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Warpaint @ Bowery Ballroom: March 31, 2011
April 1, 2011, By
Los Angeles art-rock quartet Warpaint is composed of all female musicians. But it isn’t a “girl band,” a “girl group” or even an “all-girl …
City And Colour @ Webster Hall: March 31, 2011
April 1, 2011, By
Dallas Green, the man otherwise known as City And Colour (or one-fifth of Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire), made his somewhat-annual springtime NYC solo tour stop …
Bienvenido A LAMC This July
April 1, 2011, By
It’s almost that time of year again! The 12th annual Latin American Music Conference, a yearly collection of panels and showcases centering on Latin …
Foster The People Takes On More Dates
April 1, 2011, By
Los Angeles-based trio Foster The People has announced a second leg to its North American tour, extending its dates from April to early July. After …
Lee “Scratch” Perry Rises Again
April 1, 2011, By
The undying dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry is releasing a new album, titled Rise Again, on May 10. The album features TV On The Radio songwriter …
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 …