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[photo courtesy of Jeremy Arambulo]

Acidjack reports:
“JEFF the Brotherhood (yes, that is the proper capitalization) is a throwback to the nights when you rode around in your buddy’s Camaro, getting mellow on that patented combination of High Life and bong hits, listening to a brand of rock and roll that didn’t pretend to be more than it was – the soundtrack to a good time. As artrocker.com put it, “if Queens of the Stone Age were cooler, less annoyingly precise and more punk rock then they’d probably sound like The Brotherhood. There are monstrous riffs, gnarly solos, metal fuzz, sing along choruses. And then there’s PIL style atonal tunery and Misfits mosh parts.”

Opening for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on a Sunday night is probably not the ideal way to experience JtB, a Nashville two piece that executes the well-received two-man-party-jam formula with great success. These are Friday night songs, and indeed, JtB rocked the house as if that were the case. From the Sabbath-inspired chords of “Mind Ride” straight through, JtB’s set was light on filler, heavy on fun and inflected with a sense of humor that is sometimes missing from bands on the NYC scene. Don’t miss them the next time they come through. No Camaro required.”

This set was recorded under the same circumstances as the Ted Leo recording and the sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

JEFF the Brotherhood
2009-12-06
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA

An ACIDJACK master recording

Recorded and produced by acidjack
Hosted at nyctaper.com

Equipment: DPA 4021>Marantz PMD660 (16/44.1)
Position: Clamp to left side of soundboard, 8′ height, DIN
Mastering: 16/44.1kHz WAV>Audacity (set fades, tracking, amplify each channel)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks (some setlist help needed)
01 Mind Ride
02 U Got the Look
03 Heavy Damage
04 crowd
05
06 Bone Jam
07 Dreamscape
08 crowd
09
10
11

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[photo courtesy of Dan M. Parker]

Acidjack reports:
“I had not seen the Jesus Lizard since Lollapalooza 1995 – the last year I choose to think of as being remotely true to what that festival was about. As hard as it is to believe that was 14 years ago, it is even harder to understand how frontman David Yow & Co. have managed to bring back this band – essentially dormant since 1999 – with this much ferocity. Yow may be 14 years older and a bit worse for wear, but the man caterwauls with an intensity that most 20 year old pretty boys will never match. The Irving crowd – a good portion of whom, at this 16+ show, were not even born when this band began in 1987 – remained in a frenzy throughout the set, turning the Irving floor into a thrashing sea of bodies, flying beers and more than a few sets of broken eyeglasses. While Yow stage-dove, mic in hand, the band delivered their tightly wound hardcore like the experts they are. Covering a range of the band’s catalog and with two encores, the 23-song set gave audience members a lot to scream about.

At one point near the end of the show, with blood smeared on his face, Yow said he couldn’t believe that as a bunch of “65 year olds,” the Jesus Lizard were still “the best band in the world.” After a few minutes, he admitted that maybe the Melvins were better. It all depends on one’s taste in music of course, but it’s safe to say that after Monday’s performance, the Melvins have got a lot to live up to.”

The show was recorded from the floor close enough for a capture of exceptional clarity but far enough back to avoid the craziness. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

The Jesus Lizard
2009-11-16
Fillmore East at Irving Plaza
New York, NY

An ACIDJACK master recording

Equipment: Audix 1280c capsules>Church Audio Active Cables>SPSB-10>R-09HR
Position: Slightly LOC, floor, about 35-40′ back, stealth
Mastering: WAV>Audacity (set fades, downsample, tracking, amplify each channel)>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks:
01 [crowd]
02 Puss
03 Gladiator
04 Seasick
05 (None Other Than) Killer McHann
06 Glamorous
07 Mouth Breather
08 Destroy Before Reading
09 Nub
10 My Own Urine
11 Dancing Naked Ladies
12 Monkey Trick
13 Boilermaker
14 Blue Shot
15 Chrome
16 7 vs. 8
17 [encore break]
18 Dudley
19 Bloody Mary
20 Thumbscrews
21 Blockbuster
22 Wheelchair Epidemic
23 [second encore break]
24 Thumper
25 If You Had Lips
26 Fly On The Wall

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[photo by Rez Avissar – courtesy of Pitchfork]

Cymbals Eat Guitars headlined the Showpaper/ToddP/Pitchfork benefit at Market Hotel last Saturday and delivered a set of their indie power-pop with the same tension-release style that propels their outstanding debut album Why There Are Mountains. The band dealt effortlessly and with good humor to a series of technical problems, and performed the songs with the same intensity that has gathered them a plethora of rave reviews in this last year. CEG opened the set with highlight and song of the year contender “And The Hazy Sea”, which features lead singer/guitarist Joseph D’Agostino’s spine-tingling scream near the song’s end.

We recorded this set in the same location as the previous two sets from this show, and worked through the technical problems throughout. The sound quality is exceptional under the circumstances. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Cymbals Eat Guitars
2009-10-24
Market Hotel
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 16bit 44.1kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-10-31

Setlist:
01 And The Hazy Sea
02 Some Trees
03 Cold Spring
04 Plainclothes
05 The Living North
06 Wind Phoenix

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[photo courtesy of Maryanne Ventrice and Prefix Mag – more here]

If there were any irrational ideas that Blood Warrior was merely a vanity project for O’Death’s Greg Jamie, those fears were dispelled within the first minute of Blood Warrior first ever NYC performance at the After The Jump Fest last Sunday at Littlefield. Nevermind that Greg is a modest and nice guy probably incapable of such vanity, but Blood Warrior was conceived equally between Greg and the multi-talented Joey Weiss, with significant contributions from Kristin Kellas. Like O’Death, the music of Blood Warrior is faithful to folk and bluegrass, but unlike O’Death’s dark Appalachian influence, Blood Warrior could be better described as melancholy prairie folk. The harmonies were also quite outstanding — as Jamie’s shakey tenor is complimented well by Kellas’ beautiful soprano and Weiss’s rich baritone and supplemented by Weiss’s melodic guitar lines. Blood Warrior will release their first 7″ (“Darling Eyes” featured as track 06 on this recording) on Ernest Jenning Records in October. Blood Warrior will next perform at the Ernest Jenning CMJ showcase on October 21 at Knitting Factory Brooklyn, and then again on October 25 at Glasslands.

We recorded this set with the Neumann microphones placed at dead center, approximately 30 feet from the stage and combined the room mics with a stereo feed from the soundboard. This is a professional quality recording. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Blood Warrior
2009-08-30
After The Jump Festival
Littlefield
Brooklyn, 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, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-09-06

Setlist:
[Total Time 38:53]
01 Hummingbird
02 Blood Letting
03 Winters Day
04 King Day
05 Untitled New Song
06 Darling Eyes
07 Choir
08 Snake Seer

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Blood Warrior, visit their MySpace page, and purchase their releases when they become available from the Ernest Jenning Record Co site [HERE].