CMJ 2009: Day 1 - Mon Khmer + The Naked Hearts + Sugar & Gold (Notes from the Road)
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The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival invades New York City this week. Here's the latest from PopMatters' writers on the beat.
Mon Khmer Cameo Gallery, Brooklyn A quintet of shoegazers, Mon Khmer were going somewhere in their music, but slowly. So slowly that the sometimes beautiful sounds they crafted after layering two guitars and a pedal steel guitar never materialized. The occasional coalescence of harmonies was further diminished, however, by muddled and confused vocals. But whenever the group did seem to hit its stride (pulsating tom-tom rhythms under blending, repetitive guitar lines) the transformative capabilities of…
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