Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Official CMJ Music Marathon Schedule

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CMJ Music Marathon Tue 10/31 - Sat 11/4


  • Tuesday October 31
  • The Black Hollies - Lincoln Center Day Stage
  • Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Hammerstein Ballroom
  • The Cardigans; Matt Nathanson - Knitting Factory
  • Birdmonster - Pianos

  • Wednesday November 1
  • Steve Earle; Laura Cantrell - Southpaw
  • Tapes N' Tapes; Cold War Kids; Dr. Dog; Elvis Perkins; What Made Milwaukee Famous - Bowery Ballroom
  • The Giraffes - Studio B
  • Magnolia Electric Company - Northsix
  • Someone Still Loves Your Boris Yeltsin - Pianos
  • The Mugs - Magnetic Field
  • Thunderbirds Are Now - Pianos (early)
  • Thunderbirds Are Now; Tokyo Police Club; Harlem Shakes - Galapagos
  • The Slits - Knitting Factory
  • Rooney - Irving Plaza
  • Dr. Dog, Jonny Lives - Lincoln Center Day Stage
  • Tigers and Monkeys - Fontana's

  • Thursday November 2
  • The Slits - Maxwell's
  • Blue Cheer; Moon & Moon - Knitting Factory
  • Heavy Trash - Pianos (early show)
  • The Black Lips; Dirty on Purpose - Sin-é
  • Tralala - Rebel
  • The Shins; The Thermals; The Elected - Bowery Ballroom
  • Forward Russia - Mercury Lounge
  • The Flesh - Midway
  • Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin; Headlights - Europa
  • The French Kicks; Thunderbirds Are Now; Tokyo Police Club - Studio B
  • Silversun Pickups - Pianos
  • Jonny Lives - Crash Mansion
  • Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Lincoln Center Day Stage
  • Oakley Hall - Tonic
  • Hot Chip - Webster Hall

  • Friday November 3
  • The Decemberists - Hammerstein Ballroom
  • The Black Keys; The Black Angels - Nokia Theater
  • Albert Hammond Jr; Tokyo Police Club - Mercury Lounge
  • The Black Hollies - Cake Shop
  • George Clinton; Kid Congo - Crash Mansion
  • SSM - R&R (9:30AM show)
  • The Secret Machines - Warsaw
  • The Starlite Desperation - Lit Lounge
  • The Grates - Bowery Ballroom
  • Architecture in Helsinki - Irving Plaza
  • Thunderbirds Are Now - Pianos
  • Deerhoof; Mary Timoney - Hiro Ballroom
  • Palomar - The Delancey

  • Saturday November 4
  • The Mooney Suzuki; The Dansettes - Rebel
  • Scott H. Biram; Bobby Bare Jr (4PM show) - Union Pool
  • The Fall - Hiro Ballroom
  • The Secret Machines - Warsaw
  • Cody Chestnutt - Canal Room
  • Shooter Jennings; Oakley Hall; The Watson Twins - Irving Plaza
  • The French Kicks; Bobby Bare Jr. - Mercury Lounge
  • Silversun Pickups; Tokyo Police Club; Elvis Perkins - The Annex

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    posted by Elwood D. Pennypacker @ 10/31/2006 10:52:00 AM   0 comments

    Wednesday, July 05, 2006

    This Week's Gigs And The Rest of the Month Preview

  • Alexi Murdoch @ Mercury Lounge - Wed 7/5
  • Mates of State @ Castle Clinton - Thu 7/6
  • Broken Social Scene @ Prospect Park - Thu 7/6
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  • Les Sans Culottes @ Magnetic Field - Fri 7/7

  • Tony Gilkyson @ Joe's Pub - Sat 7/8
    • X's second guitarist returns to New York.

  • Elvis Costello with Allan Toussaint @ Beacon Theater - Mon 7/10, Tue 7/11
    • The latest project for one of the all-time greats, this time benefitting the people of New Orleans.

  • Jolie Holland @ Canal Room - Tue 7/11
    • In the tradition of retro chanteuses, take a walk down the folk-country-jazz path with this lovely young woman. She's Blanche meets Norah Jones.

  • The Buzzcocks @ Warsaw - Tue 7/11
    • The legends returns for the second month in a row.

  • Beth Orton @ Webster Hall - Wed 7/12
  • Ani DiFranco @ Central Park Summerstage - Thu 7/13
    • Two folk queens in two nights.
  • Yo La Tengo @ Prospect Park - Thu 7/13
  • Electric Six;Les Sans Culottes @ Warsaw - Thu 7/13
  • Mission of Burma @ Warsaw - Fri 7/14
  • Dave Alvin @ South Street Seaport - Fri 7/14
    • So let's recap: The Buzzcocks, Yo La Tengo, Mission of Burma, and Dave Alvin all in one week. To say nothing of a trifecta of female folkies and an E6/LSC show to boot.

  • Village Voice Siren Music Festival (Art Brut, Scissor Sisters,She Wants Revenge, Tapes N Tapes, The Stills) @ Coney Island - Sat 7/15
    • The big festival on a packed Saturday that also features:
  • The Black Hollies;The Insomniacs @ Magnetic Field - Sat 7/15
  • Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Mercury Lounge - Sat 7/15


  • Tapes N Tapes; Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Maxwell's - Sun 7/16
  • Rooney @ Maxwell's - Mon 7/17
  • John Hiatt @ Nokia Theater - Tue 7/18
  • Miss Alex White @ Knitting Factory - Tue 7/18
  • The Handsome Family @ Mercury Lounge - Thu 7/20


  • The Dansettes @ Magnetic Field - Mo Pitkin's - Fri 7/21
  • Peaches;Eagles of Death Metal @ Roseland Ballroom - Sat 7/22
  • The Giraffes @ Mercury Lounge - Sat 7/22

  • Fiona Apple;Damien Rice @ Central Park Summerstage - Wed 7/26
  • The Hold Steady @ Castle Clinton - Thu 7/27
  • The Pretenders @ Roseland Ballroom - Thu 7/27
  • Reigning Sound @ Union Pool - Thu 7/27
    • A pretty big band playing a pretty small club.
  • Editors @ Irving Plaza - Fri 7/28
  • Dot Dash (The Hentchmen, Turpentine Brothers) @ Southpaw - Fri 7/28
  • Bloc Party;Secret Machines @ McCarren Park Pool - Sat 7/29
  • The Dirtbombs;The Black Hollies;The Dansettes @ Maxwell's - Sat 7/29
  • The Dirtbombs @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise(Aboard the Temptress) - Sun 7/30
    • That's right - Dirtbombs on a boat.
  • Of Montral @ McCarren Park Pool - Sun 7/30

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    posted by Elwood D. Pennypacker @ 7/05/2006 12:59:00 PM   0 comments