Music

A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 2

The shows to see on October 20

by Josh Kurp   |   Oct 20, 2010

A Concert for Every Hour of CMJ, Day 2

 

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Below is Day Two of our CMJ Guide. Click here for Day One.

12 p.m.

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(Photo courtesy of Jessica Amaya)

quiet Loudly
Spike Hill, 12:50-1:20 p.m.
Origin: Brooklyn, NY

Quirky MySpace Fact: Influenced by this Sesame Street skit

1 p.m.

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Communist Daughter
Spike Hill, 1:40-2:10 p.m.
Origin: Prescott, Wisconsin

Quirky MySpace Fact: Nary a reference to Neutral Milk Hotel…

2 p.m.

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(Photo courtesy of Melissa Johnson)

The Idle Hands
Spike Hill, 2:30-3 p.m.
Origin: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Quirky MySpace Fact: A link to The Most Fucked Up Thing I’ve Ever Seen

3 p.m.

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Madison Square Gardeners
Spike Hill, 3:20-3:50 p.m.
Origin: New York, NY

Quirky MySpace Fact: Influenced by “girls from Ohio”

4 p.m.

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Jukebox the Ghost
The Delancey, 4:45-5:15 p.m.
Origin: Philadelphia, PA

Quirky MySpace Fact: Touring with Barenaked Ladies soon

5 p.m.

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Pearl the Beard
Spike Hill, 5-5:30 p.m.
Origin: Brooklyn, NY

Quirky MySpace Fact: Band member nicknames are “Stick Bags,” “Shifter Car” and “Panda Express”

6 p.m.

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(Photo courtesy of Jesse Meyer)

American Babies
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, 6-6:30 p.m.
Origin: Philadelphia, PA

Quirky MySpace Fact: Band member “Tommy Hamilton was born on New Year’s Eve during an episode of Battlestar Galactica, that makes him a Capricorn”

7 p.m.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Bruar Falls, 7:30-8 p.m.
Origin: Detroit, MI

Quirky MySpace Fact: The NASCAR suits…(still, they’re one of the top bands to see at CMJ)

8 p.m.

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Wavves/Dirty Projectors/Phoenix
Madison Square Garden, 8 p.m.
Origin: San Diego, CA/Brooklyn, NY/Versailles, France

9 p.m.

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Frankie and the Heartstrings
Littlefield, 9-9:40 p.m.
Origin: Sunderland, U.K.

Quirky MySpace Fact: “Send an email to frankieheartstrings@gmail.com if you would like to get some music.”

1o p.m.

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Young the Giant
The Studio at Webster Hall, 10-10:45 p.m.
Origin: Newport Beach, CA

Quirky MySpace Fact: Pre-order their debut album and you’ll get a personal thank you call from the band

11 p.m.

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Marnie Stern
Santo’s House Party, 11-11:40 p.m.
Origin: New York, NY

Quirky MySpace Fact: Her blog is called Vajamming

Midnight

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Holy Ghost
Bowery Ballroom, 12-12:30 a.m.
Origin: New York, NY

Quirky MySpace Fact: Their tour has them going from NY to Texas to Florida to Germany to France to U.K. back to NY

1 a.m.

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The Drums
Santo’s House Party, 1 a.m.
Origin: Brooklyn, NY

Quirky MySpace Fact: The boys in the band are singin’, stringin’ and drummin’