Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Anders Parker : "Calling Out to You" [mp3] from Skyscraper Crow Anders Parker : "72nd St. Horses" [mp3] from Skyscraper Crow other Anders Parker posts at Largehearted Boy ARMS : "Tiger Tamer" [mp3] from Kids Aflame [...]
[these amazing photos were taken for nyctaper by Kate Ehle -- many more here ] The Chicago psychedelic garage-rock quartet Unicycle Loves You opened the NYCTaper CMJ show last Thursday at Bruar Falls in the middle of the afternoon. The band attracted a crowd of fans and friends and displayed during their too-brief twenty-minute set why they were booked for CMJ, completely independently, by nyctaper and Jonny Leather for the same day. That evening they performed at Union Hall as part Jonny's show. The Bruar Falls [...]
Here are the results of my visit to the nyctaper showcase at Bruar Falls . [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: on my way to nyctaper showcase, but first need coffee :: I wonder if I missed anything good [Note] damn, I missed unicycle loves you [Downloadable] Highway Robbery (mp3) by Unicycle Loves You [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: crowd is kind of thin at nyctaper :: didn't catch the name of the band :: they are from omaha :: indiepop goodness! [Thin Crowd Photo] [...]
Here are the results of my visit to the nyctaper showcase at Bruar Falls . [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: on my way to nyctaper showcase, but first need coffee :: I wonder if I missed anything good [Note] damn, I missed unicycle loves you [Downloadable] Highway Robbery (mp3) by Unicycle Loves You [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: crowd is kind of thin at nyctaper :: didn't catch the name of the band :: they are from omaha :: indiepop goodness! [Thin Crowd Photo] [...]
So, I finally got out to see some shows last night, and while I got home way too late, it was a pretty productive evening on the whole. I started out* my CMJ at the M for Montreal showcase at Arlene's Grocery where I took in BEAST, Think About Life, and Malajube. During We Are Wolves set, I snuck over to the Mercury to catch the charming Mumford and Sons. After Malajube went off, I headed over to Cake Shop to catch CMJ buzz band, Surfer Blood and then I capped off the night at Living Room with a couple [...]
The CMJ day parties continue tonight. The big one is the Brooklyn Vegan event at Pianos, but a few others have sprung up as well... BROOKLYN VEGAN DAY PARTY AT PIANOS: Alec Ounsworth (5:30PM), Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (4:45PM), JEFF The Brotherhood (4:30PM), Holly Miranda (4PM), Duchess Says (3:45PM), Chris Denny (3:15PM), Lovvers (3PM), Peggy Sue (2:30PM), Surfer Blood (2:15PM), Rebecca Shiffman (1:45PM), Freelance Whales (1PM), A Classic Education (12:45PM), Moonbabies (12PM) TEEPEE/CHRONIC YOUTH DAY PARTY AT CAKE SHOP: Priestess (4PM), Nebula (3PM), Naam (2PM), Barn Burner (1PM), [...]
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 SADDLE CREEK SHOWCASE @ KNITTING FACTORY 361 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 $12, 7PM Another night of great shows happens tonight all over the City. The choice isn't quite as obvious as last night, but Saddle Creek's showcase at the Knitting Factory is sure to be a crowd pleasure (if you want to venture off the beaten Manhattan path into Brooklyn). Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Orenda Fink, Old Canes, UUVVWWZ, Beep Beep and guest Suzannah Johannes are all on the bill there tonight. Check out a list of other shows [...]
You don't have to be at CMJ to be in the know about the upcoming buzzworthy bands. Sure CMJ is a pretty epic display of developing to antique artists showcasing themselves to the music industry and like-type folks in New York City for about 5 straight days of non-stop back-to-back shows. It is undeniably a really fun time, a drunken time, a time for networking over a cheers and a time to collect as many business cards as you can to impress your co-workers. Anyway, I am sad to say that this year I am [...]
I am upstairs at Pianos watching the Greycoats to start. They are a jangle-pop band from Minneapolis, under the same umbrella as our old friend Jeremy Messersmith. The guys are also completely without attitude and have the wonderfully fresh midwest charm. A definite see-again band, they are playing a few more shows this week, including a night time showcase at Spike Hill tonight at 10 pm. Greycoats go on directly before Unicycle Loves You, who are also playing the NYCTaper CMJ Show on Thursday. ...more to come...
Recommended Show: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 CLIPSE @ HIRO BALLROOM 363 West 16th Street Manhattan, NY 10011 RSVP , 9PM I'm sure my listing for events over the next few days will be a little lacking. Mainly because there's a lot going on, but also because I'm trying to keep the listings manageable. Hopefully, I will catch wind of the day shows to properly tip you off, and I will split them off in two sections below (day and night). I'm hoping to make sure you get to know all the great day shows! [...]
Army Navy CMJ performance Army Navy will be making an appearance at CMJ Music Marathon, check out the dates: Thursday, October 22 - 11 p.m. - Good For You's Good For Me Showcase - Union Hall, Brooklyn (702 Union Street, Brooklyn) with Loxsly, Unicycle Loves You, Arpline, Deleted Scenes, and Sky Larkin Friday, October 23 - 5:45 p.m. - Beyond Race Magazine Party - Crash Mansion (199 Bowery NYC) with Helado Negro, Kiss Kiss and Cubic Zirconia. Friday, October 23 - [...]
DON'T MISS ARMY NAVY AT THIS YEAR'S CMJ MUSIC MARATHON! LA's Army Navy released their self-titled debut album on their own label, The Fever Zone, in late 2008, an album that NPR described as "a Posies-and Teenage Fanclub-style tsunami of melody and distortion that underscores the youthful essence of power-pop in all its bittersweet glory" and Pitchfork declared a "bubbly effervescent valentine." After an appearance on last year's famed "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" soundtrack and a 73 release on Fierce Panda's Fandango Records in the UK, the band is currently taking some time writing and recording material [...]
Thanks to our friends at BandsInTown , we now have a really excellent poster for our CMJ '09 Day Party at Bruar Falls. The details again: The NYCTaper 2009 CMJ Day Party will take place at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn on Thursday October 22 beginning at 12 noon (doors). Bruar Falls is the relatively new venue opened by the Cake Shop people earlier this year. Its located at 245 Grand Street in Williamsburg, a five-minute walk from the Bedford stop of the L Train [ [...]
Sorry for the relative silence around these parts the last few days. I'm still settling into my new Chicago digs, though thankfully I'm just about done unpacking. That means you can expect all kinds of low-quality blogging coming your way later this week. Until then, here's what is going on around Chicago this week. My picks are in bold . If I've missed anything, feel free to add it in the comments! Oh, and I beg you... someone out there has to go see Cattle Decapitation at Bottom Lounge [...]
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 [...]
Unicycle Loves You is an eclectic psychedelic pop band from Chicago. Their self-titled debut on Highwheel Records gained the band quite a bit of buzz and resulted in gigs opening for the likes of Fiery Furnaces , Cymbals Eat Guitars, and Awesome Color . This week Unicycle Loves You was awarded Venus Zine's Band of The Month with a neat cover story and band bio. We are extremely happy to have Unicycle Loves You as the opening band for the NYCTaper 2009 CMJ [...]
Enjoy the brand new feature here. ULY covered 'The More You Ignore Me...' for TMS Hearts Moz. Visit Unicycle Loves You on MySpace. MP3: Unicycle Loves You - Great Bargains For Seniors
The NYCTaper 2009 CMJ Day Party will take place at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn on Thursday October 22 beginning at 12 noon (doors). Bruar Falls is the relatively new venue opened by the Cake Shop people earlier this year. Its located at 245 Grand Street in Williamsburg, a five-minute walk from the Bedford stop of the L Train [ MAP ]. We are extremely excited about the quality and talent in this lineup. We will be discussing each of these bands individually on the site over the next [...]
I'm a huge Big Brother fan and while I do call it a guilty pleasure, the truth of the matter is that it's not another regular TV show. The show for me has more to do with the fact that there are 24/7 live feeds making it the most authetic or "real" reality show in television. Anyway, as with every summer I've had a good time and it's nice to hear that the show is putting on record ratings. The show probably will keep going strong for a lot more seasons. As for tonight with the [...]
Norman WongEven though he coined it himself, I often wonder if Joel Gibb regrets encouraging the use of “gay church folk music” as a description for the [...]More about Beach House
*MP3: Lady Gaga - “Telephone” (Featuring Beyonce) Lady Gaga and Beyonce together at last. It’s like Einstein and Galileo high-fiving after defeating Sauron. [...]More about Lady GaGa
Having recently performed a few dates in the U.S. and still set to perform a couple more, Vampire Weekend have lined-up additional North American shows. The band have announced four [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Animal Collective has recently released a trippy new video for the track 'In The Flowers' from album Merriweather Post Pavilion. The vid is [...]More about Animal Collective
Revenus de notre mission outre atlantique, on en a plein les yeux, plein les oreilles, alors on vous en fait profiter: beck -stranger song (of leonard [...]More about Beck
Some heavy hitters. Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology (The Juan Maclean remix) Calvin Harris - Flashback (Eric Prydz [...]More about Beyonce
i went to st jerome's last year and it is the best festival i've been to.fact.the collection of local and international talent for next years event [...]More about The xx
Like come on...it has been so musically dead over the past couple days. Some good...I guess ok songs have dropped but nothing that blew me [...]More about Kanye West
With his album Rebirth being delayed, Mr Carter took matters into his own hands and will be dropping a mixtape on Halloween (October 31th, 2009). “I [...]More about Lil' Wayne
Everything’s easy when you never have to choose.” Four months and hundreds of remixes later, the day has finally come when I can [...]More about Passion Pit
The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
The Swell Season featuring Jason Segel - Nov 18, 2009
nekocasefallon
‘09 Been Kind
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Zipper (Dj Manaia Remix)
