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

Ricky, Bubbles & Julian

For those of you who don’t know, Trailer Park Boys was picked up by Direct TV and they are re-running all seasons uncensored.

For those of you who really don’t know, Trailer Park Boys is a wonderful Canadian programme (ey?) that basically set the bar for It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Yes, I know, a very high bar.

It’s a mockumentary about a few small-time criminals who’s stupidity is baffling and hilarious. Mix that with canadian accents, trailerpark antics and F-bombs galore and I think you’ve got a hit on your hands.

So go set that DVR and see what it’s all aboot. Ricky (left) is quickly becoming one of my most beloved comedic idiots.

TINT Not Funny bubbles, canada, direct tv, fuck off, j-roc, julian, Not Funny, ricky, showcase, trailer park boys, tv