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CMJ Goes Hip-Hop Global

Posted Thursday 10/23/2008 6:23 PM in Blender Blog by Neil Drumming

CMJ Festival holds 3rd Global Hip-Hop Throwdown. More

Blender at CMJ 08: Gringo Star Stink!

Posted Thursday 10/23/2008 3:04 PM in Blender Blog by Jon Coplon, photo by Andrzej Liguz

After a long stretch of radio promos, shows, cheap beer and more shows you can't blame the members of Atlanta's Gringo Star for smelling like they stepped out of a Staten Island landfill. More

Blender at CMJ 08: Tuesday Report

Posted Wednesday 10/22/2008 6:42 PM in Blender Blog by Conrad Doucette

Though we began our coverage of New York's CMJ Marathon with some activities that went down Monday, TUESDAY was officially the first day of the five day festival/shmoozefest. More

Blender at CMJ 08: 88 Keys and Izza Kizza Are Not Like These Fancy Rappers

Posted Wednesday 10/22/2008 6:32 PM in Blender Blog by Tyler Gray

It was almost as if Izza Kizza and 88 Keys were dropped into the most bare-bones setting available at CMJ, a no-frills Decon records showcase at Sullivan Hall in Manhattan, just to see if they could prove themselves two of the most exciting emerging artists in hip-hop More

Ice, Iceland Baby: Part Three

Posted Wednesday 10/22/2008 4:23 PM in Festivals by Rob Tannenbaum

Iceland: We’re Broke, Drunk & Violent will probably not go far with the country’s tourism bureau. But if the exploitative folks at MTV have any sense, they will start immediate production on The Real World: Reykjavik, which would set new lows for debauchery. More

Blender at CMJ 08: Gang Gang Dance a Big Big Hassle with a Great Great Payoff

Posted Wednesday 10/22/2008 1:53 PM in Blender Blog by Tyler Gray

“People! We need you to go back upstairs for 15 minutes!” barked the bouncers early Wednesday morning at the new venue The Studio at Webster Hall. More

Ice, Iceland Baby: Part Two

Posted Saturday 10/18/2008 4:52 PM in Festivals by Rob Tannenbaum

“You know what I love about this country?” a guy from Los Angeles said merrily. “Look around. You don’t see a single Ed Hardy shirt.” More

Ice, Iceland Baby

Posted Friday 10/17/2008 12:37 PM in Festivals by Rob Tannenbaum

On my flight from New York to Reykjavik's Airwaves festival, I was trying to think of how many things I knew about Iceland, aside from the recent news that the entire country has gone bankrupt. Without consulting Wikipedia, here’s what I can say with certainty... More