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Watch Ted Leo Perform New Song, "One Polaroid a Day"

Signs of a new Ted Leo album continued to surface at this year’s CMJ, thanks to a new song and one resourceful audience member....  read more

Warpaint Signs to Rough Trade Records

When Paste caught Warpaint at this year’s CMJ, we were impressed by the band’s unique blend of psychedelia, jagged rhythms and gurgling vocals....  read more

CMJ 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

CMJ 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

CMJ 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

CMJ 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