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Following the announcements of the initial lists of artists and panelists for 2014 CMJ Music Marathon, CMJ is ready to reveal the second round of exciting artists taking the CMJ stage this October 21 – 25. This year’s lineup is continually growing, including legions of extraordinary new talent alongside an impressive group of CMJ alumni who will take part in some of the over 1,400 performances at over 80 of New York’s coolest venues.
In addition to performances from the Horrors, the Kills, RAC, Bombay Bicycle Club and Slowdive and panels with Zola Jesus and the founders of Merge Records, CMJ 2014 will also feature sets from Brooklyn’s own DIIV for the first time since 2012 and A Place To Bury Strangers, who graced the CMJ stage back in 2008. Popstrangers, a group of New Zealand natives who turned heads at a 2012 showcase are also on this year’s bill. Sheffield, UK’s the Crookes and Portland, Oregon’s Hockey are also joining this year’s lineup, alongside an appearance by reunited Manchester rock icons James. This year’s additional performers include:

Circa Waves
Little May
Oh Land
Bishop Nehru
Ratking
Spookyland
Yellerkin
Splashh
Fort Lean
Moses Sumney

Plus:

#1s * 1 Way Tkt * ⅔ Goat * 75 Dollar Bill * 88 Balaz * A Love Like Pi * A Place To Bury Strangers * A-bones * ABSTRAKTO * Acemo * Adiós Ghost * Adult Jazz * Aeon Rings * Ages and Ages * “Alana Amram and the Rough Gems * ” * Alexz Johnson * AltoPalo * Aly Tadros * Alyson Greenfield * Amanda X * Americans UK * Andrea Balency * Animal Years * Anna Haas + The Effect * Anthony D’Amato * Apolline * APSPDR+ DJ Set * Arc Iris * Archie Powell & The Exports * Argonaut & Wasp * Armand Margjeka * Arms + Sleepers * Astral Swans * At The Moment * Aviator * Ayler Young * AyoINMotion * BAAM * Baby Alpaca * Baby Guru * Bailiff * Basic Shapes * Battle Maiden * Be Forest * Beautiful Ground * Beautiful Small Machines * Beecher’s Fault * Beliefs * Belle Adair * Belle Mare * Benjamin Cartel * Benjamin Clementine * Benjamin Verdoes * The Beverleys * Big Harp * Bikini Carwash * Bishop Nehru * The Black Black * Black Black Black * Black Pistol Fire * Blacktop Daisy * Blake Brown & the American Dust Choir * Bliss Blood and Al Street * Blockhouses * Blood Shots * BLSHS * Blue Hawaii * Bo Ningen * Bobby McGrath & the Brothers * Bor * Bordeen * Born Again Virgins * The Bowery Riots * BOYTOY * Breakfast In Fur * Bree and The Whatevers * Brett Harris * Brett Newski * Brian Marsella’s Imaginarium * Bridget Davis&The Viking Kings * The Bright Light Social Hour * The Britanys * Brook Pridemore * Buffalo Stack * Buffalo Sunn * Buggaboo * Bugs in the Dark * Burning Palms * Cadaver Dogs * The Cairos * Caitlin Harnett * Calling All Cars * Canon Logic * Cantina * Carbon Mirage * Cariad Harmon * Carousel * Carroll * Cassandra Jenkins * The Castle Walls * Casual Sex * Catch Fever * Catey Shaw * Ceramics * The Cerny Brothers * Chairlift (DJ Set) * Charly Bliss * Cheerleader * Chimes * The Chloes * Chris Farren * Christines * Circa Waves * Clam * Clementine and the Galaxy * Cleo T. * Coldair * Colony House * Colour of London * Comrade Question * The Continuums * Controller * Conveyor * The Corduroy Suit * The Courtesy Tier * The Crookes * Curøn * CYMBALS * Cynthia Marie * Daddy Long Legs * Damen Samuel * Dan Berry Band * Dances * Darlingside * Dave Farah * David Lynch Burlesque * David Paige * David Pollack * Daywalkers * The Dead Ships * Dead Stars * Dead Waves * Dear Boy * DEGA * The Delta Riggs * Demi Louise * The Demos * DeStorm Power * The Devyl Nellys * The Dig * DIIV * Dilly Dally * Dinosaur Feathers * Dirty Dishes * Dirty Lungs * Dirty Nil * Distoria * DJ Decktonic * DJ Dev Hynes * DJ Ipod Ammo * dj MDO Mgmt * DOOMSQUAD * Dorine Levy * DOTT * Doug Gillard * DownBeat Keys * Dreamers * DRGN KING * Drop Electric * Due Dilligence * Dusted * East Cameron Folkcore * East Forest * Echo Bloom * Eddie & the Hotrods * Eden Mulholland * Elle King * Emily Wolfe * Emma Russack * Empire Beats * Enemy Planes * Enola Fall * Erel Pilo * Eric & Aaron * Eric Zayne * Erin & The Wildfire * ERNEST ELLIS * etiquette * Eve Lesov * Every Flavor Weather Machine * The Everymen * Evolfo Doofeht * Ex-Breathers * Fai Baba * The Family Crest * Fancy Colors * Fascinator * Featherface * The Felix Culpa * Fictionist * The Field Effect * Fielded * The Figgs * Fiona Silver * Fire Walk With Me * First You Get The Sugar * Fishing * Fixutres * The Flag * Flagland * Flashlight * Flashlights * Flavor Raid * The Flavr Blue * Floating Action * Flowers * Fly Moon Royalty * Foreign Resort * Foreign Tongues * Fort Lean * Fractures * Francis Cone * French Style Furs * Friendly People * Frogbelly & Symphony * Future Loves Past * Gabe Kubanda * Gal Pals * Gallant * Geronimo! * Ghost Punch * GHXST * Girl Pilot * Girlpool * glish * Go Back to the Zoo * Go Wolf * Gold Lake * Golden Alphabet * Golem * goodbyemotel * gossling * Grandchildren * Grassfight * Graveyard Lovers * Great Ceasar * The Green Seed * Greg Oliveras * Greigh Wolfe * Gringo Star * The Grizzled Mighty * The Grownup Noise * Grundle Thunder * Gulp * Gunakadeit * Guy Blakeslee * Gypsy George * Ham Sandwhich * Handsome Ghost * Hani Zahra * Happy Fangs * Happy Lives * Happyness * Haunting Renditions * Have Mercy * The Hawks (Of Holy Rosary) * Heart of Darkness * HEAVEN * Heavenly Beat * Heavy Birds * Hectorina * Hek * Heliotropes * Henry Hill * Hey Anna * The High Dials * High Highs * HIGHS * HITS * Hockey * Holiday * Holiday Mountain * Honduras * Hoodlem * Hôtel Morphée * Howard * Howling Bells * HSY * Human Hearts * Hundreds * The Hunting Party * Immigrant Union * In Between * In-Flight Safety * Inland Traveler * Invisible Days * Invisible Familiars * Iska Dhaaf * The Ivorys * J and the 9s * J Fernandez * Jack and Eliza * James * Janna Pelle * Jared & The Mill * Jason Masi * Jay Stolar * The Jeanies * Jessica Caplan * JJ Rosa * Joe Marson * John Nolan * Johnny Aries * Jon Chinn * Journalism * JoyCut * Julia Weldon * Julian Rhine * Juniper Rising * Jupe Jupe * Just A Gent * Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang * K Phillips * Kal Marks * Karl S. Williams * Kat Quinn * Kat Wright * Kate Miller-Heidke * Katie Buchanan * The Kickback * The Kickdrums ft. Duckwrth * Kid In the Attic * Kiirstin Marilyn * King Holiday * Kings * Kiss Me Deadly * The Kite String Tangle * The Knocks * The Kokoro * Krill * Kristoffer & The Harbour Heads * L.A Witch * La La Lush * Laura Cole Band * Lauren O’Brien * Lay Low * Lazer Cake * The Lazys * Le Galaxie * Le Rug * The Lesson ft. Gentei Kaijo * Letters to Nepal * Leverage Models * Lia Ices * Lia Mice * LIFE * Light Therapy * Like Swimming * Lilly Wolf * Lily & the Parlour Tricks * Lisa Bianco * Literature * Little Daylight * Little May * Little Racer * The Living Kills * The Liza Colby Sound * Loaf Gang * Lobby * Long Faces * Longfellow * The Looking * Lost Boy? * Love X Stereo * Low Fat Getting High * Luke Elliot * Luke Sweeney * LUMPS * Lydia * M. Lockwood Porter * Mackenzie Shivers * Mainland * Maps For Travelers * Marathon * Marco With Love * Marcus Alan Ward * Margaret Glaspy * Mark Mack * MaryLeigh Roohan * Matt Butler * Matt Romagna * Me Chinese * Meghann Wright * Mel Childs * Meleana Cadiz * Memoryy * Mexican Slang * Mezzoforte * Michael Persall * Michelle Newman * Milezo * Miniboone * Mira Stroika * Mirk * Mirror Kisses * Miwok * Modern Rivals * Monokino * Monomyth * The Montauk Project * Moon Royalty * Mosco Rosco * MOTHXR * Motopony * Mount Sharp * The Muscadettes * Muuy Biien * Mystery Skulls * Natalie York * The National Parks * Native America * Needle Points * The Nepotist * New Myths * New Navy * The New Tarots * Nic Hanson * Nicholas Nicholas * Night Drive * No Way Josie * Noble Kids * The Noise FM * NoPop * Northern American * Nostalghia * Nova & The Experince * Nox Boys * Nude Beach * Nytyly * OCAD * The Ocean Blue * The Ocean Party * Oh Land * Oh, Cassius! * Okapi Sun * Okenyo * Oko Tygra * Old Monk * Olga Bell * OLYA * Opus Orange * Oracles * Orchestra Of Spheres * OWEL * OXBLVD * Oxford & Co. * Oy Vey * Pageantry * Painted Zeros * Palm Ghosts * Pants Velour * The Paperhead * Papermaps * Paperwhite * Party Boat * Partylights * Paul Collins Beat * Pekky * Penicillin Baby * Personal Space * Phebe Starr * Photay * Pinact * The Planes * The Please Please Me * Pompeii * Ponyhof * Poor Remy * Poor Young Things * Popstrangers * pow wow! * Prehab * Prettiots * The Prettiots * Prince Rupert’s Drops * Prom Body * Prospector * Psychic Twin * Public Speaking * The Purslaines * Quasi Fae * Quincy Vidal * Rachel Lynn * Rachel Potter * Racoon Fighter * Radical Dads * Rainy Milo * The Rally * Random Recipe * The Rare Occasions * Ratking * Ravens and Chimes * Ravin’ Symone * Rayvon Owen * The Receiver * The Recordettes * Red Gretchen * Red Oblivion * Reggie Williams * Reputant * Rescuer * Residual Kid * Richie Quake * The Rip * Rocket & The Ghost * Rocket and the Ghost * The Rooks * Room Full of Strangers * Rootwords * Roz & The Ricecakes * RSNY * Ruby the Rabbitfoot * Run Forever * Ry X * Ryan Hobler * S * SAFIA * Sanders Bohlke * Sarah McGowan * Sariah * Saskwatch * Satorii * Schizophonia * Sea Pinks * Secret Colours * Secret Someones * Selena Garcia * Semicircle * September Girls * Setting Sun * The Shackeltons * Shaheed & DJ Supreme * Shaprece * Shark Week * Shark? * Sharkmuffin * Shayna Leigh * She Keeps Bees * Shiloh * Shilpa Ray * Shirley House * Sid Sriram * Silverteeth * Simian Ghost * SIMONA * Simona Green * SKATERS * Skull Practitioners * Skunkmello * SKYROADS * Slang King * The Sleepy Zzz * Slim Dollars * Slim Wray * Snack Cat * Snir Yamin * Solander * Soldier’s Heart * Soldout * Solids * Somebody’s Darling * Son of an Illustrious Father * Sophie Hanlon * Sorcha Richardson * Soul Khan * Spender * Sphynx * Spires * Splashh * Spookyland * St. Lenox * Stellar Young * Stone Cold Fox * Strange Kids * Strange Names * STRNGRS * Stroamata * Suburban Living * The Suffers * Sugarbad * The Suits * Sunflower Bean * Sunset Guns * The Susan * Swampa_ZZ * Sweet Soubrette * Sylvana Joyce & The Moment * Syvia * Take Me To The Pilot * Tales in Space * Tall Heights * Tall Tales & The Silver Lining * Taylor Berrett * The Teen Age * Teen Commandments * Teen Men * Tei Shi * Tennis System * The Young Presidents * The Yum Dee Days * Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! * Tigers and Monkeys * Tiny Eyes * Tiny Victories * Titanics * Tkay Maizda * To The Moon * Tom West * Torpid May * Totara Jack * The Toxic Femmes * Toy Cities * Traveller & Fortune * Turtle Giant * Twin Guns * Two Inch Astronaut * Ukulelien * Unbuttoned * Urban Cone * Valley Lodge * Vandana Jain * Vetter Kids * Vince Azure * Vinyl Thief * The Violence * Vomitface * Vulture Shit * Wade & Sons * Walker Lukens * Walking Shapes * The Walking Sticks * Waltz * Wampire * Wandering Downhome * Wannabe Jalva * The Wans * War Poets * Water * Wax Witches * We Were Lovers * Weaves * Weekender * Weird Womb * The Wendigo * Weyes Blood * Whiskey Bitches * White Reaper * White Violet * Wild Adriatic * Wild Yaks * Wildlife * Winstons * WISH * With The People * Without Parachutes * Wolvves * Wormburner * Worthless * Wray * Wrestlers (DJ Set) * Wu Tang Parental Advisory * WV White * Wyland * XERXES * Xylouris White * YAWN * Yin Yangs * Young Buffalo * Your Favorite Enemies * Yung Gutted * Zella Day

There are still many more CMJ Music Marathon 2014 announcements to come. For further details and updates, stay tuned to http://www.cmj.com/marathon. - CMJ

Ok, here's an indie-pop heavy (for HBR) ten song playlist of new releases from the spiring/summer. Enjoy!

The Underground pt. 2 (More Underground) - Clam

I love the desperation in Johnny's vocals on the second go around. A noisy crescendo that peaks right as it ends, this is end of summer jam #1. Also, Clam is an excellent live band, I highly recommend catching them. Bonus: there are a ton of interesting videos on their website." - Hearts Bleed Radio

NYC's annual CMJ Music Marathon (Oct. 21-25) already announced one batch of artists and they've now revealed many more, including some whose shows were previously announced like A Place to Bury Strangers, DIIV, James, and more. Other additions include The A-Bones, Adult Jazz, Amanda X, Beliefs, The Beverleys, Bishop Nehru, Blue Hawaii, Dilly Dally, The Dirty Nil, Doug Gillard, Dusted, Ex-Breathers, Fielded, Girlpool, Guy Blakeslee, Heavenly Beat, HSY, J Fernandez, Jack & Eliza, Krill, Lia Ices, Literature, Nude Beach, Olga Bell, Paul Collins Beat, Pinact, Popstrangers, Radical Dads, Residual Kid, Run Forever, September Girls, She Keeps Bees, Shilpa Ray, Solids, Weyes Blood and a bunch of others.
Full list below...
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CMJ Additions
#1s
1 Way Tkt
⅔ Goat
75 Dollar Bill
88 Balaz
A Love Like Pi
A Place To Bury Strangers
A-bones
ABSTRAKTO
Acemo
Adiós Ghost
Adult Jazz
Aeon Rings
Ages and Ages
Alana Amram and the Rough Gems
Alexz Johnson
AltoPalo
Aly Tadros
Alyson Greenfield
Amanda X
Americans UK
Andrea Balency
Animal Years
Anna Haas + The Effect
Anthony D'Amato
Apolline
APSPDR+ DJ Set
Arc Iris
Archie Powell & The Exports
Argonaut & Wasp
Armand Margjeka
Arms + Sleepers
Astral Swans
At The Moment
Aviator
Ayler Young
AyoINMotion
BAAM
Baby Alpaca
Baby Guru
Bailiff
Barkhouse
Basic Shapes
Battle Maiden
Be Forest
Beautiful Ground
Beautiful Small Machines
Beecher's Fault
Beliefs
Belle Adair
Belle Mare
Benjamin Cartel
Benjamin Clementine
Benjamin Verdoes
The Beverleys
Big Harp
Bikini Carwash
Bishop Nehru
The Black Black
Black Black Black
Black Pistol Fire
Blacktop Daisy
Blake Brown & the American Dust Choir
Bliss Blood and Al Street
Blockhouses
Blood Shots
BLSHS
Blue Hawaii
Bo Ningen
Bobby McGrath & the Brothers
Bor
Bordeen
Born Again Virgins
The Bowery Riots
BOYTOY
BRAEVES
Breakfast In Fur
Bree and The Whatevers
Brett Harris
Brett Newski
Brian Marsella's Imaginarium
Bridget Davis&The Viking Kings
The Bright Light Social Hour
The Britanys
Brook Pridemore
Buffalo Stack
Buffalo Sunn
Buggaboo
Bugs in the Dark
Burning Palms
Cadaver Dogs
The Cairos
Caitlin Harnett
Calling All Cars
Canon Logic
Cantina
Carbon Mirage
Cariad Harmon
Carousel
Carroll
Cassandra Jenkins
The Castle Walls
Casual Sex
Catch Fever
Catey Shaw
Ceramics
The Cerny Brothers
Chairlift (DJ Set)
Charly Bliss
Cheerleader
Chimes
The Chloes
Chris Farren
Christines
Circa Waves
Clam
Clementine and the Galaxy
Cleo T.
Coldair
Colony House
Colour of London
Comrade Question
The Continuums
Controller
Conveyor
The Corduroy Suit
The Courtesy Tier
The Crookes
Curøn
CYMBALS
Cynthia Marie
Daddy Long Legs
Damen Samuel
Dan Berry Band
Dances
Darlingside
Dave Farah
David Lynch Burlesque
David Paige
David Pollack
Daywalkers
The Dead Ships
Dead Stars
Dead Waves
Dear Boy
DEGA
The Delta Riggs
Demi Louise
The Demos
DeStorm Power
The Devyl Nellys
The Dig
DIIV
Dilly Dally
Dinosaur Feathers
Dirty Dishes
Dirty Lungs
Dirty Nil
Distoria
DJ Decktonic
DJ Dev Hynes
DJ Ipod Ammo
dj MDO Mgmt
DOOMSQUAD
Dorine Levy
DOTT
Doug Gillard
DownBeat Keys
Dreamers
DRGN KING
Drop Electric
Due Dilligence
Dusted
East Cameron Folkcore
East Forest
Echo Bloom
Eddie & the Hotrods
Eden Mulholland
Elle King
Emily Wolfe
Emma Russack
Empire Beats
Enemy Planes
Enola Fall
Erel Pilo
Eric & Aaron
Eric Zayne
Erin & The Wildfire
ERNEST ELLIS
etiquette
Eve Lesov
Every Flavor Weather Machine
The Everymen
Evolfo Doofeht
Ex-Breathers
Fai Baba
The Family Crest
Fancy Colors
Fascinator
Featherface
The Felix Culpa
Fictionist
The Field Effect
Fielded
The Figgs
Fiona Silver
Fire Walk With Me
First You Get The Sugar
Fishing
Fixutres
The Flag
Flagland
Flashlight
Flashlights
Flavor Raid
The Flavr Blue
Floating Action
Flowers
Fly Moon Royalty
Foreign Resort
Foreign Tongues
Fort Lean
Fractures
Francis Cone
French Style Furs
Friendly People
Frogbelly & Symphony
The Future Laureates
Future Loves Past
Gabe Kubanda
Gal Pals
Gallant
Geronimo!
Ghost Punch
GHXST
Girl Pilot
Girlpool
glish
Go Back to the Zoo
Go Wolf
Gold Lake
Golden Alphabet
Golem
goodbyemotel
gossling
Grandchildren
Grassfight
Graveyard Lovers
Great Ceasar
The Green Seed
Greg Oliveras
Greigh Wolfe
Gringo Star
The Grizzled Mighty
The Grownup Noise
Grundle Thunder
Gulp
Gunakadeit
Guy Blakeslee
Gypsy George
Ham Sandwhich
Handsome Ghost
Hani Zahra
Happy Fangs
Happy Lives
Happyness
Haunting Renditions
Have Mercy
The Hawks (Of Holy Rosary)
Heart of Darkness
HEAVEN
Heavenly Beat
Heavy Birds
Hectorina
Hek
Heliotropes
Henry Hill
Hey Anna
The High Dials
High Highs
HIGHS
HITS
Hockey
Holiday
Holiday Mountain
Honduras
Hoodlem
Hôtel Morphée
Howard
Howling Bells
HSY
Human Hearts
Hundreds
The Hunting Party
Immigrant Union
In Between
In-Flight Safety
Inland Traveler
Invisible Days
Invisible Familiars
Iska Dhaaf
The Ivorys
J and the 9s
J Fernandez
Jack and Eliza
James
Janna Pelle
Jared & The Mill
Jason Masi
Jay Stolar
The Jeanies
Jessica Caplan
JJ Rosa
Joe Marson
John Nolan
Johnny Aries
Jon Chinn
Journalism
JoyCut
Julia Weldon
Julian Rhine
Juniper Rising
Jupe Jupe
Just A Gent
Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang
K Phillips
Kal Marks
Karl S. Williams
Kat Quinn
Kat Wright
Kate Miller-Heidke
Katie Buchanan
The Kickback
The Kickdrums ft. Duckwrth
Kid In the Attic
Kiirstin Marilyn
King Holiday
Kings
Kiss Me Deadly
The Kite String Tangle
The Knocks
The Kokoro
Krill
Kristoffer & The Harbour Heads
L.A Witch
La La Lush
Laura Cole Band
Lauren O'Brien
Lay Low
Lazer Cake
The Lazys
Le Galaxie
Le Rug
The Lesson ft. Gentei Kaijo
Letters to Nepal
Leverage Models
Lia Ices
Lia Mice
LIFE
Light Therapy
Like Swimming
Lilly Wolf
Lily & the Parlour Tricks
Lisa Bianco
Literature
Little Daylight
Little May
Little Racer
The Living Kills
The Liza Colby Sound
Loaf Gang
Lobby
Long Faces
Longfellow
The Looking
Lost Boy?
Love X Stereo
Low Fat Getting High
Luke Elliot
Luke Sweeney
LUMPS
Lydia
M. Lockwood Porter
Mackenzie Shivers
Mainland
Maps For Travelers
Marathon
Marco With Love
Marcus Alan Ward
Margaret Glaspy
Mark Mack
MaryLeigh Roohan
Matt Butler
Matt Romagna
Me Chinese
Meghann Wright
Mel Childs
Meleana Cadiz
Memoryy
Mexican Slang
Mezzoforte
Michael Persall
Michelle Newman
Milezo
Miniboone
Mira Stroika
Mirk
Mirror Kisses
Miwok
Modern Rivals
Monokino
Monomyth
The Montauk Project
Moon Royalty
Mosco Rosco
MOTHXR
Motopony
Mount Sharp
The Muscadettes
Muuy Biien
Mystery Skulls
Natalie York
The National Parks
Native America
Needle Points
The Nepotist
New Myths
New Navy
The New Tarots
Nic Hanson
Nicholas Nicholas
Night Drive
Night Riots
No Way Josie
Noble Kids
The Noise FM
NoPop
Northern American
Nostalghia
Nova & The Experince
Nox Boys
Nude Beach
Nytyly
OCAD
The Ocean Blue
The Ocean Party
Oh Land
Oh, Cassius!
Okapi Sun
Okenyo
Oko Tygra
Old Monk
Olga Bell
OLYA
Opus Orange
Oracles
Orchestra Of Spheres
OWEL
OXBLVD
Oxford & Co.
Oy Vey
Pageantry
Painted Zeros
Palm Ghosts
Pants Velour
The Paperhead
Papermaps
Paperwhite
Party Boat
Partylights
Paul Collins Beat
Pekky
Penicillin Baby
Personal Space
Phebe Starr
Photay
Pinact
Plaid Brixx
The Planes
The Please Please Me
Pompeii
Ponyhof
Poor Remy
Poor Young Things
Popstrangers
pow wow!
Prehab
Prettiots
The Prettiots
Prince Rupert's Drops
Prom Body
Prospector
Psychic Twin
Public Speaking
The Purslaines
Quasi Fae
Quincy Vidal
Rachel Lynn
Rachel Potter
Racoon Fighter
Radical Dads
Rainy Milo
The Rally
Random Recipe
The Rare Occasions
Ratking
Ravens and Chimes
Ravin' Symone
Rayvon Owen
The Receiver
The Recordettes
Red Gretchen
Red Oblivion
Reggie Williams
Reputant
Rescuer
Residual Kid
Richie Quake
The Rip
Rocket & The Ghost
Rocket and the Ghost
The Rooks
Room Full of Strangers
Rootwords
Roz & The Ricecakes
RSNY
Ruby the Rabbitfoot
Run Forever
Ry X
Ryan Hobler
S
SAFIA
Sanders Bohlke
Sarah McGowan
Sariah
Saskwatch
Satorii
Schizophonia
Sea Pinks
Secret Colours
Secret Someones
Selena Garcia
Semicircle
September Girls
Setting Sun
The Shackeltons
Shaheed & DJ Supreme
Shaprece
Shark Week
Shark?
Sharkmuffin
Shayna Leigh
She Keeps Bees
Shiloh
Shilpa Ray
Shirley House
Sid Sriram
Silverteeth
Simian Ghost
SIMONA
Simona Green
SKATERS
Skull Practitioners
Skunkmello
SKYROADS
Slang King
The Sleepy Zzz
Slim Dollars
Slim Wray
Snack Cat
Snir Yamin
Solander
Soldier's Heart
Soldout
Solids
Somebody's Darling
Son of an Illustrious Father
Sophie Hanlon
Sorcha Richardson
Soul Khan
Spender
Sphynx
Spires
Splashh
Spookyland
St. Lenox
Stellar Young
Stone Cold Fox
Strange Kids
Strange Names
STRNGRS
Stroamata
Suburban Living
The Suffers
Sugarbad
The Suits
Sunflower Bean
Sunset Guns
The Susan
Swampa_ZZ
Sweet Soubrette
Sylvana Joyce & The Moment
Syvia
Take Me To The Pilot
Tales in Space
Tall Heights
Tall Tales & The Silver Lining
Taylor Berrett
TEAM
The Teen Age
Teen Commandments
Teen Men
Tei Shi
Tennis System
The Young Presidents
The Yum Dee Days
Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
Tigers and Monkeys
Tiny Eyes
Tiny Victories
Titanics
Tkay Maizda
To The Moon
Tom West
Torpid May
Totara Jack
The Toxic Femmes
Toy Cities
Traveller & Fortune
Turtle Giant
Twin Guns
Two Inch Astronaut
Ukulelien
Unbuttoned
Urban Cone
Valley Lodge
Vandana Jain
Vetter Kids
Vince Azure
Vinyl Thief
The Violence
Vomitface
Vulture Shit
Wade & Sons
Walker Lukens
Walking Shapes
The Walking Sticks
Waltz
Wampire
Wandering Downhome
Wannabe Jalva
The Wans
War Poets
Water
Wax Witches
We Were Lovers
Weaves
Weekender
Weird Womb
The Wendigo
Weyes Blood
Whiskey Bitches
White Reaper
White Violet
Wild Adriatic
Wild Yaks
Wildlife
Winstons
WISH
With The People
Without Parachutes
Wolvves
Wormburner
Worthless
Wray
Wrestlers (DJ Set)
Wu Tang Parental Advisory
WV White
Wyland
XERXES
Xylouris White
YAWN
Yin Yangs
Young Buffalo
Your Favorite Enemies
Yung Gutted
Zella Day - BrooklynVegan

LAST WEEK CLAM RELEASED TWO BRAND NEW TRACKS “UNDERGROUND 2 (MORE UNDERGROUND)” AND “CHICKA.” BOTH SONGS ARE EXTREMELY WARM AND WELCOMING BUT EACH HAVE A DISTINCTIVELY UNIQUE FEEL. “UNDERGROUND 2 (MORE UNDERGROUND)” IS INDIE GLAM ROCK AT ITS FINEST WITH A FANTASTIC TEMPO. IT’S FILLED WITH BRILLIANTLY SUBTLE GUITAR LICKS AND ONE HELL OF A BEAT. IT’S AN UTTERLY FUN TRACK REMINDING ME OF HOW GREAT IT IS TO DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW. “CHICKA” ON THE OTHER HAND STARTS OFF EXTREMELY CALM AND DANCEABLE BUT THEN SMOOTHLY TRANSFORMS INTO SOMETHING MORE CHAOTIC. THIS CREATIVE ELECTRIC GUITAR FILLED TRANSFORMATION FILLS MY EARS WITH WONDER AS I CONTINUE TO PRESS REPEAT.

REGARDLESS BOTH TRACKS KEPT MY HEAD BOBBING THROUGHOUT AND WITHOUT HESITATION THIS BROOKLYN BASED FOUR-PIECE IS DEFINITELY WORTH CHECKING OUT. LISTEN TO THE "UNDERGROUND 2 (MORE UNDERGROUND)" AND "CHICKA" HERE. - North End Records

Today's music video comes from new synth rock band Secret Cove.

'Alice' makes its premiere with this post. - Secret Cove: 'Alice'

Today, we’re going back to the This is That Song mailbag. The mail sack has been one of the best parts about writing this blog, and today’s song has been one of the best things to arrive in the mail sack.

If you only listen to one song today, make it “The Shades of Cottage Grove” by Secret Cove (2012, from the “The Shades of Cottage Grove” single).

Secret Cove is an indie rock band who currently calls Brooklyn their home. I’m a little bit disappointed to report that they didn’t take their name from the title of a Choose Your Own Adventure book. They are, though, a band that you should remember the name of.

Secret Cove frontman Johnny Zachman explains their inception this way:

Secret Cove began on a flight between London, England and Accra, Ghana. The music has carried the five constituents from London to Boston, Silver Lake to Brussels, and a cottage in Michigan to a loft in New York City. The product is a combination of public transportation and existential angst, brought to life by Johnny Zachman, Kimberly Bunker, Phil Abbott, Sandra Canosa, and Mike Parker.

They’ve just started a pretty cool project where they’ll release a digital single and an accompanying video every five weeks. Today’s song is the first single from the batch. The second song will be released next Tuesday, although you can stream it now here. After the third, which is scheduled for September 18, they’ll hope to release a CD EP of the first three singles. They tentatively plan to issue additional digital singles on the first Tuesday in November and the third Tuesday in January. They’re targeting April 2 as the release date for their forthcoming album Interesting Times. If the first two songs that I’ve heard are any indicator, I’m really going to love their album. Fans of the blog probably will, too.

Although the music certainly speaks for itself, the video is first-rate, even if it is essentially a straightforward performance video. It’s not to be missed. Here it is:

There’s that tiny bit of synth-pop sound at the very beginning of the song, before everything fantastically collides at 0:13. I love how front and center of the mix the drums are. I love how cymbal-y they are. Everything else is also great, but I really like those drums from the drop. I was already won over by that point, but I immediately went from “hey, I kinda dig this” to “holy crap, this is amazing!” at 0:27. Everybody knows what a sucker I am for co-ed vocal harmonies, and what they have going on here just isn’t fair.

Johnny Zachman sings not entirely unlike Matt Berninger of The National, especially with his timing. Sandra Canosa sings not entirely unlike Kathryn Calder. That’s most notable at 1:49. After the whole thing breaks down at 1:41 for just a second, there’s a keyboard, minimal drums, and their harmony:

Tomorrow morning we’ll be far away

followed by Sandra’s Kathryn Calder sound-alike moment:

And everything I said
And everything you saw
Tomorrow morning we’ll be gone

This is a really fun song to listen to. Again, and again. And again. It looked like they had a good time making the video, too. One thing to watch for in the video is the focus on safety. Keyboardist Kimberly Bunker is all about hearing protection with her plugs. Drummer Mike Parker either has plugs or in-ear monitors. Safety doesn’t take a holiday, kids.

The singles, as they’re released, will be available at “name your price” via bandcamp, for purchase at iTunes, and streaming at soundcloud. Once they get to the physical releases, you’ll be able to get those via their website or at one of their shows. It looks like they play in Ithaca a lot, so if you live anywhere in that neck of New York’s woods, get yourself out to a Secret Cove show.

I have a feeling that if these kids play their cards right, they’ll be all over college radio pretty soon, and coming to an indie rock club near you. - ThisIsThatSong

If you only listen to one song and watch only one music video tonight, make them “Alice” by Secret Cove (2012, from the “Alice” digital single).

You may remember that I posted about Secret Cove back in August when they released their first single “The Shades of Cottage Grove”. I absolutely loved that song. It was more than just “one of my very favorite things from the mail bag in 2012″. It was one of my favorite songs of the year. Period. Like, maybe in the top six. The accompanying video is also pretty awesome. I highly recommend that you revisit that post about the young indie band from NYC-by-way-of-Ithaca.

As I reported back then, their goal was to release a digital single and accompanying video every five weeks, and an album in the spring of 2013. I think that process has been slowed down a little bit, but it doesn’t bother me. To date, they’ve released three digital singles (all of which are available from their bandcamp page at the “name your own price” rate). The first two have videos while “Black Lillies” does not yet have one.

“The Shades of Cottage Grove” was the first single from a “specific batch of eight”, which was followed five weeks later by “Alice”. I remember hearing “Alice” along with “…Cottage Grove” and being just as impressed. A couple of days ago, I was asked to run a feature about the video for “Alice”, and I naturally jumped at the suggestion.

While the lovely video for “…Cottage Grove” is pretty much straightforward performance/tomfoolery, the video for “Alice” (which, like “…Cottage Grove”, is directed by Chris Foito) is a little more, …um… conceptual. Abstract, even.

While I can’t rightly make heads or tails of the video, I like it a lot. It starts out like some “theatre of the absurd” play and by the end of it, that dude has a rave inside his refrigerator. What’s not to love about that?

And the song… Just like I did with “…Cottage Grove”, this is a song that I’ll play again and again. And again.

I really love the piano bit in this song. I like how it slowly builds in tempo and volume in the first verse. And I love the way that there’s the quiet/LOUD/quiet thing going on all within the context of the chorus. Of course the coed vocal harmonies do a lot to ensure that I love it, but even without that, this song is right up my alley. I hope that it’s somewhere near yours. - ThisIsThatSong