Well, that was a sure way to wake up the neighborhood! Kicking off KEXP's 2013 CMJ broadcast was New York's own Bear Ceuse, a band whose pounding drums, searing guitars, and loud, belted vocals definitely woke up the group of caffeinated New Yorkers who gathered at Judson Memorial Church for their morning session. Their guitarist/vocalist Adam Horne showed up wearing a Guided By Voices t-shirt, which was pretty perfect since the band's debut album Don Domestique, out now on Medical Records, calls to mind the '90s heyday of indie rock. And the band treated us to a brand new, unreleased single "Zombies," just in time for Halloween.
With a sound as sunny as their hometown of Brisbane, Australia, Cub Sport shone on stage from our CMJ broadcast this morning.
KEXP's broadcast during the 2013 CMJ Music Marathon kicks off today. Today through Friday, October 18t, from 9AM to 5PM Seattle time, you'll hear performances from Eleanor Friedberger, The Helio Sequence, HAERTS, The Dismemberment Plan and many others, live from Judson Memorial Church.
No one knew it at the time, but Saturday would be the end of Austin City Limits 2013. Rain had been threatening all weekend, and around 9:45 p.m., it finally showed up, and as of Sunday morning, it hasn't left. That being said, Saturday would have been a hard day to top. The weather was (mostly) wa…
