Brief weekend CMJ recap

just a little random note-
CMJ was fun although I really only got to see the Skewer/Planetary Group Showcase @Piano's on Friday afternoon which was overall good. Ludlow Street was gushing with people by the early evening and the LES was very much taken over by the usual friday night crowd and CMJ-badge-clad college radio station people and photogs/bloggers.
Missed, or rather, didn't think of going into the cake shop early enough to see Cut Off Your Hands and Takka Takka (who I REALLY wanted to see).
CMJ is weird though, seems like it's more for the people who run whatever music business is left- it's a big buffet of musicians being served on plates while college radio/journals/bloggers/record execs/managers fish around. weird
not to say this weekend was without excitement- not only did the Saturday BBQ CMJ party that was supposed to take place at The Yard get cancelled, but while on travel with the motley guys from Passion Pit there were some (serious) van problems. Oh and you have to love nyc in monsoon season (or that's what it felt like....)
Overall a good weekend, I didn't take any photos nor does it need more description- CMJ is meh

CMJ HAS BEGUN!

get your shows here kids!
http://www.cmj.com/marathon/

CMJ music marathon is (nearly) here- yeaaaah

after a couple sick days i've got quite a few post and updates-
first off though, as most of you may know, next week in New York city is music/arts/party week because CMJ Music Marathon is in town! anyone in nyc let me know if you're down to catch some shows! I'll only be able to catch a couple days because of work but super excited to hear new music all day and to follow certain bands as they venture through nyc.
They've finally put up the official schedule of CMJ on their website (even though they seem to be missing some dates/venues that I know are getting played?): anyhow check it at:
http://cmj.com/marathon/showcase_index.php
artists to look out for (known and not): Lykke Li, Bomb the Bass, Takka Takka, Passion Pit, Vivian Girls, The Whip, Fujiya&Miyagi, Kid:Nap:Kin, Broken Social Scene, Au, Friendly Fires, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Deerhoof, Mumpsy and the Delays amongst hundreds of others!

best thing about the search thing is that you can search by band too! woooo

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