CMJ released the band schedule for its 2009 Music Marathon & Film Festival yesterday, which is about as good a sign of fall hitting New York as the return of apple cider at Greenmarket. The festival runs from Oct. 20 - Oct. 24 and includes various venues throughout the city, and the list of featured artists would probably take all four days to read through. But skimming the selection reveals a fairly equal distribution of well-known acts like Atlas Sound and Deer Tick , anonymous locals (including krautrock-y Jeff Buckley-channelers Pocketknife), twenty-two bands who [...]
The press release below doesn't actually list all the acts performing at CMJ this year, so you're probably better off checking out cmj.sched.org to get a true idea of what's happening during this year's marathon. Of course, sched.org is a little confusing too and it doesn't list unofficial events and day parties (as far as I know), so you'll have to wait a little bit longer for info to trickle out from the blogs and other unofficial sources. Lastly, even though the press release says the schedule is "final", you can pretty much bet that things will shift [...]
Kaiser Cartel are back in town tonight. You can, and should, catch them at The Vollrath with Elsinore and Fearsome Sparrow. Pre-party with their session on Laundromatinee.com . Kaiser Cartel will release a new EP, entitled Rock Island , digitally worldwide (except in Europe, where it'll probably come out in January) on September 1st. MP3 : Kaiser Cartel - Oh No (live on [...]
MOKB interviewed Quinn Walker , about his solo work, not too long ago, and tonight his band, Suckers , is playing The Vollrath! Show is only $5 and will also feature The Fearsome Sparrow and The Soundsin ( thx P4K.tv ) MP3 : Suckers - Easy Chairs Suckers On [...]

We've got a great show for you tonight in Indianapolis! MOKB Presents ... SSION + Jookabox + Andy D with Jackola spinning before and between. Tickets are still on sale, for a limited time today, at LUNA Music. Save yourself some money while you still can! Doors at 7pm. Music at 8pm. $9 at the door. TONIGHT! - 6/2 -Talbott Street - SSION + JOOKABOX + ANDY D + JACKOLA [...]

The Tank's night of crush-worthy electronic music returns for a second date! A wild-at-heart, all animal line-up will make you sway wistfully to their blissful beats- Animal Style with his guitar and Game Boy and VBlank with his mastery of eclectic visuals from lo-fi to hi-fi will be coming up from Philadelphia to join NYC's own Data Dog and the fearsome sparrow for the bimonthly music series. Animal Style is on the artsier, R&D tip of this whole chiptunes scene. Don't get me wrong, he's got a [...]