The 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 DayThe Uglysuit - 11/29/08 - Seattle, WA
Currently listening to: I Believe in You, Your Magic is Real by YACHTHello from Seattle! So the last few days have been tiring and busy, a lot of driving. We played four nights ago in Paris at a beautiful Theatre called Marigny. Paris is a beautiful city; we got to walk around a bit. We saw the Eiffel Tower up close, which was amazing. The show went very well. The next morning we drove four hours to Dijon for our second to last show in Europe with Mercury Rev. Great show as well, though Dijon was a somewhat strange town.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Dear DiaryThe Uglysuit - 11/21/08 - Hague, Netherlands (Crossing Borders Festival)
Ah, Holland. Snow? Below 78 degrees? Blizzard? Great times? That’s right, all of the above!... read more
Found in: Blogs, Dear DiaryThe Uglysuit - 11/18/08 - Cologne, Germany
And here we are. We had an off day today. Met a very nice Irish boy named Mark today who showed us around Cologne.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Dear DiaryThe Uglysuit - 11/17/08 - Cologne, Germany
Currently listening to: The Triplets of Belleville soundtrack by Benoit Charest Hello from Cologne, folks. It is your resident pianist and journalist extraordinaire, Jonny. We just arrived in Cologne, Germany about two hours ago. About to eat some delicious food. Kyle, Israel and I are playing an acoustic set tonight in support of The Swell Season, whom we are all huge fans of. Meeting two people who won Oscars is very cool.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Dear DiaryThe Uglysuit - 11/17/08 - Munich, Germany
Greetings from Berlin! Jonny here again. We just got off stage in support of Okkervil River.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Dear DiaryThe Uglysuit - 11/14/08 - Milan, Italy
Currently listening to: Dandelion Gum [extended version] by Black Moth Super Rainbow Hello to anyone who cares enough to be reading this! This is Jonathan from the Uglysuit. As you may all know, we are in Europe for a few weeks on tour. And on my down time I will try to keep the few of you who care updated on how life is treating us here. We flew into Milan a few days ago and played a show here last night. Italy is absolutely beautiful and as none of us have ever been here, we have been trying to... read more
Found in: Blogs, Dear DiaryBand of the Week: The Uglysuit
“Okay, I’ve got to tell you this story,” says multi-instrumentalist Crosby Bray of The Uglysuit, his slight Oklahoma drawl suddenly vibrant. The listener braces herself for the kind of madcap caper any newly-signed, all-dude sextet of early 20-somethings might get into... read more
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