Afterpartying on the last night of CMJ was sort of a doomed enterprise; after catching the Forms, we made our way out to Williamsburg, arriving well in advance of the Black Kids/Peter & Bjorn (no John) Almost Gold party... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: ISLANDS/PROFESSOR MURDER/MUSCLES/FLOSSTRADAMUS/DATAROCK @ VARIOUS VENUES, VARIOUS TIMES, NYC»
Posted on October 22, 2007 in , (3 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Datarock | Flosstradamus | Islands | Muscles | Professor Murder
New York quartet Professor Murder make post-punk dance-funk 'n' dub piled with synths, chanty vocals, scattershot Liars percussion and more cowbells than your average dairy farm. Since 2004, the band's released two EP's (including 2006's 'Gum-approved five-song Professor Murder Rides... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: PROFESSOR MURDER»
Posted on July 5, 2007 in , (2 comments)
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P Murder was one of the bands we squeezed in just before the sun came up at the DIW Party during CMJ. We were fast fading, but the group's bare boned, mellotron-inflected dance-funk gave the few standing a kick in... CONTINUE READING NEW PROFESSOR MURDER - "FREE STRESS TEST" (HARKIN & WOLF REMIX)»
Posted on November 8, 2006 in (0 comments)
Tags: Adam Schlesinger | Fountains Of Wayne | Kaki King | Professor Murder
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
Some free MP3s we've been digging very much. (I promise we'll listen to yours soon -- tips at stereogum dot com.) Shearwater - "Seventy Four Seventy Five" (MP3) Teddybears (Feat. Iggy Pop) - "Punk Rocker" (MP3) The Purrs - "Get... CONTINUE READING CHEAPEST BY THE DOZEN»
Posted on August 10, 2006 in (13 comments)
Tags: Adem | Archie Bronson Outfit | El Perro Del Mar | Ill Lit | Jennifer O'Connor | Ladyhawk | Plus Minus | Professor Murder | Shearwater | Teddybears | The Purrs | The Soft Drugs | The Thermals
This one showed up in the non-gum inbox and I loved it right away- Professor Murder is like a mix of Refused (I get a "Trench"-era Liars vibe, too) and the best most obscure dub, the stuff you hear but... CONTINUE READING NEW PROFESSOR MURDER - "CHAMPION"»
Posted on November 17, 2005 (19 comments)
Tags: Professor Murder
