CMJ Artists Announced

CMJ recently announced some of the performers for the 2012 festival. Among them are GZA, OFF!, The Mountain Goats, Communist Daughter, Country Mice, Lily & The Parlour Tricks, Dirty Fences, Shark?, Talib Kweli and a whole bunch more. It's one of the better years in my opinion and I'm sure there's many more to be announced. Maybe I should do a showcase this year. Is it too late for that sort of thing?

Link:

CMJ Artist Announcement

Tonight: Wild Yaks, EULA, Ritz Riot, Spirit Family Reunion

If you wanna run around town you can see Wild Yaks and Spirit Family Reunion twice tonight! Early on Wild Yaks are playing The Grand St. Bakery on Grand St. in Brooklyn. Also early, Spirit Family Reunion (who recently opened for the legendary Levon Helm) are playing the Invisible Children event at Big Screen Plaza. Later on Wild Yaks are playing with EULA and Ritz Riot at Tommy's Tavern! A shitty dive bar with three of my favorite local bands, yes! Elsewhere, SFR is playing the MeanRed party at DROM which is a weird combo of band/venue/promoter but good for them. 

RSVP & Details:

SFR Early Show

SFR Late Show

Yaks Early Show

Yaks, EULA, Ritz Riot Show

Force Field PR Knows How To Party (CMJ Showcases)

Lots of good bands playing Force Field showcases during CMJ.

More CMJ Bands Announced

Today CMJ announced their second round of bands performing at this years Music Marathon.

Phoenix, GZA, UNKLE, Black Sheep, John Vanderslice, Cute Is What We Aim For, Justin Townes Earle, Black Label Society, Corin Tucker Band, Dan Black, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Freddie Gibbs, Frankie and the Heartstrings, Adam Haworth Stephens, Cults, Oberhofer, Baths, Blood Red Shoes, Extra Lens, The Bogmen, Clutch, Francis and the Lights, Screaming Females, Franz Nicolay, Children of Bodom, Wild Nothing, Dom, Marit Larsen, Good Old War, Reggie Watts and BRAHMS.

You can check out all the bands here.

CMJ 2010

Bands playing the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon have been slowly trickling out since August. This year's marathon is scheduled to take place from Oct. 19-23rd all over NYC. Generally speaking, CMJ is a chance for up-and-coming bands to showcase their talent in front of industry folk who are in town for panels and scouting.

However, established bands like The Drums and Surfer blood will be playing this year as well. We're most excited about getting to see Helmet again, maybe Unsane will decide to play too. We also know that Langhorne Slim, Gunfight!, SHAPES, So So Glos, The Rassle and a bunch of our other favorites will be playing too.

We'll give you the heads up once the full schedule is released.

Link:

CMJ 2010 Artists Page

Tonight: Freelance Whales @ Pianos

CMJ darlings Freelance Whales are playing Pianos tonight. This band was without a doubt my favorite discovery during CMJ.

They're fucking adorable. They kinda sound like Arcade Fire but much more childish and I mean that in a good, no great, way. They sound like a kids version of Arcade Fire and look like a whole band of Matt & Kims, all smiles - all the time. When I first saw them I turned do my friend and said "I have the sudden urge to go see Where The Wild Things Are" meaning they are a live soundtrack to a childhood adventure.

I know none of this makes any sense but go see them and you'll get what I'm driving at. If they can figure out how to properly mic these kids on a big stage they will be huge.

That said, they're playing what might just be their last little NYC show, depending on how this tour goes. I'd suggest going to this one. $10 sucks but it's worth it in this case.

Freelance Whales
@ Pianos
10PM
$10

Saturday Day Shows, CMJ 09.

The day shows today are sick. There's just too much to do. I'm skipping the Fader Fort, where I basically lived last year during CMJ, for the superior lineups of these 3 shows.

12:30-2:30: Brooklyn Vegan Day show at Pianos, free Bloody Marys if you get there when the doors open. BEAST, Moondoggies, and Surf City are supposed to play during that time frame.
2:30-5:15: Deli day show with free gourmet food. During this time frame they have Gunfight!, We Are Country Mice, Freelance Whales, Emanuel And The Fear, Drink Up Buttercup, Elizabeth & The Catapult, Local Natives. WOW!!! That's one hell of a lineup. By the way Freelance Whales are the best band I've seen during CMJ.
5:30-whenever: Impose day party at Don Pedros. Not sure who will still be playing this late but there's a shit ton of awesome bands playing this day party and it's on the way home. Overall this might be the best day show of CMJ 09, if you dig Brooklyn bands. You'll also get to see JEFF The Brotherhood, who destroyed at Piano's.

2 Live Crew Playing Santos' Party House Saturday

This is kinda awesome. The infamous 2 Live Crew will be playing a 2AM set on Saturday, or I guess Sunday actually. I'm not sure I'll still be able to function by then but damn is that going to be fun!

Free Todd P Shows All Week! Team Robespierre, NinjaSonik, Muslims, Fiasco, Vivian Girls, & More!

Wow! Todd P coming through BIG TIME. These might be the best shows during CMJ, despite not being CMJ. Awesome line ups all around.

Link:
Todd P

--WEDNESDAY-3pm-to-9pm--> Future Islands . Hospital Bombers . Crystal Antlers . PARTS AND LABOR . Ninja Sonik . Team Robespierre @ C.A.P. for -FREE-! (Wednesday's lineup was full booked/organized by entertainment4every1.net)

--THURSDAY-3pm-to-9pm--> Adventure . THE MUSLIMS . PSYCHIC ILLS . Kirsten Ketsjer . THE PHARMACY . Die!Die!Die! . Aa (aka BIG A little a) @ C.A.P. for -FREE-!

--FRIDAY-3pm-to-9pm--> Teengirl Fantasy . Shellshag . YO MAJESTY . THANK YOU . That Ghost . BEST FWENDS . WOODS @ C.A.P. for -FREE-!

--SATURDAY-2:30pm-to-9pm--> Red Dawn II . VIVIAN GIRLS . WHITE RAINBOW . Rob Walmart . DMBQ . PONYTAIL . Arbouretum . Pterodactyl . FIASCO . AWESOME COLOR . KNYFE HYTS @ C.A.P. for -FREE-!

--AND-- this Friday nite - BLACK DICE . VIVIAN GIRLS . BARR (yes, the return of!) . PONYTAIL . Women [ Ground Control Touring party ] @ DANBRO STUDIOS WAREHOUSE

--AND-ALSO-- this Friday nite - SHOWPAPER HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY w/ We Vs The Shark (playing a terrifying Nirvana B-sides set) . dj Russula (of Asa Ransom), dj Dracula, dj Slate, dance & costume contests, & Halloween-y art installations by Lara Allen, Eun Young Choi, Fabio Ernesto Corredor, Evie Falci, Ben Furgal, Alessandro Keegan, Hayley Silverman, Adam Shecter, & more! @ SCHMARKET SCHMOTEL

--AND-- this Saturday nite - THE MAE SHI . PSYCHIC ILLS . DMBQ . PRE . AIDS WOLF . An Albatross [ Panache Booking party ] @ SCHMARKET SCHMOTEL

--AND-ALSO-- this Saturday nite - CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE . City Center . Rob Walmart . WHITE RAINBOW . Teengirl Fantasy @ SILENT BARN

BrooklynVegan's Heavy Music CMJ Guide

Thank god there's some metal to keep me sane during this week...

Link:
BV CMJ Guide

Santo's Party House CMJ Lineup

Fader Fort CMJ Lineup

Like last year I looked at this lineup and said "who are these bands" and hopefully like last year I leave with my mind blown by some random band. Last year's random band was a little know BK group called Yeasayer!

The Levi’s® FADER FORT NYC
169 Bowery (@ Delancey)
NYC

Wednesday Oct. 22nd
3:00 - 3:25 Hollywood Holt
3:45 - 4:10 The Naked And Famous
4:30 - 4:55 Chairlift
5:15 - 5:40 The Muslims
6:45 - 7:15 Crystal Stilts
7:35 - 8:00 He Say, She Say
8:20 - 9:00 Sebastien Grainger
DJ’s Jamal Ali, Queen Majesty, Radioclit

Thursday, Oct. 23rd
3:00 - 3:25 Mikey Powell And The Villains Trust
3:45 - 4:10 Tanlines
4:30 - 4:55 Passion Pit
5:15 - 5:40 Johnny Foreigner
6:00 - 6:25 Tobacco
6:45 - 7:15 Friendly Fires
7:35 - 8:00 Death Vessel
DJ’s – T. Cole Rachel, Treasure Fingers, Eli Escobar

Friday, Oct. 24th
3:00 - 3:25 Blonde Acid Cult
3:45 - 4:10 All The Saints
4:30 - 4:55 Ponytail
5:15 - 5:40 Crystal Antlers
6:00 - 6:25 Kuroma
6:45 - 7:15 The Seabellies
7:35 - 8:00 School Of Seven Bells
8:20 - 9:00 The Phenominal Handclap Band
DJ’s – JOTS, Rocktapussy, Rezound

Saturday, Oct. 25th
3:45 - 4:10 Ricky Blaze
4:30 - 4:55 TNT Badda Badda Gals
5:15 - 5:40 Wild Yaks
6:00 - 6:25 Little Boots
6:45 - 7:15 Charles Hamilton
8:20 - 9:00 Dungen
DJ’s – DJ Treats, Radio Rose, Nick Catchdubs

Vice CMJ Parties

Monotonix!

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RSVP here

Win CMJ Badges + Win Brazilian Girls @ Terminal 5 Tix

• Going.com & CMJ are giving away 4 badges to this years CMJ. Join the CMJ group to enter. <link>
• Going.com & Musebox are giving away 2 pairs of tix to see Brazilian Girls @ Terminal 5 this Friday. RSVP to enter. <link>

Last Day For Cheap(?) CMJ Badges

Cheap might not be the best word to describe something that costs $340 dollars but when you consider it's normally $495 I guess it applies. That's a 30% discount, or so they say, I'm too lazy to do the math. Frankly, unless you want to go to the panels CMJ badges are pretty useless. In fact it's almost harder to get into the shows with a badge. But I'm just sharing the info - do with it as you please. The sale ends at midnight.

Link:
CMJ Music Marathon

Idolator CMJ Report

This is the most accurate CMJ review/commentary I have ever read. I could not agree more on every single point.

Link:
Idolator CMJ

Are You Throwing A Free CMJ Event?

If so tell me about it ASAP. I'm looking to sponsor a few last minute shindigs.

Email:
BrooklynSkiClub@yahoo.com