Brooklyn Vegan — One of the CMJ shows I'll most regret missing tonight (10/23) is the "Evening with Califone: All My Friends Are Funeral Singers" It's "a multimedia event" at 92YTribeca. And actually, I don't think it's part of CMJ, and tickets... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Japandroids @ Mercury Lounge in September (more by Oren Loloi) Better late than never. A big list of stuff below...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Japandroids @ Mercury Lounge in September (more by Oren Loloi) tonight in NYC * Hip-Hop @ CMJ 2009 * The Loom @ Sycamore * The Bongos @ Maxwell's * The xx @ Apple Store Soho * Bob Weir & RatDog... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — My first drink of CMJ came around 12:30pm yesterday when I snuck over to Pianos for one of their free margaritas. Pianos was playing host to my friends The Music Sluts, and let me tell you those two are much better at coaxing free booze out of places... more info

Altsounds — *Polyvinyl Records CMJ Showcase* *10/23 Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House Doors @ 6:00 PM | Show @ 7:00 PM* Japandroids - 1:00 AM Headlights - 12:00 AM James Husband - 11:00 PM Cale Parks - 10:00 PM more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-20 Brooklyn, NY - Santos (CMJ Panache Showcase) &10-20 New York City, NY - Cake Shop (Poptarts Suck Toasted Day Party) ^10-21 New York City, NY - Pianos (Force Field PR CMJ Day Party)10-21 New York City, NY - Cake Shop (CMJ Music Marathon/Kanine R... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Shanghaiist wonders about the legacy of Astro Boy after the new 3D film is released. It's not like Astro Boy and its adaptation or its marketing carousel is a new phenomenon, or even specifically bad... But maybe it just gives... more info

Rollo & Grady — Warpaint Here’s our guide for next week’s CMJ Music Festival in New York. Look for Warpaint, Rough Francis, Electric Tickle Machine, Sin Fang Bous, Japandroids, The Megaphonic Thrift, The Very Best, Speech Debelle and The xx to generate the bigge... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Band of the WeekJapandroids. It's the kind of name which conjures up visions of Blade Runner-esque mechanical replicants doing their automaton activities under the cold glare of Tokyo streetlights.Sadly, the band in question aren't shiny... more info

Rock Sellout — I swear I am the only person who realises this. Everyone else is tagging nearly every artist in their library that isn't mainstream pop as "indie rock" or "indie pop" or "indie electronic". It's an umbrella term. Nearly everything released in the pa... more info