Land Of Talk's "Quarry Hymns" video is beautifully shot, in black and white, with a single dancer moving in slow motion. There are a few ominous moments that cut through the gracefulness of the…   Read Story »

Lately we've seen BTW Land Of Talk's Elizabeth Powell performing with Broken Social Scene, though she took a break immediately after joining to have vocal surgery in early 2009. This year there's a…   Read Story »

A-grade chocolatiers Broken Social Scene brought a slice of their latest Presents... project -- Brendan Canning's Something For All Of Us -- to David last night. It's a very BSSy track, this…   Read Story »

Well not all of Land Of Talk -- and as is generally the case, not all of Broken Social Scene. Last minute distractions kept me from hitting the Mystery Concert semester kickoff party at NYU…   Read Story »

It was just about a year ago that we had Andrew WK run around CMJ as our expert party correspondent. The night before we filmed I was awed by relative newcomer Bon Iver at Bowery, and hours later I…   Read Story »

CMJ 2007 will be remembered for ... not a lot, sadly. And not just 'cause everybody was boozed up. Folks will probably hold on to how it was every bit as exhausting as years past but not every bit as…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

Land Of Talk stole our hearts last year, releasing the excellent Applause Cheer Boo Hiss EP that earned them a Band To Watch distinction and luring us to see them countless times all over the LES.…   Read Story »

Took long enough, Lizzie! Stereofaves Land Of Talk finally have a video, for the scorcher "Speak To Me Bones," one of seven awesome songs on the band's awesome, seven-song EP Applause Cheer Boo Hiss.…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »