1. Chromeo (Reviews/Concert Reviews)
Author : Brandon Douglas Chromeo's performance at Los Angeles' L.A. Live sparked News
Year's Eve to an electrifying start.
3. Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven (Reviews/Concert Reviews)
Author : Ted Chase Interwoven, iconic acts Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker took to the road, together.
5. cars & trains : the roots, the leaves (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Mike Gutierrez It's enough to say that
cars & trains has produced good work in the roots, the leaves.
6. Caspian : Tertia (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Mike Gutierrez Three albums in, Caspian is putting together tremendously
accomplished and ambitious music.
8. Cracker (Features/Spotlight On)
Author : QRO
QRO's spotlight falls on the ironic alt-country of Cracker, after touring for the troops in Iraq (!) and with brethren Camper Van Beethoven.
9. Caspian (Interviews/Interviews)
Author : Mike Gutierrez When Boston’s Caspian hit Stuttgart in Germany as part of their European tour, they sat down to talk to QRO.
Going in, CMJ 2009 looked like a weak year, thanks to the weak economy providing a weak line-up of weak showcases & weak bands with weak schwag. But that let one focus on what there that was good, stop grading on a CMJ curve, and catch some things you might have otherwise missed, to make for a more accomplished CMJ: