Rush Midnight

Twin Shadow played Webster Hall last night (9/27) with Niki & the Dove, his first of two sold-out NYC shows this week. Decked out in a leather motorcycle jacked (keeping with the theme of his record), George Lewis Jr had the crowd’s attention the whole set, convincing many to take off their shirts for one song, and jumping into the crowd to play guitar for another. Pi…

Twin Shadow in Austin earlier this month (more by Tim Griffin) Twin Shadow and Niki and the Dove have been on the road together for a few weeks now, and their sold out two-night run in NYC begins tonight (9/27) at Webster Hall and continues Friday (9/28) at the smaller Music Hall of Williamsburg…

CMJ just released the third round of artists playing this year’s fest which happens in three weeks (October 16 – 20). Names include Dent May (who we already knew about) Penguin Prison, Toronto’s Born Ruffians, Erika Spring, Berlin trio Fenster (who were here in March) Chad Valley, Rush Midnight and more…

We already posted lots of posts today. Here’s some more, and some reminders too… Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon is looking to get a tattoo based on ’90s TV show Northern Exposure (which is where he got his band name) and maybe you can help…

The full list of artists confirmed for the 2012 CMJ Music Marathon so far is below…