Its way more fun in a Group

nycmagnet — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:12:15 +0000

“Feel Good Lost” was released in 2001 as Broken Social Scene‘s debut album. The instrumental album suits its name perfectly as it does make you feel good getting lost in the tunes. There was one problem with this, when it came time to play it live it was difficult to create an interesting show with the instrumentals.

The band pulled together some of their Toronto friends from the Indie music scene to create a more bangin live performance. The collaberative line-up included Leslie Feist, Amy Milan, from the Stars, and James Shaw, from Metric(to name a few.) The creative group came back to work on Broken Social Scene‘s second album “You Forgot It In People”, adding lyrics to their already groovy sound.

Lesson: Sometimes it takes 14 people to get the sound you are looking for. Broken Social Scene is rockin out on tour this season and you can see them at The Brooklyn Masonic Temple on October 24th, 2008

CMJ 2008 Music Marathon

nycmagnet — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:21 +0000

The CMJ Network provides music fans, musicians, and professionals an up to date “discovery service” as they call it. CMJ hosts the longest running event of its kind, the Music Marathon is going on its 28th year in business. The Marathon brings over 1000+ artists to over 50 venues throughout the city drawing more than 100,000 listeners, other artists, and music pros to the shows. Magnet has come up with a hot 15 list for your viewing pleasure, but please check out the extensive list for more. CMJ has not posted a schedule so dates/venues are tentative.

Music Mararthon hits New York City March 21st-25th

Annuals @ Webster Hall Oct 25th

An Horse @ 205 club Oct 22nd

Broken Social Scene @ Masonic Temple (Brooklyn) Oct 24th

Cloud Cult (Acoustic) @ Knitting Factory Oct 21st

Cloud 9

Crystal Castles @ Webster Hall Oct 23rd

Deerhoof @ Spiegelworld Oct 22nd

The Dears @ Hiro Ballroom Oct 23rd

Emilie Simon @ The Cutting Room Oct 22nd

The Jealous Girlfriends @ The Studio in Webster Hall Oct 22nd

Lykke Li @ The Bowery Ballroom Oct 21st