| The Delancey (?!?) & I Rock I Roll rocked the day of Day Five, while the final evening was mostly about the free drinks… Recap |
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| While FADER Fort faded as the day went on, ‘Friends of the Q’ dominated the evening of Day Four of CMJ. Recap |
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| Took it a bit easy on Day Three of CMJ, with nice chips & drinks. Recap |
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| Didn’t do much during the daytime, but lit up the evening of CMJ Day Two at PureVolume House. Recap |
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| Day One of CMJ started slow, but seriously peaked thanks to initials like MOG & YTL. Recap |
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71 Bands, 77 Shows:
ArpLine – Day Five, The Delancey
Ava Luna – Spike Hill
The Babies – FADER Fort
Bear Hands – Day Two, PureVolume House; Brooklyn Bowl
Big Troubles – Bruar Falls
Blackbird Blackbird – Glasslands
Boom Boom Satellites – Bowery Poetry Club, Gibson Guitar Showroom
BRAHMS – Pianos
Cloud Nothings – Day Four, FADER Fort
COOLRUNNINGS – Glasslands
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – pre-party, Rebel
Matthew Dear – Day Two, PureVolume House
Dinosaur Feathers – Piano’s
DOM – Day One, Brooklyn Bowl; Santos Party House
Dominant Legs – Day Five, FADER Fort
Electric Tickle Machine – Day One, Pianos
Emmanuel & The Fear – Living Room
FLIGHT – Day Four, FADER Fort
The Forms – Day Four, Bruar Falls
Foxes In Fiction – Glasslands
Freddie Gibbs – Day Five, FADER Fort
Glasser – Day Five, FADER Fort
Gobble Gobble – Glasslands
Allison Hagendorf – pre-party, Rebel
Hooray For Earth – Pianos
Jamaica – Day Four, FADER Fort
Kohwi – Glasslands
La Strada – Day Four, Bruar Falls
Light Asylum – Coco 66
Lissie – Day Four, Hiro Ballroom
Local Natives – Day Three, Firehouse
Theophilus London – Day Five, FADER Fort
Milagres – Day Five, The Delancey
MiniBoone – Crash Mansion; National Underground; Spike Hill
Mon Khmer – Day Three, Bowery Electric
Nada Surf – Day Five, 18 Wooster
North Highlands – Glasslands
Oberhofer – Day One, Pianos; Glasslands
Oh Land – Day Two, PureVolume House
OFF! – Day Five, FADER Fort
Panda Riot – pre-party, Rock Shop
Phil & The Osophers – Trash Bar
Pujol – Glasslands
Ravens & Chimes – Day Five, The Delancey
Red Wire Black Wire – Spike Hill
The Rest – Day Three, Cake Shop
Frankie Rose & The Outs – Coco 66
Homeboy Sandman – Day Four, FADER Fort
SAADI – Living Room
Savoir Adore – Day Five, The Delancey
Screaming Females – Day One, Brooklyn Bowl
Sherlock’s Daughter – Piano’s
Snowden – Day Four, Public Assembly
Soft Black – National Underground
Marnie Stern – Public Assembly
Sunglasses – Cake Shop
Takka Takka – Day Four, Bruar Falls
Tamaryn – Coco 66; Santos Party House
Tanlines – Day Five, FADER Fort
Titus Andronicus – Day Three, Firehouse
Martina Topley-Bird – Day Two, Living Room
Total Slacker – Bruar Falls
Two Door Cinema Club – Day Two, PureVolume House
Gary War – Bruar Falls
Wavves – Day Two, PureVolume House
White Belt Yellow Tag – Day Three, Bowery Electric
Yellow Ostrich – Glasslands
Yo La Tengo – Day One, Brooklyn Bowl
Young Mammals – Living Room
Zambri – Glasslands
Best Band – Yo La Tengo
Runners-Up – Bear Hands, Gobble Gobble, Local Natives, MiniBoone, Takka Takka
Worst Band – FLIGHT
Runners-Up – Allison Hagendorf, Jamaica, Kohwi
Best Showcase – I Rock I Roll Party @ The Delancey (day); PureVolume House (evening)
Runners-Up – FADER Fort (day) ; FreeWilliamsburg Party @ Glasslands, MOG Showcase @ Brooklyn Bowl, SPIN Party @ Firehouse (evening)
Best Venue – 18 Wooster
Runner-Up – The Delancey (upstairs)
Worst Venue – Rebel
Runner-Up – The Delancey (downstairs)
Most Overrated – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Runners-Up – Jamaica, Tanlines
Most Forgettable – Dominant Legs
Runners-Up – Cloud Nothings, Freddie Gibbs, Glasser, Theophilus London
Biggest Miss – Daft Punk playing with Phoenix
Runners-Up – Gringo Star, Dan Mangan
Finally Saw – Local Natives (Ted), Zambri (Mike)
