The Best Of CMJ 2012
Clockwise from upper left: Hundred Waters, Turbo Fruits, Brick + Mortar, Foxygen, People Get Ready. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Each fall, hundreds of little-known bands descend on New York City for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. As festivals go, it's one of the best for surprises, since so many of the acts are new and emerging. For the artists, it's a chance to be seen and heard and, hopefully, loved. For the rabid music fan or journalist, it's an overwhelming flood of musical discoveries.
On this edition of All Songs Considered, recorded live at the Judson Memorial Church in New York City, host Bob Boilen talks with Thor Slaughter (yes, that's his real name), music director for KWVA radio in Eugene, Ore., and Emmy Black of Bar/None Records. The three share memories of this year's appropriately titled Music Marathon and talk about some of their favorite discoveries, including the trippy, psychedelic group Ghost Pal; the country-tinged garage-rock band Turbo Fruits; and the fantastically named duo Foxygen.
Songs Featured In This Episode
Skeleton Dance
Ghost Pal
- Song: Skeleton Dance
- from Nathan Jones Is Dead
Sweet Thang
Turbo Fruits
- Song: Sweet Thang
- from Butter
Shuggie
Foxygen
- Song: Shuggie
- from We Are The 21st Century ambassadors Of Peace And Magic
Bangs
Brick + Mortar
- Song: Bangs
- from Making Moves
New June
People Get Ready
- Song: New June
Silence Of The Guns
Jinja Safari
- Song: Silence Of The Guns
- from The Key Of Sea, Vol. 2
Beast In the Sky
Brainstorm
- Song: Beast In the Sky
- from Heat Waves
Ode to Viceroy
Mac DeMarco
- Song: Ode to Viceroy
- from 2
Visitor
Hundred Waters
- Song: Visitor