CMJ 2010
Film / Music
Our very own music man on the move, Shawn Lennon is in New York right now after a long summer of reporting from the best festivals North America has to offer. What brings him to the big apple you might ask? the CMJs, that's who! Stay tuned for a photo essay and full report from Shawn - there's still one day left and a hell of a lot of bands to see.
Where do you start with a list of artists like this?:
1995 • (k)nights on Earth • +/- {Plus/Minus} • 1,2,3 • 2 Cow Garage • 28 North
A Classic Education • A Life Once Lost • A Million Years • Aaron Zimmer • Acid Washed • Acrylics • Adam Ezra Band • Adam Haworth Stephens (of Two Gallants) • Adira Amram • Adult Themes • Advaita • Afternoon • AIDS Wolf • The Aikiu • Air Waves • Alcoholic Faith Mission • Alec Gross • Alessia Guarnera • Alessi’s Ark • Alex From Tokyo (DJ set) • Alex Winston • Alexander Spit • Alexandra Richards DJ Set • Alfonso Velez • Alison Clancy • All Out • Allen Stone • Allo Darlin • Aloud • Alyson Greenfield • Ambassadors • American Babies • And the Wiremen • Andrew Cedermark • Andrew Vladeck • Andy Davis • Angus & Julia Stone • Anita Maj • Anni Rossi • Anthony Jeselnik • Anton (DJ set) • Anu Sun • Apache Beat • Apollo Run • Appomattox • The Armchairs • Arms & Legs • Arpline • Art of Fresh • The Art of Shooting • Asa Ransom • Asobi Seksu • At Sea • Atomic Bitchwax • Atomic Tom • Atypicals • The Auctioneers • Audacity • Audiodax • Autodrone • Automatic Children • Auto-Matic Vaudeville • Autumn Owls • Ava • Ava Luna • Avey Tare (DJ set) • Avi Wisnia • The Aviation Orange
Baby Alpaca • Baby Copperhead • Bad Books • Bad Cop • Balance and Composure • The Bamboo Kids • Baptized In Blood • Baratunde Thurston • The Barr Brothers • The Barrens • Baths • Batillus • Battle Circus • Battlehooch • Bayside • Bazaar Royale featuring N.O.R.E. • Beach Fossils • Bear Hands • Bears of Blue River • Beast Make Bomb •Beau Jennings • The Beauties • Beauty Feast • The Beauvilles • Bebe Fang • The Beeps/Fuzzanova afterparty • Bellevue’s Finest • Ben Talmi • Benny Marchant • Betty Black • The Bewitched Hands On Top of Our Heads • Beyond This Point • Big Apple Singers • The Big Big Bucks • Big Freedia • Big Terrific • Big Troubles • The Bigger Lights • Bikini • Billy Nayer Show • The Binary Code • The Binary Marketing Show • Binary Sunrise • Bird Peterson • The Black Atlantic • Black Cherry • Black Feelings • Black Label Society • Black Sheep • Black Taxi • Blackbells • Blackbird Blackbird • Blackguard • Blair • Blast Off!!! • Blip Blip Bleep • blkVampires • Blood Red Shoes • Bloodgroup • The Bloodsugars • The Blow • Bo Burnham • The Body • Body Language • Bogmen • The Bogmen • Bonfires • Boom Boom Satellites • Boot Camp Clik (Sean Price, Buckshot, Smif N Wessun, Heltah Skeltah & 9th Wonder) • Bottle Up and Go • Bottom Dollars • Boy Crisis • Boy Girl Party • BRAHMS • Braids • Brass Bed • The Breakfast • Brendan James • Brent Arnold • Br’er • Brett Detar • Brian Bonz • Brick and Mortar • Bridges and Powerlines • Broadfield Marchers • Bronze • The Brothers Frank • Built By Animals • Buke and Gass • Buy The Sky
Cahn & Yang • Cairo Knife Fight • Caleb Engstrom • Calibro 35 • Cameron Mitchell • Canasta • Candy Claws • The Canon Logic • Capstan Shafts • Car Bomb • Care Bears on Fire • Carl Palmer Band • Carolyn Mark • Carusella • Casey Barth • Casey Shea Band • Cassette Kids • Cast of Cheers • Casxio • The Cataracs • Caveman • Center Divider • Cerebral Ballzy • Chain Gang of 1974 • The Chain Gang of 1974 • Chainsmokers • Chamberlin • The Chaotic Good • Chapel Club • The Chapel Club • The Chapin Sisters • Chappo • Charles Burst • Charlotte Sometimes • Children of Bodom • Chip Fu • Chris Bathgate • Chris Cubeta & Liars Club • Chris Young the Rapper • Chrisopher Paul Stelling • Christian Rich • Christie Dupree • Christina LaRocca and Heavy Weather • The Cinnamon Band • Circle Pit • City Riots • Class Actress • The Class Machine • The Click Clack Boom • Click Clack Boom • Clinton Curtis • Cloud Nothings • Clutch • Cobra Skulls • Coby Grant • Colin Schiller and the Reactions • The Colonels • Comanche • Common Prayer • Communist Daughter • Company of Thieves • Conversion Party • COOLRUNNINGS • Corin Tucker Band • Cosmolingo • Cotton Jones • Cough • The Courtesy Tier • Coyote Eyes • Craig Wedren • Crayon Fields • The Cringe • Crocodiles • Cubic Zirconia • Cults • CurT@!N$ • Cute is What We Aim For • Cyndi Harvell
Dada Life • Dada Trash Collage • Daily Bread • Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. • Dan Black • Dan Mangan • Dan Mills • The Dance Party • Dances With White Girls • Dandelion Wine • DANGERMAKER • Daniel Pujol • Daniel Wayne • Danny Ross • Darien Brockington • Dark Dark Dark • Darren Hanlon • Das Racist • Dave Hause • David Choi • David Dondero • David Vandervelde • DaVinci • De Staat • Dead Heart Bloom • Dead Leaf Echo • Dead Man’s Clothes • Dead To Me • Deadbeat Darling • Deakin • Dean & Britta 13 Most BeautifulÉSongs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests • Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500 • The Dean’s List • Dear Comrade • Death Before Dishonor • Death Is Not A Joyride • Death On Two Wheels • The Debutante Hour • Debutaunts • decibel. • Delicate Steve • Delilah • Delta Rae • Deluka • Dende & the Hahahaes • Denison Witmer • Dennis Padula • Dent May • Derek James and The Lovely Fools • Derik Foreal • DeScribe • Designer Drugs • Dev • Devin Therriault • Devotchka • The Dewars • The Dharma Bums • Diamond District • Diamond Doves • Diamond Rings • Dice Raw • Diehard • Dinosaur Feathers • Dinowalrus • Dirty Penny • Dirty Projectors • Dirty Sexy Soca • Disembodied • Diwon • DJ Avicii • DJ Benzi ft. Audio Dax • DJ Carpark • DJ Chachi • DJ Jason Smith • DJ Logan Sama • DJ Million $ Mano • DJ Riz • DJ’s + Live Band Performances • DOM • Dom Kennedy • Dominant Legs • Dominique Young Unique • Douster • Drazy Hoops • Dream Diary • Dred Scott Trio • Drink Up Buttercup • Drop the Lime (DJ set) • The Drums • Drunken Barn Dance • Dujeous • Dylan LeBlanc
Ear Pwr • Earatik Statik • Earthless • The Eastern Sea • Egyptrixx • Eisley • Eklin • Elastic Summer • Electric Tickle Machine • Electric Wire Hustle • Elephant Stone • Eli “Paperboy” Reed • Eliza Blue • Elizabeth and The Catapult • Ellis Ashbrook • Elon James White • Emanuel and the Fear • Emergency Service • Emil & Friends • Emile Simon • Emilie Simon • Emily Greene • Emily Long • Emmanuel Jal • Empires • Eprhyme • Eric Roberson • Eric-Scott Guthrie • Erin Barra • Eternal Summers • Evan Voytas • Everest • everyboy • Everything Everything • Everything Is Terrible • Excepter • Extra Lens
F. Stokes • Fabulous DIamonds • Fake Problems • Family Cactus • Fancy Colors • Fan-Tan • Fasil • The Feens • Fences • Fenech Soler • Ferraby Lionheart • The Fieros • Fifth Nation • Filligar • Findlay Brown • First Aid Kit • Fishbone • The Flatliners • The Fleshtones • Flight • The Fly • Foam Castles • The Foot • The Foreign Exchange • Forever’s Edge • The Forms • Fort Wilson Riot • Four Tet • Francis and the Lights • Frank Dukes • Frank Viele & The Manhattan Project • Frankie & The Heartstrings • Frankie and the Outs • Franz Nicolay • Freedom Or Death • French Horn Rebellion • Fresh Vetz • Freshkills • From A Fountain • The Front Bottoms • The Frontier Brothers • Funeral Party • Futurebirds
Gabriella Caspi • Gamble & Burke • Game Rebellion • Gardening, Not Architecture • Gareth Dunlop • Gary Burton New Quartet w/Julian Lage, Scott Colley & Antonio Sanchez • Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters • Gary Numan • Gay Blades • Gay For Johnny Depp • Generationals • Gentleman Jesse and His Men • Gentlemen Hall • Gentlemen Jesse • Ghost Ghost • The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger • Ghostface Killah • Giant Cloud • Gilbere Forte • Gilmar Gomes Combo • The Girls at Dawn • Gobble Gobble • Gobotron • Goes Cube • Gold Lake • Gold Panda • Gold Star Morning • Gold Streets • Golden Animals • Golden Bloom • The Golden Filter • Good Kids Sprouting Horns • Good Luck Mountain • The Good Natured • Good Old War • Goodbye Picasso • Goodman Brown • Grand Hallway •
The Great Collide • Great Elk • Green Tea • Greg Ashley Band • Greg Caz (DJ set) • Greg Dulli • Greg Jamie (O’Death, Blood Warrior • Grillade • Gringo Star • The Grip Weeds • Grooms • Groundfood • Grouplove • GRUM • Guitars • GunFight! • Gutbucket • Guy Blackman • GZA
Haakon’s Fault • Hacienda • The Hall Effect • Hall of Justus (with Big Pooh, Chaundon, Joe Scudda, Jozeemo, Roc C) • Hammer No More The Fingers • Hank & Cupcakes • Hardy Morris • Hari Kondabolu • Harper Blynn • Hatesphere • Hazard Adams • “Heart of Darkness with Greg Barris, Reggie Watts, Kurt Braunohler and Special Guests • music by The You Are Forgiven Choir featuring Ariel East, Mother of Three and New Beard” • Heavy Birds • Heavy Cream • Hedgehog • Heidi Spencer • Hellbear • Helmet • herMajesty • Hess is More • Hey Champ • Heypenny • The High Dials • High Highs • His Mischief • Hollis Brown • Holy Boys Danger Club • Holy Ghost • Holy Ghost Tent Revival • The Honeymoon Thrillers • Honor Roll • The Honors • Hoodie Allen • Hooray For Earth • Hopewell
• Hot Lava • Hot Panda • Hot Press • HotChaCha • Hottub • The Hounds Below • Houses • Howlies • Hsu-nami • Hugo • Hugo • Human Eye • Hungry Ghost • hunters • Hunters Run! • The Hush Now • Hussle Club • Hybrid Lava • Hyper Crush • Hypernova
II Led 3 Lives • I Love Monsters • Ian Axel • Ian McLagan • The Idle Hands • îlšf Arnalds • I’m Turning Into • In Cadeo • Incan Abraham • Incendiary • Infantree • In-Flight Safety • Inter Arma • Intronaut • The Invisible Kid • Iron Age • Isaac Russell • Ivan Julian • Ives the Band • Ivri Lider • Izabo
Jack Skuller • Jackpot, Tiger • Jackson Wetherbee Band • Jah C • Jaill • Jake Snider • Jam Session • Jamaica • James McMorrow • Jamie Biden • Janka Nabay • Jared Evan • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit • Javelin • Jay and the Birds • Jay Nash • JBM • Jean Grae • Jeff Taylor • Jenifer Convertible • Jenny & Johnny • Jenny and the Holzers • Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandscher • Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas • JessUblime • Jet Lag Gemini • The Jezabels • John Shannon • John Vanderslice • Johnny Flynn • Johnny Marnell • Johnny Whitney • Jon Hopkins • Jon Irabagon with Mike Pride: I Don’t Hear Nothin’ but the Blues • Jonalee White • Jonny Hirsch • Jonny Rumble • Jradio with DJ Logic and Money Mark • Juice Newtons • Jukebox the Ghost • Julia Easterlin • Julia Haltigan • Julian Velard • Julius C • Just Blaze • Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang
K.Flay • Kaiser Cartel • Kate Rogers • Kate Tucker • Katie Buchanan • KAV • Keepaway • Kelley James • Kelley McRae • Kelly Fairoaks • Kelsey • Kendra Morris • Kevin Devine and the Godamn Band • Kevin Hammond • Kevin Johnston • Keys N Krates • The Kickdrums • Kids Of 88 • Kidstreet • Kiko Klaus • Kill Krinkle Club • Kinch • Kinetix • Kingdom • Kingdom DJ • Kiss Kiss • Kisses • Kitten • Kittens Ablaze • The Knocks • Kohli Calhoun • Kopecky Family Band • Kosha Dillz • Kris Gruen • Kristen Schaal & Friends • Kyle Patrick • Kyle Rapps
La Big Vic • La Bola • La Sera • La Strada• Lachi • Lady Danville • Lala Brooks • L’Altra • Langhorne Slim • Last Chance to Reason • Late Night Groove Series with Jeremiah Hosea and friends • L’Atra • Laughing Man • Laura Gibson • Lauren Flaherty • Lavish • Lawrence & Leigh • Lawrence Arabia • Le Divorce • Le VICE • Leeroy Stagger • The Left (Apollo Brown, DJ Soko, Journalist103) • Lemonade • Leo Blais • Lesands • Lia Ices • LidoLido • The Life and Times OfÉ • Life Size Maps • Light Pollution • Lights Resolve • Like Trains & Taxis • Lil B • Lily & The Parlour Tricks • Lindsay Mac • Linfinity • Liptease • Lisa Bianco • The Lisps • Lissie • Little Racer • Little Stevies • Little Teeth • The Lives of Famous Men • Living Days • LMFAO • Locksley • London Souls • Long Division • The Loom • Loomis & the Lust • Lord Huron • Los Doggies • Love Trio: Bill Han, Jesse Murphy, Kenny Wolleson • The Lovetones • Lower Dens • The Lucid • Lucius • Luke James • Luke Santy • Luluc • The Luyas • Lyle Divinsky
Ma Mentor • Mad Ave Boys • Maddy Wyatt • Madison Ave Boys • Madison Square Gardeners • MAE • Magestik Legend • Magic Bullets • The Main Street Gospel • The Majorleans • Maluca • Mama Bear • Man Benu • Manic Bloom • Mantyhose • Marco Polo with Torae & Ruste Juxx • Maria Due • Marie Stella • Marit Larsen • Mark Geary • Mark Kelly • Mark Knight • Mark Mulholland • Marnie Stern • Marz Lovejoy • Mathew Dear • Math the Band • Matt Pond PA • Maudlin • Maya Azucena: Duets with Special Friends • Mayday • Mc Alister Drive • Me and My Arrow • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes • Me You Us Them • Meek is Murder • Megan Burtt • MegaRex • Melissa Ferrick • MEN • Michael Daves • Michelle Citrin • Mickey Factz • The Middle Eight • Midnight Spin • Mike Del Rio • Mike Doughty • Mike Gamble aka Scrambler • Mike Rocket • Mikix the Cat • Milagres • Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson • MillionYoung • Mimicking Birds • Miniature Tigers • Miniboone • MINKS • Miracles of Modern Science • Mirror Queen • Miz Metro • Miz Metro introducing BAB Collective • Modern Rivals • Modest P (DJ set) • Moe Green • The Mommyheads • Mon Khmer • Monogold • Morgan Grace • Morning Teleportation • Moss • Motel Motel • Moto Boy • Mouth’s Cradle • Mr. Ozwald • Murder Mystery • Musikanto • Mussels • Muy Cansado • My Dear Disco • My Jerusalem • My Other Friend • My Pet Dragon • The Mynabirds
Naam • Nada Surf • The Narrative • Natalia Kills • Nate Campany • Nathan Halpern • Nathan Xander + Witchouse • Neek the Exotic & Large Professor • Neil Nathan • Nelly Kate • Neon Hitch • Neon Indian • Netherfriends • Neutral Uke Hotel • Nevermore • The New Bedfords • New Collisions • New Look • New Moods • New Morning • New Normals • New Numbers • Nick Catchdubs • Nicky Egan • Nicos Gun • Night Eyes • Nightmare & The Cat • Nightmare And the Cat • Nikki Lane • Nina Sky • Nina Vidal • Ninjasonik • Nit Club • No Joy • No Surrender • Noah featuring Wu-Tang Killa Beez: Prodigal Sun, Shyheim and Choco • Nomi Ruiz • Non Commissioned Officers • None More Black • North Highlands • Northbound Traveling Minstrel Jug Band • Not Blood, Paint • Nottz (w/ special guests) • Nouvellas • November • Nyle and the Naysayers
Oberhofer • Oceanographer • Octant • O’Death • Oh Land • Oh Snap!! • Ok Sweetheart • Old Canes • Old Wives • One Be Lo • Onili • Onra • Open Till Midnight • The Orbans • The Orion Experience • O’Spada • Overflow
The Pack AD • Pack of Wolves • The Pains of Being Pure At Heart • Paper Thick Walls • Parallels • Parlour • The Parties • The Pass • Patent Pending • Paul & the Patients • Paul Dempsey • Paula Valstein • Pearl and the Beard • Penguin Penguin • Penguin Prison • Penrose • Pepper Rabbit • Pete Rock • Peter Hadar • The Phantom Band • Pharoahe Monch • Phil and the Osophers • Philadelphia Grand Jury • Philemon • Phoenix • The Photo Atlas • Pictures of Then • Pillow Theory • Pilooski • Planet Ubiquity • Plates of Cake • Plushgun • Pocketknife • Poingly • The Poison Control Center • Pomegranates • Ponderosa • Poofy and the Bus Boys • Popo • Posso the DJ • The Postelles • Powell • Powerglove • The Press • Pretty & Nice • Pretty Good Dance Moves • Priestess • The Prigs • Primitive Weapons • Prince Rama • The Problemaddicts • The Protomen • Prudence Teacup • PS I Love You • Psalm One • PVT
Quest for Fire • quiet Loudly • Quilty • Quintus
Rachael Sage • Rachael Sage & the Sequins • Radical Dads • Radio Radio • Rah Digga • The Ramblers • Random Recipe • Rasheeda Wallace • Rasputina • The Rassle • Ravens & Chimes • Ravens and Chimes • Raymond & Maria • Reckless Sons • The Record Summer • Red Mass • Red Wire Black Wire • Reggie Watts • REGO • Reign of Kindo • Reni Lane • Reptar • The Rest • Restless People • Re-Tros • Revolutionary Kids • Revolver • Rich Aucoin • Richard Barone • Rioux • Rival Sons • River City Extension • Robbers On High Street • Robbie Gil • Robert Lester Folsom • Rocky Business • The Rodeo • ROGER DAUGHTRY • Rooftop Vigilantes • Room Full of Strangers • Rootbound • Rope • Royal Bangs • Royal Thunder • Ruby Frost
S. Carey • SAADI • Sagol 59 • Salem • Samuel • Santah • Sarah Atument • Sarah Jaffe • Sarah Lee & Johnny Iron • Satin Peaches • Saturday Astrology • Savage Skulls • Savoir Adore • Scattered Trees • School of Seven Bells • Scott Kempner • Scott Lucas and the Married Men • Screaming Females • Screens • Secret Guest • Secret Hometown Guest • The Seedy Seeds • Senator • Senor Tadpole • Senses Fail • Sepalcure • Seth Glier • Setting Sun • Sgt. Dunbar & The Hobo Banned • The Shake • Shane Endsley & The Music Band • Shapes • Shark? • Shayfer James • Shayna Zaid • Shayna Zaid & The Catch • Shayna Zaid and the Catch • Sheek Louch • The Sheridan Fox • Sherlock’s Daughter • Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers • Shinobi Ninja • Shirk Circus • Shortwave Society • Shrag • Shwayze • Shy Child • Silverghost • Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds • Sisters • Skeet Skeet • Sky Larkin • Sky White Tiger • Skyzoo & !llmind • sleepy vikings • Slow Animal • Slow Motion Centerfold • Small Black • Smile Smile • Smile Smile • Smoke Fairies • Smoke Or Fire • Smoosh • Snake Rattle Rattle Snake • Snowden • The So So Glos • Social Studies • Soft Black • Soft Reeds • Soko • Soldiers Of Fortune • Sonya Kitchell • Sophistafunk • Sound of Arrows • The Sour Notes • Southpaw Jones • Spacecamp • Spark • Spark • Sparky Quano • Special Guest • Special Guest • Spectre Folk • Spirit Family Reunion • Spirits • Spirits of the Red City • Stalkers • Stand • The Star Department • Star Eyes • Starcode • The Static Jacks • Stef Lang • Stevans • Steve Gunn • Stone Darling • Strand of Oaks • Street Chant • Strife • Strong Arm Steady • Stuyvesant • Sun Airway • Sunglasses • Super Black Market • Super Mirage • Supercute! • Superfortress • Superhumanoids • Surfer Blood • Susan Cowsill Band • Susanne Sundf¿r • Suuns • Swede Beat (DJ set) • Sweethook • Swingset Committee • Sydney Wayser • Syvia
Tabi Bonney • Taken By Trees (DJ set) • Takka Takka • The Tales • Tall Tall Trees • Tamar Eisenman • Tamar Haviv • Tamar-kali • Tamaryn • Tanya Morgan • Tape Deck Mountain • Tatiana Kochkareva • Taurus • Tayisha Busay • Team Facelift • Teenage Bottlerocket • Telenovelas • Teletextile • The Tellers • Ten Feet Deep • Tennis System • Tens of Thousands • Terrible Things • Tes Uno • Thieving Irons • Third Wave Bandits • This Condition • This or the Apocalypse • Thomas Simon • Tim Blane • Title Fight • Title Tracks • Tj Di Hitmaker • TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb • Tom Schraeder • Tommy Brunett • The Tony Castles • Tony Joe White • tooth ache. • Tournament • Trademark • The Travelling Band • Tris McCall • Tristen • Trixie Whitley • Tru Statement Cypher • Truth Universal • Truthlive • Turbo Fruits • Turkuaz • TVTV • The Twees • Two Door Cinema Club • Two Hours Traffic • Two Tears • Ty Segall
Ultragrrrl • Um • UME • Uncle Bad Touch • Unicycle Loves You • Univox • UNKLE • Up The Chain • Uproot Andy • US Royalty
Vagina Panther •Vanaprasta • Vandana • Vandaveer • The Vanguard • Vanity Theft • Vicci Martinez • Viernes • Villa • Violens • Viper Creek Club • Viva City • Viva L’American Death Ray Music • The Volebeats • Voltaire Twins • Von Pea • Vonnegutt
W. Kamau Bell • Wakey Wakey • Waking Lights • Walter Parks • The Wandas • Warbringer • Washington • Wavves • We Are Country Mice • We Are Trees • Weekends • Weird Owl • Western Civ • Wetnurse • Whale Tooth • Whaletooth • White Arrows • White Belt Yellow Tag • The White House • The Wicked Tomorrow • Wild Nothing • Wild Yaks • Will Knox • Will Stratton • Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra • Willie Nile • Windings • The Winterlings • Wise Blood • Wise Girl • Wobblesauce • The Woes • Woodhands • Woodsman • Woodsy Pride • Woven Bones
X:THC • The Xcerts • Xeno and Oaklander • Xylos
YC the Cynic • Year of the Tiger • The Yes Way • Y-Love • Yo La Tengo • Yonder Mountain String Band • Young Adults • Young Buffalo • Young Mammals • Young Man • Young Nick Krill • Young Prisms • Young Rival • Young the Giant • Your Vegas • Yuck • Yukon Blonde • Yuksek & Brodinski aka The Krays
Zach Hurd • Zachary Cale • Zambri • Zamza • Zo! • Zowie
