Popstrangers

Her list features Prudence, Popstrangers, The Orielles, both 2022 releases by Melody's Echo Chamber, and more...

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...

Halifax, NS quartet Monomyth releaed their debut album, Saturnalia Regalia!, over the summer via Canadian label, Mint. I caught them while at Pop Montreal a couple weeks ago and was impressed:Hailing from Halifax, NS and having all four members write and sing, I couldn't help but compare them a bit to Sloan...

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...

Damien Rice is playing The Box on October 16 & 18, and Warsaw in between on October 17. Tickets for The Box shows and the Warsaw show are on artist presale now (if you're on his mailing list you should have the password), and general on-sale begins Friday (9/19) at noon...

The 2014 SXSW Festival is coming up soon -- March 11 - 16 in Austin, Texas -- and they've just announced the third round of showcasing bands which is a massive update...

!!! at Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) Doveman @ LPR, 1/14/2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) TEED @ Lollapalooza 2012 (more by James Richards IV) today in NYC * Grass Roots @ Barbes * Lettuce @ Brooklyn Bowl * Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell's * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Luluc @ The Mercury Lounge * The Rascals @ The Capitol Theater * Judah Friedlander @ Eastville Comedy Club * WIM, Northern Bells @ Cameo Gallery * Alexis Cuadrado Quartet @ The Stone * Hess Is More, Ducky @ The Mercury Lounge * Ali Shaheed Muhammad @ The Paper Box * Oneohtrix Point Never @ NYU Kimmel Center * The Rolling Stones @ The Prudential Center * Ancient Sky, Bubbly Mommy Gun @ Union Pool *

New Zealand's Popstrangers played a few shows during CMJ, inclcluding the Carpark/Paw Tracks showcase at Cameo on Thursday (10/18) which I stopped at briefly...

Like in past years, New Zealand is being represented at CMJ with a kickoff party at Le Poisson Rouge on October 16. The lineup includes Six60, Die...

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...