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Atropolis – Atropolis
May 2, 2011, By
In order to be considered an innovative artist in the 21st century, one often has to demonstrate cross-cultural applications of his or her medium. For ...
Sonicbids Spotlight: Clouds Make Sounds
April 29, 2011, By
Clouds Make Sounds combines “difficult” rhythms with an introspective aesthetic to create multi-part folk-pop songs, where the focus is on texture and dynamics rather than ...
Titus Makes Jersey Proud With New Video
April 29, 2011, By
Titus Andronicus, you warm my heart. Perhaps it’s the fact that I’d need all of my fingers and all of my toes to ...
Gold-Bears Enters Slumberland
April 29, 2011, By
Atlanta’s Gold-Bears has signed with Slumberland and is putting the finishing touches on its Are You Falling In Love? LP. Founded by Jeremy Underwood ...
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
April 29, 2011, By
Modernity is glorious sometimes. The idea that humanity can spread itself on its own accomplishments is a huge act of hubris and triumph that we ...
Top Five Songs For The Royal Wedding Night
April 28, 2011
You’ve already ordered your Kate-and-William-themed commemorative plates and sadly discovered that your replica ring-pop is not edible and therefore lame. It seems like you’...
Big Names Play On Buddy Holly Tribute Album
April 28, 2011, By
In honor of what would have been Buddy Holly’s 75th birthday, Fantasy/Concord is releasing Rave On Buddy Holly, a 19-song compilation of Holly ...
Video Premiere: Bottle Up And Go Heads “To The Grave”
April 28, 2011, By
Brooklyn-based punk band Bottle Up And Go is ready to turn out another EP this summer, and from the looks of the video below, it ...
Ganglians Joins Lefse, Enters The “Jungle”
April 28, 2011, By
Ganglians, the Sacramento psych-pop band, has a new record out August 23, Still Living, the band’s first with Lefse and third overall. Produced by Robby ...
Scene Report: Trews On Nova Scotia, Canada
April 28, 2011
In Scene Report, CMJ’s latest column, musicians from all over the globe fill us in on what’s going on sonically in their hometowns. ...
Bobby, Thao And Mirah On Thweedle-Laden Tour
April 28, 2011, By
The confoundingly un-Googleable Bobby will play a headlining show at the Knitting Factory in May before opening for Thao And Mirah on a cross-country tour ...
Thao And Mirah – Thao And Mirah
April 27, 2011, By
It’s a combination that can’t really go wrong—two good friends decide to collaborate on a new album while tooling around San Francisco ...
CMJ Gets A Visit From Thousands
April 27, 2011, By
Seattle folk duo Thousands stopped by the CMJ offices today, bringing a dual guitar attack and a killer vocal harmony. Thousands plays in the Simon ...
A Moment Of Silence As Stations Sign Off
April 27, 2011, By
As college radio stations find themselves in increasing jeopardy nationwide, College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) has quietly organized a grassroots response. If all goes according to ...
Tahiti 80 Makes New Music Video Look “Easy”
April 27, 2011, By
Following the February release of its last full-length album, The Past, The Present And The Possible, the French indie-pop band Tahiti 80 has just dropped a ...