CMJ: The chance to have your eardrums bludgeoned by a thousand bands. Of course we're trying to catch as many acts as possible for you ... but the seedy party underbelly of the fest isn't confined just to the rock... CONTINUE READING CMJ PARTY SCHOOL! WITH STEREOGUM AND ANDREW W.K. (PART ONE: THE STREETS OF THE L.E.S.)»
Posted on October 19, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | Bon Iver | CMJ | Land Of Talk | Laurie Anderson | No Age | Yeasayer
At last night's Windish Showcase Dan Deacon got our sweaty selves hyped with group shouts of "Ethan Hawke!" and "Gattaca!" then screwed our minds with his signature strobes, green skull, and iPod-taped-to-a-banana (this has made Dan a person of interest... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: DAN DEACON PARTS THE PARTY AT BOWERY BALLROOM»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (24 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Dan Deacon
While we were downing bloody marys with Sparrow House, Abbey was just a few blocks away at Arlene's Grocery, taking in a sweet set from, yes, Billy f'in Bragg. The man ripped through an eight-song set of classics and new... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BILLY BRAGG @ ARLENE'S GROCERY, NYC 10/17/07»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Billy Bragg | CMJ
On the way down to meet up with Andrew W.K. and start filming our massive CMJ party exposé, we swung in to Pianos to say hi to BV and check in with the assemblage of talent he stitched together.... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: SPARROW HOUSE/THEDEATHSET @ PIANOS 10/17/07 (BROOKLYN VEGAN PARTY)»
Posted on October 18, 2007 (1 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Sparrow House | TheDeathSet
Left to right: Andrew W.K., Bradford Cox. Right, so let us explain. When the CMJ scheds first came out, the Windish Agency showcase at Bowery immediately stood out as the night with most party potential. Band to watch No... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: PONYTAIL/WHITE WILLIAMS/NO AGE/DAN DEACON/DEERHUNTER @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 10/17/07 (WINDISH AGENCY SHOWCASE)»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | CMJ | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | No Age | Ponytail | White Williams
While we were watching Voxtrot stretch into the wee at Bowery, Abbey Braden (who's back and snapping shots to help us rove as many day parties, showcases, and afterparties as possible) made her way to 200 Orchard for 'Sup... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BLACK GHOSTS @ 200 ORCHARD ('SUP MAGAZINE PARTY)»
Posted on October 17, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Black Ghosts | CMJ | Simian | Simian Mobile Disco
Kudos to our brother in blogging Brooklyn Vegan for curating a kick-ass CMJ opening night show at Bowery Ballroom! Boos to CMJ for not making sure Miracle Fortress knew they needed more than just a letter from the festival... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BON IVER/SHAKY HANDS/MOST SERENE REPUBLIC/DEAN & BRITA/VOXTROT @ BOWERY BALLROOM 10/16/07 (BROOKLYN VEGAN SHOWCASE)»
Posted on October 17, 2007 in (7 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | CMJ | Dean And Britta | Shaky Hands | The Most Serene Republic | Voxtrot
Pack your Red Bull (or find the parties powered by Sparks), clear your memory cards, tell the bosses you'll see 'em next week -- it's time for fest in the city. We've been too busy to really pull together our... CONTINUE READING READY ... SET ... CMJ 2007»
Posted on October 16, 2007 (31 comments)
Tags: CMJ
The annual music orgy in NYC didn't impress you guys with its initial lineup announcement, but you had to know there were a lot more bands on the way. And now the good folks at CMJ have fleshed out considerably... CONTINUE READING CMJ 2007 GETS A FEW MORE BANDS»
Posted on September 5, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: CMJ
Hope you saved up on sick days! NYC's indie-loving October fest has an initial list of confirmed acts, including Spoon, No Age, Marnie Stern, Simian Mobile Disco, Devin the Dude, Justice, Xiu Xiu, and 26 other groups of people that... CONTINUE READING CMJ 2007 INITIAL LINEUP»
Posted on August 9, 2007 (11 comments)
Tags: CMJ
Oh, come on. Like we weren't gonna go to this! We'd ask you guys what you thought of the show if you were there, but we already know you didn't go. How have we deduced this, you ask? Well,... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: KEVIN FEDERLINE @ WEBSTER HALL»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in (21 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Kevin Federline
It was off to Williamsburg for our last day of CMJ. We really weren't expecting many people until later in the afternoon, but when the clock struck noon, the merry makers and college radio reps were ready for indie, beers... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: AAM PARTY @ NORTHSIX»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in , (2 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Erase Errata | Malajube | Portastatic | Snowden | The Album Leaf
[WARNING: This post is about The Hold Steady. If you don't like them, this may send you into fits of rage over everything from the band's age to Craig's inability to sing. If this is you, we suggest skipping to... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: THE ORCHARD PARTY»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in (1 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Cold War Kids | Dirty On Purpose | The Hold Steady
We managed to swing by the Fader House just in time to catch the dirty, electro-disco of Shout Out Out Out Out (that's four "Out"s for those keeping score, if you don't count the "out" that it's in "shOUT"). "We're... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: FADER HOUSE»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in , (1 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Frida Hyvönen | Shout Out Out Out Out
We made it to the second of three parties thrown during CMJ by our good friend Dave, who did an outstanding job making our lives easier by booking our favorite bands and putting them under the same roof for the... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BROOKLYN VEGAN DAY PARTY»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in , (2 comments)
Tags: ¡Forward Russia! | Beirut | Cadence Weapon | Chin Up Chin Up | CMJ | CSS | Dave Hill | Lo-Fi-Fnk | Oxford Collapse | The Thermals | Thunderbirds Are Now!
While we were being blown away/surprised/disappointed/nostalgic at Mercury Lounge, our friend Abbey Braden was one of the many troopers that turned up at the 7PM door opening to Sub Pop's much-hyped Bowery showcase. The bill was solid top to bottom,... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: SUB POP SHOWCASE @ BOWERY BALLROOM»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in (2 comments)
Tags: CMJ | CSS | Loney Dear | Oxford Collapse | The Shins | The Thermals
Merc's Thursday night lineup was one of the sure shots on the night (along with the Sub Pop showcase at Bowery), made all the more special 'cause Malajube's set was the band's American debut (and we were not missing it).... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: MALAJUBE/ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT/BENJY FERREE/¡FORWARD, RUSSIA! @ MERCURY LOUNGE»
Posted on November 6, 2006 in (8 comments)
Tags: Archie Bronson Outfit | ¡Forward Russia! | Benjy Ferree | CMJ | Malajube
Conducting reconnaissance on the new and the obscure is for what we live, but CMJ presents plenty of opportunities to check in with some of our favorites -- and for us, this meant stalking Band To Watch Land Of Talk... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: LAND OF TALK @ GOTHAMIST HOUSE»
Posted on November 4, 2006 (6 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Land Of Talk
Thank you to everyone who made it to the Yep Roc Records showcase we sponsored Thursday. We were happy to see a big turnout from the start of American Princes' 2PM set. By 5, Pianos was packed with power pop... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: APPLES IN STEREO @ PIANOS»
Posted on November 4, 2006 in , (3 comments)
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It's tough to be everywhere at once (and yet we die trying!), so every here and there we've asked some of our friends with fancy cams to send over pics of shows we were forced to skip. So while we... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BOW WOW WOW @ HIRO BALLROOM»
Posted on November 4, 2006 in (4 comments)
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Our second Annuals show in 24 hours (we told you we'd be looking out for 'em). The Tar Heel sextet closed with twee-cum-balls out rocker "Brother" (MP3). They opened with that single at Syrup Room the night before at 2... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: ANNUALS @ FADER HOUSE»
Posted on November 3, 2006 (14 comments)
Tags: Annuals | CMJ
We know this is last minute, but that's how everything is during CMJ. One of the best lineups of the marathon has been largely unpublicized, but we wanna fill you in: At Northsix in Williamsburg (L train to Bedford) on... CONTINUE READING WIN LIST SPOTS FOR CMJ'S AAM PARTY»
Posted on November 3, 2006 in (45 comments)
Tags: CMJ
The popular punchline on the LES this week is that 120 Days are playing CMJ 120 times. Which suits us fine, since we've been dying to see 'em again since the revelatory Øya coming out that earned them the Band... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: 120 DAYS @ FADER HOUSE»
Posted on November 3, 2006 (10 comments)
Tags: 120 Days | Beirut | CMJ
Well, things get a little fuzzy at this point in the night. We had a cabbie that didn't know Brooklyn from Bangkok, and Syrup Room is nestled in a not-so-easily found neighborhood of empty warehouses and little else. True, the... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: DIW PARTY @ SYRUP ROOM»
Posted on November 2, 2006 in , (10 comments)
Tags: Annuals | CMJ | Favourite Sons | Professor Murder | VietNam
The Cake Shop serves coffee, tea, and an assortment of alcoholic beverages, but no Kool Aid. And yet, a post-show sidewalk eavesdropper would've been right to ask if we'd all just drank a gallon of the sugary goodness, 'cause it... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: BEACH HOUSE @ CAKE SHOP»
Posted on November 2, 2006 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Beach House | CMJ | Victoria Legrand
