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Song Pick of the Day: Solvey – Wave

I just love this song by Solvey, the lastet project of Jessica Zambri. She will play CMJ on Friday 9:30 pm at Pianos and I will try hard to be there. Here is her song Wave, our Song Pick of the Day.

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VIDEO: Stranger Cat – RED

Cat Martino, aka Stranger Cat, directed and edited this video herself, which features Charles Schneider as an evil sorcerer who abducts Stranger Cat into some enchanted forest. Beautifully done!

PHOTOS: Ibeyi delights a jam-packed Webster Hall

I fell in love with Ibeyi pretty much a year ago, when their name appeared on the first SXSW artist list. Since then they have released their full-length debut and have been touring the world non-stop, filling up bigger and bigger venues. Their last NYC stop was a packed Webster[…]

New Album/EP: The Fight – North America

When I came across Try  by the Canadian five piece The Fight, I was immediately hooked and wanted to listen to more of the pretty cool indie rock. I got in touch with the band, inquiring about their EP scheduled to drop in August. Then it was September. Luckily, as[…]

Song Pick of the Day: Blank Paper – Ambien

Today’s Song Pick of the Day is from Blank Paper, a Brooklyn four piece that does high energy danceable electronic music. They play CMJ Wednesday 9 pm at The Paper Box, a great venue that unfortunately hosts concerts only rarely.

Song Pick of the Day: Beach Baby – Ladybird

Already an hour late for yesterday’s Song Pick of the Day, I am scanning my list of songs and bands that I collected over the last few months and crosscheck whether they by any chance play CMJ… Bingo! Beach Baby come from London and are scheduled to play four official CMJ shows.[…]

LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Boomtown Rats – I don’t like Mondays

It’s Throwback Thursday, which also happens to be my birthday today and time for a new entry in our “Life Soundtrack” series. October 8th, 1979 among my presents was the 7″ of Boomtown Rat’s monster hit I don’t like Mondays. I still have the single, although it clearly shows its[…]

Song Pick of the Day: For Esme – Make a Sound

Here’s a another band from Toronto paying NYC a visit for CMJ: the electropop trio For Esmé. They will play Lit Lounge on Tuesday night at 11, but I hope they can line up some more gigs while they are here. “Make some Sound” is our Song Pick of the[…]

PHOTOS: Salad Boys dish up New Zealand indie rock at Brooklyn’s Palisades

When Salad Boys from Christchurch, New Zealand took the stage,  Holy Tunics and The Britanys had the audience already going and ready for more guitar driven indie rock.  What Joe Sampson (vocals, 12-string guitar), Ben Odering (bass) and Jim Nothing (drums) put on stage was impressive and highly enjoyable. It’s always[…]