Benjamin Verdoes

Canadian band Monomyth released debut LP & video (stream), playing three free CMJ shows

Halifax, NS quartet Monomyth releaed their debut album, Saturnalia Regalia!, over the summer via Canadian label, Mint. I caught them while at Pop Montreal a couple weeks ago and was impressed:Hailing from Halifax, NS and having all four members write and sing, I couldn’t help but compare them a bit to Sloan…

CMJ 2014 adds a ton of more artists

Olga Bell at Rough Trade in May (more by Chris La Putt) NYC’s annual CMJ Music Marathon (Oct. 21-25) already announced one batch of artists and they’ve now revealed many more, including some whose shows were previously announced like A Place to Bury Strangers, DIIV, James, and m…