CMJ only seems like a drag if a) you’re in a band that’s playing 3+ shows; b) you don’t know how to navigate the madness

In this latest Friday First, we’re re-visiting some old friends; old friends from the future, that is (whoa, how meta)

A Parquet Courts frontman fills up a DIY spot in Ridgewood.

CMJ festival is the music lover’s mid-fall holiday

Yes, we know it’s really hot out there–and oddly windy on certain recent nights! But, think back to the winter when we thought we would never sweat again

Remember that “tornado” threat a couple weeks back? Around these parts, the only tornado we witnessed touched ground inside Music Hall of Williamsburg on the night of October 2