CMJ finally break their silence… sort of
It seems unlikely there can be a 2016 CMJ Music Marathon.
CMJ Music Marathon
Is CMJ happening this year?
Nobody seems to know if the CMJ Music Marathon is happening this year.
Kirin J Callinan, Absolutely Free & live karaoke band Infinity Spaceship played the BV ‘un-CMJ’ party at Saint Vitus (pics)
After a few days of utter CMJ madness, what better way to wash away your troubles than with Infinity Spaceship, the karaoke live band that specializes in punk/indie/hardcore and more...
BV-BBG CMJ showcase in pics/video (Yakuza, Royal Thunder, Fight Amp, Enabler, Helen Money and Sannhet)
Fueled by Sailor Jerry's spiced rum and PBR (both were free for a limited time), the BrooklynVegan - BBG CMJ showcase at Saint Vitus on 10/20 (a measly $5 door fee at the door if you didn't have a CMJ badge), sold-out the venue with an eclectic mix of bands that exemplified "heavy music" in many different ways: the searing post-rock/post-hardcore/black metal of Sannhet, brooding cello loops, crusty metallic-hardcore from Enabler, Am-Rep-y hardcore, searing bluesy hard rock from Royal Thunder and experi-metal from Chicago's Yakuza (check out our recent interview with Bruce Lamont)...
Kirin J Callinan releases mixtape of new material, adds NYC shows (dates, stream)
While we patiently await the arrival of Australia's Kirin J. Callinan to the US during/around CMJ, the spacey, gothic post-punk guitarist has graciously dropped off a new mixtapes of jams to peruse...
announcing the BV-BBG Official CMJ Showcase @ Saint Vitus (Sat. night show w/ Yakuza, Royal Thunder, Fight Amp, more)
Yakuza at Gramercy, October 2010 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)
I am proud to announce the official BV-BBG CMJ showcase, going down in Brooklyn at Saint Vitus on October 20th...
BV Austin Presents: Texas Takeover CMJ Party (Robert Ellis, The TonTons, Wild Child, Shakey Graves & more)
Robert Ellis at Summerstage, June 2012 (more by Chris La Putt)
Shakey Graves in Austin - 8/11/2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
The 2012 CMJ Festival is less than a month away and you can expect a bunch of announcements soon as to what BrooklynVegan has planned this year...
CMJ 2012 initial lineup announced
The full list of artists confirmed for the 2012 CMJ Music Marathon so far is below...
CMJ 2011 – Bill’s Tuesday daytime picks (New Zealand bands, Chad Valley & more)
Here we go again, folks! I'm still not used to this CMJ starting on a Tuesday thing, even though it's been this way for a few years now. Personally, I'm going to ease into things today and tonight and save my energy...
CMJ 2011 lineup expands significantly
CMJ previously annpounced two small lists of bands playing the NYC fest from October 18-22. If you go to their website now though, you'll see many, many more (including Braids, Weekend, Active Child, Pepper Rabbit & Blue Hawaii, not to mention Skeletonwitch, Kvelertak and TOMBS...