Blog: PopMatters

The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival invades New York City this week. Here's the latest from PopMatters' writers on the beat. Words and Pictures by Caroline Shadood Surf City Bell House, Brooklyn I hate to slap on labels like "buzz" or "bandwagon," but when every song intro in some way replicates The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and then develops into a more Japandroids concoction, it's hard not to. The resurgence of, often over-calculated, garage music has fully breached Brooklyn boarders, and New Zealand's Surf City is wallowing in the flood zone. Though pleasant sounding they [...]