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Walking Shapes: May 15, 2013 Glasslands – FLAC/MP3/Streaming

August 8, 2013
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When the opening band has as big or an even bigger crowd than the headliner, it’s often a clue that they’re on their way up. So it went for this Walking Shapes show at Glasslands, where even on the earlier side the club had a packed house — and for a band that didn’t have a single record out. Now, they do — the Brooklyn band released their Mix Tape (Vol. 1) in increments throughout July, and now the full LP is available free from No Shame Records and on their bandcamp page. (It’s also on Spotify as well). The band’s sound on record shares some of the nostalgic glaze that’s made Foxygen such a hit this year, with an equal nod to some of the better moments of the Britpop sound that ruled the mid-90s.

Which is all to say that Walking Shapes are a very accessible band; this is music for the masses, nothing obtuse about it. Listen to the big-chorus-driven “Keep”, for example, and imagine how that song could possibly not make it on the radio. For that reason, the band’s live show seemed almost incongruous with the intimate Glasslands setting. As they played song after song of big-tent, bombastic rock, I kept feeling like I ought to be in Terminal 5. Musically tight, well-rehearsed and armed with heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics to go with it, I wouldn’t be shocked to see them get there.

I recorded this set in the same manner as the other recording from this night, with a pair of Naiant X-X omnidirectional mics split at the stage lip, our installed Naiant X-R mics in the audience and a soundboard feed by Glasslands engineer Jeremy. Owing to Jeremy’s extremely tight mix plus the additional pair of mics, this is a truly outstanding recording. Enjoy!

Walking Shapes play the Knitting Factory on September 3 with Seasick Mama. Get your tickets [HERE]

Stream “Pusher”

Download the Complete show [MP3] | [FLAC]  

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.

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Walking Shapes
2013-05-15
Glasslands
Brooklyn, NY USA

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

[Naiant X-X (split omni, ROC stagelip, 3ft split) + Soundboard (engineer: Jeremy)>Edirol R-44 [OCM]] + [Naiant X-R (cardiod, DFC, ORTFish)>Sound Devices USBPre2 (clock sync to R-44)>Sony PCM-D50]>6x24bit/48kHz WAV>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (align, mix down)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, tube effect)>Audacity 3.0 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, light parallel compression, tagging, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Zombies
02 Pusher
03 Mechanical Arms
04 Keep
05 Elle Deadsex
06 Waves (XYZ)
07 Measure for Measure
08 Horse

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Walking Shapes, like them on facebook, and buy Mixtape (Vol. 1) from No Shame [HERE]

Hurray For The Riff Raff: August 1, 2013 Knitting Factory – Flac/MP3/Streaming

August 7, 2013
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[photo courtesy of Sean Rowe]

Hurray For The Riff Raff is one of those rare bands that seem to be even better every new time you see them. We were amazed at their growth when we saw them twice last summer. Those two shows are on constant play in my listening rotation and I expect to add last Thursday’s show at Knitting Factory to the mix. Fresh off what Alynda Lee called their “magical tour”, which included an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival and a leg of the tour opening for the Alabama Shakes in large venues, the Knit show was a band at its peak having fun and playing a varied setlist. We’ve spoken in previous posts about the brilliant 2012 release Look Out Mama, definitely a sleeper for those disconnected with today’s Americana music but a unanimous best-of for those who were paying attention. Hurray For The Riff are currently working on a new album which is expected in the Fall and the Knit show also saw the performance of what we believe were nine new songs that will eventually see release on that new record. Of those new songs, we’d heard a few at prior shows, including “Small Town Heroes”. But this particular version of Small Town Heroes was so intense and awe inspiring that we have to stream it below.

Hurray For The Riff Raff will perform a free show in Lincoln Center at Hearst Plaza on Saturday August 10 at 1:30 pm. HFTRR will return for a full show in the Fall, venue and date to be announced by the band later today (along with full tour news).

I recorded this set with the Sennheiser cards on a stand at the front corner of the soundboard and mixed with an excellent feed provided by the Knit’s FOH Rob. The sound quality is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “Small Town Heroes”:

Download the Complete show [MP3] / [FLAC]

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Hurray For The Riff Raff
2013-08-01
Knitting Factory
Brooklyn NY

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser 8040 Cardioids > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, EQ, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2013-08-04

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:15:22]
01 Old San Francisco Bay Blues
02 Blue Ridge Mountain
03 Instrumental
04 Look Out Mama
05 Slow Walk
06 I Know Its Wrong
07 The End of the Line
08 [banter – murder ballads]
09 The Body Electric
10 [banter – rock camp for girls]
11 Small Town Heroes
12 Crash on the Highway
13 Lake of Fire
14 No One Else But You
15 St. Roch Blues
16 Everybody’s Talkin [Fred Neil]
17 [band introductions]
18 Little Black Star
19 [encore break]
20 Daniella
21 Ode to John and Yoko
22 Be My Baby [Ronettes]

If you Download this recording from nyctaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Hurray For The Riff Raff, visit their website, and purchase Look Out Mama from the Euclid Records website [HERE].

Eidolons: June 30, 2013 Cameo Gallery – Flac/MP3/Streaming

August 3, 2013
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[photo courtesy of Eidolons]

Eidolons is a quirky alt-pop band from Portland Oregon, whose catchy music shows influences from 80s Brit pop (Smiths, Cure) to 90s West coast alternative (Shins, Death Cab), but yet sounds very contemporary. We caught them at Cameo Gallery a few weeks back on a Sunday night headlining gig. Their set alternated between tracks from their 2012 album China, and their new album Skyhook which was released in June. The band can change tempo and key on the dime and their talent bodes well for their future — or as the Portland-Mercury described them, “freaky potential”.

I recorded this set in our standard location in this venue and the sound quality is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “Gross Towel”:

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Eidolons
2013-06-30
Cameo Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Front of Soundboard Booth

Soundboard + Sennheiser MKH-8040s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, EQ, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2013-08-02

Setlist:
[Total Time 46:59]
01 Skyhook
02 Gross Towel
03 Gonna Ride Out
04 Yellow Wallpaper
05 Twin Falls
06 Hangin Out
07 Xylem and Phloem
08 Milonga For A Long Face
09 Corky Calhoun
10 Gordy
11 Montana

If you download this recording from nyctaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Eidolons, and visit their bandcamp page where you can purchase their official releases including the latest album Skyhook [HERE].

Julia Weldon: July 19, 2013 Knitting Factory – Flac/MP3/Streaming

July 27, 2013
By

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[photos by PSquared Photography]

The physical copies of Julia Weldon’s new CD Light is a Ghost arrived in her manager/brother’s office on the afternoon of her CD release show last Friday. This serendipitous bit of fortune carried over into the celebratory feeling of her show at the Knitting Factory that night and also allowed us to snag a copy for multiple plays over the weekend. The CD is really everything we could have hoped for from this tremendous artist. The material is well-paced and highlights her many talents — strong voice, deep sense of melody, insightful lyrics and a keen sense of humor. Whether its this CD or her next, Julia Weldon is an artist destined for big things, and we are fortunate to be able to hitch onto her ride early on. The show at the Knit was also a family affair. Besides her brother (and manager), both of Julia’s parents (thanks on the CD) were there for support. In her bio, Julia notes that she came out at 12, and while we’re not privy (nor should we be) to the details of her parent’s reaction, its safe these days to assume that they are completely supportive. This is perhaps why her music is almost “post-gay”, that is to say that her songs don’t focus or even really touch on the struggle with phobias and acceptance. The lyrics treat her sexuality unselfconsciously and as a matter-of-fact — and that’s both empowering and refreshing. At the Knit, Julia and her band worked through the complete album, with a bonus song as encore. We are streaming “Icarus”, which was perhaps the most fully realized performance on a night when each number shined throughout.

Julia Weldon is touring for a half dozen dates in the South and Midwest before returning to NYC in September.

I recorded this set with the Sennheiser cards mixed with an excellent board feed from house soundman Rob, and the sound is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream “Icarus”:

Download the Complete show [MP3] / [FLAC]

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.

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Julia Weldon
2013-07-19
Knitting Factory
Brooklyn NY

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser 8040 Cardioids > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, EQ, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2013-07-24

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:03:18]
01 Meadow
02 Went to My Woman
03 [banter – Zack Bruce]
04 Icarus
05 Careful in the Dark
06 [banter – thanks]
07 You Never Know
08 All I Gave Her
09 Marian
10 [band introductions]
11 Round Again
12 [banter – parents]
13 Soon
14 Miles
15 Same Games
16 [encore break]
17 All the Birds
18 [banter – CDs]
19 One of These Days

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Julia Weldon, visit her website, and purchase her music from the links at her website [HERE], including Light is a Ghost, due for online release on August 20.
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Porcelain Raft: June 28, 2013 Glasslands – FLAC/MP3/Full Set Streaming

July 26, 2013
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[Photo by acidjack]

Porcelain Raft, aka Mauro Remiddi, has produced a wide range of music in his life, all of which has been distilled to its essence in his current electronic compositions. This short set, billed as a full run-through of his Soundcloud-only EP Silent Speech, veered from that work’s original format into its own grand, live-sequenced creation. With the still-new house soundsystem at Glasslands providing ample reinforcement, this short but sweet set whetter our appetites for Porcelain Raft’s forthcoming Secretly Canadian LP Permanent Signal, which you can preorder via the link below.

I recorded this set with our installed rig in the venue, with Naiant microphones and a soundboard feed from house engineer Josh Thiel. The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Stream and download the MP3s of the full set below:

Download the FLAC files [HERE]

Porcelain Raft
2013-06-28
Glasslands
Brooklyn, NY USA

Exclusive download hosted at nyctaper
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Soundboard (engineer: Josh Thiel) + Naiant X-R>Edirol R-44 [OCM]>2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Izotope Ozone 5 (effects, EQ)>Audacity 2.03 (fades, tracking, amplify, balance, compression, additional EQ)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks
01 Silent Speech Session Track 1
02 Silent Speech Session Track 2

If you enjoyed this recording, PLEASE SUPPORT Porcelain Raft, visit his website, and pre-order Permanent Signal directly from Secretly Canadian and buy other tracks of his from his Bandcamp page.

Trapper Schoepp and The Shades: June 27, 2013 Brooklyn Bowl – Flac/MP3/Streaming

July 14, 2013
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[photo courtesy of Vernon Webb Photography]

Trapper Schoepp and The Shades is the kind of band that you see and immediately know that they are going places. At Brooklyn Bowl a couple of weeks back, they opened the first night of the Old 97s three-peat and immediately grabbed the attention of the incoming crowd. Trapper and the band hail from Wisconsin, but their music is pure Americana as comfortable in the Midwest, the South or even NYC. Their album Run, Engine, Run was released last Fall, and the setlist consisted of primarily tracks from the album, but also a couple of strong new songs. Trapper and his bandmates have a natural ease and a positive vibe on stage and their talents are obvious. Like many of today’s bigger Americana bands, if they are willing to be road warriors, in the coming years the crowds and the venues will continue to grow. Trapper Schoepp and The Shades will be playing mostly midwest dates this Summer, but when they come East again we’ll be there.

I recorded this same in the same manner as the Old 97s show and the sound quality is equally superb. Enjoy!

Stream “I-94”:

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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.

Trapper Schoepp and the Shades
2013-06-27
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn NY

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser MKH-8040s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades, EQ) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper 2013-07-11

Setlist:
[Total Time 45:32]
01 Mercy Blues
02 Wishing Well
03 Pins and Needles
04 Nighthawk
05 So Long
06 Cold Deck
07 Between the Lines
08 Run Engine Run
09 Ballad of Olof Johnson
10 I-94
11 Settlin or Sleepin Around
12 Dear Prospect

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Trapper Schoepp and The Shades, visit their website, and purchase their album Run, Engine, Run at the Side One Dummy Records website [HERE].

Old 97s: June 27, 2013 Brooklyn Bowl – Flac/MP3/Streaming

July 9, 2013
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[photo courtesy of Vernon Webb Photography]

In March, we reconnected with the Old 97s at their highly enjoyable set at the Capital Theatre in Portchester. So I guess it was only natural that we would attend their next NYC show, this time as a play-a-full-album three night run at Brooklyn Bowl — one of our old favorites at one of our current favorite venues. The first night album was appropriately the band’s first album Hitchhike to Rhome played from start to finish, including a bonus track, a hidden track, and even an outtake from the album’s sessions. At the conclusion of Rhome, the Old 97s played another dozen tracks, making this both an lengthy and highly entertaining set. The band’s performance was both inspired and tight — clearly a band comfortable with their past and their present.

I recorded this set with the Sennheiser MKH-8040 cards pointed at the right stack midway on the right side of the floor. The ambient noise (bowling and chatter) is greatly reduced with the addition of a board feed, synced in at about 40% of the overall mix. The result is a superb recording. Enjoy!

Stream “Four Leaf Clover”:

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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.

Old 97s
2013-06-27
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Sennheiser MKH-8040s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades, EQ) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper 2013-07-02

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:41:52]
01 [intro]
02 St. Ignatius
03 504
04 Drowning in the Days
05 Miss Molly
06 Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
07 Four Leaf Clover
08 Wish The Worst
09 Old 97s Theme
10 Doreen
11 [banter – twenty years]
12 Hands Off
13 Mama Tried
14 Stoned
15 If My Heart Was a Car
16 Desperate Times
17 Ken’s Polka Thing
18 Tupelo County Jail
19 West Texas Teardrops
20 Lonely Holiday
21 Champaign Illinois
22 Rollerskate Skinny
23 Let The Whiskey Take The Reins
24 Can’t Get a Line
25 Every Night Is Friday Night
26 Big Brown Eyes
27 [encore break]
28 Making Love With You
29 Dance With Me
30 Timebomb

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Old 97s, visit their website, purchase their official releases from the Store at their website [HERE].

Low: June 19, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg + June 22, 2013 Solid Sound Festival (North Adams, MA) – FLAC/MP3 Downloads + Streaming Songs and Full Sets

June 25, 2013
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[Photos by acidjack]

Our affection for the band Low is well-known; we were blown away by their performance earlier this year at the Society for Ethical Culture, touring behind their latest record The Invisible Way, as well as the performance by Alan Sparhawk’s other band, Retribution Gospel Choir, at Knitting Factory that found that band guesting with frequent Wilco collaborator Nels Cline.

These two almost back-to-back shows, first at Music Hall of Williamsburg, and next at the Solid Sound Festival — where our now-famous Wilco recording came from — did nothing to dim that affection. Despite the more traditional club setting, this Music Hall set was a subtler, less rocking affair than the show in the church, with fewer of Sparhawk’s guitar pyrotechnics and more emphasis on the band’s more traditionally “slowcore” numbers, including some rarer early material. But the highlight for me was the night’s biggest rocker, “Canada”, from the band’s album Trust and no longer a set regular. Likewise, at Solid Sound, Low continued to demonstrate why they’ve enjoyed a nearly 20-year career with no sign of slowing down, playing a set that differed significantly from just a few nights before. They may call this “slow”-core, but this has been a band of constant and exciting momentum.

The Music Hall recording suffered from some early technical issues that required me to switch to my mics a few songs in. The first and fourth songs of the set are missing as a result, the second song fades in, and the fifth, “Holy Ghost”, contains the noise of me setting up the mics. Once things settled down, it was smooth sailing from there and the sound was excellent. The Solid Sound set, graciously provided by DC-based site collaborator Kubacheck, is likewise an excellent recording, albeit with a bit more crowd chatter and made at more distance than the Music Hall show. It also has none of the Music Hall show’s flaws. Please enjoy!

These NYCTaper recordings are being hosted on the Live Music Archive.  You can stream the entire shows by clicking the song titles below or download them via the links provided.

Stream “Canada” from Music Hall:

Stream “Pissing” from the Solid Sound Festival

Direct download of Music Hall recording: [MP3] | [FLAC]

Direct download of Solid Sound recording: [MP3] | [FLAC]

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Low
2013-06-19
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY USA

Download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded and produced by acidjack

Schoeps MK5 (cardiod, DFC, PAS)>Edirol R-44 [Oade Concert Mod]>24bit/48kHz WAV>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, exciter)>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (adjust levels)>Audacity 3.0 (tracking, amplify, additional EQ, additional level adjustments, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

[Note: Soundboard source on first 1.5 tracks]

Tracks [Total Time 1:20:11]
[first song missed]
01 Plastic Cup (cuts in)
02 On My Own
[song missed]
03 Holy Ghost [setup noise]
04 Monkey
05 Waiting
06 Witches
07 Especially Me
08 Dragonfly
09 Try to Sleep
10 Violent Past
11 (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace
12 Lazy
13 Silver Rider
14 Just Make It Stop
15 [banter]
16 Canada
17 Laser Beam
18 [encore break]
19 Murderer
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Low
2013-06-22
Solid Sound Festival
North Adams, MA USA

Download hosted at nyctaper.com
Recorded by kubacheck
Produced by acidjack

MBHO KA200N>MBP603a>Naiant adapter>Naiant Tinybox>Roland R-05 (24/48)>Izotope Ozone 5 (EQ, exciter)>Adobe Audition CS 5.5 (adjust levels)>Audacity 3.0 (tracking, amplify, additional EQ, additional level adjustments, downsample)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time 56:29]
01 On My Own
02 Plastic Cup
03 Clarence White
04 Holy Ghost
05 Monkey
06 Witches
07 Especially Me
08 Pissing
09 Dinosaur Act
10 Murderer
11 [banter]
12 Just Make It Stop
13 Last Snowstorm of the Year

If you download these recordings from NYCTaper, PLEASE SUPPORT Low, like them on Facebook, and purchase The Invisible Way and their other releases directly from SubPop Records [HERE]

Holly Miranda: June 2, 2013 Glasslands – Flac/MP3/Streaming

June 6, 2013
By

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[photos by Maryanne Ventrice – courtesy of Prefix Magazine]

A small record label is going to get very lucky in the near future. After she moved to LA and was released from her contract with XL Recordings, Holly Miranda has spent the last couple of years writing, recording and perfecting a new album. At Glasslands on Sunday night, much of the new album material was on display. From the first notes of the opener “Mark My Words” it was very much apparent that Holly is truly “back”, and as she worked through the set with a full band (including horns) I came to the very inescapable conclusion that the new album is the best music she’s ever written. As the new record is shopped to the appropriate label, my guess is that it won’t be long before someone snaps it up. The songs magnify all of Holly’s strengths — her ability to write and perform everything from blues-based rock to sweet love songs, and many styles in between. We’re streaming “The Only One”, a song that I had never heard before but which struck me instantly with its true beauty. We really could have streamed any highlight, because there were many. Holly Miranda will play again in NYC at Rockwood Music Hall on July 17.

We recorded this set with our installed rig (Naiant Cards plus board) and the sound is superb. Enjoy!

Stream “The Only One”:

Download the Complete show [MP3] / [FLAC]

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.

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Holly Miranda
2013-06-02
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Naiant X-R Cardioid > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 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 2013-06-05

Setlist
[Total Time 42:45]
01 Mark My Words
02 [false start]
03 Whatever You Want
04 Fuck in the Sun
05 [banter – Ambrosia intro]
06 Desert Call
07 The Only One
08 [banter – thanks]
09 Everlasting
10 Heavy Heart
11 [band introductions]
12 Waves
13 [banter]
14 Pelican Rapids

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Holly Miranda, visit her website, and purchase her new album when its released.

VietNam: May 18, 2013 Glasslands – Flac/MP3/Streaming

May 31, 2013
By

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[photo by Renee Ligtvoet for Bushwick Daily]

The conventional description of the music of VietNam is that its 60s-influenced. But given the long hair, long beards, clothing styles, crowded stage of multi-instrumentalists, and melodic back-beat minor-chord based songs, its pretty clear this band is directly descended from the mid-70s post-hippie movement personified mostly by the Rolling Thunder Revue. As with Rolling Thunder, the stage energy is focused primarily on one enigmatic and magnetic presence, in this case its Michael Gerner who last released a VietNam album in 2007. The surprising return of the band is buoyed by the new album A.merican D.ream (Mexican Summer Records) which like its five-year old predecessor, is a strong album of self-described “apocalyptic street blues”. At Glasslands on Saturday last, the band completed a short tour and the hometown show was both a strong finale to the tour and a reintroduction of VietNam as an excellent live band. The setlist was equally distributed among the new album and the older one, and during the hour-long set we became completely convinced that the band does its predecessors proud.

I recorded this set with our installed Naiant cardioid microphones mixed with an excellent board feed provided by Glasslands superb FOH Josh. The sound quality is superb, enjoy!

Stream “Fight Water With Fire”:

Download the Complete Show [MP3] / [FLAC]

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.

VietNam
2013-05-18
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Naiant X-R Cardioid > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 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
2013-05-24

Setlist
[Total Time 1:00:39]
01 Too Tired
02 Priest Poet and the Pig
03 Fight Water With Fire
04 Kitchen Kongas
05 Blasphemy Blues
06 Flyin
07 No Use In Crying
08 Mama Loi Papa Loi
09 Apocalypse
10 Yaz

If you download this recording from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT VietNam, visit the website, and purchase A.merican D.ream from the Mexican Summer Records website [HERE].

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