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3IsABand - 10 Must See Trios at CMJ 2015

3IsABand - 10 Must See Trios at CMJ 2015

In my #3IsABand series, I feature bands whose music excites me and who are comprised of exactly three band members. While some long time favorites don’t play this year’s festival, or some I won’t feature (again), I discovered a few new ones I am very much looking

Song Pick of the Day: Solvey - Wave

I just love this song by Solvey, the lastet project of Jessica Zambri. She will play CMJ on Friday 9:30 pm at Pianos and I will try hard to be there. Here is her song Wave, our Song Pick of the Day.

Song Picks of the Week

1. Line & Circle 2. Dilly Dally 3. Infinity Girl’s 4. For Esmé 5. Beach Baby 6. Blank Paper 7. CHEATAHS

VIDEO: Stranger Cat - RED

Cat Martino, aka Stranger Cat, directed and edited this video herself, which features Charles Schneider as an evil sorcerer who abducts Stranger Cat into some enchanted forest. Beautifully done!

PHOTOS: Ibeyi delights a jam-packed Webster Hall

PHOTOS: Ibeyi delights a jam-packed Webster Hall

I fell in love with Ibeyi pretty much a year ago, when their name appeared on the first SXSW artist list. Since then they have released their full-length debut and have been touring the world non-stop, filling up bigger and bigger venues. Their last NYC stop was a packed Webster

New Album/EP: The Fight - North America

When I came across Try by the Canadian five piece The Fight, I was immediately hooked and wanted to listen to more of the pretty cool indie rock. I got in touch with the band, inquiring about their EP scheduled to drop in August. Then it was September. Luckily, as

Song Pick of the Day: Blank Paper - Ambien

Today’s Song Pick of the Day is from Blank Paper, a Brooklyn four piece that does high energy danceable electronic music. They play CMJ Wednesday 9 pm at The Paper Box, a great venue that unfortunately hosts concerts only rarely.

Song Pick of the Day: Beach Baby - Ladybird

Already an hour late for yesterday’s Song Pick of the Day, I am scanning my list of songs and bands that I collected over the last few months and crosscheck whether they by any chance play CMJ… Bingo! Beach Baby come from London and are scheduled to play four

LIFE SOUNDTRACK: Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays

It’s Throwback Thursday, which also happens to be my birthday today and time for a new entry in our “Life Soundtrack” series. October 8th, 1979 among my presents was the 7″ of Boomtown Rat’s monster hit I don’t like Mondays. I still have the single, although it

Song Pick of the Day: For Esme - Make a Sound

Song Pick of the Day: For Esme - Make a Sound

Here’s a another band from Toronto paying NYC a visit for CMJ: the electropop trio For Esmé. They will play Lit Lounge on Tuesday night at 11, but I hope they can line up some more gigs while they are here. “Make some Sound” is our Song Pick of

PHOTOS: Salad Boys dish up New Zealand indie rock at Brooklyn's Palisades

PHOTOS: Salad Boys dish up New Zealand indie rock at Brooklyn's Palisades

When Salad Boys from Christchurch, New Zealand took the stage, Holy Tunics and The Britanys had the audience already going and ready for more guitar driven indie rock. What Joe Sampson (vocals, 12-string guitar), Ben Odering (bass) and Jim Nothing (drums) put on stage was impressive and highly enjoyable. It’

Song Pick of the Day: Infinity Girl - No Man

When I put the pretty vinyl -clear with black sprinkles- on the turntables yesterday, and No Man came up, I knew that this would have to be today’s Song Pick of the Day. The track is from Infinity Girl‘s debut album Harm and sports just the right amount

Song Pick of the Day: Dilly Dally - Desire

I had my expectations how music by a band called Dilly Dally would sound, but they were all wrong. Listen below to be blown away! They are listed for CMJ, but are not yet on the schedule. Too bad, because I don’t want to miss this!

MUSIC QUOTES: Smile

MUSIC QUOTES: Smile

Cymbals at Cameo Gallery, CMJ 2014

NEW ALBUM: Idgy Dean - Ominous Harminus

Idgy Dean was one of the first shows we saw this Spring at SXSW in Austin. Listed on the schedule as a “one-woman rock band from Brooklyn”, we didn’t quite know what to expect, but it turned out to be one of the best shows we saw at the

Song Pick of the Day: Line & Circle

Nothing difficult about Complicated Heart our Song Pick of the Day by the LA via Ohio five piece Line & Circle . They will play a late night show Union Pool for CMJ 2015 next week and delight us with songs from their just released and refreshingly up-beat debut album Split

PHOTOS: Striking Matches bring the house down at Rockwood Music Hall

PHOTOS: Striking Matches bring the house down at Rockwood Music Hall

When I ordered tickets to see Fairground Saints (review here), I didn’t pay attention for whom they’d be opening and decided to take it as it comes and get myself surprised. What a surprise that was! From the moment Striking Matches took the stage and left it again

Song Picks of the Week 15.40

Starting this week, we are posting our Song Picks daily on glamglare.com as well as on our Facebook page. Follow along as we go or checkout our Soundcloud playlist every Monday morning. 1. Bent Denim 2. Wolkoff 3. Valise 4. Annabel Allum 5. The Britanys 6. Avec Sans 7.

Fairground Saints played a charming show at Rockwood Music Hall

Fairground Saints played a charming show at Rockwood Music Hall

When I first listened to Fairground Saints‘ self-titled debut album, I was immediately hooked (see review here) and wanted to see this Californian three piece live. Luckily, I had to wait only a month, because they’re currently on tour with Striking Matches (review & photos to follow) and played

Song Pick of the Day: Blonde Maze - Letters I Never Sent

Blonde Maze is the electronic solo project of Amanda Steckler. She will play CMJ Saturday at C’mon Everybody, a pretty cool new venue in Bed-Stuy. Letters I Never Send is a beautiful track, written “between New York & London” – our Song Pick of the Day.

Song Pick of the Day: Avec Sans - When You Go

Avec Sans are a electropop duo from London and will play three CMJ shows. According to their bio they are extremely physical live performers and that alone makes them a must-see as well as our Song Pick of the Day.

Song Pick of the Day: The Britanys - City Boys

Choosing today’s Song Pick of the Day was a no brainer, given that we want to feature young bands who play CMJ and The Britanys are one of them! With their brand new, playful “City Boys” the four Brooklynites bring to mind other popular guitar driven rock bands yet

3 Is A Band: Methyl Ethel

3 Is A Band: Methyl Ethel

It’s that time of year again: CMJ is just around the corner, and with that we focus on bands playing the music festival, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Searching for three pieces I might like, I was immediately intrigued by Methyl Ethel, by their name for starters.

New Album: Holy Nothing - Hypertext

You know you got it big time when you’re at a rooftop show in Manhattan, on a beautiful early Fall night, a melodic and charming band is playing, yet all you want is to put your headphones on and listen to the album you discovered earlier that day. Listening

MUSIC QUOTES: Skill

MUSIC QUOTES: Skill

Boxed In at Baby’s All Right, July 30th 2015