Kyle Dean Reinford

Ryan Adams (secret show) @ Cafe Select, NYC - pics, setlist

words & Ryan Adams & The Cardinals played a semi-secret show at Cafe Select today (10/28) on Lafayette Street. Nobody seemed to be able to confirm or deny allegations of the show until I got there for the (supposed) 2 o’clock show…

Broken Social Scene & Land of Talk played Masonic Temple (pics & setlist), will play "3 hour show in 2009"??

words & Arguably one of the biggest CMJ shows this year was Friday night‘s Broken Social Scene gig at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (10/24). Ironically, they probably allowed the least amount of badges in (I heard 45, to be exact)…

CasioKids @ 'On the Side' @ SSSeaport, NYC - pics

“In Norway, Casiokids‘ shows involve props, shadow puppets, papier mache heads, streamers and balloons, but judging by this show they don’t need all that to make a great party…

Real Ones @ 'On the Side' @ SSSeaport, NYC - pics

“I was actually concerned that Fat Baby, which holds about 75 people at max, would sell out and showed up way early . It was fortuitous as I got to see Norwegian group the Real Ones who turned out to be one of my favorite surprises of the week…

Bearsuit @ 'On the Side' @ SSSeaport, NYC - pics

DOWNLOAD: Bearsuit – I Thought You Said You Were Blind (MP3) “The UK 6-piece band blew me away with their catchy tracks and shiny capes. They were clearly my highlight of the show, though the other bands all held their own…

Kirsten Ketsjer @ 'On the Side' @ SSSeaport, NYC - pic

“My CMJ itinerary led to a surprising amount of expansive, musicianly progressive rock. Kirsten Ketsjer, a Danish trio, moved between long stretches of precise, perpetual-motion guitar patterns and bursts of punky rock…

Starfucker vs All the Saints @ the Knit (in BV CMJ pictures)

and Chris La Putt “After Wye Oak I made my to the Bowery ballroom where a band called All the Saints played as one of the tightest bands of the week…

Coldplay @ the Izod Center (night 1), NJ - pics

Of all things to do yesterday/Sunday (October 26), the day after he got no sleep for 5 straight CMJ days in a row, Kyle went to NJ to see/shoot Coldplay who were playing their first of two shows in a row at the venue formerly known as Continental Airlines Arena…

Jens Lekman & Phenomenal Handclap Band @ MHOW - pics

All the way back on Tuesday night (10/21), the first night of CMJ, the first of three BrooklynVegan shows during CMJ concluded with the controversial singing DJ Jens Lekman and the many-membered Phenomenal Handclap Band…

Women, etc.. @ the PTST day party @ Cake Shop - pics

The marathon, which concluded on Saturday night, was created in 1980 by the weekly college-radio newsletter once called College Music Journal and now known as CMJ New Music Report…
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