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And it’s daunting… the schedule page for this year’s CMJ festival is just a mess, there’s an incredible amount of performers all week and the best way to narrow it down into something coherent is to pick a favorite venue and see what’s happening there all week. Here are some manageable schedules listed by venues I recommend:

Le Poisson Rouge (featuring Atlas Sound, The Very Best, Choir of Young Believers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Miles Benjamin Anthony Davis)
The Music Hall of Williamsburg (featuring The Antlers, Fanfarlo, Atlas Sound, The xx)
Bowery Electric (featuring Angry vs. The Bear, Black Taxi)
Bowery Ballroom (featuring Fanfarlo, Midnight Juggernauts, Dolorean)
B.B. King’s Blues Club (featuring Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Styles P and Kids in the Hall)
The Knitting Factory (featuring Miles Benjamin Anthony Davis, Wild Yaks)
Mercury Lounge (featuring The xx, Mumford and Sons, Dutchess and The Duke, Moondoggies)
Cake Shop (featuring Crystal Antlers, Kittens Ablaze)

BEST BAND NAME (involving cute animals burning): Care Bears on Fire
RUNNER UP: Kittens Ablaze

WTF is happening!? Why are there so many colors? All of this stuff happens within the course of 4 hours?? AHHHHHH why are kittens on fire!?!?!!

Still need help deciding? I understand, this is one of those moments where you’re presented with so many choices that you literally freeze up, go into shock mode, wet yourself, burn a kitten or 2 and end up doing nothing. Well Pitchfork also tries to make sense of things with their guide to CMJ here but beware, it’s still massive and somewhat confusing. Just change your trousers and get out there people.

TINT Awesome, Music, New York, Stuff 2 Do Angry vs. The Bear, atlas sound, Black Taxi, busta rhymes, Choir of Young Believers, cmj festival, concerts, crystal antlers, cymbals eat guitars, Dolorean, Dutchess and The Duke, fanfarlo, Kids In The Hall, Kittens Ablaze, live shows, Midnight Juggernauts, Miles Benjamin Anthony Davis, Moondoggies, Mumford and Sons, Music, nyc, panels, Raekwon, showcase, Styles P, the very best, The xx, wild yaks

finally, L.A. has a festival worthy of Pitchfork status. the F Yeah Festival (previously the Fuck Yeah Fest) has gone even more wuss and titled themselves the FYF Fest this year, but what they are lacking in balls they have more than made up for with a crazy gigantor lineup of indie superstars, and yes, ‘indie superstars’ is totally a contradiction in terms…
tomorrow is the day, and the show is being headlined by  The Black Lips, Tim & Eric, and Lightning Bolt, plus a ton of other WTTD favs like No Age, The Thermals, Glass Candy, Mika Miko, Crystal Antlers, Telepathe, Peanut Butter Wolf, Har Mar Superstar, and (TINT fav) Wavves, who is, hilariously, WAYYYYY down on the list. there are a ton of other acts, too. you can see the posted lineup, set times, etc., at the FYF site.

and all this for a whopping twenty bucks? FUCK YEAH! oh, i mean FY! they’re also saying that it’s a “Save Our State Parks Festival”, and i’m not sure exactly if money is supposed to go to the state parks or whatever because the site says they’re just raising ‘awareness’, which is a little sketchy. there is a whole dollar being added for charity, though. so i guess they’re doing more than i am. well fuck that. no one outclasses jesus satan, FYF Fest! here. now i’m raising awareness.

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finally, L.A. has a festival worthy of Pitchfork status. the F Yeah Festival (previously the Fuck Yeah Fest) has gone even more wuss and titled themselves the FYF Fest this year, but what they are lacking in balls they have more than made up for with a crazy gigantor lineup of indie superstars, and yes, that’s totally a contradiction in terms… September 5th is the date, and the festival is being headlined by  The Black Lips, Tim & Eric, and Lightning Bolt, plus a ton of other WTTD favs like No Age, The Thermals, Glass Candy, Mika Miko, Crystal Antlers, Telepathe, Peanut Butter Wolf, Har Mar Superstar, and (TINT fav) Wavves, who is, hilariously, WAYYYYY down on the list. there are a ton of other acts, too, with more being added. you can see the present lineup and find more here at the FYF site.

all this for a whopping twenty bucks? FUCK YEAH! oh, i mean FYF! although they’re saying that it’s a “Save Our State Parks Festival”, and i’m not sure exactly if money is supposed to go to the state parks or whatever because the site says they’re just raising ‘awareness’, which is a little sketchy. there is a whole dollar being added for charity, though. so i guess they’re doing more than i am. well fuck that. no one outclasses jesus satan, FYF Fest! here. now i’m raising awareness.

jesus satan Awesome, Booze!, Los Angeles, Music, Stuff 2 Do, Videos AA Bondy, adult swim, alkaline trio, avi buffalo, Black Lips, Carbonas, Cold Cave, Converge, crystal antlers, Darker My Love, drugs, Eat Skull, fest, festival, fuck, fuck yeah fest, fucked UP, FYF fest, Glass Candy, har mar superstar, Japanther, Katie Stelmanis, kurt vile, lightning bolt, los angeles, los angeles historic state park, Lucero, matt skiba, Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio), mika miko, Ninjasonik, no age, no bunny, Nobunny, our, parks, Peanut Butter Wolf, save, save our parks, state, state park, telepathe, The Strange Boys, the thermals, tim and eric, Times New Viking, video, wavves, yeah

Hey broke NY music fans! looking for an awesome way to spend your Sundays? Well I sure as fuck got one. This summer, JELLY is producing 8 FREE shows on at the riverfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 90 Kent Ave btw N8th and N9th St. The shows will all take place on Sundays between the 12th of July and the 30th of August, from 2-8pm. And this isn’t what you’d expect for the free shows, this is the good stuff. I’ll be going to at least half of these, so if you want your picture taken, just lose some clothing and play on the slip n’ slide.

Things they’ll have: “DODGEBALL, basketball, DJ’s, bands, burgers the works!”
Things you shouldn’t bring: Click here (funny ha ha).

Also, this awesome video:

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Dinosaur Jr. – I Want You To Know

put in your earplugs, West Hollywood, and tape the windows to keep them from shattering. Dinosaur Jr. is bringing their wall of sound to the Troubadour tonight (sold out with Earthless) and tomorrow night (some tickets still available with Crystal Antlers). they’re (just barely) the second loudest band i have ever seen. (my ears are still bleeding from last year, My Bloody Valentine. you can expect a letter from my lawyers…)

yes, these are legitimate Dinosaur Jr. Nike dunks... and you better not fcuking bid me up on eBay...

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