The CMJ Music Marathon–the autumn ritual of New York City concertgoing that fills pretty much every bar within rock-hurling distance of the Lower East Side with bloggers, writers, and the remaining college radio true believers–announced its initial slate of performers today; headlining the list are Spoon, UNKLE, and Kanye West sparring partners Justice. The rest of the list has a few ’07 festival mainstays (Dan Deacon, Marnie Stern), a few bands that we wouldn’t stand around for even if we had free drinks purchased for us all night (hello, Chromeo), and even a couple of acts to placate the hippies who work in business development (Mickey Hart, Coheed and Cambria). We’re already looking forward to the 1990s show, if by “looking forward to” you mean “dreading the badge line for.”
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MOST of the people there are college radio kids. College radio is still kicking it, with more stations reporting to CMJ than ever before. I wouldn’t say that it’s a matter of “remaining” at all.
You’re making me sad with the Chromeo hate.
It’s pretty much just like any other day of the week around here, except that in addition to the hipsters milling about between Max Fish and Pianos, you’ve also got a few hundred really nerdy guys in band t-shirts with shoulder satchels standing on the corners talking on their cellophones.
The big question is: will Vice’s VIRTUAL LES celebrate CMJ in CYYYBBBEEERRRSSSPPPAAAACCCE?
seriously? why you guys gotta hate on Chromeo? There’s no way I would pay that much to go to this, but there are some cool performers here, would be interesting to see UNKLE.
Zzzzzzz. boring lineup.
I’m pretty goddamn happy with the lineup but I’m a dance-rock college radio DJ from Arizona, so I am simultaneously the target market and the worst person to be passing judgment on anything.