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CMJ2008

CMJ2008, Live, Music, Review
live: the sundelles, browns, the muslims; union pool, 10.26.08
10.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Sunday night — a couple of hours ago, actually — I stopped by Union Pool for a 1928 Recordings showcase. I’d heard solid things from a few friends about The Muslims, who were headlining and figured, hey, seemed like a fine idea. Spoiler alert — it was. Sunday nights post-CMJ are always interesting — though [...]
CMJ2008, Live, Music, Review
live: the dutchess and the duke, the end of the world, emmy the great; pianos, 10.25.08 / the end of the world; glasslands, 10.25.08
10.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Back upstairs at Pianos on Saturday afternoon, for a day party booked by Bowery Presents.
I’ve now seen The Dutchess and the Duke five times in 2008, in spaces ranging from basements to mid-sized theaters, playing guitars electric and acoustic. The sound I found so bracing initially has only gotten tighter — there’s a force to [...]
CMJ2008, Live, Music, Review
live: pretty & nice, the coathangers; pianos, 10.24.08
10.26.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Upstairs at Piano’s, Friday night: the Hardly Art / Suicide Squeeze / Sub Pop showcase. The downstairs component is well-reviewed by Marc Hogan for Pitchfork, and includes a photo of Steve from Blood City joining Oxford Collapse onstage. (That’s two-thirds of a Coup Fourre reunion, fellas…)
During said Oxford Collapse set, Adam commented that the [...]
CMJ2008, Live, Music, Review
live: adept, women; cakeshop, 10.22.08
10.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Belated CMJ blogging, you may ask? It begins here. Wednesday night found me briefly at Cakeshop, there to see Alberta’s Women, whose disc on Jagjaguwar has been gratifying my noisepop receptors a lot lately. The night was hosted by the Dutch magazine/collective Subbacultcha!, and I walked in partway through a set from their countrymen Adept. [...]