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CMJ 2009 - Bill's Wednesday picks & stuff (day, night parties, A Classic Education, Richard Davies, The Purrs, more)

DOWNLOAD: The Purrs – Stay With Me (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Pete & the Pirates – Jennifer (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Let’s Wrestle – Tanks (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Surf City – Records of a Flagpole Skater (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Surf City – Kudos (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: A Classic Education – We Can Always Run to Hawaii (MP3)

A Classic Education
A Classic Education

DAYTIME:

Again today (10/21) I suggest you just stay on the Lower East Side for your free day party action. At Cake Shop is the Terrorbird Digital party with the mod-ish Black Hollies, dark and dreamy Zaza, Nashville’s fun Turbofruits, LA all-girl trio Warpaint, Montreal’s Silver Starling and San Francisco’s Tempo No Tempo. Plus: free cupcakes while they last.

Up the street at Pianos is the Force Field PR party which has Real Estate, Kentucky’s These United States, CMJ overachievers Surfer Blood (who were good yesterday at Cake Shop), San Francisco’s good time party pals Still Flyin’, noisy locals Grooms (who were also good at Cake Shop yesterday), Sub Pop band Holopaw, UK act Stricken City and L.A.’s Seven Saturdays.

And you might even wander down to Santos Party House for the Hype Machine/Babelgum party that has a nice lineup of dance acts: Australia’s Midnight Juggernauts, retrofuturist VEGA, Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells, smooth and soulful sounds of Theophilus London, and Norway’s Alan Wilkis who puts his own spin on early ’80s new wave funk. This one starts a bit later than the other day parties, at a civilized 3PM.

If you’re in Williamsburg this afternoon (maybe to pick up your Vice Late Nights info at American Apparel) you might want to swing by Bruar Falls where they’ll be a low key day show featuring Bologna, Italy’s A Classic Education (who will also be playing the Brooklyn Vegan day party tomorrow [10/21] at Pianos). They were one of my favorites from SXSW. Also on the Bruar bill are three Brooklyn bands: My Teenage Stride, Knight School and Palomar. 2 – 6PM. Free!

NIGHTTIME:

Personally, this is my most conflicted night with at least three shows in completely different places that I feel I could stay at the whole night. If you’re downtown at the day parties, you might want to head over to the M for Montreal showcase which starts with a 5PM performance from Parlovr. I was talking to a friend yesterday who was raving about their recent Pop Montreal performance and said they might be the next MTL band to break out. The rest of the M4M bill is solid, including Think About Life who were just fantastic last night at the official BrooklynVegan showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Also dont’ miss BEASTand Duchess Says, the latter of whom will also play our free day party Thursday at Pianos.

Then there’s also the great show at The Bell House with personal faves Pete & the Pirates and excellent New Zealanders Surf City — both of whom are also playing the free BrooklynVegan/Bowery Presents day party on Saturday at Pianos. Also on the bill are Pete & the Pirates’ Stolen Recordings labelmates Let’s Wrestle, as well as North Carolina’s The Love Language, the latter of whom will be playing our Friday night loft party. The Bell House show is $14 without a CMJ badge.

There’s also a great lineup of bands at Santos tonight on two floors, including Cymbals Eat Guitars and DEASTRO (who both play our Saturday party), Free Energy, Real Estate, and Beach Fossils, plus a couple awesome bands from Norway: Ungdomskullen and I Was a King. It’s $15 if you don’t have a badge.

Richard Davies

Richard Davies

And I’d like to highlight a couple artists who play their only CMJ shows tonight, at the same timeslot (9pm) in different Bleeker Street venues. (I know.) At Kenny’s Castaways is Richard Davies who fronted the great Australian band The Moles in the late ’80s/early ’90s, and then moved to the U.S. where he formed chamber pop duo Cardinal with Eric Matthews, and their sole 1994 album remains one of the best things Sub Pop has ever released. After Cardinal, he put out three very good solo albums (1998’s Telegraph is pretty great, actually), and then in 2000 or so, he decided to go to law school and has had his own practice since. But he’s started playing again recently and, according to this interview, he and Matthews have restarted Cardinal, which is kind of exciting. But tonight here he’ll play as a trio with a new band. Glad to have him back.

The Purrs
The Purrs

And down the street at Wicked Willy’s are The Purrs who hail from Seattle and have just released their very good second album Amused, Confused and More Bad News. Mix a little ’80s Paisley Underground with ’90s Britpop and you’re in the ballpark of their sound. You can download their song “Stay Here With Me” at the top of this post. 9PM at Wicked Willy’s (149 Bleeker).

What else is good today? Hip Hop recommendations HERE. Flyers and day party set times, and all Classic Education dates, below.

Terrorbird party

TERRORBIRD PRESENTS:

>BLACK HOLLIES
6th -DARLINGS (Famous Class)
5th – WARPAINT
4th – ZAZA(Kanine)
3rd – SILVER STARLING (Last Gang)
2nd – TURBO FRUITS (Fat Possum)
1st – TEMPO NO TEMPO

DJ Sets from:
TERRORBIRD’S DJ CAROLINE & PAPERLATE

SUGAR & GOLD (Antenna Farm)

ODD NOSDAM (Anticon)
FREE! 18+, 12-6pm

Forcefield PR day party

FORCE FIELD PR CMJ PARTY!DJ ALAN PALOMO (NEON INDIAN / VEGA) IN BETWEEN SETS!
THESE UNITED STATES5:15
HOLOPAW4:30PM
REAL ESTATE3:45PM
STRICKEN CITY3PM
GROOMS2:15PM
STILL FLYIN1:30PM
SURFER BLOOD12:45PM
SEVEN SATURDAYS12PM

CMJ

HYPE MACHINE & BABELGUM SHOW @ SANTOS PARTY HOUSE
3PM – Alan Wilkis
3:15PM – Sleigh Bells
3:50PM – VEGA
4:30PM – Thophilus London
5:10PM – Midnight Juggernauts

A Classic Education – 2009 Tour Dates
Oct 21 2009 12:00P – CMJ – Bruar Falls TBC Williamsburg, New York
Oct 22 2009 12:00 – CMJ – Brooklyn Vegan show @ Piano’s New York, New York
Oct 23 2009 7:00P – CMJ – Upstairs Lounge @ Piano’s New York, New York
Oct 24 2009 3:00P CMJ – Silent Barn w/ Slang Chickens, My Teenage Stride New York, New York
Nov 6 2009 9:00P GET COLOR! @ Arci Tom Mantova, Mantova
Nov 26 2009 8:00P Goonite @ The Wilmington Arms w/ The Depreciation Guild London, London and South East