Sure bushels of showcases chock full of emerging artists garner the most press coverage at CMJ, but let's not forget the real bread and butter of the conference: panels. I track new releases every week, and most of the artists that play CMJ will come through LA in the next six months. Plus, if I see them for fun at a venue here I won't have to deal with packed crowds, and juggling singing along with networking. However, it will be awhile before I get another chance to watch top industry professionals debate the finer points of this fast-paced, dynamic, competitive music business. I went to as many panels, round tables, and career counseling sessions as I could at CMJ this year, plus the entirety of the college day conference. It took up the majority of 4 days straight: conference all day, music all night. No sleep 'till Brooklyn after a red-eye Monday night. However, lucky for you, dear readers, if you missed CMJ and actually got a healthy amount of sleep the other week. ...

Just got back from CMJ, saw some awesome music, and got educated at various panels. The top 5 conference highlights will be posted shortly on this fine interweb publication, but for now, here are some of the best artists I got to see live at CMJ. Shout out to M For Montreal, Sounds Australia, The Planetary Group, My Social List, Frenchkiss Records, NPR Music, KXLU, Dead Oceans, and The Windish Agency for presenting such good sounds. Make More Noise 031: CMJ Sounds Recap by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist Drift Away - Bleeding Rainbow Fun - Dent May Baby's Wearing Blue Jeans - Mac Demarco Brooklyn Sunburn - Teen Daze In Milan - Incan Abraham The Nightcaller - Flying Lotus Apt - Happy People I Wrote A Novel - The Trouble With Templeton Pogo - Dune Rats Awkward - San Cisco Psychic Mesa - Total Slacker Caught In A Loop - Royal Canoe Too Beautiful To Work - The Luyas Why You Wanna - Poolside A New Way - Cult of Youth

New Americana, quality Mountain Stage recordings, classic country duets, and swinging good times on this edition of Down In The Valley with Mountain Momma. Cowboy boots preferable, but not required for foot-tapping, hand-clapping enjoyment. Grab your partner and dosey doe on KXSC.org Monday evenings from 7 to 8 California time. Thanks for listening, y'all! Much obliged to the University of Southern California. Down In The Valley 017 by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist Gotta Travel On - Don Parmley & Billy Strange Save It, Save It - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Jimmy Martin Down To The River - Brown Bird Cigarettes And Coffee Blues - Lefty Frizzell Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) - Bob Willis and The Texas Playboys Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb Southern Flavor - Bill Monroe Gentle On My Mind - John Hartford Lock Stock and Teardrops - k.d. lang A Kingdom - Lanterns On The Lake Lament - Mount Moriah Shirt - The Belle Brigade The Last Thing O...

Fresh off their tour opening for M83, Sun Airway kicked off a west coast tour with Portland's Pure Bathing Culture last week. Sunday they played The Satellite in Los Angeles with local opener Body Parts. Pure Bathing Culture presented some shiny, layered loops over drum machine beats with a self-possessed air that radiated laid back vibes. Correspondingly, I was rather passively enjoying myself until they closed with their single, "Ivory Coast", which dropped my jaw and blew me away. This somewhat sparse three-piece conjured up utterly lovely and lush 3-part vocal harmonies. Dear Pure Bathing Culture, more harmonies please. For the love of all that's aural, more harmonies. Pure Bathing Culture - Ivory Coast from Sean Pecknold on Vimeo . I'm going to be bold here, and say that Sun Airway are probably the best emerging band out of Philly, my home stomping grounds, right now. It was a treat to see them on the left coast playing to a small but dedicated crowd, ...

Sweet and savory new releases from Little People, Pretty Lights, and Tame Impala on this edition of Make More Noise, followed buy a couple hip hop tracks, and the some of the best artists out of Philly right now. Tune in to the city of brotherly love with Free Energy, Work Drugs, and Sun Airway. Feeling good? Feeling great? Perfect. Just like Sesame Street, Sachi Subterranean is hear to educate and entertain your eardrums. Listen live Mondays 1 to 2pm PT on KXSC.org, a service of USC. Make More Noise 030 by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist Aldgate Patterns - Little People So Bright - Pretty Lights Apocalypse Dreams - Tame Impala Sleepwalker - Moon Duo Mirror Gazer - Onuinu Dissolve Me - alt-J I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Sympathy For The Grapes Mix) - The Randy Watson Experience She Said - The Pharcyde Around My Way [Freedom Ain't Free] - Lupe Fiasco Bang Pop - Free Energy Rad Racer - Work Drugs Cover The Sky - Reading Rainbow Oh, Naoko - Sun Airway Wild...

On Tuesday I got to check out DIIV and Violens thanks to IHEARTCOMIX and KXSC . They played the Check Yo Ponytail 2 series at the Echoplex , a residency renowned for bring emerging artists to Los Angeles. The music was solid and the times were good. Check the details and review below. L.A. local bands Death Day and Cold Showers opened. The show was the official release party for Love And Regret , the new full-length from Cold Showers out on Dias Records, and their fans turned out in vocal numbers to support them. Cold Showers are a contemporary reflection of some of the better elements of '80s new wave and post-punk artists. Bass vocals murmured through a wall of reverb were sharply punctuated by simple, driving rhythms and cacophonous electro noise. Intentionally minimalistic, but imbued with a subtle energy, Cold Showers captivated the crowd. This spring I spun some tracks off True , the new album from Brooklyn based Violens on my radio show, Make More Noise , and I was re...

Featuring the top artists playing the 2012 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival , including The Head And The Heart, Buddy Miller, and Conor Oberst. If you missed the free festival held at Golden Gate State Park in San Francisco on October 5th through 7th this year, then give this edition of Down In The Valley with Mountain Momma a listen. Originally aired live October 1st, 7pm PT on KXSC.org, a service of USC. Down In The Valley 15 by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist The Pilot - The White Buffalo Stubborn Love - The Lumineers Birds of a Feather - The Civil Wars New York - The Milk Carton Kids Old Mythologies - The Barr Brothers The Banjo Song - Seasick Steve Does My Ring Burn Your Finger - Buddy Miller Nobody's Darlings - Lucero Circadian Rhythm (Live) - Son Volt Lost In My Mind - The Head And The Heart Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now - Justin Townes Earle Pretty Bird - Jenny Lewis Sausalito - Conor Oberst Sundress - Ben Kweller

From Kerouac's obsession with the state: "wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and exiled and eccentric lovers come to forgather like birds, and the land where everybody somehow looked like broken-down, handsome, decadent movie actors” to gold rush booms and the slow push west of pioneers, to the Hollywood dreams of aspiring starlets, California has captured America's fascination since the very beginning. It is both the ultimate culmination of development and the end of the world before it crashes into the rough Pacific waters, inspiring countless number of songs in both praise and critique. This edition of Make More Noise presents a few of Sachi Subterranean's favorite songs about the golden state. Listen live on Mondays from 1 to 2pm PST at KXSC.org, thanks to USC. Make More Noise 029 by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist California Sunset - Poolside Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J West Coast - Coconut Records Sleepless In Silverlake - Les Savy Fav ...

Featuring new releases from Aaron Embry, Field Report, The Abrams Brothers, and more! As well as a bushel and a heap of New Orleans sounds. This episode of Down In The Valley with Mountain Momma takes you, dear listeners, on a trip down the roads connecting folk to blues and jazz, from Guthrie to Django. Listen live on Monday evenings from 7 to 8pm PT at KXSC.org, a service of the University of Southern California. Down In The Valley 014 by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist Northern Redemption - The Abrams Brothers Now That The Night Has Come - The Lost Brothers I Will Dare (The Replacements Cover) - Bright Little Field New York Town - Woody Guthrie Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt Moon of the Daylit Sky - Aaron Embry I Am Not Waiting Anymore - Field Report Will You Be Sleeping? - David Wax Museum C.C. Rider - Lonnie Johnson Shine/Hambone - Shoeshine Boy Red White And Blue Got The Golden Band - Mardi Gras Indians Just A Little Whie...

Following trending music online, Sachi Subterranean presents a particularly quality edition of Make More Noise. Hear artists today that are sure to be talked about tomorrow, like Conner Youngblood, Halls, and The Peach Kings. Make More Noise airs live Mondays from 1 to 2pm PT on KXSC.org, thanks to USC. Make More Noise 028 by Orsosachisays on Mixcloud Playlist Take This Up - Star Slinger Heartbreak - Clubfeet Lofticries - Purity Ring Roses for the Dead - Halls Ultraista (Four Tet Remix) - Smalltalk Two Step - Bear Mountain Before The Dive - St. Lucia Happy With You - Blackbird Blackbird Something Good - alt-J A Summer Song - Conner Youngblood Thieves & Kings - The Peach Kings TAOS - Menomena Knot in My Heart - The Zolas