by Maria Gotay

This year’s College Music Journal Music Festival- aka CMJ– is a whirlwind of free booze, strobe lights, hot indie bands, blown out amps and dance parties. I crusied through the festival, mostly going to unofficial shows (BirdDog Promo’s 3 parties, Fader Fort, KCRW, Anti-CMJ House parties, etc), and wound up seeing an unexpectedly diverse array of amazing bands. After a much thinking, here are the top 10 I saw (in no particular order), including an Mp3 from each! Spoiler altert: Doldrums, Zambri, Delicate Steve…