During CMJ week, Bryan Jay and I camped out at the Gothamist House for a 4-day live broadcast. After seeing the lineups that Gothamist hosted during CMJ 2006, it was a no-brainer for us to get involved in the event this year. We want to send a round of thanks to all of the musicians who played, Jen Carlson @ Gothamist for getting us involved, and the staff of White Rabbit who made the week a lot of fun.

We took over White Rabbit from Wednesday-Saturday and had an incredible lineup of bands and artists take the stage. White Rabbit is not typically a music venue, so a small stage had to be setup each day and all of the bands had to either strip down their sets or get creative to make things fit. More often than not, it felt like watching a band play in your best friend’s living room and there was a great vibe throughout the week.

This is the first in a series of podcasts I am putting together to spotlight the performances from each day. It is worth noting that this was quite a guerilla broadcast — Bryan Jay tapped into the bar’s somewhat spotty internet access and streamed directly from a laptop. I have picked the best recordings from each day, but we do not have high quality audio for each and every performance of the week. In fact, it was a little heartbreaking to find certain songs that I was DYING to use in the podcasts that had various technical glithces and snafus rendering them unusable! We still got a lot of great tracks and I hope that you’ll enjoy listening to them.

GOTHAMIST HOUSE @ CMJ 2007 — Wednesday, October 17th

Peasant “The Wind”
Sparrow House “Way To Leave”
O’Death “Only Daughter”, “Down To Best”
The Forms “Alpha”, “Bones”, “Knowledge In Hand”
Cut Off Your Hands “Expectations”, “You & I”

Stream the episode here in your browser


Or download the entire episode here
CMJ 2007 Recap #1

Lots more to follow, so keep an eye here on The Futurist…..

In my haste and excitement earlier this week, I decided it might be good to post the photos from our CMJ experience last week and leave out the Wednesday shots. My apologies, but here they are, in all their glory…. :)

To view the photos at your own speed, check em out on Flickr…..

More great photos from last week at CMJ this morning. Among the bands captured in this set, Jukebox The Ghost, The Mugs, White Denim, Illinois and more.

Get ready for a barrage of CMJ related content here on The Futurist over the course of the next week or so. First up is just some of the excellent photos Bryan and Shivvy snapped during their week at the Gothamist house. Check out the slideshow for the first day below. Or if you would prefer, head over to Flickr to view em at your own speed.