Last week Marnie Stern announced that she'd setup a kissing both (with her as the kissed) at her two weekend shows with Gang Gang Dance in San Francisco and Los Angeles. (That's what she was in…   Read Story »

Marnie Stern's "Don't Stop Believin'" cover could also work as a soundtrack for "Ruler"'s Rocky. Instead of Philadelphia, we get an egged-up Stern waking up at 4AM in NYC to run stairs, chase a…   Read Story »

It's fitting that Perpetua came upon this, since it was his great interview with Marnie that framed its significance: until now, the ruler of the CMJ '08, Ms. Marnie Stern, has never learned someone…   Read Story »

The crew here managed to fly through some 70+ sets of music last week, and boy is our abilty-to-wade-through-the-sadness-that's-passing-for-buzzed-up-indie-rock tired. There's a very scientific…   Read Story »

The crapshoot buffet of 25 minute sets from overextended bands is now closed, thanks. When you're out all day and all night, you encounter lots -- some undercooked and unpalatable flller, some that's…   Read Story »

We got a late start in inaugurating the new Studio at Webster Hall, but it was worth the wait. Scheduled for midnight to 4AM, our CMJ kick-off party ran about an hour behind schedule, but even at…   Read Story »

Stereogum's 2008 CMJ event is a jam-packed show taking place midnight to 4 a.m. on Tuesday, 10/21. It's at the brand new venue The Studio at Webster Hall (yes, located inside Webster Hall). It's so…   Read Story »

When posting Marnie Stern's "Transformer," I said something about how the way she approaches songwriting feels like she's stumbling upon something for the first time, blowing her own mind over and…   Read Story »

We extolled the virtues of Marnie Stern's This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That (out 10/7 via KRS) when we posted "Transformer"…   Read Story »

We're not too far off from the release of Marnie Stern's follow-up to last year's In Advance Of The Broken Arm. And I learned something this Labor Day weekend, while literally listening to nothing…   Read Story »