DOG BITE

It features Sad13 covering Cloud Nothings (and Cloud Nothings covering Speedy Ortiz in return), Emily Reo and Dent May both doing Beach House covers, Dan Deacon and Astronauts, Etc both doing Ed Schrader's Music Beat covers...

As has become a tradition, one of CMJ's 2014 kickoff events is the New Zealand artists showcase on October 21 at The Studio at Webster Hall (it used to happen at Le Poisson Rouge) with PopStrangers, Orchestra of the Spheres, DOPRAH, and Chelsea Jade...

The annual CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 21 - 25 at venues all over NYC. We've heard about a few bands who are heading here during that time (Slowdive, The Wytches, The Ocean Blue, Tom Vek and Courtney Barnett to name four) but CMJ threw an announcement party tonight (8/27) at Bowery Electric and the line-up is now out...

Cleveland band Herzog released their terrific new album, Boys, a couple weeks back. As I wrote previously, Boys is '90s-style indie/alt rock, loaded with hooks and extremely quotable lyrics (via lyricist-in-residence Tony Vorell who doesn't play with the band live)...

The strong "Anything in Return" (Carpark), Mr. Bundick's recently released third full-length album, can't help but feel like a response to the womb he was born of...

Toro y Moi at Afro Punk Fest 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Toro y Moi is releasing his new album, Anything in Return, on January 22 via Carpark and will be going on a tour in support of it which hits NYC on February 13 at Webster H...

and Dominick Mastrangelo NYC rap crew Ratking and funky synth pop project Sinkane both played a number of CMJ shows last week, including the BrooklynVegan day party on Saturday (10/20) which they were both on...

The full list of artists confirmed for the 2012 CMJ Music Marathon so far is below...

Good news for those of us not going to Coachella..."First it was the reunion of the Wu-Tang Clan in 2004. Then it was A Tribe Called Quest later that year...