The 2012 edition of the CMJ Music Marathon may still be a couple of weeks off but we’ve already been excitedly penciling in our (exhausting!) show schedules and RSVP’ing to every party invitation that comes through the ol’ digital transom.
We’ve also assembled Spotify and Rdio playlists for some of our favorite Orchard artists performing at this year’s festival. Hopefully it makes some of your decisions easier.
We here present you with CMJ 2012: The Bands, The Music, The City. Happy CMJ!
It’s Friday already! Can you believe it? Whew, time flies! Especially when you had a long weekend right before, spent talking about the end of the summer under what may or may not have been the last summer sun rays… Well, August may be over, but the sun and the beach never really leave us!
How you ask? With Beach Day! In their words, “It’s a beach day baby and I am going to pick you up.” Anytime, guys! On top of that, we’ve got a Menomena premiere for you and… The Raveonettes! You’ve been waiting for it… you’ve been asking for it… and now here it is: the entire Observator album available for free streaming! Plus, if you Like Sean Hayes‘ page on Facebook, you’ll get another full album stream — all on one Friday.
You’re welcome!
Beach Day: “Beach Day” video premiere via VEVO
Beach Day available now on Kanine Records
(so many beach days!)
Menomena: “Pique” via Pitchfork
Moms out September 18 on Barsuk Records
The Raveonettes: Full album stream via Rolling Stone
Observator out September 11 on Vice Records
Sean Hayes: Full album stream via Facebook
Before We Turn To Dust out September 11 on Sean Hayes Music
Happy Friday and Happy August, Freeloaders! We can’t believe how fast the summer has flown by already. So to start August off with a bang, we have a lot of free tracks and videos for you today from Beach Day, Conveyor, Lovely Bad Things, Menahan Street Band, Matthew Dear and TESTAMENT.
Happy listening!
Beach Day: “Beach Day” via SoundCloud or YouTube
Beach Day out now on Kanine Records
Conveyor: “Woolgatherer” via SoundCloud
Conveyor out now on Paper Garden Records
Lovely Bad Things: “I Just Want You To Go Away” and “Dinosaur Song” via YouTube
New Ghost/Old Waves out now on Volcom Entertainment
Menahan Street Band: “The Crossing” via RollingStone
The Crossing out October 30th via Dunham/Daptone Records
Matthew Dear: “Her Fantasy (Poolside Remix)” via Pitchfork
Beams out August 28th via Ghostly International
TESTAMENT: “Native Blood” via YouTube
Dark Roots of Earth out now via Nuclear Blast Records
