CMJ 2011: Atlas Sound @ Ace Hotel

Without getting all Almost Famousy, what I love about music is that it celebrates what is real and messy and honest. School and society are often preoccupied with perfection and having it all together (it‰’s stressful, man!) but CMJ and more specifically, Atlas...

Label Fables: Merge Records

Merge Records – “The indie label that got big and stayed small.‰” While many indie record labels strive for the “we‰’re doing our best‰” mentality (Fat Possum comes to mind), Merge seeks perfection. But does their quest for Billboard ranks and Grammys...

From the Outside: No New York

The year was 1978. Brian Eno, famed English musician/producer, was in New York assisting The Talking Heads produce and master their sophomore effort, More Songs About Buildings and Food. While there, Eno attended a four day long underground rock festival held at...

A Young Gypsy: Janis Joplin and Bobby McGee

This could be the hysteria of post-midterms, a 40% on a psychology exam and a C on a paper speaking, but sometimes I feel like I‰’m not supposed to be in college. More times than not, I am plagued with some sort of crisis where the only obvious answer to cure it...