NEW YORK – CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has announced its first round of performing bands and artists including: Portugal. The Man, CSS, Neon Indian, The Wombats, Wild Flag, Metronomy, Talib Kweli, Givers, Zola Jesus, Class Actress, Dum Dum Girls, Art vs. Science, Viva Brother, Davila 666, Eleanor Friedberger, EMA, Jean Grae, Pharoahe Monch, [...]
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2011 CMJ Music Marathon Announces Initial Artist Lineup
Posted by admin on August 24th, 2011
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No Comments »CMJ 2010 Film Festival: Love and Other Drugs
Posted by admin on October 29th, 2010
NEW YORK– The CMJ Film Festival was in full swing and Poptimes Magazine was there to cover it all. There were many great feature films in the festival and among my favorites are: The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town – a documentary about the making of Bruce Springsteen’s seminal [...]
Posted in CMJ 2010, Festivals Tags: anne hathaway, CMJ 2010, CMJ Film Festival, films, indie film, jake gyllenhaal, love and other drugs, movies No Comments »CMJ 2010, Day 5: Faith in Cults and Blood Red Shoes
Posted by Ted Reyes on October 25th, 2010
By Ted Reyes NEW YORK– If there’s one band that has everyone here buzzing, it has to be Cults. From the New York Times CMJ 2010 article to their wonderful 60’s-psychedelia-soul-pop songs, the band is on top of Poptimes Magazine’s list of must-see acts in this year’s CMJ. That explains why on Saturday, October 23, [...]
Posted in CMJ 2010, Festivals Tags: blood red shoes, CMJ 2010, cults, indie music, music No Comments »CMJ 2010 Day One, October 19: The Smell of College
Posted by Ted Reyes on October 24th, 2010
By Ted Reyes NEW YORK– College has a di stinct smell. It is hard to define but it is there. If you force me to come up with words to describe it, I would say it is the smell resulting from the mixture of scents coming from sweat, perfume, shampoo, cigarettes, textbooks, and pencils. I [...]
Posted in CMJ 2010, Festivals Tags: arlenes grocery, CMJ 2010, indie music, ma mentor, music, pianos No Comments »CMJ 2010 Day 4: The Women: Violently Tender
Posted by Ted Reyes on October 24th, 2010
By Ted Reyes NEW YORK–Friday night at Mercury Lounge was the perfect way to spend day number four of CMJ 2010 because Nada Surf were scheduled at 1:00 in the morning. For me, though there were other great gigs happening that night, it was the gig to see and be seen. I mean, I love [...]
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