• CMJ Music Marathon 2015: 11 Bands To Check Out Live This Week

    CMJ Music Marathon 2015 kicks off today (Oct. 30) and with roughly 1000 bands on the roster, sorting through all of the music to find that one best new band can be a harrowing task. Luckily, we did the work for you and found 11 of the best new bands for you to check out this week.

  • Garrett Borns Takes New York! BØRNS Discusses "10,000 Emerald Pools," Debut EP ‘Candy’ & CMJ [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]

    Following the release of his debut single, “10,000 Emerald Pools,” Garrett Borns (BØRNS) is delighting us all by dropping his very first EP, Candy, which was released earlier this week (Monday, Nov. 10). The singer-songwriter mixes a unique sense of sound with a heavy flow of harmony all spiced with a wondrous blend of synth-pop. Most of which he began writing in his tree house home located in Los Angeles, California. Yes, you read that correctly.

  • 6 Bands We Discovered At CMJ: Little May, Ages and Ages, STRNGRS, And More [LISTEN]

    The 2014 CMJ Music Marathon has come to a close. It was a whirlwind week full of more music than was physically possible to check out. We made our way through Manhattan and Brooklyn to catch as many acts as we could. One of the best things about CMJ is discovering bands you never set out to see. In between checking out bands that we've been following for years and bands we're just now buzzing about, we got to find a few gems. Below are five acts that we saw at the right place at the right time.

  • CMJ 2014: 12 Annoying Band Name Trends

    An eye-catching name is one way to get people to remember and pay attention to your band, especially in a festival as massive as the CMJ Music Marathon. But when there are six other bands that have a similar name as you, it is probably time to rethink it. Here are 12 annoying band name trends in the CMJ 2014 lineup.

  • 8 Bands To Definitely Check Out At CMJ 2014

    CMJ 2014 begins tomorrow, Oct. 21, in dozens of venues across New York City, and with more than 1,300 artists performing, it can be pretty tough to decide which ones are worth your time and money. Though it is tempting to see some of the bigger, tried-and-true artists who are performing, such as Slowdive, Low and Foster the People, CMJ is more about catching up-and-coming talent you may have never heard before. Here are eight relatively unknown bands you should check out at CMJ 2014.

  • CMJ Is Being Sued

    CMJ is in full swing in New York City. A pricey lawsuit couldn't come at a worse time, and that's exactly what The New York Times is now reporting. CMJ is being haunted (not by old rock gods) by an incomplete business transaction four years ago. The CMJ's founder Robert K. Haber was to merge CMJ with Metropolitan Entertainment, headed by concert promoter John Scher, The New York Times reported back in 2009. The estimated $2.4 million deal would have included tours and other programs, but then it went kaput.

  • Q&A: Tiny Ruins Hits The Coasts Before New Album

    Tiny Ruins played a tiny room at Culture Collide Festival last weekend. The audience chatted as singer and guitarist Hollie Fullbrook sound-checked. In minutes, she was belting above the gentle acoustic and took command. Everyone fell silent and gravitated toward the stage. Fullbrook's resounding vocals entranced the crowd, building and releasing like waves coming and going out to sea. We caught up with Tiny Ruins for an exclusive Q&A.
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