Wreck The Tape Deck

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

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Cymbals Eat Guitars – “And the Hazy Sea”

This is our final update on the Pitchfork 2K9 schedule, barring any last second changes. Our previous update was missing a lot of these bands, plus the time schedule and stages weren’t listed yet. This should be the final lineup (*Updates are in bold):

Built to Spill 8:40 (A)
The Jesus Lizard 7:20 (C)
Yo La Tengo 6:10 (A)
Tortoise 5:00 (C)

The National 8:40 (A)
The Black Lips 8:30 (B) (moved from Sunday)
Matt & Kim 7:30 (B)
Beirut 7:25 (C)
Lindstrøm 6:30 (B)
Doom 6:15 (A)
Wavves 5:30 (B)
Yeasayer 5:15 (C)
Ponytail 4:30 (B)
Final Fantasy 4:15 (A)
Bowerbirds 3:35 (B)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 3:20 (C)
The Antlers 2:40 (B)
Fucked Up 2:30 (A)
Plants and Animals 1:45 (C)
The Dutchess and The Duke 1:45 (B)
Cymbals Eat Guitars 1:00 (A)
Disappears 1:00 (B)


The Flaming Lips 8:40 (A)
The Very Best 8:30 (B)
Mew 7:30 (B)
Grizzly Bear 7:25 (C)
Vivian Girls 6:30 (B)
M83 6:15 (A)
Japandroids 5:30 (B)
The Walkmen 5:15 (C)
DJ/Rupture 4:30 (B)
The Thermals 4:15 (A)
Women 3:35 (B)
Pharoahe Monch 3:20 (C)
Killer Whales 2:40 (B)
Blitzen Trapper 2:30 (A)
Frightened Rabbit 1:45 (C)
Dianogah 1:45 (B)
The Mae Shi 1:00 (A)
Michael Columbia 1:00 (B)

The concert takes place on July 17th – July 19th in Chicago’s Union Park. They’ve added some great bands, The Thermals, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Beirut… this has shaped up to be an amazing event. At this point, tickets for Sunday are SOLD OUT. So are two-day passes. There are limited tickets left for Friday and Saturday so if you still wanna be one of the cool kids, get tix here. More info here.

TINT Awesome, Music, Stuff 2 Do, Three Thumbs Up and the hazy sea, beirut, Blitzen Trapper, bowerbirds, Built to Spill, charles hamilton, chicago, concert, cymbals eat guitars, dj/rupture, DOOM, festival, final fantasy, Frightened Rabbit, fucked UP, Grizzly Bear, killer whales, lindstrom, m83, mew, michael columbia, mp3, Music, Pharoahe Monch, pitchfork, pitchfork festival, plants and animals, ponytail, summer music festivals, the antlers, The Black Lips, the duchess and the duke, the flaming lips, The Jesus Lizard, The National, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the thermals, the very best, The Walkmen, tickets, Tortoise, union park, Vivian Girls, wavves, women, yeasayer, Yo La Tengo

Music Monday you are oh-so-groovy.

This is our first edition so it will be brief, but sexy nonetheless. In the future we’ll delve a little deeper but for now just know that I recommend all of these albums, with a little extra love for Ocarina of Rhyme (but that doesn’t really count because it’s a gimmick using artists I already enjoy over music that was engrained into my brain when I was like…9 years old).

On with the music! I acquired these albums this past weekend with help from Pitchfork, Insound, eMusic and 8tracks.com. 3/4 of them have incredible titles:

Bat For Lashes – Two Suns (steadily growing on me and I don’t mind spending time with her…)

Daniel – Bat For Lashes
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains (#2 best selling album at Insound and eMusic this week)

And The Hazy Sea – Cymbals Eat Guitars

Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Awesome lyricist)

Eid Ma Clack Shaw – Bill Callahan

Team Teamwork – The Ocarina of Rhyme

This last one is a mix of classic rappers with classic beats from…Legend Of Zelda! Includes Jay-Z, Dre & Snoop, Aesop Rock, Clipse and more. You can listen to it ALL below:

how great is this cover art?

TINT Awesome, Music 8tracks, bat for lashes, bill callahan, clipse, cymbals eat guitars, daniel, dr. dre, hip hop, imeem, jay-z, kanye, mp3, music monday, ocarina of rhyme, old school, pitchfork, snoop dogg, sometimes i wish we were an eagle, team teamwork, two suns, why there are mountains, zelda