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CMJ announces third round of artists, including Savoir Adore whose new LP is out soon and who are touring (dates)

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…

Sleigh Bells & Kap Bambino @ The Studio in NYC - pics

“There are some basic similarities to Ed Banger acts like Justice or M.I.A.. But if anything Sleigh Bells reminds me first of bands like My Bloody Valentine and The Pixies–beauty taken to its absolute pummeling extreme–or Output Records acts like Mu, who typify for me what pop music might sound as putrid, like if we let it sit out and fester for a few years and decompose…

2 more chances to see Sleigh Bells (dates)

Sleigh Bells @ Santos Party House (more by Benjamin Lozovsky)Village Voice: Tell me what the first taste of “blog fame” is like. Is it weird…