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 Published on October 30th 2007
Ahh, CMJ Music Marathon: The perfect opportunity for a poor college student to get school funding for a bunch of punk shows in New York City. College Music Journal’s Music Marathon 2007 was special to me for several reasons. Foremost, CMJ `07 marked my first time in New York City. Nestled up in Hostelling International, I was about two blocks from Central Park and Broadway, and a subway skip from some of the best venues in Manhattan. Furthermore, the week-long festivities would eventually take me to performances of some of my favorite bands, beginning with co-headliners Lifetime and Bouncing Souls, to Moros Eros and the Forecast, American Steel, the Falcon, and the Lawrence Arms, and an acoustic showcase of the New Amsterdams and 1/2 of Saves the Day.
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Wednesday Wednesday night I showed up in the middle of a Victory Records showcase to catch one of my favorite new post-punk acts, Moros Eros, as well as the Forecast, in the middle of a bunch of screamo and post-hardcore bands (i.e. acts like Driver Side Impact, Endwell, and Farewell to Freeway). I cannot stress enough how impressive Moros Eros is, from their songwriting abilities and implementation of absolutely crazy arrangements and chords I’ve never even seen before to their tight live show. The Forecast were good as usual, but I was still in awe following Moros Eros, who played a couple songs off their upcoming LP that sounded stellar. Set list for Moros Eros:
Friday night was the obvious highlight of CMJ: The Falcon, American Steel, and the Lawrence Arms…on a boat cruise through the East River. Yes, it is as cool as it sounds. I got some great photos of the Falcon and the Lawrence Arms (including a video of them playing “Boatless Booze Cruise"), but tragically, they are now gone forever as my camera must have fallen out of my pocket somewhere between the hostel and LaGuardia (that’s a Silver Fuji Finepix digital with Rayovac batteries, lost Oct 21st -- $80 reward, PM me on Last.fm if you found it). Midway through their set, the Falcon explained that there are four rules for covering a song: 1) It has to be at least five years old; 2) It can’t be in the same genre of music; 3) it has to be from a band that doesn’t play it anymore; and 4) Most European bands suck. From there, they ripped into Millencolin’s “Ray,” which had the whole audience singing along. I had to skip being in the audience for American Steel so I could take photos of the Statue of Liberty and all that shit on the camera that I would eventually lose…but they sounded great despite someone on deck’s comment that they “sounded exactly like [the Falcon]" [Why would you go to a show if you were born without ears? - Ed.]. The Lawrence Arms put on a great show, making the audience laugh with banter like, “Thanks for sticking around” and playing fan favorites that included two Broadways songs. Set list (probably incomplete?):
Saturday night at the Knitting Factory, post-emo was the name of the game though the distinct styles varied significantly. The Color Fred (featuring Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday) was surprisingly enjoyable despite the terrible name. The band ripped through a set of upbeat pop-punk rock á la Blackpool Lights or Ultimate Fakebook, only slowing for one mandatory boring acoustic song. The New Amsterdams followed, with a “special guest” in the form of Matt Pryor’s three-year old son Elliot on the tambourines. Though he spent most of the time entertained by the flashing blue lights on stage, Elliot was a fun addition to the show that featured the New Amsterdams playing songs from throughout their six LPs in seven years. Though I had to leave early during Saves the Day’s set, I did stay long enough to see Chris Conley’s Kurt Cobain hairstyle and hear some oldies like “Rocks Tonic Juice Magic” and a couple from their very early releases. All in all, the week of CMJ was a blast. Though there wasn’t as many punk shows as there could have been, it was a great chance to spend time in one of the world’s most cultured cities and for anyone that has the opportunity, I wholeheartedly recommend attending. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
I'm more than a little pissed that the Falcon didn't play "Ray" at the Chicago show. That would've been fantastically odd. I really can't think of a better place to see the Lawrence Arms than on a booze cruise. Nor can I think of a better band to see on a booze cruise than the Lawrence Arms. That was indeed sweet. The Lawrence Arms boat show was so much fun. Definitely an interesting way to see a band. I actually ended up going to jersey with this Indian girl from columbia. 28 dollar train tickets for a late night rollin in bed sheets, totally worth it.... Damn I hate living in Kansas...I have to miss all these great shows. one in the same. So I finally know someone on this damn site... ..are you the daily show guy?! "Ray" what millencolin song did they cover? I was at that Souls and STD show. Both were pretty, pretty, pretty good. My friend's ex went to this. I wish I was a journalism major like her so I could convince the school to send me to shit like this. man, so sick. highlights included world/inferno at COI in front of an increasingly-dwindingling room of trendy hipsters, seeing mika miko 4 times, getting my head split open by a busted fluorescent light bulb during the death set's set in a basement, the luminescent orchestrii's chanting "puttin puddin in the punim," dan deacon's countdown from 25 that became more of a chant of "wings!," the falcon at the knitting factory wearing their "not lawrence arms" shirts, and cause i've gotta drop at least one name to be cool, seeing jeff rosenstock rocking out to so many dynamos GlassPipe, you know you should have been with me seeing Coheed that Friday. Did you remember meeting someone from texas? If so, it's another punknews.org meet and greet!!! Friday's show was one of the best I've ever been to in my life. The intimate atmosphere was just incredibly...especially with the reception on those Broadways songs, I thought the fucking boat was gonna flip over. I was the guy there with the black guy CMJ was pretty good though. Better than last year's, in my opinion. I saw a teacher from my ol' high school at the boat show. That was pretty radical. who were you on the boat Friday? who were you on the boat Friday? score is for the MLIW set. They were absolutely incredible; third time seeing them and I was worried they wouldn't be as great on a larger stage like Webster, but they rocked that shit. thanks for the formatting Brian. i couldn't get the list tag working for the life of me. and yeah, I thought the comment about American Steel sounding like The Falcon was pretty hilarious, especially since it was a frat-boy type who said it. you missed some great shows. and obviously the only way to see the lawrence arms and american steel was on the boat cruise around New York harbor. |
