

[photo by Peggy Nelling]

The current Mountain Goats tour is a bit of a throwback of sorts. After tours as a trio with drummer Jon Wurster and tours where the band added new players such as horns, a second guitarist, and various special guests, this month the Mountain Goats is a John Darnielle and Peter Hughes duo. The stripped down stage show gives the band a chance to take some chances. Last week at Maxwell’s, this included some older and rare numbers, including the twelve year old never-heard-before track from the Alpha series, “Alpha Chum Gatherer” (streaming below), and some out of the blue covers (“Ripple” streaming below). This tour is also playing to much smaller rooms than Mountain Goats tend to play these days, and the chance to experience the band in an intimate setting like Maxwell’s was a treat. This tour continues through the month of June in the Midwest and South.

I recorded this set in our usual manner at this venue. The band’s outstanding FOH Brandon Eggleston is responsible for the superb mix of this particular show and the prime quality of this recording is a tribute to his talents. Enjoy!

Stream “Alpha Chum Gatherer”:



Stream “Ripple” (Grateful Dead cover):



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Mountain Goats

2013-06-05

Maxwells

Hoboken NJ

Digital Master Recording

Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann TLM-102s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and tagging via Foobar)

Recorded and Produced

by nyctaper 2013-06-10

Setlist:

[Total Time 1:41:00]

01 [music intro]

02 Pure Gold

03 [banter – red tape]

04 Linda Blair Was Born Innocent

05 The Diaz Brothers

06 Love Love Love

07 [banter – Peter and John]

08 Heretic Pride

09 [banter – setlist]

10 Nine Black Poppies

11 [banter – sitting down]

12 Dutch Orchestra Blues

13 Tallahassee

14 [banter – Paul Stanley]

15 Wild Sage

16 [banter – crystal healer]

17 Samuel 15:23

18 The Recognition Scene

19 Song for Mark and Joel

20 Cobscook Bay

21 [banter – business models]

22 Alpha Chum Gatherer

23 [banter – color my cheeks]

24 Alpha Rats Nest

25 Woke Up New

26 [banter – audibles]

27 The Fall Of The Star High School Running Back

28 [banter – capo]

29 No Children

30 [encore break]

31 Alpha Omega

32 International Small Arms Traffic Blues

33 Ripple [Grateful Dead]

34 See America Right

35 California Song

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