What: Bowery Ballroom Final Day Showcase When: 4pm - 2am Where: Bowery Ballroom Who: 1am - Surfer Blood, 12am - Neon Indian, 11pm - DOM, 10pm - Wild Nothing, 9pm - Lower Dens, 8:30pm - Lia Ices, 7:30pm - Lord Huron, 6:45pm - Fake Problems, 6:00pm - Braids, 5:15pm - MA Mentor, 4:30pm - The... Read More
Once again we're keeping the bands playing our day time showcase out of this list to keep things fair. Of course as with any final day of a music festival people will be frantic trying to catch any of the bands they missed, so make sure you don't miss these five! 5. Lia Ices (@... Read More
What: PTST & Father/Daughter Records Present CMJ Weekend When: 12pm - 7pm Where: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. Who: 6:00pm - Ava Luna, 5:15pm - Soars, 4:30pm - Slow Animal, 3:45pm - Reading Rainbow, 3:00pm - Sisters, 2:15pm - Sunglasses, 1:30pm - Family Trees, 12:45pm - Tooth Ache, 12:00pm - Les Vinyl Why: Another day... Read More
What: Force Field PR CMJ Showcase When: 8pm - 2am Where: Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. Who: 1am - The So So Glos, 12am - Wild Nothings, 11pm - Woven Bones, 10pm - Violens, 9pm - La Sera, 8pm - Lord Huron Why: Right now there are few PR agencies with as good a track record... Read More
To be fair here we are eliminating the nine bands playing our own day time showcase from contention! ABut we're also not gonna be listing any bands playing at that time. So see you at Cake Shop and maybe somewhere else after our own show! 5. MiniBoone (@ Crash Mansion, 9:30pm); Yeah, we here at... Read More
What: PTST & Father/Daughter Records Present CMJ Weekend When: 12pm - 7pm Where: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. Who: 6:00pm - Shrag, 5:15pm - Funeral Party, 4:30pm - True Womanhood, 3:45pm - Pepper Rabbit, 3:00pm - We Are Trees, 2:15pm - Rooftop Vigilantes, 1:30pm - Your Youth, 12:45pm - A Classic Education, 12:00pm - Yellow... Read More
What: Carpark & Paw Tracks @ CMJ When: 7pm - 2am Where: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. Who: 1:00am - Dent May, 12:00am - Prince Rama, 11:00pm - Cloud Nothings, 10:00pm - Ear Pwr, 9:00pm - Light Pollution, 8:00pm - Deakin, 7:00pm - Excepter, Avey Tare DJ Sets throughout Why: A lot of the focus... Read More
5. PS I Love You (@ Arlene's Grocery, 9pm); This Canadian duo is very much in the same vein as other hard rocking duos, most notably No Age or Japandroids, though they tend to add a bit more melody to their noise than the rest do. They've already been all over town this week so... Read More
What: NYC Taper CMJ Day Party When: 12pm - 7pm Where: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. Who: 6:00pm - Arpline, 5:30pm - Keepaway, 5:00pm - Diamond Rings, 4:30pm - She Keeps Bees, 4:00pm - True Womanhood, 3:30pm - The Rest, 3:00pm - Common Prayer, 2:30pm - Brit and Cavalry, 2:00pm - Unicycle Loves You, 1:30pm... Read More
Times New Viking have always been known for their noisy, lo-fi sounds and for good reason. That sound has dominated the band's records and has come to be one of the hallmarks of the recent lo-fi revival. Yet under all that noise there has always been a penchant for catchy pop tunes, it was just... Read More
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion were generally more explosion than blues. JSBX always seemed too interested in warping the conventions between not just their titularly suggested genre but also those of hip-hop, funk, art rock and punk. They did however much they denied it ride a certain amount of blues-nostalgia towards a level of attention that... Read More
What: Lefse Records & I Guess I'm Floating Official Showcase When: 6pm - 3am Where: The Delancey, 168 Delancey St. Who: 1:45am - How To Dress Well, 1:00am - Houses, 12:25am - Candy Claws, 11:30pm - Young Prisms, 10:45pm - Tape Deck Mountain, 10:00pm - Wise Blood, 9:15pm - Sunglasses, 8:30pm - Bikini, 7:45pm -... Read More
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (@ Cake Shop, 3:45pm & @ Bruar Falls, 7:30pm & @ Santo's Party House, 11:30pm); It appears that Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is going for the "Surfer Blood" award of this year's CMJ Music Marathon by playing seemingly every showcase and party taking place. Today alone they will be bouncing... Read More
What: Terrorbird CMJ Showcase When: 12pm - 7pm Where: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. Who: 6:00pm - Marnie Stern, 5:10pm - Baths, 4:30pm - Revolver, 3:45pm - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., 3:00pm - Kyle Andrews, 2:15pm - Botany, 1:30pm - Dark Dark Dark, 12:45pm - Prince Rama, 12:00pm - Kordan Why: For starters, during the... Read More
Last year EULA burst onto our radar with the awesome, but sorely underrated, Language of Threat EP. It was a rollicking and rocking 6-song disc that reminded us of our loud ass days as little punk rockers in the most pleasant way possible. This Connecticut based three piece has been building up steam since, making... Read More
After listening to the entire 35-minutes of the first record from The Extra Lens (the last one, 8-years ago, was from The Extra Glenns) you may wind up wondering why John Darnielle went and recorded a new Mountain Goats record under a new name. For all intents and purposes Undercard is a Mountain Goats record.... Read More
What: MMN @ CMJ 2010 When: 8pm - 2am Where: Brooklyn Bowl Who: Yo La Tengo, Screaming Females, + DOM Why: While most CMJ rookies will spend the first night running around the city trying to cram in as many bands and free beers into their night as possible, folks that have been going for... Read More
5. Will Stratton (@Spike Hill, 2pm); Last year Will Stratton wowed us with a single acoustic performance in Prospect Park. From there he continued to amaze us with his songwriting talents at our own CMJ showcase in October and with his remarkable second studio album No Wonder. Now he'll take his talents to Brooklyn where... Read More
What: Cakeshok/Flower Booking Present When: 3pm - 7pm Where: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. Who: 6pm - Azealia Banks, 5pm - Sunglasses, 4pm - MillionYoung Why: To be completely honest with our readers this is not the best bet for day one of the unofficial day time parties that have become a part of the... Read More
It's CMJ week! Which makes choosing a single show for each night nearly impossible! Those with a badge will bounce around, those without should aim for the following list of shows! Oh, and there's also that #Offline thing going on later this week as well. Tough week of choices ahead! Monday: Mayer Hawthorne and the... Read More