Just when you thought the festival season was over in the northern hemisphere along comes the 96X Winter Meltdown. Okay, you might not want to camp out, but it’s still 9 bands and two stages and the line up includes some of our favorite new bands. Not bad for $45.00 – Day Of. (Young The
Halloween weekend sparks the second annual Moogfest, a festival dedicated to Robert Moog, the man whose musical creativity and inventiveness changed the path of music and pioneered the electronic genre. When his first Moog synthesizers were introduced in the 60’s, they were among the first electronic instruments to gain international appreciation among musicians and were
Last night was the final round of showcases for the CMJ 2011 Music Marathon, and I split my time between Manhattan and Brooklyn, starting at The Delancey and ending at Spike Hill. The Veda Rays were playing The Delancey as part of the Deli Magazine Showcase, which they just won Artist of the Month in.
Last night the Windish Agency held a showcase for some of their bands at Mercury Lounge. It was a somewhat eclectic lineup, and included BestNewBands.com favorites like Cuckoo Chaos and Gauntlet Hair, but also some new standouts. Highlights below. We Barbarians exploded onto the stage with so much energy and force that they made the
Last night Union Pool was the place to be for the Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans Showcase. The first band I caught was Parts & Labor who I’d been meaning to check out for some time. This was part of a string of shows they are playing as their final ones before the band goes on a
After a somewhat convoluted series of events, I ended up at Glasslands for the official Stereogum CMJ showcase, just in time to see Cuckoo Chaos. The band has more new songs in their repertoire, more electronics, and more experimentalism up their cuckoo sleeves. They started out with some familiar songs, such as “Jesus Flag American
This past weekend the San Francisco Bay Area played host to the 5th annual Treasure Island Music Festival. When arriving at the two-day festival we were greeted with great weather to go along with the festival atmosphere. The producers – Noise Pop in partnership with Another Planet Entertainment – did a great job adding
Saturday, October 22 is the last day of CMJ 2011, and things are winding down a bit. Here are our final recommended shows to end the festival on: Active Child After you sleep in till late afternoon, head over to Spike Hill to check out Kid Savant at 4pm, with Headless Horseman (ft. special guests)
Here we are up to Day 4 of CMJ Music Marathon, and Friday night is no different from the other days, if not busier. Once again, there are plenty of options for either finding one great showcase to hang out at all night, or skipping around the city like a wild music fiend. How to
As of now, it looks like the number of artists performing at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon is exceeding 1.200. It seems that the folks at CMJ and Music Plus have anticipated some possible head explosions, and created CMJ Discover – a search tool that helps you find the best artists to check out based