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CMJ 2007 Recap Podcast #2

shiv — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:24:51 +0000

The Thursday of CMJ week was the second day of our live broadcasts from the Gothamist House @ White Rabbit. I was a panelist during CMJ and that was taking place on Thursday afternoon, so I had to miss the first few bands of the day. I was disappointed by this because The Muggabears were one of the groups I was very excited to have on the lineup. Their recent “Night Choreography” EP is terrific and I wanted to see them live.

I had to miss them, along with the other first few bands of the day while I was over at NYU participating on my panel and presenting a quick award during CMJ College Day. I missed a bit of excitement as well, as I guess that The Teeth were a bit of a handful during their performance (Gothamist recapped that particular event already)

I finally got back to the White Rabbit in time to see The Big Sleep, who totally kicked my ass. They started off their set with a bunch of new tunes and you’ll hear them all in this podcast. Cincy’s Bad Veins (who made a lot of new fans while they were in NYC) also sounded terrific and they were followed by Georgia rockers Dead Confederate. Those guys did not mess
around. Not only did they truly bring the rock on stage, they also brought their own lighting rig and fog machine.

Sam Champion’s performance was a real highlight for me. A lot of fans came to check out their set, which was actually a stripped down performance. They played some of their new tunes and clearly had a good time. Unfortunately, due to quite a few technical issues with the recording of their set, I only have one song to include in the podcast, but it’s a new one!

GOTHAMIST HOUSE @ CMJ 2007 — Thursday, October 18th

The Muggabears “Dead Kid Kicks”, “The Goth Tarts”
The Jealous Girlfriends “The Pink Wig To My Salieri”, “Carry Me”
The Big Sleep “Sleep Forever”, “Little Sister”, “So Long”
Bad Veins “Falling Tide”, “Fake Baby”
Dead Confederate “Is It A Rose”, “Wrecking Ball”, “Tortured Artist Saint”
Sam Champion “Direct”

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CMJ 2007 Recap #2

CMJ 2007 Recap Podcast #1

shiv — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:01:22 +0000

During CMJ week, Bryan Jay and I camped out at the Gothamist House for a 4-day live broadcast. After seeing the lineups that Gothamist hosted during CMJ 2006, it was a no-brainer for us to get involved in the event this year. We want to send a round of thanks to all of the musicians who played, Jen Carlson @ Gothamist for getting us involved, and the staff of White Rabbit who made the week a lot of fun.

We took over White Rabbit from Wednesday-Saturday and had an incredible lineup of bands and artists take the stage. White Rabbit is not typically a music venue, so a small stage had to be setup each day and all of the bands had to either strip down their sets or get creative to make things fit. More often than not, it felt like watching a band play in your best friend’s living room and there was a great vibe throughout the week.

This is the first in a series of podcasts I am putting together to spotlight the performances from each day. It is worth noting that this was quite a guerilla broadcast — Bryan Jay tapped into the bar’s somewhat spotty internet access and streamed directly from a laptop. I have picked the best recordings from each day, but we do not have high quality audio for each and every performance of the week. In fact, it was a little heartbreaking to find certain songs that I was DYING to use in the podcasts that had various technical glithces and snafus rendering them unusable! We still got a lot of great tracks and I hope that you’ll enjoy listening to them.

GOTHAMIST HOUSE @ CMJ 2007 — Wednesday, October 17th

Peasant “The Wind”
Sparrow House “Way To Leave”
O’Death “Only Daughter”, “Down To Best”
The Forms “Alpha”, “Bones”, “Knowledge In Hand”
Cut Off Your Hands “Expectations”, “You & I”

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CMJ 2007 Recap #1

Lots more to follow, so keep an eye here on The Futurist…..

WOXY.com CMJ Photo Recap – Wednesday

joe — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:02:11 +0000

In my haste and excitement earlier this week, I decided it might be good to post the photos from our CMJ experience last week and leave out the Wednesday shots. My apologies, but here they are, in all their glory…. :)

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To view the photos at your own speed, check em out on Flickr…..

WOXY.com CMJ Photo Recap – Friday

joe — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:50:40 +0000

More great photos from last week at CMJ this morning. Among the bands captured in this set, Jukebox The Ghost, The Mugs, White Denim, Illinois and more.

WOXY.com CMJ Photo Recap – Thursday

joe — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:16:54 +0000

Get ready for a barrage of CMJ related content here on The Futurist over the course of the next week or so. First up is just some of the excellent photos Bryan and Shivvy snapped during their week at the Gothamist house. Check out the slideshow for the first day below. Or if you would prefer, head over to Flickr to view em at your own speed.