NEWSLETTER from CMJ: Sign Up's Open For Student Band Contest; Grizzly Bear Mouse Around; The Chevelles Get Wicked Cool; Free Travis Sullivan's Bjorkes

WANTED: COLLEGE BANDS TO WIN $12,500 The Collegiate Nationals Music Championship is giving two acts the... (more) GREAT NORTHERN GUTTER-BOUND Great Northern have announced another US tour, this time around with Sub Pop's... (more) CHEVELLES 'ACCELERATE' WITH LITTLE STEVEN Aussie power-pop tarts the Chevelles—not to be confused with... (more) GRIZZLY BEAR TAKE ON DISNEY Brooklyn-based indie superstars Grizzly Bear have orchestrated a one-night only... (more) MY MORNING JACKET'S 'EVIL' PLANS My Morning Jacket might have to change into Rockettes-style spandex and tap shows... (more) ST. VINCENT RETURNS STATESIDE Annie Clark, the solo artist behind the St. Vincent moniker, will bring her sophisticated... (more) 'STARS' IN SIGHT FOR EL PERRO DEL MAR Gothenburg-based El Perro del Mar, otherwise known as singer-songwriter... (more) TRAVIS SULLIVAN'S BJORKESTRA Enjoy! As far as cynical cash-grabs go, the dubious cross-genre "tribute" albums that lard the big-box retailers of our great nation and prey upon the loyalties of die-hard fans deserve points for sheer ludicrous audacity. But to its credit, the mostly worthy debut of Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra is several steps above, say, lullaby versions of Metallica, bluegrass reduxes of Nickelback or "punk rock" tributes to... (more) DOWNLOAD "Hyperballad"

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