GIMME TINNITUS

OK, let’s start with some music. Here is our CMJ2010 Mixtape presented for not apparent reason in reserve alphabetical order.

Downloadables:

Confetti (mp3) by Young Mammals

Drifing (mp3) by Young Adults

Roadrunner (Modern Lovers Cover) (mp3) by Yo La Tengo

Your Way With My Life (mp3) by Woven Bones

Last Rites (mp3) by True Womanhood

These Condos Don’t Belong (mp3) by Total Slacker

Stoned Again (mp3) by Street Chant

theFUNsun (mp3) by Slow Animal

Polylith (mp3) by Sleepies

White Light Machine Gun (mp3) by Senryu

Nothing At All (mp3) by Screaming Females

Restless (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

Older Brother (mp3) by Pepper Rabbit

Cold Spark (mp3) by Octant

o0Oo0Oo (mp3) by Oberhofer

Heedless (mp3) by No Joy

Message From Limbo (mp3) by Marie Stella

Never Come Around (mp3) by La Sera

Form (Oh No Ono Remix) (mp3) by Hooray For Earth

Grounds for Termination (Phil Gone Mix) (mp3) by Gary War

Able To (mp3) by Eternal Summers

Actually (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Medulla Oblongata (mp3) by Buke And Gass

Waterparker (mp3) by Botany

Freudian Slips (mp3) by Big Troubles

Crushing Limbs (mp3) by Anni Rossi

Four Fires (mp3) by Adult Themes

If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Now let’s talk shows. Here is our abbreviated preview of some of the awesomeness of this year’s CMJ Marathon. Have fun.

Tuesday October 19 Daytime

The Music Slut Party @ Pianos

The Lineup:
Brahms (6 pm)
Washington (5:30 pm)
Young The Giant (5 pm)
Zowie (4:30 pm)
Oberhofer (4 pm)
Electric Tickle Machine (3:30 pm)
Pearl & The Beard (3 pm)
Senryu (2:30 pm)
Hooray For Earth (2 pm)
Bikini (1:30 pm)
Yukon Blonde (1 pm)

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

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Paper Garden & Ampeater Showcase @ The Living Room

The Lineup:
Motel Motel (5:30 pm)
Kidstreet (4:45 pm)
SAADI (4 pm)
FREEDOM OR DEATH (3:15 pm)
Emanuel & the Fear (2:30 pm)
Alcoholic Faith Mission (1:45 pm)
Young Mammals (1 pm)

Doors: 1 pm
FREE (RSVP)

Tuesday October 19 Evening

Panache Showcase @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Gary Wilson and The Blind Dates (12:40 am)
O’Death (11:50 pm)
The Billy Nayer Show (11 pm)
Janka Nabay (10:10 pm)
Onra (9:20 pm)
Dinowalrus (8:30 pm)
Audacity (7:40 pm)

Doors: 7 pm
$$TBA

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Friendship Bracelet x Rose Quartz Unofficial Showcase @ Bruar Falls

The Lineup:
Gary War (11:15 pm)
Big Troubles (10:30 pm)
Total Slacker (9:45 pm)
Greatest Hits (9:00 pm)
Tonstartssbandht (8:15 pm)
Woodsman (7:30 pm)

Doors: 6 pm
$8

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MOG CMJ Party @ Brooklyn Bowl

The Lineup:
DâM-FunK (DJ Set) (12 pm)
Yo La Tengo (10.15 pm)
DOM (9:15 pm)
Screaming Females (8:15 pm)

Doors: 6 pm
FREE

Wednesday October 20 Daytime

TERRORBIRD Day Party @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Marnie Stern (6 pm)
Baths (5:10 pm)
Revolver (4:30 pm)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (3:45 pm)
Kyle Andrews (3 pm)
Botany (2:15 pm)
Dark Dark Dark (1:30 pm)
Prince Rama (12:45 pm)
Kordan (12 pm)

w/ DJ sets from Summer Bros, DJ Mon Amie, Sodapop, and Spindler

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

oh man… there’s also the free This Is Not A CMJ Show presented by Chocolate Bobka @ Pianos

Wednesday October 20 Evening

a show not associated with any blog/label/promoco @ Shea Stadium

The Lineup:
Alaskas
Adult Themes
Yvette
No Joy
Happy New Year

Doors: ??
$$TBA

Thursday October 21 Daytime

NYC TAPER Day Party @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
ArpLine (6 pm)
Keepaway (5:30 pm)
Diamond Rings (5 pm)
She Keeps Bees (4:30 pm)
True Womanhood (4 pm)
The Rest (3:30 pm)
Common Prayer (3 pm)
Brit and The Cavalry (2:30 pm)
Unicycle Loves You (2 pm)
Soft Black (1:30 pm)
Jounce (1 pm)
Courtesy Tier (12:30 pm)

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

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AAM CMJ Assembly @ Arlene’s Grocery

The Lineup:
Adult Themes
La Sera
True Womanhood
Kitten
Chapel Club

Doors: 2 pm
FREE (RSVP)

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IMPOSE presents The CMJ Imposition @ THE WOODS
Pop Loves Punk Curated by Pop Jew

The Lineup:
Allo Darlin (UK) (6 pm)
Dream Diary (5 pm)
Hedgehog (China) (4 pm)
Sleepies (3 pm)
Bright Lights (2 pm)
The Othermen (1 pm)

w/ DJ sets from Pop Jew

Doors: 12 pm
FREE

oh man… there’s also the free FLOATING FEST (with free beer) @ Pianos

Thursday October 21 Evening

Deli CMJ Showcase (DIY Instruments + Folksy) @ The Living Room

The Lineup:
Strand of Oaks (12:15 am)
La Strada (11:30 pm)
McAlister Drive (10:45 pm)
Anni Rossi (10 pm)
Daniel Wayne (9 pm)
Kendra Morris (8:30 pm)
Buke And Gass (7:45 pm)
Octant (7 pm)

Doors: 7 pm
$$TBA

Friday October 22 Daytime

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted Showcase Day 1 @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Shrag (6 pm)
Funeral Party ( 5:15 pm)
True Womahood (4:30 pm)
Pepper Rabbit (3:45 pm)
We Are Trees (3 pm)
Rooftop Vigilantes (2:15 pm)
Your Youth (1:30 pm)
A Classic Education (12:45 pm)
Yellow Ostrich (12 pm)

Doors: 12pm
FREE (RSVP)

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Sippy Cup Everything Showcase @ Spike Hill

The Lineup:
Pretty & Nice (5:10 pm)
Young Mammals (4:20 pm)
Slow Animal (3:30 pm)
Young Adults (2:40 pm)
Big Big Bucks (1:50pm)
Little Racer (1 pm)

Doors: 12:30 pm
FREE (RSVP)

Friday October 22 Evening

Microphone Memory Emotion x Rose Quartz Unofficial Showcase @ Shea Stadium

The Lineup:
Andrew Cedermark
Family Portrait
Street Chant
Ecstatic Sunshine
Fluffy Lumbers
Pigeons
Nude Beach

w/ Live Visuals by e.suber + DJ sets from Peace Sampras & Chicago Slime + more TBA

Doors: 8 pm
$7 (RSVP)

Saturday October 23

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted Showcase Day 2 @ Cakeshop

The Lineup:
Ava Luna (6 pm)
Soars (5:15 pm)
Slow Animal (4:30 pm)
Reading Rainbow (3:45 pm)
Sisters (3 pm)
Sunglasses (2:15 pm)
Family Trees (1:30 pm)
Tooth Ache (12:45 pm)
Les Vinyl (12 pm)

Doors: 12 pm
FREE (RSVP)

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I Rock I Roll + Nachos NY CMJ Day Party! @ The Delancey

The Lineup:
Philadelphia Grand Jury (4:15 pm Downstairs)
Young The Giant (3:30 pm Downstairs)
Red Wire Black Wire (2:45 pm Downstairs)
Pretty & Nice (2 pm Downstairs)
Marie Stella (1:15 pm Downstairs)
New Numbers (12:30 pm Downstairs)

Dinowalrus (5 pm Middle Floor)
Milagres (4 pm Middle Floor)
MillionYoung (3 pm Middle Floor)
Arpline (2 pm Middle Floor)
Funeral Party (1 pm Middle Floor)

Miracles of Modern Science (5-ish Upstairs)
Savoir Adore (4-ish Upstairs)
Ravens and Chimes (3-ish Upstairs)
[TBA] (2-ish Upstairs)
[TBA] (1-ish Upstairs)

w/ DJ sets from PHDJ (Purple Sneakers), Matt Heart Spade and SamFTW! + Free chips + BK Salsa + Quesadillas and Nachos from El Maguey Y Latuna + FREE BEER AT NOON

Doors: 12 pm
FREE (RSVP)

or maybe spend the whole day at…

CAPESHOK and Inflated Records Showcase @ Bruar Falls

The Lineup:
Woven Bones (11:30 pm)
Eternal Summers (11 pm)
Reading Rainbow (10:15 pm)
Big Troubles (9:40 pm)
Flight (8:50 pm)
Rooftop Vigilantes (7:50 pm)
Oberhofer (7 pm)
Little Girls (6:15 pm)
Sweet Bulbs (5:30 pm)
Mathemagic (4:40 pm)
Dead Gaze (3:50 pm)
Shrag (UK) (3 pm)

Doors: 2 pm
$10

Sunday October 24th

If you have any energy left, you can check out FMLY‘s $6 post-CMJ party, fucking party (peace out cmj) @ Shea Stadium

And it seems obvious, but I feel like I should say all this info is subject to change (in fact it may already be outdated).

You should probably also check out the official CMJ Survival Guide… here.

Finally, a little online publication called Pitchfork (maybe you have heard of it) is having what is either a massive unofficial CMJ showcase or their own separate music festival at Brooklyn Bowl from the 21st to the 23rd of October. It is called the #OfflineFestival. Get the deets here, here, and here.

This is was the end of CMJ09 for me, I split my time between Bruar Falls and Brooklyn Bowl.

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: heading to @bruarfalls :: my section of g train has regular service?? wow :: sweating… damn you mta, why is it so hot on this g?

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: I’m at @bruarfalls :: bloody marys are $5 not $3, boooo! :: what is that? it’s not so much headbanging as it is headflopping

[Note] the headflopping band is named belgua

[Downloadable] Disco Show (mp3) by Belgua

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: @bruarfalls a little off sched :: @renminbinyc setting up :: and @renminbinyc is playing, loudly :: more people coming in

[Tweet] # @renminbinyc playing at @bruarfalls :: http://twitpic.com/mrb6k

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[Tweet] # #ohcrap :: forgot the #cmj09 tag on that last tweet

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: @renminbinyc is offering free hearing protection for tinnitusy cmj-ers :: “set up” :: http://renminbi.cashmusic.org/

[Downloadable] Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: instrooo but we likey :: just guitar and drums now :: spinnanes-y :: effects pedals!! :: disbelief st djing next then the fancy

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: guess I’m not going to shea stadium or mrkt htl or that sub pop showcase :: fuck it, right? :: gonna go check out atj at bklyn bwl

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: some oslo coffee? don’t mind if I do :: still have not been to the new sound fix :: surfer blood setting up at bklyn bwl

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: swim (to reach the end) :: surfer blood at brooklyn bowl for after the jump free day party :: http://twitpic.com/mrrre

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[Downloadable] Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood
(buy it)

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: you’ve prolly seen it elsewhere but here is the clever surfer blood tshirt :: http://twitpic.com/mrs1t

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[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: surfer blood having equipment issues :: two more songs from surfer blood :: powerpop goodness w/ extra percussion :: harlem next

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: harlem setting up :: brooklyn brewery pumpkin ale really tastes like squash :: surfer blood chillin’ for harlem

[Tweet] # #haha :: seems like every single band that every single person has seen at CMJ so far has been “killing it” (via @gorillavsbear)

[Tweet] # #oneletteroffbandnames Beer In Heaven (a Space Needle cover band)

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: harlem starting and first song over before I even typed this :: oh my the jangle, the jangle :: @heckturd where you at??

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: omg I hate babysitting this umbrella :: if only I wasn’t precipophobic :: harlem appear to be having a great effing time

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: tweetie #fail :: harlem performing instrument switch up :: @gorillavsbear harlem are “killing it”

[Downloadable] South Of France (mp3) by Harlem

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: you know what they say about drum size:: http://twitpic.com/ms4f7

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[Tweet] # Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Hüsker Dü – 20. Golden Triangle – 15. The Years – 14. http://bit.ly/15khD2 from tweeklyfm

[Downloadable] Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: tweetdeck for iPhone don’t fuck with me, I will erase your ass :: gonna leave for the greenlight party in ft greene :: 1 more beer

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: soft black playing now at bklyn bowl :: feel like this would sound better after 12AM :: said hey to surfer blood, 2 shows left

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: woah bklyn brewery black choc stout kicking my ass :: just realized I don’t have my hearing protection in :: #ohcrap

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: soft black picking up the pace :: looks like I missed the chance to meet @georgiakral and @gprecs irl :: met @heckturd finally

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: soft black at brklyn bowl :: http://twitpic.com/msdx5

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[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: rehydrating :: looking for the dudes from harlem :: no avail :: what is the diff b’twn soft black and small black??

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: soft black = small black – animal collective??

[Note] wow that last tweet was dumb, drunktweeting is dangerous

[Downloadable] The Earth Is Black (mp3) by Soft Black

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: I should prolly stay for a lil’ bit of lovvers, no? :: props to after the jump for putting on a rad day

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: day party… Props to after the jump for putting on such a rad day party :: pissed I missed the roulettes

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: lovvers soundcheck vs. “too high” by stevie wonder… very confusing :: more beer??

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: where the people at? lovvers aren’t from around here, prolly won’t get a chance to see them for awhile people :: c’mon

[Downloadable] 100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: think I am pretty much done for the day y’all :: hope you had a great cmj, I know I did

[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: a few more twitpics :: lovvvers :: http://twitpic.com/mspcw

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[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: the lovvers tshirt :: http://twitpic.com/mspnh

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[Tweet] # #cmj09 :: a cd in the rain :: http://twitpic.com/mspwy

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[Note] I saw that broken CD in the rain just after leaving Brooklyn Bowl. Not sure if it symbolizes anything.