for PopMatters, January 29, 2013 Under veil of changing lights and a restriction on professional photography, Cat Power defied her hit-or-miss reputation at Terminal 5. She walked on stage to the slow strumming of a lone electric guitar and said to […]
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for PopMatters From a mod granite-clad basement in a Union Square lounge, indie-rock radio station KEXP was about to start a live broadcast of the CMJ Music Marathon. Wild Nothing was trying to buy back 22 minutes of lateness with a […]
Part of multi-contributor project on CMJ 2010 I pitched, covered, co-edited for the NY City News Service. By Day Three of the CMJ Music Marathon, the audiences were picking up numbers, steam and stamina for showcases running well into the late […]
Part of a special event package covering CMJ 2010 I pitched, covered, co-edited and recruited contributors for the NY City News Service. School of Seven Bells headlined the last CMJ shows at Santos Party House Saturday night, but this […]
Modern Rock Column October 27, 2009 In a sea of Rock and layers of Electronica, sometimes there’s a little glimmer of Bubble Gum goodness at CMJ. Though the expectations are high for deeper meaning or complex musical arrangements when there’s […]