- November 15th, 2008
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[image by Songbirdnest] After recording five full sets in four nights, we have taken a few days to get over the exhaustion. We will not be out in the field until next Wednesday, and then its a fairly…
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- November 13th, 2008
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[photo by Thom] It is not often that an opening act gets called back for an encore. At the end of Kaki King’s set at Webster Hall on Sunday night she received just that kind of reception from t…
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- November 12th, 2008
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Lost in the Trees is a folk orchestra led by Ari Picker, a student of film scoring at Berklee College of Music. Ari’s songwriting draws from both his cinematic and pop backgrounds, with a combin…
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This just came over the wire out of Portland, OR. Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and currently on tour with the Experience Hendrix project died in his hotel room today.…
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- November 10th, 2008
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[many thanks to Thom for photo permission — more here] If Saturday night’s Mountain Goats concert in Brooklyn was a serious exercise in musical precision, Sunday night’s tour-closing…
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- November 9th, 2008
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[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 de…
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[photo credit] Sometimes its a charmed life to be nyctaper. Less than 24 hours after an amazing Deerhunter concert, we were back inside Music Hall of Williamsburg for a show we had been anticipating…
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- November 8th, 2008
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[photo (c) 2008 Taryn Looney — more here] Last night’s performance by Deerhunter at the Music Hall of Williamsburg instantly catapulted into my Top Ten concerts list for 2008. As Deerhun…
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- November 7th, 2008
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[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…
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- November 6th, 2008
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Naked Hearts are one of our new favorite bands. The trio was awesome at the NYCTaper CMJ Show and their first show since that performance is tonight (November 6) at Glasslands in Williamsburg. Naked…
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This one caught me a bit by surprise as it popped up on the Bowery Presents website today or yesterday. Animal Collective will appear at the Manhattan Center Ballroom on January 20, 2009. Tickets we…
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- November 4th, 2008
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[photo by Pop Tarts blog] It is impossible for me to be objective about this performance. I asked Sharon Van Etten to headline the upstairs stage at the NYCTaper CMJ show, which was a difficult task…
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- November 3rd, 2008
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[The Antlers at Pop Tarts CMJ show - photo by Ear Farm] It was our misfortune to have missed The Antlers performance at the superb opening day Pop Tarts afternoon CMJ showcase at Cake Shop. Their set…
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- November 2nd, 2008
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Brooklyn’s resident synth-pop masters Bridges and Powerlines come to Manhattan for a three-week run of Wednesday performances at Pianos. Fresh off three strong CMJ sets, expect B&P to featu…
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[photo by Steve Cohen] Jeremy Messersmith is an outstanding singer-songwriter from Minneapolis with a sweet voice and lilting melodies. His new album The Silver City is an ode to his hometown and con…
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- November 1st, 2008
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Our patience has been rewarded. NYCTaper was moved to a new server tonight with unlimited disk and bandwidth. I just started a download of a recent popular recording and the speeds are literally 100…
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- October 30th, 2008
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We are truly grateful that so many of our blogger friends came out for the NYCTaper CMJ Show on Thursday — and brought along their cameras. Pat from Pop Tarts shot this excellent up-close video…
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- October 29th, 2008
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The current name of the club is Rehab and it still has on its website “formerly Club Midway”, and its located at 25 Ave B. Apparently, its closing its doors in the very near future, pos…
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- October 28th, 2008
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[image by Songbirdnest] We are taking a deep breath after CMJ and catching up with the backlog. NYCTaper will resume recording shows on Thursday, with a two-for in Brooklyn. After that, its back to…
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- October 27th, 2008
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[photo by Soundbites blog] It was hard to miss the pre-CMJ buzz about Women. It was even harder on Tuesday afternoon to get inside of the downstairs room at Cake Shop to see their performance at the…
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- October 24th, 2008
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We don’t do photos here, just recordings. For the photos we rely on the generosity of others. On many occasions that generosity has been extended by Bryan of the excellent Subinev blog. Yeste…
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- October 23rd, 2008
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[photo credit] When we saw the car with the Minnesota license plate drive up to Cake Shop, we knew Best Friends Forever has finally navigated their way through the confusing East Village streets to fi…
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- October 22nd, 2008
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Paul Simon imparts wisdom to Jason from The Bloodsugars “Pop Masterpiece” elicits forty-nine thousand hits in a google search. One of rock criticisms’ most tired, overused and clich…
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Oxford Collapse in Seattle [photo credit] Oxford Collapse closed the outstanding Pop Tarts CMJ Afternoon Party yesterday at Cake Shop with a raging set featuring material from their 2008 release on Su…
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Wednesday brings another pair of excellent CMJ afternoon shows at Pianos (158 Ludlow) and Cake Shop (152 Ludlow). The Pianos event is presented by our friends at Ear Farm and features Drink Up Butter…
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- October 21st, 2008
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[photo courtesy of Dianna] On Friday night, I got to “pal around” with all-around nice guy John Vanderslice at the opening of the new music club at the downtown 92Y Tribeca. Following an…
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Impose | e4e1 present: 2-stage T.G.I.T fest P&L celebrate the release of their new record on jagjaguwar 12am: double dagger [baltimore] 11:30pm: the coathangers [atlanta] 11pm: parts & la…
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- October 20th, 2008
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Two of our favorite blogs are presenting some of our favorite bands at two different venues — at the exact same time (gr!!). On Tuesday, the Pop Tarts Suck Toasted “Bagels and Beer”…
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- October 19th, 2008
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Sharon van Etten / Secret Garden from hoovesontheturf on Vimeo. We were first introduced to the music of Sharon Van Etten interestingly enough through an email from The Antlers that announced some rec…
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[photo courtesy of Nate — More Excellent Photos from this Show here] We had such a good time when we saw Love Is All twice in June [recording] and [review], that we decided to repeat the experie…
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- October 18th, 2008
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The most rewarding aspect of operating this blog is watching the growth and success of the bands that we have profiled. In May, when The Loom impressed the heck out of us at the NYCTaper Anniversary…
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- October 17th, 2008
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[photo courtesy of jonny leather] In an ongoing display of the most disgusting and reprehensible behavior music blogs have witnessed, troll blog BrooklynVegan has continued to abuse and foster abusive…
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- October 16th, 2008
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In 7 days, Bridges and Powerlines will perform at the NYCTaper CMJ Showcase at Cake Shop — Thursday October 23 at 4 p.m. Its no secret that here at NYCTaper we are big fans of Bridges and Power…
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[photo credit] Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson returned to NYC from a month long-tour across the country in support of his newest self-titled CD last Wednesday. Miles performed an intimate show at Gl…
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- October 14th, 2008
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[photo credit] Bearsuit’s US debut was worth the wait. Ironically on Columbus Day, eighteen months after an incident where Bearsuit was prevented by immigration authorities from performing at S…
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[photo courtesy of You Ain’t No Picasso - View all of Matt’s amazing photos HERE] We are a few days behind the news cycle on this show. If you’re an Of Montreal fan, by now you hav…
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- October 11th, 2008
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NYCTaper recorded the entire show last night — almost 2 hours of Of Montreal and 40 minutes of Love is All. It was an amazing and spectacular show, and we have much to report. The complete rec…
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- October 10th, 2008
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The Mountain Goats have released their new EP Satanic Messiah. The 4-track EP is available in lossless formats (AIFF and FLAC) through bit torrent download. The flac files we downloaded are 55.6 MB…
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Kimya Dawson has announced that she will return to NYC in December for a show at the Bowery Ballroom. Kimya’s show is a celebration of 10 years of sobriety. Here are the details: Friday Decemb…
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- October 8th, 2008
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[photo courtesy of stereoactivenyc] Of all the bands scheduled to appear at the NYCTaper CMJ Showcase, Naked Hearts are the artist with whom we are least familiar. Initially, the band contacted us ab…
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- October 7th, 2008
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We are very proud to finally announce the lineup for the NYCTaper CMJ Showcase. When: Thursday October 23, 2008 Time: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Cake Shop Who: Downstairs Stage (”Electric” Ac…
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[photo credit] The last time we saw Bradford Cox, it was less than a month ago under very different circumstances. At Le Poisson Rouge in September, Bradford fronted the powerful guitar-driven five-p…
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- October 5th, 2008
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[photo credit] As we reported the day after this show, Kría Brekkan’s set at the Lutheran Church of the Messiah on September 16 was primarily a beautiful performance with a few equipment-relate…
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The Antlers are on their first extended tour, a Northeast-ish jaunt that covers the first three weeks of October. The nice part is that technology is allowing the NYC fans to follow along. There is…
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- October 4th, 2008
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[photo credit] We are very happy to report that Yo La Tengo will again perform a series of shows in celebration of Hanukkah at Maxwell’s this December. Our source informs us that the dates are…
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- October 3rd, 2008
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[photo credit] Stereolab is on tour to promote their August 2008 release Chemical Chords and the band is currently on a three-night run of shows at Irving Plaza. Last night’s performance was th…
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- October 1st, 2008
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Motel Motel have received some excellent press lately, and on Saturday they headline a benefit concert at Union Hall. The concert benefits the Jiamini Fund which provides scholarships for Tanzania st…
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As we announced back in August, our inside source learned that Phish would return in 2009. About 20 minutes ago, three dates were officially announced at Phish.com — March 6, 7 and 8 at the C…
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- September 30th, 2008
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[photo credit] The Meat Puppets were simply one of the most unlikely but ultimately rewarding redemption stories of the entire year of 2007 in music. When we saw them perform at Knitting Factory in A…
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- September 27th, 2008
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[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 y…
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