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Last Wednesday, My Teenage Stride headlined the latest of Jonny Leather’s excellent charity concerts at Bell House. The band’s thirty minute set encapsulated what makes MTS such a compelling act to follow. The intelligent songs are influenced by garage pop, eighties underground, and a thousand other genres in between. While the band retains a sense of humor and looseness on stage, the precise songcraft of protagonist Jedediah Smith remains undeniable.

My Teenage Stride is in the midst of a short East coast tour in August that will culminate in their appearance on the first night of the After The Jump Fest at Littlefield on Friday August 28.

We recorded this set from the raised area next to the soundboard and the sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

My Teenage Stride
2009-07-22
The Bell House
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Audience Master Recording
Recorded from Soundboard Area

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021s > 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
2009-08-05

Setlist:
[Total Time 29:56]
01 That Should Stand For Something
02 Creep Academy
03 They Are Alone In Their Principles
04 Ears Like Golden Bats
05 [banter – band introductions]
06 Heart Shackles
07 Red Nurse
08 Reversal
09 XO Freedom Rider
10 Cast Your Own Shadow
11 Live And Die in the Airport Lounge

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Last Saturday at Bowery Poetry Club, the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Minutemen’s masterpiece Double Nickels on the Dime was a mixed affair of music, spoken word and storytelling. The highlights of the evening were the three excellent bands, all of whom offered their own versions of Minutemen songs with musical dexterity and enthusiasm, and the special guest finale — the appearance of Mike Watt who was genuinely profoundly moved by the spirit of the event.

Watt performed three solo numbers on bass and vocals, and then spoke for approximately twenty minutes. While he read portions of Minutemen lyrics, the complex mix of humor, passion and enthusiasm in the words often overwhelmed him. Although its been nearly 25 years since the tragic death of his best friend D. Boon, the event must have brought back vivid memories. Watt’s hesitant and sometimes-overwhelmed manner during his spoken word indicated the depth and poignancy of the moment. Nevertheless, when the event was over Watt sat on a bench outside the venue and met and greeted fans for a lengthy period of time. His unselfish and gregarious approach towards the fans speaks well for the legacy of the Minutemen and their 25-years-removed masterpiece Double Nickels on the Dime.

The existence of three bands, one each from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey, prepared to travel these distances to perform brief sets of Minutemen music in tribute at this event also speaks well for the influence of the Minutemen. Corndogs offered an energetic and authentic approach to the material, while Tweede Kamer provided intelligence and musical proficiency — particularly the outstanding fret work of their talented bass player. The last of the three bands, Pillow Man from Worcester MA, were striking in their resemblance to the Minutemen, as each member of the band actually looked like their counterpart and the song performances were quite faithful to the original material.

We recorded from very close to the main PA, about 15 feet from the stage. As Bowery Poetry is a small venue with a bar, we attempted to avoid the ambient noise — the bar, its patrons, the air ducts and the sound of a club upstairs. During the musical performance, we were completely successful, but during the spoken word pieces (particularly during off-mic moments) the venue noise is quite distracting. As a result, this post offers only the musical performances, each of which is an absolutely outstanding capture. Enjoy!

Direct download of the Sets from this Show:
Mike Watt [MP3] [FLAC]
Pillowman [MP3] [FLAC]
Tweede Kamer [MP3] [FLAC]
Corndogs [MP3] [FLAC]

Double Nickels on the Dime 25th Anniversary Celebration
2009-07-25
Bowery Poetry Club
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded from Upfront – 15 Feet from the Stage

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > 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
2009-08-01

Mike Watt Setlist:
[Total Time 7:15]
01 Anxious Mofo
02 Themselves
03 Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth

Corndogs Setlist:
[Total Time 4:41]
01 Party With Me Punker
02 #1 Hit Song
03 Cut

Tweede Kamer Setlist:
[Total Time 16:24]
01 Its Expected I’m Gone
02 Maybe Partying Will Help
03 Toadies
04 Corona
05 The Glory of Man
06 Jesus and Tequila
07 West Germany

Pillow Man Setlist:
[Total Time 14:20]
01 [introduction]
02 No Exchange
03 I Felt Like a Gringo
04 Ack Ack Ack Ack (The Urinals)
05 The Anchor
06 Joe McCarthy’s Ghost
07 This Ain’t No Picnic
08 Little Man With A Gun In His Hand

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Mekons also played Bell House on Friday – click for full size
[photo courtesy of Alexis Maindrault – more excellent shots here]

The Mekons returned to NYC this weekend after a nearly two year absence and proved that while the band and the fans are older and a little more grey, the sense of humor and musical spirit have not changed. At Mercury Lounge last night, for nearly two hours the between-song banter between Sally Timms and Jon Langford was nearly as entertaining as the multi-decade span of the 24 song setlist. Although the absence of Tom Greenhalgh was noted, his stage presence was compensated by the emergence of multi-talented Lu Edmonds. While the setlist leaned heavily towards 2007’s Natural, the band also reached back for three songs from the classic 1985 release Fear and Whiskey.

I arrived late to the venue without a ticket but was able to get in at the last minute and set up the microphones eight feet up on the wall next to the soundboard. The sound quality in the venue was excellent, but the very vocal and boisterous crowd adds some “local color” to the recording. Enjoy!

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

The Mekons
2009-08-01
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Audience Recording
Recorded at Soundboard
40 Feet from the Stage

DPA 4021s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 24bit 48kHz wav file > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2009-08-02

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:52:48]
01 [introduction]
02 Beaten and Broken
03 Club Mekon
04 Give Me Wine or Money
05 [banter]
06 Tina
07 [banter]
08 Corporal Chalkie
09 [banter]
10 Tempted to Believe
11 Perfect Mirror
12 Fantastic Voyage
13 [banter]
14 Abernant 1984/85
15 [banter]
16 Dickie, Chalkie, and Nobby
17 Diamonds
18 Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem
19 Cockermouth
20 Ghosts of American Astronauts
21 Heaven and Back
22 [banter]
23 Big Zombie
24 Memphis, Egypt
25 [encore break]
26 The Hole in the Elephant’s Bottom
27 The Last Dance
28 Oblivion
29 Hole in the Ground
30 [banter]
31 Powers and Horrors
32 Hard to Be Human
33 Where Were You?

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[photo courtesy of Philip Pissas – more here]

We reviewed this show the day after it occurred:

Last night at Abrons Arts Center, Sam Beam performed a primarily solo set for the final show of the tour in support of the new release. In a classic old intimate theatre, Sam’s homey charm and realistic songwriting thoroughly entranced the small crowd of diehards. As setlist was comprised of requests/votes taken from fans via the Iron and Wine website, there were several moments during the set when the performer was unsure of a lyric or chord change. Rather than allowing these interludes to devolve into awkwardness, Sam used the intimacy of the setting to show his humor and humanity. While virtually the entire set consisted of highlights, we were especially moved by the cover of the Flaming Lips “Waiting for Superman” and Sam’s own “Upward Over the Mountain”. Along with the rarities and treats, also performed was a new song called “Mary Anne”.

By agreement with the artist and management, we delayed the posting of the nyctaper recording so that the fans would have access to the Played Last Night recording of this show, still available [here].

We recorded this set from the first row of the balcony at this small classic theatre. The four-microphone mix was used to capture a full spectrum recording with excellent clarity — Sam’s voice and guitar are clear and crisp. There were some volume fluctuations that were adjusted in post-production, mostly audience volume. This is one of our favorite recordings on this site, we’ve been listening to it non-stop in the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Iron and Wine
2009-05-18
Abrons Arts Center
New York, NY USA

Four-Track Digital Master Recording
Recorded from First Row Balcony Rail

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > 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
2009-05-19

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:14:27]
01 [introduction]
02 History of Lovers
03 Woman King
04 Resurrection Fern
05 [banter – mangos]
06 Cinder And Smoke
07 God Made The Automobile
08 [banter – voting]
09 Waiting for Superman (Flaming Lips)
10 Upward Over The Mountain
11 [banter – Orson Welles]
12 Lion’s Mane
13 Gray Stables
14 Kingdom Of The Animals
15 Flightless Bird, American Mouth
16 In Your Own Time
17 Mary Anne [new song]
18 Fever Dream
19 A Boy With A Coin
20 The Trapeze Swinger
21 [encore break]
22 He Lays In The Reins

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[thanks Greg for photo]

Its been almost two years since we last saw Regina Spektor live, at Hammerstein Ballroom in 2007. We had a ticket to the McCarren Pool show last summer, but torrential rains kept us away. It was with that level of excitement that we entered the new Beacon Theatre to hear the first-ever live performances of much of Regina’s new CD, Far, due for release next week. As anticipated, the new material is more mature and elaborate — she played with a string section and drums — but still very much maintains the charming attraction of older Regina material. Of the new songs, the pre-released single “Laughing With” shined the brightest. The second half of the set was dedicated to many of Regina’s older and more familiar material — but also included three chestnuts, the infrequently played “Consequence of Sounds”, the b-side “Riot Gear”, and a new song preliminarily called “The Holocaust Deniers”. The latter song sounds like a straightforward rebuke of the title characters “who accuse the dying of lying”.

We recorded this set from a nearly perfect location, a direct line about 30 feet in front of the huge PA stacks on the left side. Our best mobile rig captured a recording of stunning clarity, with two caveats — the volume of the obviously excited crowd had to be reduced significantly in post-production, and during the quiet moments there is an apparent hum/buzz in the left channel which I believe was caused by the air-conditioning duct directly above my head. Under the circumstances, we nevertheless feel this is an excellent capture. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Direct download of FLAC files [HERE]

Regina Spektor
2009-06-17
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Row K, Far Left
30 Feet directly in Front of Left PA Stacks

DPA 4021’s > Marantz PMD-660 (Oade BCM) > 16bit 44.1 wav > Soundforge (set fades, level boost, slight eq) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by
nyctaper
2009-06-18

Setlist:
[Total Time 1:29:24]
01 Folding Chair
02 Lucky Penny
03 Time Is All Around
04 Eet
05 The Calculation
06 Machine
07 One More Time with Feeling
08 On the Radio
09 Blue Lips
10 Riot Gear
11 Laughing With
12 Bobbing for Apples
13 That Time
14 Apres Moi
15 Human of the Year
16 Poor Little Rich Boy
17 The Holocaust Deniers
18 Consequence of Sounds
19 Man of a Thousand Faces
20 [encore break]
21 Samson
22 Us
23 Fidelity

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[photo by ceptorceptor]

Love Is All make up for their mistakes — however unintentional — with class and humor. Last night, near the end of their set, Love Is All welcomed Hamish Kilgore from the legendary New Zealand band The Clean for a rollicking version of “Wishing Well”, the Love Is All song that bears an uncomfortably striking melodic resemblance to The Clean’s 1981 song “Tally Ho”. The balance of the set, which also featured the Gary Olson (from Ladybug Transistor) on trumpet on several tracks, was an energetic run through highlights of the first two Love Is All albums, but also featured four new numbers.

We recorded with the four-mic mix from the balcony rail, about 20 feet from the stacks. While the spot was off-center, the closeness to the PA and the spread of the mics avoids any feeling of unbalance, and as a result this is a really excellent listen. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Love Is All
2009-06-05
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY USA

Four-Track Digital Master Recording
Recorded from First Row Balcony Rail

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > 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
2009-06-06

Setlist:
[Total Time 53:14]
01 Early Warnings
02 Give It Back
03 Ageing Had Never Been His Friend
04 Talk Talk Talk Talk (w/ Gary Olson)
05 Last Choice
06 Sea Sick
07 Jessica
08 King
09 Wishing Well (w/ Hamish Kilgour)
10 Busy Doing Nothing
11 Dust
12 Make Out Fall Out Make Up (w/Gary Olson)
13 [encore break]
14 New Beginnings
15 Spinning and Scratching
16 [second encore break]
17 Used Goods

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[photo courtesy of Music Snobbery]

Chris at the Music Snobbery blog has a reputation for booking major acts at his anniversary show, and this year was no different. On Sunday night, Crystal Stilts headlined the show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken — their previous appearance on nyctaper was a headlining gig at Music Hall of Williamsburg, a venue about five times larger than Maxwell’s. This intimate set was a pleasure to behold. The band was energetic and the interactions with the crowd were hilarious — particularly Kyle’s references to his New Jersey roots. The set contains a furious “Love is a Wave” opener, another version of The Gun Club classic “Mother of Earth”, and a new song tentatively called “12 String”. After some humorous give and take with the crowd, the band was prodded to perform two encores, closing with a wild take of the Velvet Underground.

We recorded this set with the Neumann microphones in the standard location at this venue — front and center of the soundboard booth — mixed with a XLR feed from the board into the R-44. The four channel mix was perfected in post-production and we are quite happy to offer an professional quality recording of this outstanding set. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Crystal Stilts
2009-04-26
Maxwell’s
Hoboken, NJ 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
2009-04-28

Setlist:
[Total Time 45:02]
01 [introduction]
02 Love is a Wave
03 Through The Floor
04 Mother Of Earth (Gun Club)
05 Crystal Stilts
06 The Dazzled
07 SinKing
08 [banter]
09 Sycamore Tree
10 12 String
11 Sugar Baby
12 For The Love Of Ivy (Gun Club)
13 [encore break]
14 Converging in the Quiet
15 Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvets)

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