The Muslims

WE HAVE CHANGED THE NAME OF OUR GROUP TO "THE SOFT PACK". Working on new material and firing on all four cylinders, we feel strongly about this one...

"I have an upcoming full-length "Little Hells" which is a significant record for me in many ways." TK Webb, Marissa Nadler, The Muslims and Dungen were scheduled to play the Kemado Records showase at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday night before midnight (10/24)...

DOWNLOAD: Pretty & Nice - Tora Tora Tora (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Eagle Seagull - Photograph (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Twi the Humble Feather - higher than the end (MP3) DOWNLOAD: James Jackson Toth - Nothing Hides (MP3) DOWNLOAD: James Jackson Toth - Doreen (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Muslims - Beside Myself (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Shad - I Get Down (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Japanese Motors - Spendin Days (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Japanese Motors - Single Fins & Safety Pins (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Peasant - Exposure (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sharon Van Etten - It's Not Like (MP3) DOWNLOAD: PWRFL POWER - It's Okay (MP3) DOWNLOAD: PWRFL POWER - Alma Song (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sebastien Grainger - American Names (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wye Oak - Warning (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Phosphorescent - A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Friendly Fires - Jump in the Pool (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Crystal Antlers - A Thousand Eyes (MP3) ABOVE: You can download at least one MP3 from every artist playing the BrooklynVegan party at Pianos today (Oct 23, 2008)...

Even if you don't have a badge, CMJ (Oct 21-25 in NYC) can be overwhelming... especially these days with the proliferation of day parties, unofficial showcases and afterparties...

In the short time Bill has been here, many bands have been featured in his Week In Indie column on BrooklynVegan. At least 19 of those bands are playing shows for, and during, CMJ in NYC this week...

DOWNLOAD: Friendly Fires - Jump in the Pool (MP3) @ Pianos in NYC, Main stage, Thursday, October 23, 2008, FREEtime (PM), band 12:00 Pretty & Nice (Hardly Art) 12:45 Eagle Seagull 01:30 The Muslims 02:15 Japanese Motors 03:00 Friendly Fires 03:45 Crystal Antlers 04:30 Sebastien GraingerThere is also a 2nd stage upstairs running concurrently (and slightly later) with eight more bands, also free...

DOWNLOAD: Kirsten Ketsjer - The Brigde (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kirsten Ketsjer - Ernie and the Sand (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kirsten Ketsjer - Foot and Foot DOWNLOAD: Women - Black Rice (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Elk City - Los Cruzados (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Elk City - Cherries in the Snow (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Amazing Baby - Infinite Fucking Cross EP (Zip file) DOWNLOAD: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything with You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday (MP3) With all the quality shows between now and tuesday you'd think CMJ had already started and it's making it very hard to keep to my vow to take it easy before next week's onslaught...

DOWNLOAD: Sebastien Grainger - American Names (MP3) CSS @ a BV Pianos during-CMJ show, Nov 1, 2006 (CRED) BrooklynVegan is returning to Pianos on the Lower East Side of Manhattan this year for another free 2-floor day show during CMJ...

DOWNLOAD: Lee "Scratch" Perry - "Pum Pum" (MP3) Perry, scratching his chin. Photo For a 72-year-old man, he sure gets around. Lee "Scratch" Perry is playing that Oct 25th CMJ show at Santos Party House with Restavrant, Iran, Vaz, The Muslims, and The Sundelles as part of a Narnack Records CMJ showcase...

NY Press: How did you guys end up spending so much time on the bus? The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser: I live in Manhattan, Pete and Walt live in Brooklyn, and Matt and Paul live in Philadelphia...