[photo courtesy of dollabill and Thom - more here]This is an exciting time for fans of John Vanderslice. He is currently on tour with one of his compatriots, John Darnielle, with whom he will soon release an EP (Moon Colony Bloodbath). On May 19, JV will release his first full-length album in two [...]
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[photo courtesy of dollabill and Thom - more here]The Mountain Goats show on Friday night was a fan’s dream but a taper’s nightmare. John Darnielle entertained the crowd with much banter, off-microphone songs, and accepted a series of obscure requests from the diehards. While the highlight of the show for many of those [...]
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[photo by blurasis]Women were one of the best bands we saw during CMJ, so obviously we were excited upon their return to NYC. Unfortunately, I could not go that night, so the best new development at this site — the nyctaper correspondent — has let me experience the show. Women have toured extensively [...]
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[photo courtesy of Kyra Kverno - more of her amazing work here]When this curious Monks of Doom reunion at Club Europa in Greenpoint was announced a few months ago, I had three questions that were fortunately answered by Victor Krummenacher in a series of recent conversations. The “why here and now” was pretty simple [...]
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The Feelies announced a short while ago that they have committed to perform the complete Crazy Rhythms album from start to finish at the NY version of the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival.The ATP Festival takes place from September 11 through September 13 in Monticello NY. The complete line-up (thus far) for this event is [...]
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[photo by Matt - courtesy of The Music Slut - more here]Fresh off the triumphant Hospice CD release show, The Antlers are full of exciting news. Today it was announced that they will perform a “lounge act” set for WOXY. They have also added a new NYC gig, at Mercury Lounge on April [...]
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There are still tickets available for this excellent lineup at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night. We saw Crystal Stilts open for Love Is All at Bowery in December, and they very nearly got called back for an encore. We saw Women three times at CMJ in October, and captured one [...]
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[from JakeRock - click to access video downloads]Its exciting to watch the development of a new band — particularly one where the members are experienced and talented performers with whom we are quite familiar. At Glasslands on Thursday, Circle of Buzzards performed their fourth-ever gig and the short six-song set packed a lot of [...]
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[nyctaper's original ticket stub!]For a brief time in the late 80’s, the upstairs back entrance of the Palladium opened as a small rock club known simply by its street address “123 East 13th Street”. I only attended one event at that club and it was memorable — the late 1988 return of Pylon to [...]
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[photo from jakerock]We have seen Jason Loewenstein and Bob D’Amico perform together many times in the last several years. As the tremendous driving and aggressive rhythm section behind the live Fiery Furnaces, Jason and Bob created the foundation for some of the best live music ever featured on this site. It was then [...]
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[photo courtesy of Impose Magazine - more here]When we walked into “The 1896” in industrial North Bushwick for the “Brooklyn vs. Baltimore” Marathon a few weeks ago, it was basically a huge empty warehouse. In the corner, ToddP’s staff worked on constructing the stage, and in the other room the bands and other early [...]
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[photo by surfgoth]When we reported that Wavves had added a ToddP date at the end of March, Todd’s site had March 29 (Sunday) listed. Cake Shop has always had Sunday March 29 listed on their calendar. Unfortunately, several blogs (including Pitchfork and More Cowbell) have listed March 28 for the Cake Shop show [...]
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[click to watch The Beets commercial]So I’m riding in a cab the other day, gazing out the window, when I was jolted to hear the music of The Beets coming from the taxi video screen. The fashion designer Cynthia Rowley produced a bizarre commercial for fashion week which features a bevy of French fashion [...]
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[photo by setoutrunning] Thao With The Get Down Stay Down will tour extensively this Spring, through much of April and May. The tour includes a New York date at the Bowery Ballroom on May 14, 2009. We struck up a nice conversation with a member of the band who emailed for access to an nyctaper recording. [...]
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[photo by surfgoth - many more excellent ones here] The closing band at last Friday's epic show at Market Hotel was the most established of all five bands — Brooklyn's "acid folk" veterans Woods. The live Woods is quite a bit more "acid" than the freak-folk sound of their studio releases. As the band [...]
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The National posted a tour date bulletin exactly thirty minutes ago. The dates do not yet appear on their website's tour page. Note, there is no NYC date posted yet, but expect one. Here are the dates: 21 May: Kool Haus, Toronto (on-sale Feb 14th @ 10:00 AM) 22 May: Metropolis, Montreal (on-sale Feb [...]
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[photo credit] Nodzzz come with good references. The band is signed to one of our favorite independent labels, What's Your Rupture. And this week, Nodzzz was the "band of the week" at the Pop Tarts blog. On Friday night at Market Hotel, the band was second on the bill and ripped through their [...]
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[photo by Jeff Ambrose] What Laura Says is an excellent quintet from Tempe Arizona who write and perform ambitious cross-genre pop songs. The band signed to the Terpsikhore Collective label after they caught the ear of The Annuals and released their debut self-titled album last August. On Wednesday last, What Laura Says opened the [...]
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Ryan Adams has been a prolific singer-songwriter over his nearly two-decade career with Whiskeytown and The Cardinals. Unfortunately, he's also become somewhat infamous for his personality issues and flair for the dramatic. However, 2008 was a solid year for Adams, with the Fall release of the acclaimed album Cardinology and the successful tours that followed. All [...]
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[Bearsuit at NYCTaper CMJ Show - photo by subinev] By all accounts, British alterna-pop wizards Bearsuit killed at CMJ. On their triumphant return to the U.S. after an immigration issue in 2007, Bearsuit played NYC in early October, and then toured the east and midwest before they returned for a week of outstanding CMJ shows. [...]
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