The Living Room – CMJ 2014 Schedule

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My Cousin, The Emperor "makes happily gnarly music" (TimeOut NY), "stands up for all that's still right with the genre of country music" (Under The Radar), and will "make you reconsider your long-standing dismissal of country music" (The Deli Magazine). Led by Brooklyn Singer-Songwriter Jason Reischel, MCTE "explores an alt-country sound that tips its hat to the indie rock scene while still maintaining a simple twang" (WNYC). This special CMJ showcase will feature an intimate solo acoustic performance by Jason Reischel.

Elizabeth & the Catapult focus on the songwriting talents of Elizabeth Ziman, whose music makes room for pop, coffeehouse folk, and downtown jazz. In early 2014, the band released Like It Never Happened, an 11-song collection that marks the bands first since 2010s The Other Side of Zero. Ziman has also toured with Sara Bareilles, Greg Laswell, Lenka and Kishi Bashi as well as singing backgrounds for The Shins and The Waterboys and playing drums in Kishi Bashis band.

With nods to early 4AD dreampop and chiming IRS Records-era guitar rock, Line & Circle pair rhythmic urgency and emotional restlessness with melodically rich vocals reminiscent of R.E.M. and Real Estate. Their self-titled debut EP, out 10/28, was recorded live in El Sereno by Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast's "Crazy For You") and mixed in Philadelphia by Jonathan Low and Brian McTear (The National, The War On Drugs).

PLAID BRIXX was formed in early 2013 by the band's lead singer Chris Duggan, who has led bands and written music since he was ten. The band's debut EP, Chemistry, is pop with a razor's edge of rock and an aftershave of punk.

Like Peter Gabriel in a Garagethats how Fictionist describes its fourth album, a self-titled surprise romp through the bands most formative influences. Feeling liberated at the end of a contract with Atlantic Records, the Provo, UT band disappeared into area studios with producer Nate Pyfer, a 2014 Grammy nominee, for an eight-week sonic bender. The result combines Fictionists heralded art-rock sensibilities with Cat Stevens songwriting, Phoenix-style glitchy analog electronics, and CHVRCHES electro-pop architecture.

Somebodys Darling is spearheaded by lead singer Amber Farris, whose unrefined yet tender vocals belt out blistering songs that command the attention of anyone in earshot. She's oft-likened to great singers such as Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi and Erika Wennerstrom (Heartless Bastards), but theres no borrowing, and you cant really make comparisons.

Hailing from Long Island, BRAEVES creates music that seems to personify a blissful illumination, harmonizing melodies that inspire.

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The Living Room - CMJ 2014 Schedule