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 After stopping by the CMJ Press Mixer at the Hotel on Rivington for some free cocktails and schmooze, I made my way over to Arlene's Grocery for the Canadian Blast

CMJ 2010 got off to rocking start Tuesday night with the free MOG Showcase at Brooklyn Bowl. Newcomers Screaming Females and DOM  played straight ahead guitar rock that was welcome for

It's go time for the 30th annual CMJ Music Marathon, with wall-to-wall music over the next five days here in NYC. For credentialed bloggers like your's truly, it means navigating

I'm in Colorado all this week, more for hiking and biking than music, but this weekend, Denver is hosting its annual free Taste of Colorado festival on the Civic Mall.

 Austin's Lonesome Heroes, whom I first saw at the tail end of SXSW earlier this year, played an entrancing set of psychedelic country on Sunday night at Superfine in DUMBO.

I was up in Toronto this past Saturday where, sometime around midnight, I found myself in an upstairs African restaurant near Kensington Market called Teranga (no website), which in the

A brilliant show from Chapel Hill-based Lost in the Trees this past Monday at the Mercury Lounge, layering classical textures (via two cellos and a violin) on top of indie

Sadly, I only made it to Central Park's Summerstage for the first time yesterday afternoon. And, as you can see from the photo above, I didn't even make it inside. But,