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Sports touring, playing NYC with Long Beard, Pinegrove and Vagabon (dates, LP stream)

Ohio indie-pop punks Sports had been saying they didn’t think they’d be able to really tour anymore, but they did make it to NYC for a post-CMJ show and now they’re going on a short run around Christmas/NYE t…

Topshelf CMJ showcase & Unimpressed Fest pics (Donovan Wolfington, Nai Harvest, Solids, Lizard Kisses, Clique, more)

Boston-born record label Topshelf stuffed their CMJ party with the sort of bleary-eyed, ruddy-cheeked indie rock that they’ve built their modest name off of since 2006, but the funereal crawl of Brooklyn folkies Lizard Kisses was asynchronously tapped to kick off the proceedings…

tickets on sale: Jenny Lewis, The Arcs, Jason Isbell, A-Trak, Aimee Mann & Ted Leo, Wale, Billy Gibbons, more

Tickets to the Protomartyr, Omni, Lemon Twigs, DRINKS, Yoko and the Oh No’s, Mothers, Car Seat Headrest, and Modern Vices CMJ show at Rough Trade go on sale today at noon…

CMJ 2015 initial artist lineup

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…