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Roundup: CMJ 2009 (Saturday)

Galatea — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:46:06 +0000

First off, hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Second, this is the final CMJ post for the year 2009.

The FADER party that took place at Ace Hotel had one of the better line-ups of the whole festival purely because Florence (without the Machine) was playing a short set. It took some time to get into the party and the conditions inside were pretty atrocious. No air conditioning in a room stuffed full of drinking, dancing people? Disaster.

I caught the sets from Vega, Midnight Juggernaut and the acoustic Florence.

CMJ 2009: Florence + the Machine at FADER Party; October 24th 2009

CMJ 2009: Vega at FADER Party; October 24th 2009

CMJ 2009: Midnight Juggernaut at FADER Party; October 24th 2009

The Flavorwire photo gallery can be viewed here.

Up next: A colorful photo gallery featuring La Roux with Body Language and a review of last week’s New York show.

Read further to see the rest of the photos from the show…

CMJ 2009: Vega at FADER Party; October 24th 2009

CMJ 2009: Midnight Juggernaut at FADER Party; October 24th 2009

CMJ 2009: Florence + the Machine at FADER Party; October 24th 2009

Roundup: CMJ 2009 (Friday)

Galatea — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:26:12 +0000

Friday, I decided to make some use of my CMJ badge and check out the much lauded and buzzed The xx. Since they were playing a show with School of Seven Bells, who’ve also been buzzed, I headed to Music Hall of Williamsburg for my second CMJ day.

CMJ 2009: Phantogram at Music Hall of Williamsburg; October 23rd 2009

CMJ 2009: The xx at Music Hall of Williamsburg; October 23rd 2009

The line-up also included Depreciation Guild and Phantogram. Sad to say, not a single band impressed me in any way. The lighting situation made it even more dire. It became so bad during SVIIB, I gave up on photography alltogether.

Up next: Final day of CMJ with the FADER party with Florence + the Machine, Midnight Juggernaut and Vega.

Read further to see the rest of the photos from the show…

CMJ 2009: Depreciation Guild at Music Hall of Williamsburg; October 23rd 2009

CMJ 2009: Phantogram at Music Hall of Williamsburg; October 23rd 2009

CMJ 2009: The xx at Music Hall of Williamsburg; October 23rd 2009

CMJ 2009: School of Seven Bells at Music Hall of Williamsburg; October 23rd 2009

Roundup: CMJ 2009 (Wednesday)

Galatea — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:59:50 +0000

I covered this year’s CMJ for Flavorpill/Flavorwire and was given free reign as to which bands to see.

First up was the Terrorbird day showcase at Cake Shop featuring Silver Starling, ZAZA, Warpaint, Darlings, and Black Hollies (topping the day party with a very catchy set).

CMJ 2009: ZAZA at Cake Shop; October 21st 2009

Next up were Freelance Whales, Findlay Brown (who was reminiscent of Elvis, albeit quieter), TigerCity, and the Postelles at Bowery Ballroom.

CMJ 2009: Findlay Brown at Bowery Ballroom; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: The Postelles at Bowery Ballroom; October 21st 2009

Next up: CMJ 2009 (Friday) featuring Depreciation Guild, Phantogram, The xx, and School of Seven Bells.

Read further to see the rest of the photos from the day…

CMJ 2009: Silver Starling at Cake Shop; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: ZAZA at Cake Shop; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: Warpaint at Cake Shop; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: Darlings at Cake Shop; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: Black Hollies at Cake Shop; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: Freelance Whales at Bowery Ballroom; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: Findlay Brown at Bowery Ballroom; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: TigerCity at Bowery Ballroom; October 21st 2009

CMJ 2009: The Postelles at Bowery Ballroom; October 21st 2009