11 Acts You Shouldn’t Miss at CMJ 2014
altcitizen
October 16, 2014
CMJ is around the corner and in order to get the full experience, you’re going to need a couple things: the official schedule, the app,
CMJ is around the corner and in order to get the full experience, you’re going to need a couple things: the official schedule, the app,
Ryan Hemsworth just dropped a music video for “Snow in Newark,” which is the first single off of Alone for the First Time, his upcoming
We loved Lushes debut What Am I Doing, so naturally we were stoked to see that the experimental duo released a video for their track
Caribou has just released a video for the title track of their most recent record, Our Love. The video follows an older woman as she
British songstress Pix (Hannah Rodgers) just released a music video for her song “A Way To Say Goodbye,” a somber track that is an electronic,
Cloud Nothings’ video for “Now Hear In” is an existential crisis tripping on something heavy. It strikes a nostalgic chord in me with its use
The music video for “Miracle” (off of Wannabe Jalva’s upcoming EP) is reminiscent to a Bukowski novel with sex, drinks, and violence galore. Everyone’s heading out
SBTRKT introduces a new New York in his latest music video. “New Dorp. New York” is the first track off SBTRKT’s new album, Wonder Where
Buscabulla thumps vintage Latin rock and psych in their new video for “Sono,” a track coming off their upcoming self-titled EP from Kitsuné. Trippy visuals,
Dating is confusing. And so is BRONCHO’s new music video for “Class Historian.” Why are there so many doors? Where do they lead? And why
Life is a dull and empty thing according to Full Time’s new video for “Guess Work”, a b-side from their new 7″. Between watching clothes
Conor Oberst’s new video for “Common Knowledge,” a track off his recent album Upside Down Mountain, follows a simple yet artistic narrative in which Oberst
Tucked away in the back room of Rough Trade, the band Bear In Heaven glowed under yellow, purple and green lights. The crowd of mustaches
Since Ferguson, Missouri has recently turned into what would appear to be an actual war-zone, a good amount of our current dialogue has appropriately shifted from meaningless repartee to
Post-punk outfit Big Ups released a video for “Justice,” a track from their debut album, Eighteen Hours of Static. The video is a colorful and
Vince Staples may lay his claim to the Long Beach, Calif. rap thrown left unoccupied after Snoop Dog turned into Snoop Lion and became
Deers, a garage pop duo hailing from Madrid, released a video for “Trippy Gum,” which is exactly one half off of their debut two track
Have you and your significant other recently put hideous orange traffic cones on your heads and gleefully giggled at how dumb/adorable you two looked? No? Well, no wonder
In his new video, Bedstuy’s own Mac DeMarco has taken his song “Chamber Of Reflection,” slowed it down to a hazy psychedelic lurch, and set
Black and white? Check. Dark, mysterious, strange? Check, check, and check. Beautiful bodies touching and/or grinding up on each other in slow motion? Check.
Front woman extraordinaire Karen O has just released “Rapt,” the first single from her upcoming solo album Crush Songs, a collection of lo-fi songs centered
Last week Chance The Rapper dropped a teaser video for his latest single “I Am Very Very Lonely.” The video covers barely a third of
In their latest music video The Underachievers (AK and Issa Dash) give listeners a visual and lyrical tour of their personal rap utopia – or
English indie band Alt-J recently released the video for “Hunger Of The Pine,” the lead single of their second studio album, This Is All Yours.
Experimental, multi-talented artist Nick Koenig (AKA Hot Sugar) has just released a trippy video for “Your Nails Look Pretty,” a song from his second LP
Underground hip hop legend MF DOOM and 17-year-old promising new comer Bishop Nehru have released the first video from their upcoming collab album, NehruvianDOOM. Nehru
The schtick surrounding the mysterious UK funk act Jungle can get somewhat tiresome. After all, it’s been done before — a group of unknowns (backed by a
Like we mentioned in our favorite albums (so far) post, Marissa Nadler’s July has made quite an impression and will probably be in heavy rotation
A train rushes by, heading out of town. Not downtown, not uptown – out of town. Out of the city, into the country, into the
This summer, FKA twigs is dropping her much anticipated debut, LP1, on London-based label Young Turks. In preparation of this, she’s given us a taste
Our ears hear Lana Del Rey’s hushed voice coo “My baby lives in shades of blue” but our eyes see an older gentleman with good
Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna has just released a video for “Mountains,” from her 2013 release Nocturnal. It’s a pretty straightforward shoot of Yuna doing her