filling up the huge room with his pinpoint beat. But it was the guitar work of J Mascis which most impressed us. As he stood played in front of his huge stacks of Marshall amps, J absolutely shredded every solo — and in particular his extended work in “Pick Me Up” and “Gargoyle” was simply outstanding.

We recorded this set from the identical location as the Built to Spill recording. However, the massive volume of this set virtually eliminated all crowd noise so that this is a cleaner recording. Enjoy!

This recording is now available in FLAC and MP3 at the Dinosaur Jr. Archives at Free So Free [HERE].

Dinosaur Jr.
2008-09-26
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Floor – Dead Center 100 Feet from Stage

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-09-27

Setlist:
[total time 1:10:19]
01 The Lung
02 Been There All The Time
03 Back To Your Heart
04 No Bones
05 Out There
06 Feel the Pain
07 Pick Me Up
08 The Wagon
09 Repulsion
10 Raisans
11 Freak Scene
12 Gargoyle
13 Just Like Heaven
14 Chunks

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Dinosaur Jr., visit their website, and purchase their Official Releases directly from the Dinosaur Jr. Store at their website [HERE].

Built to Spill September 26, 2008 Terminal 5 – Flac and MP3 Downloads

September 27, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo credit]

The concert last night at Terminal 5 was a musical extravaganza. The sold-out crowd was treated to four solid hours of outstanding music from three superb bands which was highlighted by the start-to-finish performance of Built to Spill‘s Perfect From Now On. The seminal album was released in early 1997 as Built to Spill‘s first CD with Warner and first consistently excellent album. Although the release did boost the profile of the band, Perfect From Now On was not an immediate breakthrough — the album has grown in popularity and influence over the last decade. As a matter of illustration, we saw Built to Spill live at a not-sold-out show at the relatively tiny Maxwell’s in 1998 (a recording is in the nyctaper archives).

The performance at Terminal 5 was well-executed and workmanlike, although not thoroughly inspired. In particular, in recent years “Randy Described Eternity” has become a bell weather for the strength of the show — we saw an eighteen-minute blistering version at Irving Plaza in 2006 (also in the nyctaper archives). Last night, “Randy” was much closer to the album version. The highlight of Perfect last night was the album’s strong finish of “Kicked It in the Sun” and “Untrustable”. But it was the “bonus” material where the band let loose and shined, ironically performing consecutively the first three numbers of Perfect’s follow-up album, the arguably stronger Keep It Like a Secret. “Carry The Zero” devolved into complete mayhem, as members of Dinosaur Jr. and Meat Puppets joined in a bizarre jam session with liberal instrument-switching and stage antics.

While the music onstage was almost universally excellent, the most unfortunate aspect of the show last night was the crowd — a Friday night midtown crowd with no apparent interest in anything other than being drunk, loud and obnoxious. It was one of the worst out of control groups we have experienced in three decades of concert-going.

We recorded from the rear of the floor directly in front of the drink rail. The sound in the venue was not optimal and some of the crowd behavior is evident on the recording. While this is not one of our best efforts, under the circumstances the quality of this recording is quite acceptable. Enjoy!

Dinosaur Jr. and Meat Puppets were also recorded and will be featured on nyctaper in the coming days.

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Built to Spill
2008-09-26
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Floor – Dead Center 100 Feet from Stage

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-09-27

Setlist:
[total time 1:35:15]
01 Randy Described Eternity
02 I Would Hurt a Fly
03 Stop the Show
04 Made-Up Dreams
05 Velvet Waltz
06 Out of Site
07 Kicked It in the Sun
08 Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)
09 The Plan
10 Center of the Universe
11 Carry The Zero
12 Jam

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Built to Spill, visit their website, and purchase their Official Releases directly from the Built to Spill Store at their website [HERE].

Drive-By Truckers March 26, 2008 Terminal 5 – Flac Download

March 27, 2008

By nyctaper

[photo credit]

The Drive-By Truckers do not get cheated, and neither do their fans. The current tour in support of their new release Brighter Than Creation’s Dark has featured sets of two and a half hours, including 30 minute encore segments. When the set times were posted for the band at Terminal 5, they were given a 9 p.m. start to an 11 p.m. hard curfew. The band promptly took the stage at 8:55 p.m. and muscled their way through a non-stop 100-minute set heavy on new material (ten tracks from Brighter), but with representative songs throughout. When the band returned for the encore with 15 minutes left to curfew, they steamed through over 40 minutes of encore material, including Tom Petty and Jim Carroll covers, and left the crowd energized and satisfied with the full set promised by earlier stops on the tour.

This was our first visit to Terminal 5, the Bowery Presents venue that opened in October. While the cavernous nature of the concert hall is somewhat impersonal and creates a boomy sound, we generally had a positive experience in this venue. The head of security approached us near the end of the opening Whigs set and politely requested that we relocate our recording gear slightly back. We were happy to comply, given the courteous nature of their request, which was in complete contrast to the near-threatening heavy-handedness we experienced last year at Roseland.

As it turns out, the security supervisor was right — our placement for this set was excellent, as we were able to avoid the crush of the floor while remaining in front of the soundboard and dead center. We solved the boom and echo problem by pointing our hyper-cardioid microphones directly at the huge stacks. Despite complaints we have read about the sound at this concert, our recording is truly quite excellent and we are pleased to offer it at nyctaper. Enjoy!

The photograph posted above is part of an outstanding set produced by concert photographer Chris La Putt. The entire set can be seen [here]. Thank you to Chris for his permission to post this excellent photo.

Whigs were recorded and will be posted in the near future.

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

Drive-By Truckers
2008-03-26
Terminal 5
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Front of Board Dead Center

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2008-03-27

Setlist:
[total time 2:21:43]
01 The Righteous Path
02 Where the Devil Don’t Stay
03 That Man I Shot
04 Self Destructive Zones
05 Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
06 Daddy Needs a Drink
07 3 Dimes Down
08 Putting People on the Moon
09 Hell No, I Ain’t Happy
10 Checkout Time in Vegas
11 The Living Bubba
12 I’m Sorry Huston
13 Carl Perkins’ Cadillac
14 Sink Hole
15 A Ghost To Most
16 You and Your Crystal Meth
17 Goode’s Field Road
18 Women Without Whiskey
19 Let There Be Rock
20 [encore break]
21 Shut Up and Get on The Plane
22 Rebels (Tom Petty)
23 Zip City
24 18 Wheels of Love
25 Lookout Mountain
26 People Who Died (Jim Carroll)

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