I remember a time when I would be headed out to a show around 9 or 10 and someone in my family would say with exasperation, “I can’t believe you’re going out this late!” and I would kinda scoff and roll my eyes and think, “OMG, IT’S NOT EVEN LATE!” as I rushed out the […]
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CMJ 2012: Who’s On My Hot List to See This Year
Believe it or not, this will be the 11th CMJ I’ve attended (yes, that’s right, I started going to CMJ when I was 11 years old. Amazing, I know). During the time I first started attending the annual event, things were very different. CMJ felt really really important to me at the time — this […]
CMJ 2011: Day 3 – 10/20/11 – Guards, Grimes, Beat Connection, and More
Day 3 of CMJ was an all-day affair at the I Guess I’m Floating/ Tell All Your Friends PR showcase at Pianos. My personal music marathon started out with the Seattle-based upstarts, Beat Connection, who were fresh off the red-eye from the Left Coast. Their set started off with a bit of a bumpy start […]
CMJ 2011: Day 5 – 10/22/11 – Purity Ring and Wavves at Fader Fort
My last CMJ 2001 musical journey was held exclusively at Fader Fort, for two acts I was really pumped to see: Up-and-coming Canadian band, Purity Ring, whose song “Ungirthed” has made them one of my favorite new bands, and existing TMA fave, Wavves. Knowing that the crowds would be pretty insane for FF day 2, […]
Who I’m Excited to See at CMJ 2011
Quickly, some recommendations for this year’s CMJ: These shows are bound to be completely packed. Attend if you dare: Zola Jesus (Knitting Factory on Tues; LPR on Wed); Wild Flag (Bowery Ballroom on Tues) My picks: Young Magic at Public Assembly at 10pm on Tuesday. If you can stay up late, check out Dent May. […]
CMJ 2010: Day 4 – The Babies, La Sera, and Neon Indian
I’ll admit, by Day 4 I was hurting a little, so I took it relatively easy with a night filled with some low-key shows. First stop was to catch The Babies, featuring Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone, at the FADER Fort on the Lower East Side which was sponsored by… er… hmm… I can’t seem to […]
CMJ 2010: Day 3 – Braids, Lia Ices, Tamaryn
I dubbed Day 3 as “ladies night” since the three bands I’d planned to see were all fronted by women. First up was an extremely early set by the Montreal, Quebec-based quartet, Braids, who were playing the opening spot at the showcase at Arlene’s Grocery. As the crowd waited for the show to start, they […]
CMJ 2010: Day 2 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and The Drums
After a somewhat disappointing Day 1, I was really hoping the second night of CMJ would be much more fruitful. I started the night by popping over to an early showcase at Bruar Falls where Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. were playing. I got there ten minutes before the 7:30pm set and DEJJ still had all […]
CMJ 2010: Day 1 – Class Actress and Silverghost
Ah, the annual running of the music hipsters — aka CMJ. The annual College Music Journal’s music festival hits New York once a year in an effort to give fledgling bands the opportunity to get seen by industry honchos, journalists, bloggers, and the odd fan or two who forked over a pretty penny for a […]
School of Seven Bells Proposal @ Santos Party House, NYC
Towards the end of their set at the Windish Showcase @ Santos Party House, School of Seven Bells touring drummer Zachary Saginaw asked his girlfriend Marie to come on stage. After a little over two minutes she finally appeared and he got down on one knee and proposed. She said, “oui”! Witness the magic!