NYC Taper Recordings of The Loom + Common Prayer @ Rock Shop // 08.13.10

Aug 27, 2010 | Discuss

The Loom - "True Believers All" (Live @ The Rock Shop)
Common Prayer - "Love –> Building on Fire (Talking Heads)" (Live @ The Rock Shop)
My friend at NYC Taper made it to my last show on August 13th at The Rock Shop and was able to catch the final two sets of the night by [...]

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Getting Personal With: Judson Claiborne

Aug 16, 2010 | Discuss

Judson Claiborne - "A Song or Dreaming"
Barefoot on a stage, Christopher  Salveter sings with a soulful southern drawl. It's the type of soul that only a southerner can seemingly possess. Slow, steady, filled with pain but also optimism—it's a voice that can shake rooms, bring tears and also bring light to the most melancholy oh [...]

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Getting Personal With: Jason Russo (Common Prayer/Hopewell)

Aug 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

Many of the most interesting, creative people I've gotten to know over the years grew up without a television. Maybe creative development really is stifled by being spoonfed entertainment that leaves no room for an imagination. This is not to say those who grew up with television can not be creative, but one has to [...]

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A Mechanical Orchestra, Singing Saws & a Sweat-Soaked T-Shirt

Aug 09, 2010 | Discuss

6 a.m. Daylight has emerged, and yet a small group of us remained at least partially awake with our minds trying to grasp what had just occurred in front of us in a small apartment in Bed-Stuy. Half of us had never met. The others had arrived at shortly before 4 a.m. [...]

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August Mix Tape

Aug 08, 2010 | 2 Comments

Having fallen behind on this website and unloading great new music to the general public, I decided to throw together a mix tape of a bunch of my favorite new songs. Included are some familiar names who haven't released music in a long long time (Three Mile Pilot, The Vaselines, Versus) as well as a [...]

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Concert: Special Guests w/ Common Prayer, Christopher Paul Stelling and Ivana XL @ Rock Shop // 8.13.10

Aug 06, 2010 | 2 Comments

Jonny Leather Presents:
Your New Favorite Band - August Edition Concert
Friday August 13 [spooky]
SPECIAL SECRET GUESTS
COMMON PRAYER
CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING
IVANA XL
at Rock Shop249 4th Avenue, Brooklyn

doors at 7:30pm
$8
21+
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Secret Guest - "secret song"
___ ____ has put out one of my favorite records of 2010, with an expansive sound filled with trumpets, banjos, french horn, [...]

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Getting Personal With: Deleted Scenes

Jul 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

Deleted Scenes - "Fake IDs"
For me, music has always been a deeply personal emotional experience. For every goofy mindless song I've thrown on repeat, there's a song like Radiohead's "How to Disappear Completely" that shakes my entire existence and leaves me trembling in fear and sadness. From Ian Curtis to Elliot Smith to Scott Walker [...]

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Christopher Paul Stelling: New Record and Videos

Jun 17, 2010 | Discuss

In the latter part of 2009 I met Christopher Paul Stelling at a friend's house party where Stelling would be performing. Up until that point I had only heard of Stelling from that friend, who raved endlessly about him. I'd taken a gander at his myspace and enjoyed a couple of the sounds, but never [...]

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Interview: Miracles of Modern Science

Jun 08, 2010 | 1 Comment

Miracles of Modern Science - "I Found Space"
In the last decade it's become quite common for rock bands to utilize string players to expand their sound, but not for rock bands to structure their sounds around these instruments the way Miracles of Modern Science have done. Since Arcade Fire's Funeral was embraced by music lovers [...]

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NYCTaper: May 3, 2010 Glasslands

Jun 07, 2010 | Discuss

Ghastly City Sleep - "I Never Left My Head" (Live at Glasslands)
Royal Forest - "Borrowed Tune" (Neil Young cover live at Glasslands)
Royal Chains - "Won't Back Down" (Tom Petty cover live at Glasslands)
My friends at NYCTaper.com recorded my May 3rd concert at Glasslands (though they missed Brick+Mortar's phenomenal set). This concert was a memorable one, [...]

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