Rejoice in that the date to pay your taxes has been pushed to Monday, and have a night on the town this weekend. Or, if you’ve already filed, be glad that you won’t be scrambling for your tax forms this weekend. Or, if you were lucky to receive a refund – maybe front your friends a round this weekend? Maybe? However you spend the time, consider framing it with a bass line beneath your feet and a melodic swirl past your eardrums. Check out our picks below:

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With the CMJ Music Festival taking over New York and President Barack Obama’s visit taking over Los Angeles – and likely the star-treatment networks in between – it is only natural to desire some semblance of order over this weekend as far as your tastes are concerned. Let’s go for some remixing, some dreamy pop, and some seriously not-so-serious punk rock. Our pick to your ears!

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Female-driven punk rock? Check. A Los Angeles-based music an arts festival? Double check (two whole days, no less). Androgynous electro-ambient-rock? Check. And, of course, an across-the-nation sensibility? Triple-check. We live to keep your bases covered, but as always, feel free to tell us what big act we may be missing out on. Check out our picks for this coming weekend below:

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It’s finally here! It’s the week of CMJ Festival 2009 in NYC and it all starts tomorrow. The Big Apple will literally be bursting with more noise than usual from October 20 and through October 24. If you’re going to be in the area, make sure you do your last minute registration. You have until 6:00pm tomorrow.

After that, passes will be available onsite at the Judson Memorial Church which is located at 55 Washington Square South, between Thompson and Sullivan Streets.

Also, we assume you’re planning a schedule before you go. (It gets crazy!) So check out our top pick of LA bands who will be playing CMJ this week. We’ve got dates, locations, and times for you below!

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It’s that time again! We need you to vote for your favorite BeatCrave Fav for the month of September!

Each week we put up a poll of our favorite bands and let you vote. Our four top bands ready to go head to head for a chance to win our best of the month spot are…

The quirky and punk darlings, Eagle and Talon (listen here), the expansive rockers, Aushua (listen here), the eclectic one man show, So Many Wizards (listen here), and the charming and alternative rockers, Saint Motel (listen here).

Don’t forget that the winner of this poll will receive a feature at the end of the month! Be sure to vote below…

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We’ve picked out favorite artists of the week. Now it’s your turn to pick yours!

Is your favorite the astral-projecting sounds of Brooklyn band, ZAZA (listen here)? Is it the eclectic edge of Nima Kazerouni’s solo project, So Many Wizards (listen here)? Or do you prefer the non-lyrical electronica rock duo, Ratatat (listen here)?

The number one voted artist will be eligible for our BeatCrave Fav of the Month feature! So support your favorite band and vote for them in our BeatCrave Fav Poll!

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So Many Wizards is a solo project brought to listeners out of the Long Beach, California area, courtesy of  Nima Kazerouni. The music in itself is very involved and moves along a wide range of – emotion? tempo? orchestrations? – something intriguing enough to wonder what’s in the figurative water. We’re tasting an essence of Brit rock, folk, and pop rock with an eclectic edge.

Los Angeles audiences have been exposed to Kazerouni’s homegrown, relatable style for some time. Whether live on in studio, his vocals can switch from subdued to powerful and back so quickly, quite like the keys and guitar he uses in accompaniment. His real talent, however, is working a sound different enough to keep the listener involved.

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