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My avenue is littered with gig vans and band aids this week as CMJ hits a fever pitch. Each vehicle is bustling and bursting with smoke, beat up gear, and pizza eating, emo-hair hopefuls - everyone is looking for the big break. I could blab on from the local perspective, but Andrew W.K. really kinda sums it all up in this video from the LES. CMJ is a great opportunity, even if the buzz is getting weird. Counting Crows came into town for a Friday set (interesting as they pushed their album release to join the indies in Q1 ‘08). The cat jumped out of the bag, Band of Horses was the secret headliner for the Blender Sessions at CMJ; the Sessions had an interesting and eclectic lineup across the week - HIM, The 1990s (love, pissed I missed the Maxwells show), Spoon, tonight is prog-rock darlings Coheed and Cambria.
Speaking of tonight, The Cool Kids are at the Fader mag party, check it:
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