CMJ Posting Board
The big music clusterfuck is about a week away -- but it's already giving us a headache! Go here for a searchable database of dates, venues, and bands, but be warned: it's a tad overwhelming. And if you're feeling that the lineup's a little weak this year, we're with ya. But still, consider this your sounding board for which bands or showcases are not to be missed (The Knife? 120 Days? Suzanne Vega?). As always, we'd love your input. Together, we can make it happen.
Posted at 5:17 PM
Tags: CMJ
This is who should not be missed, for real:
The Knife
The Shins
The Album Leaf
Cassettes Won't Listen
Cold War Kids
Beans with Holy Fuck
The Clipse
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I'm coming over from LDN for the clusterfuck and I can recomend Findlay Brown (new UK folk in the vein of CSNY) and Lo-Fi-Fnk. I'm super looking forward to seeing Chris or Christopher Willits
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I'm heading over from Sydney (beat that, LDN!)... and looking forward to (yes) The Knife, Keren Ann, Scissors for Lefty, Fog, Tom Brosseau, Girl Talk, Loney Dear, Shy Child, Madlib, Oxford Collapse, Hot Chip, Lavender Diamond, Blue Cheer, The Annuals, Decemberists, Micah P, Mew, The Clipse and what could be hilarious in the Battle of the DJ's panel.
The lineup is so ridiculous it makes me want to laugh and cry all at once.
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the clipse is going to be great, although they will probaly arrive late and leave early, i am guessing a 15-20 min set.
hot chip should be impressive, the walkmen too, but i am looking forward to seeing both justice and mstrkrft in the same weekend.
someone still loves you boris yeltsin on the day stage looks promising too.
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I'll be participating in the Hush Records showcase on 11/1 at the Living Room. It's going to be a great evening of music from (imho) the best record label in Portland. I'll be playing with 3 of the bands...
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Check out the Rosewood Thieves!
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Stop by to see Stereogum Band to Watch The Slip at the Day Stage when you'll are picking up your badge - Oct 31 at 2pm.
They also play on 11/1 at Tonic at 8:30pm as part of the Bar/None showcase.
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personally i'm going to be hitting up the knife, girl talk, and the apples in stereo/architecture in helsinki without a doubt.
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SNOWDEN! They will rock the house.
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We're having a showcase for our label, Hometapes.
Wednesday, November 1st at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn, starting at 8PM on the dot! Our entire roster is playing:
Paul Duncan (NYC)
Feathers (Miami)
The Caribbean (D.C)
Shedding (Louisville)
Nick Butcher (Chicago)
Pattern Is Movement (Philadelphia)
Slaraffenland (Denmark!)
also: J Penry (kountrykrafts.blogspot.com) and Adam Wills (Bear In Heaven / Rhys Chatham's Essentialist) will be djing.
Check J's flyer here: http://www.home-tapes.com/cmj/penrycmj.jpg
Check Nick Butcher's poster here: http://www.home-tapes.com/cmj/butchercmj.gif
Come by and say hello!
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The shows I'd love to see....
1.Wednesday at Knitting Factory:
Child Abuse, Ginghis Tron, Plot To Blow Up The Effel Tower, The Slits
2. Thurs at Knitting Facotry:
An Albatross, Blue Cheer
3. Thurs at Pussycat Lounge:
Drumcorps, Wizzardz
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i hate to get all pitchfork.. but malajube!
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Tia Carrera? Seriously?
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i'm excited to finally see hot chip.
and that's about it sadly. :(
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how is charles bissell playing at 9pm at the slipper room and the wrens are playing at 9pm at NYU on thursday?
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cmj is some faggot shit
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black hollies on the daystage 10/31 at 1pm right before the slip!
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albert hammond jr. at mercury lounge!
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The Sammies and Elevator Action at Ace of CLubs on November 2.
I fuckin' love The Sammies and Elevator Action
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check out sally!
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So LDN and Sydney, think you're badass? I'm heading down from the BX. I win, clearly.
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Where is the breakout new group? From my perspective, nowhere. I mean: The Knife? I'm all for 80s nostalgia, but come on. And Hot Chip may be this year's electronica band, but it's hard to get excited over their repetitive sound.
And CMJ always runs itself like some sick college hazing, not a music journal fest. If they can't book at clubs with decent stage and audience space, could they at least insist on better sound, or at least have the owners clean their pig-sties up a tad? Is "rock authenticity" really just a matter of crappy amps, cruddy spaces and urine pools?
CMJ?
SOS!
DwD
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In 2002, when local NYC pals' bands were in CMJ, it was up to them to book their own slots at clubs (not as easy as it sounds). CMJ didn't actually place the band in a slot. Maybe that's changed...I'd love to know more about the booking elements of it all...seems a bit skaggly. In any case, I'll be out a bit, shooting pix and soaking it up.
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Dave Depper reads Stereogum!? Amazing.
Other than the Hush Records stuff I'd highly recommend seeing Women & Children. Don't know if anyone else here picked up the 10" box set thing they did a year or two ago, but from the music on that and the DVD I couldn't recommend them enough. Can't wait to get their new CD.
Call me Lightning's album was also very good.
So hard to pick out bands from that list, its making my eyes go funny.
Did I just see Duran x3 and Scanners in there?! WOAHLY CRAP. Go and see both of those!
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Join us for brunch (with Oh no! Oh my!, Bound Stems, Rosewood Thieves & The Broken West)?
Details here: http://bmi.com/special/evites/200610/brunch.htm
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I recommend Extra Golden.. saw them in Boston and they were incredible.
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rosewood thieves are excellent!
as are tpc!
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THE KNIFE!!!!!!!
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not so much a band, but any one of the shows flosstradamus and kid sis (chicago DJ duo and mc) are playing will be superfun. and flossy. they're with chromeo at cakeshop friday night, the puma store with tribe's ali shaheed muhammed (!) friday at 3 and w/ clipse at the knit saturday.
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Hey y'all - our label, Hometapes, is having a showcase on Wednesday Nov. 1 at The Trash Bar in Brooklyn! (256 Grand St.) Festivities start at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm. Free drinks from 8 til 9! The entire Hometapes roster will be playing:
Paul Duncan (Brooklyn)
Feathers (Miami) feat. Nathan Michel
Slaraffenland (Denmark)
Pattern is Movement (Philly)
Nick Butcher (Chicago)
The Caribbean (DC)
Shedding (Louisville, KY)
Plus:
DJs J Penry (http://kountrycrafts.blogspot.com/) and Adam Wills (Bear in Heaven / Rhys Chatham's Essentialist) and goodies for sale from Hometapes visual artists!
Hope to see you there...
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The 11/1 party at Piano's (AFTER the BKvegan party) sponsored by Kanine Records, Say Hey Records, Loose Record, Crashin In, Solid PR and Impose Magazine.
Check out Ravens and Chimes' acoustic set at 11:30PM They play a harmonium
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i'm definitely gonna check out the Airborne Toxic Event show. i saw them in los angeles a few weeks ago at a the echo, and they are awesome. reminescent of the psychedelic furs but not old and dead. lots of musicians, lots of instruments. they are opening for the grates @ the R&R in the meat packing district on friday november 3rd.
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Every year I attend the same thing happens - I make a list of all the bands I want to see, and then inevitably the day of any show, someone I am talking to clues me in to something better. I've learned that the key is have some default bands you'd like to check out, but really just keep your ear to the street and see what ppl are talking about. Then, depending who is talking, check it out or run for the hills....
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the subpop showcase should be good times. there are more than a few interesting items, but it's so dicey getting into anything that I'm trying to play it by ear and availability rather than pin my hopes on the particulars.
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what about old school hip hop night? Marley Marl, Black Sheep, Digable Planets all on one show? are you kidding?
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hot tip: dappled cities fly - squeeze them in if you can
their new album is serious business
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i'm heading over to the cake shop for the village green. caught their show at club midway and it was fantastic!
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