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Hey Kids, Got a guitar? We bet you do. Well, Gothamist wanted to give you a nice big heads up on the CMJ Battle of the Bands. CMJ looks For Brooklyn's Best on June 5 at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza presenting the Five-Borough Battle of the Bands. Ten music groups of any genre will be chosen to perform live. Five judges, including Adam Shore (Vice Records) and Danny Simmons (Def Poetry) will choose one Grand......

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Gothamist has retained its passes for the upcoming CMJ Music Marathon and is a bit overwhelmed by the schedule. Shows, lectures, panels and events we want to attend + time in the day is not equalling out very well, but we're going to load up on caffeine and do our best to attend and cover it all. Space-Time Continuum be damned, we'll be everywhere at once. Some highlights for us are going to be.........

We can't wait until tomorrow night when good friends Graham, Eric, and Sam perform as Arctic Square at the Luna Lounge as part of the CMJ Music Marathon. What's their sound? Well, besides being rocking out with some really beautiful music, have a listen yourself as their new EP, This is Proved Mathematically, is on their site for download. We're partial to the song, "Igloo." Arctic Square will play at Luna Lounge, Thursday, 1AM, following......