A strange enthusiasm has infused this year's CMJ Music Marathon in New York, with jaded hipster poserdom in no effect. People are dancing at shows, and fun is allowed and even encouraged. We'll post more pics soon, but here's an early batch.
The crowd goes wild for Dan Deacon (he's the waldo in the middle with the big red glasses; one of his instruments was an iPod Shuffle duct-taped to a banana, and the green skull had a strobe light inside it that I'm pretty sure was quantized to the beat):
Randy Randall of No Age:
