I remember the first Barbie I decapitated.  It was much more difficult to re-capitate her than I expected, but the whole experience made me feel delightfully bad.  My sister and I gave our Barbies jagged haircuts, tattoos, and designed outfits for them out of Spider-Man Band-Aids.  I’m sure we weren’t

This Saturday, October 24th CMJ is partnering with NYU to offer the New York City community the chance to see the four bands that won the NYU MEISA Battle of the Bands Championship perform for FREE. . It all goes down at Crash Mansion: Hip-Hop Artist NYLE, Headbanging, stagediving Shinobi

When you walk into a place that’s playing ABBA, and you overhear one clerk asking another, ‘œCan we rent out these clown shoes?’ you know that there’s a high probability that you’re in the best store ever.  Between the florescent purple, pink and green carpet (think Hammer pants from elementary

Consider this an addendum to Kiley’s guide to this year’s CMJ Festival, because Liz Wight, aka Love Grenades, whom the LA Weekly called “scorching” and “seductive”, is making her New York debut this weekend! Download her newest Tom Tom Club-inspired track, “Genius of Fun” here, and be sure to check

As I watched a group of three vaguely-European twenty somethings wrangle their luggage and musical instruments in hardcases, I thought “Oh yeah, CMJ is this week.” They could be in town with musical instruments this week by pure coincidence, but I doubt it. This week, pretty much every show in

Madison South, whose name sounds equally at home as a reality-series title, will deliver some rock n’roll with a southern accent (and purdy hair) for all of the sub Mason-Dixon transplants and fans at the Norwood. If for nothing else, check out the ‘œdiscreet’ 4-story townhouse on 14th street that

Hey New York.  So I hear this week is going to be a little bit warmer than last.  However, since the heat hasn’t been on in my apartment for the past week, and the windows don’t even really close all the way, it was so cold I’ve had to sit