ADVANCE: $12
DAY OF SHOW: $15
DAY OF SHOW: $15
Green Owl CMJ Showcase
Theophilus London, K'Naan & Radioclit with special guest Clipse
,
Violens
,
Grandchildren
and
Ninjasonik
w/ The Side Room Hosted by: Nat Geo Music
w/ The Side Room Hosted by: Nat Geo Music
Wed., October 21, 2009 / 11:00 PM
Audio / Video
Gallery
About This Event
Minimum Age:
21+Doors Open:
11:00 PMShow Time:
11:00 PMDescription:
We regret to inform you that Esau Mwamwaya of The Very Best ran into unfortunate travel circumstances and will be unable to make it to the States in time for CMJ this week. Please be aware, this is not Visa related. Esau has a US Visa.
Somalian MC K'naan has just been announced appear at The Green Owl showcase at (Le) Poisson Rouge, which will continue as planned.
Main stage:
Theophilus London, K'Naan & Radioclit with special guest Clipse
Violens
Grandchildren
Ninjasonik
Side room:
Hosted by Nat Geo Music (DJs TBA)
This is a general admission standing event.
This is a general admission standing event.
A limited number of CMJ badges will be honored at the door. Entry for CMJ badge holders is on a first-come, first serve-basis and is not guaranteed.
Somalian MC K'naan has just been announced appear at The Green Owl showcase at (Le) Poisson Rouge, which will continue as planned.
Main stage:
Theophilus London, K'Naan & Radioclit with special guest Clipse
Violens
Grandchildren
Ninjasonik
Side room:
Hosted by Nat Geo Music (DJs TBA)
This is a general admission standing event.
This is a general admission standing event.
A limited number of CMJ badges will be honored at the door. Entry for CMJ badge holders is on a first-come, first serve-basis and is not guaranteed.
Artists
Theophilus London, K'Naan & Radioclit with special guest Clipse
In 1999 Esau Mwamwaya moved to London, England has until recently run a second-hand furniture store in Clapton, East London.
Esau's shop was on the same street as Radioclit's old studio, and after the Radioclit boy's bought a bike from Esau they invited him to one of their house warming parties They made friends and started working on music together. Two years later and the project has gotten it's name The Very Best. An album is finished (due 2009), and a mixtape/bootleg album is being released on Nov 1st 2008, as a FREE DOWNLOAD!
Free download from RCRD LBL. Or check out the new remix at Pitchfork.
Download: The Very Best - Julia (feat. Kano)
Esau's shop was on the same street as Radioclit's old studio, and after the Radioclit boy's bought a bike from Esau they invited him to one of their house warming parties They made friends and started working on music together. Two years later and the project has gotten it's name The Very Best. An album is finished (due 2009), and a mixtape/bootleg album is being released on Nov 1st 2008, as a FREE DOWNLOAD!
Free download from RCRD LBL. Or check out the new remix at Pitchfork.
Download: The Very Best - Julia (feat. Kano)
Violens
Violens are a New York-via-Miami four-piece formed in the fall of 2007 featuring members Iddo Arad (synths/vocals), Ben Brantley (bass), Jorge Elbrecht (lead vocals/guitar) and Kris King (drums). Their music imagines a place where The Zombies & The Byrds meet Wire & The Violent Femmes, and Crass meets Angelo Badalamenti & Prefab Sprout.
Violens songs conjure descriptions of nightmares, the passing of time, speculations on spiritual messages, and accounts of psychedelic hallucinations. Even their most frenetic guitar work and aggressive rhythms are draped in a gauze of reverberant, harmonized vocals and synths which create a sense of creepy, artificial comfort. A fitting characterization, lyrically and musically, for a group whose name is a melding of the words “violence” and “violins”.
Violens songs conjure descriptions of nightmares, the passing of time, speculations on spiritual messages, and accounts of psychedelic hallucinations. Even their most frenetic guitar work and aggressive rhythms are draped in a gauze of reverberant, harmonized vocals and synths which create a sense of creepy, artificial comfort. A fitting characterization, lyrically and musically, for a group whose name is a melding of the words “violence” and “violins”.
Grandchildren
Like Tortoise and Trail of Dead, Grandchildren —in a complicated game of musical chairs—switch instruments during their set.
The resulting sound is strangely relaxing yet slightly unsettling, like the warm minute after peeing your pants on an early winter morning.
Ninjasonik
Brooklyn-based duo Ninjasonik, comprised of Reverend McFly and DJ Teenwolf, established itself in fall 2007 with "Tight Pants," a song that generated an impressive amount of blogosphere buzz as an MP3 and YouTube video. Remixes of the song, along with other similarly styled songs such as "Internet Bitch," followed, as did a series of downloadable DJ mixes. In terms of style, Ninjasonik falls somewhere between indie dance and irreverent rap, comparable to other fashionable indie electronic/rap acts like Spank Rock, Uffie, and the KnuX. The duo also established itself as a performance act, hosting dance parties at the Knitting Factory and South by Southwest, among other venues.
The Side Room Hosted by: Nat Geo Music
Modern Music from around the world.
An alternative to the mainstream, Nat Geo Music is progressive and experimental, highlighting ways in which local sounds are evolving to influence artists from different backgrounds and places.
An alternative to the mainstream, Nat Geo Music is progressive and experimental, highlighting ways in which local sounds are evolving to influence artists from different backgrounds and places.