October 28, 2009 · 6:08 PM

Jam of the Day – CMJ Wrap Up Video #3

Montreal four-piece Beast put on a really energetic and tight live show at The Studio at Webster Hall last Friday night. As the first band playing the AM Only Showcase that night, not many people were there for their show, but this didn’t stop them from going hard with their particular Portishead-meets-Rage-Against-the-Machine stylings. Plus, dude has a keyboard on his bass! Here’s a video of their last song of the night, “Out of Control,” from their 2008 self-titled release.

Beast – Out of Control (live):

-Drew

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October 27, 2009 · 8:00 PM

Jam of the Day – CMJ Wrap Up Video #2

Here’s another video from the Levi’s/Fader Fort CMJ Showcase at the Ace Hotel’s Liberty Hall, with Pill rocking Junior MAFIA’s “Get Money” and then throwing some dollar bills in the air during the a cappella outro. Was that like $12?

Pill – Get Money (Junior MAFIA Brooklyn tribute live):

-Drew

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October 26, 2009 · 11:01 PM

Jam of the Day – CMJ Wrap Up Video #1

We were lucky over the last week to catch a lot of great shows while CMJ was in town. Here is a highlight brought to you from our EV2BK Youtube channel. We caught a killer set from Florence and the Machine at the Fader show at Liberty Hall at the Ace Hotel. This stripped-down version of “The Drumming Song” was so captivating that I almost liked it more than the recorded version.

Florence and The Machine – Drumming Song:

-Melissat

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October 23, 2009 · 5:06 PM

ev2bk Tutorials – How to Chug a Beer Onstage

For those of you out there in young bands, here’s a lesson from Val Loper of Bear Hands on how to chug a beer onstage and still be on point with your bass line entrance:

Check out the whole clip for “High Society” on the EV2BK.com YouTube channel.

-Drew

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October 23, 2009 · 4:58 PM

Jam of the Day – Get Out There and Dance with Somebody

There are still tons of shows left this weekend as part of CMJ, so go check out some new bands and dance with somebody! Here’s some inspiration.

Shout out to my boy Burke for getting this song in my head this morning.

Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody:

If you want to hang out with us tonight, come check out Beast and Red Wire Black Wire for the AM Only Showcase at The Studio at Webster Hall! RWBW just got back from being on tour and are celebrating the release of their great new record Robots & Roses, out now on Tough Customer Records, so it should be a fun time.

Or hit up the Cantora Records show at Bowery Electric around the corner, where we’ll be catching a set from Bear Hands later on.

Have a great weekend everybody!

-Drew

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October 20, 2009 · 6:38 PM

Jam of the Day – Welcome CMJ

The CMJ 2009 Music Marathon & Film Festival starts today in NYC. Since we are going to be all over the city covering the best of CMJ this week, the JOTD feature will be on a brief pause, resuming next week. In lieu of the full JOTD, here is a song from one of the bands I am most excited to see this week, who we wrote about back in early September, The xx.

The xx – Basic Space:

-Melissa

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