Los Angeles Loves... CMJ 2006
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Los Angeles Loves... CMJ 2006


The 2006 CMJ Music Marathon begins tonight in what we like to call the annual ass kicking of New York with a barrage of Los Angeles bands coming through town and taking names. Here's a quick night by night highlight of what is to come...

How appropriate the fest begins on Halloween since there are lineups so good on this night it's scary. Heavens, the newish project from Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba and F-Minus's Josiah Steinbrick, headlines over at Sine-e with Ima Robot (new album Monument to Masses out now) and Mickey Avalon (new self-titled album out next week on MySpace Records). Meanwhile, the lovely Amy Cooper showcases over at BLVD with The Skies of America (new album Shine out now) and Two Loons For Tea who are not from Los Angeles but deserve some attention because they're good and their upcoming album Nine Lucid Dreams was recorded partly at The Boat. Over at the Living Room, the Hotel Cafe Tour rolls through town with Joshua Radin, Cary Brothers, Meiko, Joe Purdy, and others in tow. Finally, over at Pianos, Irving headlines with Monsters Are Waiting and Run Run Run. Yeah, crazy... and that's just night one.

Night dos sees the almight Cold War Kids and The Bird and the Bee with others at the Bowery Ballroom.

Stones Throw's Chrome Children Tour hits BB King's on Thursday with Peanut Butter Wolf, J Rocc, Madlib, Aloe Blacc and the rest of the crew celebrating ten years of doing real hip-hop. Also that evening, Silversun Pickups perform at Pianos with Darker My Love, La Rocca, and Peter Walker; Earlimart and Lavender Diamond showcase at Northsix; and Kennedy and Le Meu Le Purr perform at Crash Mansion. Also must not forget the afternoon one-offs with SSPU at Puma and Tom Brosseau with The Spores at the Lincoln Center day stage.

Winding down the week, The Starlite Desperation, Die Princess Die, and Anavan making mincemeat of the Lit Lounge on Friday while The Watson Twins and Shooter Jennings perform at Irving Plaza on 11/4.

Other local bands worth checking out but not on "L.A."-centric lineups are Listing Ship (10/31), The Spores (11/1), Hello Stranger (11/1), Gliss (11/1), Tom Brosseau (11/1), Ferraby Lionheart (11/1), The Elected (11/2), Icebird (11/2), Sean Na Na (11/2), The Little Ones (11/3), The Broken West (11/3), The Airborne Toxic Event (11/3), Eleni Mandell (11/3), Annie Stela (11/3), Motorcycle Boy (11/4), Saul Williams (11/4), The Willowz (11/4), Dmonstrations (11/4), The Tyde (11/4).

Amy Cooper - "Tonight We Fly" (MP3)
Anavan - "Eel Air Camera" (MP3)
Cold War Kids - "In Harmony in Silver" (MP3)
Darker My Love - "What's A Man's Paris" (MP3)
Ferraby Lionheart - "Tickets to Crickets" (MP3)
Gliss - "Blue Sky" (MP3)
Lavender Diamond - "You Broke My Heart" (MP3)
Listing Ship - "Ichabod Crane" (MP3)
Monsters Are Waiting - "Nobody" (MP3)
Tom Brosseau - "Empty Houses Are Loneley" (MP3)
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