CMJ '09: Tuesday's Best Bets

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Best Unofficial Day Show: Pop Tarts Suck Toasted’s CMJ ‘09 Kickoff Party
Where: Cake Shop
When: 12pm - 7pm
Cost: FREE
Lineup: 12:30pm - Dinosaur Feathers, 1:30pm - Little Girls, 2:15pm - Sisters, 3:00pm - Motel Motel, 3:30pm (upstairs) - Seth Kallen, 3:45pm - Grooms, 4:30pm (upstairs) - Will Stratton, 4:30pm - Surfer Blood, 5:15pm - Holiday Shores, 6:00pm - Small Black
Why This Show: Oh you mean other then the fact that is thrown together by the amazing creator of this here website? Well I guess the other reason would have to be the bands who are all fantastic in what they do and all bring something just a little different to the table. There really is no weakness in this lineup so you can be pretty sure you’ll be here from 12pm - 7pm!
Listen: Dinosaur Feathers - "Parallel July"
Little Girls - "Imaginary Friends"
Sisters - "Glue"
Motel Motel - "Coffee"
Seth Kallen - "Shiver"
Grooms - "Wicked Game"
Will Stratton - "Night Will Come"
Surfer Blood - "Swim (To Reach the End)"
Holiday Shores - "Phones Don’t Feud"
Small Black - "Despicable Dogs"

Best Official Showcase: Subbacultcha CMJ Showcase
Where: Cake Shop
When: 7pm - 2am
Cost: $8 or CMJ badge
Lineup: 7:30pm - Blondes, 8:25pm - Hospital Bombers, 9:20pm - Best Coast, 10:15pm - The Moi Non Plus, 11:10pm - Surf City, 12:05am - zZz, 1:00am - Male Bonding
Why This Show: With bands from around the world Subbacultcha has once again done a brilliant job of giving us a sampling of sounds that’s not likely to be seen anywhere else this week. You also get a chance to see the highly buzzed about Best Coast and Male Bonding. So yeah, just build home base at Cake Shop for the first day of the marathon and you should be good to go.
Listen: Blondes - "Spanish Fly"
Hospital Bombers - "Neighbourhood"
Best Coast - "Angsty"
The Moi Non Plus - "Ha Ha Ha"
Surf City - "Kudos"
zZz - "Sign Of Love"
Male Bonding - "Pumpkin"

Best Showcase CMJ Doesn’t Want You to Know About: Going.com, Spinner.com, and OhMyRockness.com present…
Where: Webster Hall
When: 8pm
Cost: $10 or FREE (w/Going’s iPhone app)
Lineup: Here We Go Magic, Titus Andronicus, Woods, + Beach Fossils (set times TBA)
Why This Show: For starters this is the only marathon appearance for Here We Go Magic, Titus Andronicus, and Woods. That alone should make it enticing and seeing as it’s really my only reason…the end.
Listen: Here We Go Magic - "Fangela"
Titus Andronicus - "Arms Against Atrophy"
Woods - "Rain On Radio"
Beach Fossils - "Daydream"

Top 5 Bands to See:
1. Surfer Blood; might as well get them over and out of the way early, but if you miss ‘em today fear not they’re playing like 99 more shows after this one!
2. Small Black; Pitchfork loves ‘em, we love ‘em, everyone that writes about music seems to love ‘em, so we’re better you will too!
3. Woods; flat out fantastic band that happen to be playing a free show so long as you have an iPhone and don’t mind putting a new app on it for a day!
4. Male Bonding; the latest addition to the Sub Pop roster, these guys have just landed on my radar and have quickly shot up to being one of the "must see" bands of the marathon!
5. Dinosaur Feathers; everyone knows how I lauded The Antlers for years and finally they are getting the recognition they deserve, well these guys are next on my highly touted list and you will need to know this band in 2010!

Best of the Rest…
- Broadcast + Atlas Sound @ (le) poisson rouge
- Jukebox the Ghost @ Bowery Ballroom
- Ducktails, Julian Lynch, + Fluffy Lumbers @ Monkey Town (non-CMJ show)
- The Antlers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn Vegan showcase)
- The Music Slut Showcase @ Pianos (same time as mine though!)

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