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Chomp (ex-Cloud Nothings) streaming new tape, playing CMJ
Former Cloud Nothings guitarist Joe Boyer’s band Chomp released a 7″ this past spring, and this week they’ll release a new tape called Bruise Control on Mirror Universe (pre-…
Eternal Summers made an animated video for "The Roses," will be here for CMJ (dates)
Eternal Summers have made a video for “The Roses,” one of the prettiest songs on this year’s Gold & Stone which I think is their best album yet…
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…
Half Waif releasing debut LP (stream a track), playing shows including Northside on Sunday
DOWNLOAD: Half Waif – Ceremonial (MP3)
Brooklyn’s Half Waif (the project of Nandi Rose Plunkett) has been playing a good deal of local shows lately, and she’s now ready to put out her IndieGoGo-funded debut album, KOTEKAN, in July…
Wake Owl and Mimicking Birds have new LPs, touring together after separate Rough Trade shows (dates, streams)
Vancouver’s Wake Owl (the moniker of singer/songwriter Colyn Cameron) released their debut album, The Private World of Paradise, in March via Vagrant…
Berlin's wild Bonaparte returning to U.S. (NYC & SXSW)
Maybe you caught Bonaparte‘s wild set at Mercury Lounge or SXSW last year. The Berlin-based party rockers prop-and-nudity-filled stage show is pretty hard to forget…
Zomby playing CMJ show at Greenpoint warehouse Autumn Bowl (where Four Tet & Jamie xx are playing soon)
As mentioned, the always-impressive UK producer Zomby is working on his next album and EP for 4AD and he just dropped a new track, “Devils,” which you can stream below or download for free…
Rooftop Films kicks off its 2012 season
Poster for , screening Saturday, May 12Starting on May 11 with This is What We Mean by Short Films, Rooftop Films will screen 23 feature films and 183 short films, including NY, US, and World Premieres…
