Detroit Bands At 2007 CMJ

CMJ Music Festival is happening this week in NYC. Some of our Detroit band are playing for the Blackberry-totting industry schmucks.

The Silent Years
Wednesday @ Arlene’s Grocery

Mason Proper
Wednesday @ Fat Baby

Saturday Looks Good To Me
Wednesday @ Luna Lounge

Nikki Corvette & the Stingrays
Wednesday @ Southpaw

Miss Alex White*
Thursday @ Mercury Lounge
*well okay, technically not from The D. Nonetheless, we’re claiming this one.

The Dirtbombs*
Thursday @ Mercury Lounge AND Saturday @ Maxell’s
*well, it don’t get no more Detroit than this, does it? I will be there.

Chris Bathgate
Friday @ Cake Shop

Mason Proper
Friday @ Trash

Anathallo*
Saturday @ Knitting Factory
*Though they are technically not from Detroit, they are still in the mitten, and that’s close enough.

The Hard Lessons
Saturday @ Magnetic Field

Other bands we like (look them up on your own time): The Little Ones, The Apes (never heard them, but they’re called The Apes). U.N.K.LE., The Narrator, The Walkmen, The 1990s, O’Death (filed under totally fuckin awesome).