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Watch Paste's Interview with the Punch Brothers at CMJ
Click the image to watch Paste's interview with the Punch Brothers at CMJ, where the quintet gives us a little perspective on the instruments they use to create their beautiful bluegrass sounds.Related links:PunchBrothers.comPunch Brothers on MySpace... read more
Found in: Featured VideosArtist Profile: Joshua James at CMJ 2009
Click the image to watch Paste's interview with Joshua James at CMJ 2009.Related links:JoshuaJames.tvJoshua James on MySpace... read more
Found in: Featured VideosArtist Profile: PT Walkley at CMJ 2009
Click the image to watch an Artist Profile on PT Walkley at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. Related Links: PTWalkley.comPT Walkley on Myspace CMJ Music Marathon... read more
Found in: Featured VideosThe 10 Best Bands We Discovered at CMJ 2009
On any given night in New York, there’s some great, young, undiscovered band playing their hearts out for a small crowd. But during the CMJ Music Marathon, there are several each hour. It’s a perfect time to hop from club to club in search of your new favorite artist (or the Best of What’s Next, as we like to say), and this year, that search was particularly rewarding. Here are our 10 favorite new discoveries:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCMJ 2009: Generationals, Pepi Ginsberg, Spinto Band, Javelin, Small Black
The body can only take so much CMJ. Not only is it tough to avoid H1N1 with several hundred potential carriers breathing the same air for hours on end, equally contagious is ever-increasing pessimism that spreads among writers who let their grouchy sides take over. And, as a six-time CMJ attendee, I agree that aspects of the fest feel do "smaller" and that bloggers have gotten better at spotting new talent before everyone gets there (or maybe new talent has just gotten better at spotting bloggers). But c'mon, crybabies. If you don't want an excuse to hit a bunch of... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusCMJ 2009: Alec Ounsworth, YACHT, The XX, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Roadside Graves and More
Over the course of a properly executed CMJ Music Marathon, the participant will begin to believe that all life occurs in a dingy-bar basement, sustenance equals falafel stands, and that a 9-to-5-er cares about the plight of an orange lanyard-clad nimwit who attends concerts around the clock but can’t be bothered to charge their cell phone. Credit YACHT for a dose of alternative unreality to skew the focus yet again during a Thursday that also featured essential indie blog Aquarium Drunkard’s well-curated showcase, the XX at the Apple Store, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s frontman breaking loose, and Cymbals Eat... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusCMJ 2009: Wild Yaks, Still Flyin', The Black Hollies, Title Tracks
Today’s CMJ Music Marathon tip jar is tied up with a piece of elastic, gold lamé ribbon for absolutely no reason at all. After spending Tuesday’s post mostly covering Paste’s showcase in lower-east Manhattan, your correspondent hit shows closer to home in Brooklyn last night. That’s right, the borough where dudes stow their orange lanyards for fear of snagging them on their unkempt beards.... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusCMJ 2009: Warpaint, My Jerusalem, John Forté and More
CMJ’s annual Music Marathon is upon us. Unlike Austin, New York is always crowded and filled with idiots wearing orange lanyards, so the city barely lifts an eyebrow when overrun with however many thousand bands with names (Surfer Blood, Best Coast, Holiday Shores, etc.) that sound like they were yanked straight out of a Dick Dale tribute night.... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusCMJ Announces Full 2009 Festival Lineup
While the names of some music festivals are just plain gibberish (Bonnaroo? Bumbershoot? What?), none are as straightforward as CMJ. The College Music Journal Music Marathon and Film Festival is exactly that—an epic, five-day marathon stretch of more than 1,200 different artists invading more than 75 different New York City venues. We get exhausted just thinking about it.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCMJ 2009 Initial Lineup Announced
New York City is about to once again be devoured by one of the world's largest music showcases, and it must be used to it by now. For nearly 30 years, the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has been an important springboard for all genres of superstars-to-be, and this year's event forecasts an assembly of over 1,300 artists with an audience surpassing 120,000.... read more
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