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Mountain Goats @ Bowery Ballroom: March 29, 2011
April 1, 2011, By
John Darnielle is more than a singer-songwriter. He’s a movie buff who testifies to the genius of The Mechanic, a storyteller who rambles about …
Big Freedia Breaks Out New EP
April 1, 2011, By
The queen of New Orleans bounce, Big Freedia, has released a free EP of five songs titled Scion A/V Presents: Big Freedia (Scion A/…
Sonicbids Spotlight: Birds And Batteries
April 1, 2011, By
Birds And Batteries exists in an alternate universe in which the classic-rock artists of the 1970s—Tom Petty, Neil Young—put down their guitars and …
Track Giveaway And Video Premiere: Shadowing Matthew Dear
April 1, 2011, By
Some artists have pre-show rituals involving meditation, eating a particular type of sandwich, kissing a rabbit’s foot or slamming a six-pack. But for Matthew …
NMR 1193/CMJ TV: Dum Dum Girls Are No. One One Girls
April 1, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhw7RF0sPiU Sure you’re still on top at Triple A, but, sorry, Radiohead, you’re no longer …
Kills – Blood Pressures
April 1, 2011, By
In Blood Pressures, the Kills’ swaggering fourth album, Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince deal in darkness. The band finds itself in a mechanized thumping middle …
dÉbruit – Şiş Sürpriz
April 1, 2011, By
Turkish-inspired, synthesized beats? That idea has to come out sounding gimmicky and contrived. Or at least like throwaway party mash-ups that required more perspiration over …
Film: A Tribe Called Quest In ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life’
March 31, 2011, By
Twenty-one years after releasing its debut album, A Tribe Called Quest becomes the subject of a rock ’n’ roll-style documentary, featuring all of the triumphant …
CMJ New Music Monthly: April 2011, #171
March 31, 2011
Subscribers, click the button below and enter your download code to access this month’s CMJ New Music Monthly: DOWNLOAD Tracklist (artist // track // album // label): 01. …
Photos: Ella Riot @ Pianos: March 30, 2011
March 31, 2011
Photographer Jamie Killen was at Pianos last night to capture the furious styles of Ann Arbor, MI’s Ella Riot (formerly known as My Dear …
Austra Prepares To Make North America Shake It
March 31, 2011, By
Austra, Toronto’s hottest new dance band, has announced a micro North American tour following the May 17 release of its debut album, Feel It Break (…
A Love Letter To LCD Soundsystem
March 31, 2011, By
Dear LCD Soundsystem, I remember when you sauntered into my life, all bluster and attitude, name-dropping Daft Punk amid a distinctly rock ‘n’ roll beat. …
Video Premiere: Deathface Hosts A “Bloodrave”
March 31, 2011, By
There’s been a long road leading to this point for Johnny Love, the primary compositional force behind the music of Deathface. He entered into …
Sepalcure: Love-A-Dub-Dub
March 31, 2011, By
Brooklyn-based duo Sepalcure materialized after Travis Stewart became Praveen Sharma’s stand-in girlfriend. “That’s essentially what happened,” Stewart laughs. “Praveen’s girlfriend—Sougwen [Chung], …
Bibio – Mind Bokeh
March 31, 2011, By
The sounds created by Stephen Wilkinson, aka Bibio, have been rapidly evolving since his 2005 debut album, Fi. His latest project, Mind Bokeh, will be his …
Dears @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg: March 29, 2011
March 30, 2011, By
Canadian indie-rock group the Dears has seen some dark days. Internal tensions nearly caused it to break up, but the band stuck it out and …