Blog: Trust Me on This

I went to my first (part of a) CMJ show on Wednesday night at a familiar place, the Bowery Ballroom. Margot & the Nuclear So & So's headlined a show that spanned nearly seven hours, ending at almost 2 a.m. I arrived just in time to hear the final opening band, Alabama's own Wild Sweet Orange (three guitarists, some dude on bass, and a drummer), whom I heard for the first time, and who played a dense and rapid set of solid indie folk-rock. They were a pretty high-quality opening band, but I was too anxious to [...]