Didn’t get enough music from the 1,000 bands that played CMJ last week? On Nov. 1 through 4, 100 more bands will be coming to 10 local venues for the Fourth Annual Hoboken Independent Music Festival.
From as far as Gainesville, Fla. to as nearby as New Brunswick, bands will be coming to the mile-square city to become part of a cooperative outside the traditional confines of the music industry and to network with other bands for gig-swapping and resource sharing.
It all begins on Wednesday with an opening party at River Street (92 River St., Hoboken) at 7 p.m. The fest will kick off with Scott Wilson’s Efendi, the exciting belly dance music, with pop songs from Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Armenia. Other shows include LSDT, El Conquistadores, Freedy Johnston, Matt Witte’s New Blood Revival, Haywood Trout, bobfields, Cropduster and Tragik. Participating venues include the Cadillac Bar, the Liquid Lounge, Lovesexy, Maxwell’s, O’Donoghues, The Planet, the Quiet Woman, River Street, the Shannon Lounge and the Whiskey Bar.
Not only will the IMF be offering great live acts, but on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., the fest is also offering an Indie Boot Camp. Hour-long seminars will take place all day at The Planet (16 Hudson St., Hoboken) with casual question-and-answer format seminars run by pro-independent music businesspeople and musicians. Musicians can learn how to get press, work with music publishers, get on the radio, book out-of-town gigs, work with an indie label and use Internet resources. A ticket for this full day seminar is $5.
Hoboken’s IMF was founded by the local band bobfields’ lead singer Doug Forbes.
“I wanted to help independent musicians help themselves,” said Forbes. “There’s always been disparity between the music business and musicians, because they don’t work together. This festival and the seminars equip the bands with knowledge to do something about it, so they can stop pointing the finger and learn that they have the power to make noise themselves. These are bands and musicians who don’t have big labels and music machines behind them, so we put them all together to get free resources from well-know talented music professionals while they get to see other bands play. Basically, it’s one week to celebrate the indie spirit and for the bands to connect.”
What’s the best part of IMF? The price. Forget about spending nearly $500 for a necklace with a few plastic CMJ cards. Tickets are only $10 for an all-access IMF pass for one night, and $20 for a festival pass, which allows its holders full access to all IMF events for the entire festival. All ticket purchases include free admission to Indie Boot Camp.
Tickets are available at Tunes in Hoboken, located at 315 Washington St., or with a credit card by phone by calling (732) 660-0840. For more IMF information, got to www.independetmusicfestival.com.
Cadillac Bar
38 Newark St.
659-0223
Wednesday, Nov. 1
9 p.m.: Mr. Chu
10 p.m.: SlackSeason
11 p.m.: Jel
12 a.m.: Haywood Trout
1 a.m.: LSDT
Liquid Lounge
251 10th St.
420-7989
Wednesday, Nov. 1
9 p.m.: Brian Fitzpatrick
10 p.m.: Jessica Schoenberg
11 p.m.: Scott E. Moore
12 a.m.: Robert Reilly
Thursday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: Pole Position
10 p.m.: Sound of Monday
11 p.m.: Neto
12 a.m.: Billy
Friday, Nov. 3
9 p.m.: Amy Speace
10 p.m.: Mimi Cross
11 p.m.: Jenny Bruce
12 a.m.: Lemon Peeler
1 a.m.: Burn Witch Burn
Saturday, Nov. 4
9 p.m.: Swimmies
10 p.m.: Wahoo Moment
11 p.m.: Nimbus
12 a.m.: Butterfly Joe
1 a.m.: Highwaters
Lovesexy
104 Hudson St.
656-1136
Friday, Nov. 3
9 p.m.: Casanovacane
1 0 p.m.: Highspeed Chase
11 p.m.: Walker
12 a.m.: Spanker
1 a.m.: The Highwaters
Saturday, Nov. 4
9 p.m.: Supergenius
10 p.m.: Tragik
11 p.m.: Superthrive
12 a.m.: Horsy
Maxwell’s
1039 Washington St.
798-4064
Thursday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: Liquid Carousel
10 p.m.: Sound of Reverse
11 p.m.: Elemae
12 a.m.: Milwaukees
Friday, Nov. 3
10 p.m.: Violet Truth
11 p.m.: Freedy Johnston
Saturday, Nov. 4
9 p.m.: Land Speed Record
10 p.m.: Ivet
11 p.m.: Scott Farkus Affair
12 a.m.: American Standard
1 a.m.: Dira
O’Donoghues
205 First St.
798-7711
Wednesday, Nov. 1
10 p.m.: Nipple
11 p.m.: Union Spirit
12 a.m.: The Makeout Party
Thursday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: Icarus
10 p.m.: North Sea Story
11 p.m.: Pillow
12 a.m.: Pilot to Gunner
1 a.m.: Aviso Hara
The Planet
16 Hudson St.
653-6888
Wednesday, Nov. 1
9 p.m.: On the Lam
10 p.m.: El Conquistadores
11 p.m.: 7 Minds
12 a.m.: Day 19
Thursday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: Dewey Defeated
10 p.m.: Prosolar Mechanics
11 p.m.: Lefty’s Deceiver
12 a.m.: Plug Spark Sanjay
1 a.m.: Ex Models
Quiet Woman
557 First St.
963-9122
Thursday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: Copper Dalton
10 p.m.: Luxury
11 p.m.: Imaginary Bill
12 a.m.: Darby Jones
1 a.m.: Locket
Friday, Nov. 3
9 p.m.: Anderson Council
10 p.m.: Moths
11 p.m.: Dangaru
12 a.m.: Cecil
1 a.m.: Pulaski
River Street
92 River St.
656-6900
Wednesday, Nov. 1
7 p.m.: 7 Efendi (Opening Party)
9 p.m.: Brown
10 p.m.: PI Crew
Thursday, Nov. 2
10 p.m.: Mike Control
11 p.m.: Offbeat Minds
12 p.m.: Little T & One Track Mike
Shannon Lounge
106 First St.
Wednesday, Nov. 1
9 p.m.: The Cucumbers
10 p.m.: Tris McCall
11 p.m.: The Davenports
Thursday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: The Negatones
10 p.m.: You Were Spiraling
11 p.m.: Lilo
Friday, Nov. 3
9 p.m.: American Boyfriend
10 p.m.: 383 Stroker
11 p.m.: The Jellybricks
12 p.m.: Bastards of Melody
Saturday, Nov. 4
9 p.m.: Naked Sams
10 p.m.: 360 Loose
11 p.m.: bobfields
12 p.m.: Teenbeaters
Whiskey Bar
125 Washington St.
963-3400
Friday, Nov. 2
9 p.m.: Nicole Mckenna
10 p.m.: Cropduster
11 p.m.: Awake Asleep
12 a.m.: Matt Witte’s New Blood Revival