I started buying CMJ right when I was on the cusp of discovering music beyond the boundaries of MTV and the radio. Honestly, I probably discovered more amazing stuff from their reviews, but I made a couple mixtapes of my favorite songs from the promo CDs which I guess I've listened to for two decades now. Christ, time does fly. Some of it obviously hasn't held up terribly well, but a lot of it is still very solid imo.
Here's everything I could find on YT (only 3 or 4 MIA, don't sleep on Statuesque or Mocket if you can find them!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rntb_E8-8fE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psUtO-pKEhU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXyv0cQIFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llYimm-6ZDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxgZQ-wFFJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXGolUdCFqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcollsIir80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXxMI6fVSP4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmc8WTn0TVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is83WB7Ue1Y
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
Elliott Smith - 'Rose Parade' | 6 |
Quickspace - 'Friend' | 6 |
Old 97's - 'Timebomb' | 6 |
Apples in Stereo - 'Seems So' | 5 |
Rufus Wainwright - 'April Fools' | 3 |
Takako Minekawa - 'Fantastic Cat' | 3 |
Ninian Hawick - 'Scottish Rite Temple Stomp' | 2 |
Laika - 'Prairie Dog' | 2 |
My Drug Hell - 'Girl at the Bus Stop' | 1 |
Ivy - 'The Best Thing' | 1 |
Alpha - 'Rain' | 1 |
Monk & Canatella - 'Picnics' | 1 |
Toenut - 'Test Anxiety' | 1 |
Wheat - 'Death Car' | 1 |
Mary Lou Lord - 'Lights Are Changing' | 1 |
16 Horsepower - 'For Heaven's Sake' | 1 |
Optiganally Yours - 'Mr. Wilson' | 1 |
Mundy - 'To You I Bestow' | 0 |
Statuesque - 'Ton of Feathers, Ton of Steel' | 0 |
Fantastic Plastic Machine - 'Electric Ladyland' | 0 |
Chantal Kreviazuk - 'God Made Me' | 0 |
The Promise Ring - 'Nothing Feels Good' | 0 |
Statik Sound System - 'Free to Choose' | 0 |
Illyah Kuryahkin - 'Crow' | 0 |
Five For Fighting - 'Bella's Birthday Cake' | 0 |
Sweet 75 - 'Lay Me Down' | 0 |
Jonathan Fire*Eater - 'When the Curtain Calls for You' | 0 |
Mocket - 'Should it Wait' | 0 |
Geraldine Fibbers - 'California Tuffy' | 0 |
The Nields - 'Taxi Girl' | 0 |
Lida Husik - 'Fly Stereophonic' | 0 |
MxPx - 'Move to Bremerton' | 0 |
The Notwist - 'Torture Day' | 0 |
September '67 - 'Busy Building' | 0 |
Eric Matthews - 'My Morning Parade' | 0 |
Syrup USA - 'Stardust' | 0 |
Kara's Flowers - 'Soap Disco' | 0 |
Danielson Familie - 'Smooth Death' | 0 |
Garageland - 'Fingerpops' | 0 |
― the smartest persin in the room (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 January 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link