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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…

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down played Pier 84, touring w/ The Head & the Heart this fall (pics, updated dates)

It wasn’t just the Foxygen Show at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 on Thursday (7/26). Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, who have been touring their pants off in support of new album, We The Common, were also on the River Rocks bill. Pi…

free River Rocks shows starts this week with Generationals, Sallie Ford and Waxahatchee

Waxahatchee @ Glasslands, April 2013 (more by Jonathan Bernstein) Though the Seaport Music Festival has come to a close for the year, fans of after-work free shows along a body of water in NYC can keep the music going at River Rocks at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84, which start this week…