16 Bands We Knew About Way Before the CMJ Festival
Written by Angora Holly Polo // October 16, 2008 // The Conservatory // 6 Comments
Dear CMJ Festival,
You’re welcome.
We know how tough it is for you to find “bands” to play your “festival” – if only there were some organization measuring a band’s popularity on college radio or something to point you in the right direction – so we don’t mind if you rely on us to turn you on to the “hot tracks.”
Oh, you think we should check out James Pants? NEWSFLASH: We though of it first. And if you don’t believe us, we have proof. And we’ve laid that proof out in an easy-to-navigate table for your viewing pleasure; our table of proof which you can SEE, HEAR, and even FUCK. You’ll see what I mean in a second…
| Band | Time and Location CMJ Appearance | Time and Location Donnybrook Appearance |
3OH!3 |
Knitting Factory Main Space 74 Leonard St btwn Broadway & Church St, New York, NYNew York, NY 10012 mapWednesday night, 12:00 AM (Oct. 23) |
Denver’s Most Fuckable Rockstars 6/16/08 and Soundcheck 6/26/08 |
Crystal Castles |
Webster Hall 125 E. 11th St btwn 3rd & 4th Aves New York, NY 10012 map Thursday Oct. 23, 9:45 PM |
On the Record 4/13/08 |
Faunts |
Village Underground 130 W 3rd St btwn. MacDougal St & 6th Ave New York, NY 10012 map Wednesday Oct. 22, 11:00 PM |
Music in Brief 4/3/08 |
Fujiya & Miyagi |
Mercury Lounge 217 E. Houston St btwn Essex & Ludlow Sts, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Wednesday Oct. 22, 9:00 PM.Webster Hall 125 E. 11th St btwn 3rd & 4th Aves New York, NY 10012 map Thursday Oct. 23, 8:30 PM |
On the Record 9/19/08 |
Heloise and the Savoir Faire |
Knitting Factory Main Space 74 Leonard St btwn Broadway & Church St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Wednesday night, 12:00 AM |
On the Record 4/30/08 |
James Pants |
Gallery Bar Wednesday Oct. 22, 8:30 PM |
On the Record 5/28/08 |
The Jealous Girlfriends |
Bell House 149 7th St Brooklyn, NY map Thursday Oct. 23, 10:15 PM |
Music in Brief 4/9/08 |
KaiserCartel |
Rehab 25 Avenue B, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Thursday Oct. 23, 9:00 PM.Arlene’s Grocery 95 Stanton St btwn Ludlow & Orchard St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Friday Oct. 24, 10:30 PM |
Music in Brief 7/16/08 |
Lewis & Clarke |
Pete’s Candy Store 709 Lorimer St @ Richardson St, Brooklyn, NY New York, NY 10012 map Saturday Oct. 25, 10:00 PM |
On the Record 5/15/08 |
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson |
Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St btwn Bowery & Chrystie St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Tuesday Oct. 21, 9:00 PM.Studio Tuesday night, 12:00 AM |
Music in Brief 4/2/08 and Snobcast 9/1/08 |
mr. Gnome |
Fat Baby 112 Rivington St @ Essex St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Wednesday Oct. 22, 8:00 PM |
Music in Brief 5/3/08 |
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head |
Doesn’t say on the CMJ site… | On the Record 7/3/08 |
Soundpool |
Rehab 25 Avenue B, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Friday night, 12:00 AM |
On the Record 4/15/08 and Music in Brief 3/13/08 |
Violens |
The Annex 152 Orchard St @ Allen St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Tuesday Oct. 21, 12:00 AM. Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St btwn Bowery & Chrystie St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Friday Oct. 24, 10:00 PM. Love 40 W 8th St @ MacDougal St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Saturday Oct. 25, 11:00 PM |
Music in Brief 3/27/08 |
Voyager One |
Fat Baby 112 Rivington St @ Essex St, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Tuesday Oct. 21, 10:00 PM |
On the Record 4/15/08 and Music in Brief 3/24/08 |
Walter Meego |
Ben Sherman Store Tuesday Oct. 21, 8:00 PM. Mercury Lounge 217 E. Houston St btwn Essex & Ludlow Sts, New York, NY New York, NY 10012 map Wednesday Oct. 22, 10:00 PM |
On the Record 6/2/08 and Snobcast 9/17/07 |
And there are several other CMJ bands we’ve been recommending to our friends that we can’t prove at this moment in time. We’ll give it to you this time, CMJ…
Love,
The Donnybrook Writing Academy
P.S.- here’s a “CMJ chart” of our own illustrating our point
6 Comments on "16 Bands We Knew About Way Before the CMJ Festival"
Ha!! Suck it, CMJ!!!!
Also, fix the graphics, fools!! I can’t see that chart at the bottom!!!!
coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It can only be seen by the purest of heart.
Snore.
CMJ?
MORE CMGAY, AMIRIGHT?
wicked burn there, Lazarus. zing!
I heard of stuff before you even heard about hearing about stuff.