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Mr. Dream: October 21, 2011 NYCTaper CMJ Day Party at Cake Shop – FLAC and...
[Photos courtesy of Amanda M. Hatfield] We were thrilled that recent site favorites Mr. Dream were able to headline our CMJ Day Party this year at Cake Shop. With two Harvard-educated former music...
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NYCTaper Top 25 Concert Moments of 2011: MP3 Downloads and Streaming Songs
Live music in 2011 saw several newer bands consolidate their hold on greatness, while well-established acts from the 90s brought out crowds for reunion shows and, sadly, farewells. For those of us at...
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Old Monk: February 22, 2012 Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song
[photo courtesy of Bleary Eyed Brooklyn] Old Monk is a band from Brooklyn with the perfect self-description — indie-prog. The indie part is easy, as they write energetic and catchy guitar-trio...
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Wussy: March 3, 2012 Cake Shop – Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Song
[photo by nyctaper] I can’t imagine that Robert Christgau gets out to many shows these days. But last Saturday at Cake Shop, there he was at Wussy‘s first NYC show in almost two years. I suppose its a...
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NYCTaper at CMJ 2012: First Show Thursday October 18 — Day Party at Cake Shop
The success of a dogged pursuit can be sweet. In the case of our first 2012 CMJ lineup, its sweet several times over. As our longtime readers are aware, we’ve been fans of Hurray For The Riff Raff...
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Hans Chew also playing the NYCTaper CMJ Day Party at Cake Shop (Thursday Oct 18)
Yesterday we posted about our first CMJ show of 2012, the day party on Thursday October 18, 2012 at Cake Shop. We revealed two artists for this amazing bill, with clues about the other five acts....
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Heliotropes: October 18, 2012 NYCTaper CMJ Day Show, Cake Shop –...
[Photo courtesy of MaryAnne Ventrice] At first, it’s hard to grasp that the women of Heliotropes are your showcase’s heaviest band by far. From looking at them, you might not guess that the diverse...
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Hans Chew: October 18, 2012 NYCTaper CMJ Day Show, Cake Shop –...
[Photos by acidjack] Hans Chew plays a brand of old-time, piano-driven rock n’ roll you may not have even realized you were nostalgic for. As the piano man for Brooklyn country-psych stalwarts D....
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Hurray For The Riff Raff: October 18, 2012 NYCTaper CMJ Day Show, Cake Shop –...
[Photos by Jill Harrison at For the Love of Brooklyn] As Hurricane Sandy’s damage continues to be assessed here on the East Coast, it seems grimly appropriate to highlight the CMJ performance of an...
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Port St. Willow: October 18, 2012 NYCTaper CMJ Day Show, Cake Shop –...
[Photos courtesy of MaryAnne Ventrice] The documented connection between Port St. Willow frontman Nick Principe and childhood friend Peter Silbermann of The Antlers goes beyond their shared...
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J Fernandez: October 17, 2013 NYCTaper CMJ at Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[photos by Amanda Hatfield / Soundcloud photo from Six Point Twitter] The plethora of good bedroom recording artists presents an enigma for booking shows. For every successful transition to excellent...
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Caged Animals: October 17, 2013 NYCTaper CMJ Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[photos by Amanda Hatfield] The Sixth Annual NYCTaper CMJ Day Party at Cake Shop was headlined by a band fronted by one of our favorite people in the music world. Vincent Cacchione has been a friend...
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The Sheiks: October 24, 2013 Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[still from this video] The Sheiks are from Memphis, which makes them difficult to google. The “Memphis Sheiks” was one of the alternative names of the Memphis Jug Band, the influential early 20th...
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The Moondoggies: October 17, 2013 NYCTaper CMJ Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[photos by Amanda Hatfield] The Moondoggies hail from Everett Washington, which means that they don’t get to NYC very often. We were there the last time they played our area — a superb show at the...
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The Echo Friendly: October 17, 2013 NYCTaper CMJ Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[photos by Amanda Hatfield] Last year, The Echo Friendly achieved a prime song placement — their song “Same Mistakes” was featured as the closing credit music during an episode of HBO’s Girls. For an...
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Julia Weldon: October 17, 2013 NYCTaper CMJ at Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[photos by Amanda Hatfield] We have made no secret of the fact that we believe that Julia Weldon is destined for great things. We’ve recorded her twice previously this year, including the CD release...
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Dead Stars: May 6, 2014 Cameo Gallery + October 17, 2013 Cake Shop –...
[photo by PSquared Photography] Dead Stars is one of those bands for whom you naturally root. They make excellent music that lacks any posing or pretentiousness, they are superb musicians, and the...
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So Cow: September 20, 2014 Cake Shop – Flac/MP3/Streaming
[photo by nyctaper] So Cow released their excellent new album The Long Con on September 16, a date that fell square in the middle of a rare US tour. The tour was scheduled to coincide with the...
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Purling Hiss: October 23, 2014 NYCTaper CMJ Day Show, Cake Shop –...
Tweet #TwitterStories [photos by acidjack] Purling Hiss, the scuzz-rock project of Philadelphia-based guitarist/songwriter Mike Polizze, has emerged from his early records’ soup of fuzz with the band’s...
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Beach Day: October 23, 2014 NYCTaper Unofficial CMJ Day Party, Cake Shop –...
Follow @acidjacknyc [photos courtesy of Dean Keim] It may have been dreary and pouring outside of Cake Shop at the start of the NYCTaper Unofficial CMJ Day Party, but Beach Day brought some Florida...
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