ANDRA DAY MESMERIZES AT LE POISSON ROUGE
Most of you probably haven’t heard of Andra Day yet. You will. That’s for damn sure. I’m not sure when Andra last played New…
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CMJ: DAY 5 WITH MOTHERS, GRAMMA’S BOYFRIEND & ROBBING MILLIONS
On my last day of CMJ, I decided to switch things up and head out to Pianos. While our own party raged upstairs, I…
CMJ: PEOPLE’S BLUES BLOW OUT THE WALLS OF THE BOWERY ELECTRIC
It may have been an early, 30-minute daytime set, but the People’s Blues of Richmond didn’t need a whole lot of time to leave one…
CMJ: DEATH BY CHOCOLATE SWEETEN THE DEAL AT FAT BABY
It wasn’t your typical, casual, “let’s swing by this act for a few” CMJ crowd. Spectators filed into Fat Baby with a purpose that night – which…
CMJ: PANCAKES AND WHISKEY’S BANGIN’ AND JAMMIN’ SHOWCASE AT PIANOS
We love our CMJ showcases upstairs at Pianos and this year was a smash hit with Weaves, The Big Moon, Smoke Season, Cultfever, Narc…
CMJ: PANCAKES AND WHISKEY’S DAY PARTY AT ROCKWOOD
As j and the 9s were blasting away and their lead singer was rolling around the Rockwood Music Hall floor, I was reminded of…
CMJ: BALTHAZAR BREAK DOWN THIN WALLS AT ROCKWOOD
As fans clutched the bars of Rockwood’s tangled balconies, Balthazar’s spooky pop and snapping beats rocked Stage 2 like a ship on a distant sea. Wrapped in the misty afternoon light, the up-and-coming band stormed CMJ with…
CHRIS CORNELL CAPTIVATES AT THE BEACON THEATRE
With its ornately gilded cathedral ceilings and lush burgundy upholstery, the setting at the Beacon Theatre beared a strong resemblance to that of a…
CMJ: CATEY SHAW JOINS FRENCH HORN REBELLION AT PIANOS
The unabashed geekiness of splitting the crowd into “the marching band” and “the orchestra” for a dance-off hit me on a visceral level. But even though…
CMJ: THE ZOLAS KEEP IT REAL AT ROCKWOOD
“This song is inspired by Disney’s Mulan, which I just saw on a plane. I was pretty impressed by Mulan,” said Zachary Gray without…