We stopped by Brooklyn Vegan’s unofficial CMJ party today at Public Assembly in Brooklyn to snag a free tattoo (just kidding, but Three Kings Tattoo Shop were doing them on sight), and catch a couple bands before lining our stomaches [...]
Well into Friday night on the Lower East Side, Kitsune-signed British synth-rock band Citizens! took to the stage at the initiate Cake Shop for their fourth show of the day. Taking the CMJ music marathon moniker to heart the group [...]
Stumbling downtown after The Presets and YACHT show at Terminal 5, we ended up at Cake Shop on the Lower East Side for the NME / The Great Escape showcase with Jinja Safari and earlier sets by Chains of Love [...]
We went back to Terminal 5 last night for our second last night of CMJ in New York to catch Portland art-poppers YACHT opening for Australian electro-duo The Presets. We’ve seen YACHT quite a few times, including a most amazing [...]
Last night we caught indie rock joker Mac Demaro and Brooklyn lo-fi guitar dudes DIIV at Music Hall of Williamsburg for Carpark Records’ CMJ showcase. We made it about mid-way through the set, and Mac was already ball-deep in his [...]
Last night, Thursday October 18, at the Irving Plaza rappers Killer Mike and Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA took over the building for a night of hip hop music for CMJ. [...]
Last nights set at Terminal 5 was a coming home for New York’s indie rockers The Walkmen, even though none of them live in the city anymore. Lead vocalist Hamilton Leithauser likened this performance back to the good old days [...]
We hustled up to Terminal 5 last night to catch Dum Dum Girls opening for The Walkmen and were pleasantly surprised to find East London’s folk trio Daughter mid way through their opening set, playing to the modest crowd. They [...]
After 10 months of silence, Brooklyn band Local Natives made a somewhat surprise appearance as the guest headliner for the CMJ Champions showcase at the legendary Bowery Ballroom last night. [...]
Following Rush Midnight’s set at Le Baron we headed uptown to Webster Hall originally to catch Generationals, but were happily surprised to find The Jezabels playing in the main hall while we patiently waited out the other sets in the [...]
We kicked off the second night of CMJ’s Music Marathon at André Saraiva’s Le Baron in Chinatown to catch the opening act of Ghostly International and Cascine’s showcase, Rush Midnight, formally of Twin Shadow. With the stage in the room, the [...]
Last night was the freshest new slice of rap game talent Le1F brought his booty shakes and quick rhymes to Brooklyn’s Glasslands for a midnight set on the first night of CMJ’s Music Marathon. [...]
Our homegirl Kate Killet has been holding it down for us in New York last night while we made the trek down today to bring you all the CMJ coverage you can possibly stomach for the rest of the week! [...]
The annual CMJ Music Marathon starts tomorrow, woah! But don’t sweat it, we’ve been done our homework so you don’t have to, finally getting around to listening to a ton of new and upcoming bands, and marking our calendars for what [...]
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