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Heading out to NYC for CMJ 2015? Well aren’t you lucky – we’ll be there too, catching as many shows as we can, and of course hosting alongside the good folk of BBC Introducing at our joint Rough Trade showcase on Thursday 15th October.

We’re thrilled to contribute funding towards The Jacques, Georgia and The Big Moon for the PRS for Music Foundation and BBC Introducing showcase – alongside the newly announced Vaults (replacing Pretty Vicious) and Clean Cut Kid – it promises to be one of the most exciting shows of the schedule. Now obviously the CMJ line-up is packed with options, and we can’t list them all (you can check out their site here though), but as well as our BBC partnership we are of course extremely pleased to have funded another five artists for CMJ 2015. You can read all about Arrows Of Love, Hooton Tennis Club, Jake Isaac, Outfit and YAK on their grantee profiles, and we caught up with them briefly for some extra info, as well as a couple of track suggestions each for the playlist below. Make sure you follow us on Twitter @prsfoundation, and be aware that we’ve tentatively handed over our Instagram to the Hooton boys, keep an eye on what they’re up to here!

YAK

• Essential items for the long haul flight?  Headphones. A Jumper. An E-cigarette. Petty cash.
• Which bands / artists are you going to try and see play whilst at CMJ?  Protomartyr. Wall.
• Favourite New York artist / band of all time?  Velvet Underground. Suicide. Moon Dog.
• Best place to end the night in NYC?  JFK airport…

Oli from the band also contributed the following two tracks to the CMJ Spotify playlist: Love and Happiness – Al Green and Inside/Outside by The Dream Syndicate.

The Jacques:

• What are your essential items for the long haul flight? A comfy pillow!
• Which bands / artists are you going to try and see play whilst at CMJ? We’re really looking forward to seeing Georgia live.
• Favourite New York artist / band of all time? Blondie, of course!
• Best place to end the night in NYC? This will be our first time so we’re going to guess it’s Brooklyn!

The guys also chose the following tracks: Elliot: Chips by Azealia Banks, Fin: Mersey Paradise by The Stone Roses, Oli: Dead Fox by Courtney Barnett and Jake: Quicksand by Bowie.

The Big Moon:

• What are your essential items for the long haul flight? Celia: Last time I went to New York I listened to Desire Lines by Deerhunter on repeat and read a crappy book. So this time I will do the same but with a better book. I also flew Kuwait Airlines and they had the most delicious in flight food so I also recommend that!
• Which bands / artists are you going to try and see play whilst at CMJ?  YAK!! Definitely. And Oscar. And Shopping! And I’m really excited about stumbling across my new favourite band in a grungy dive bar in the Lower East Side. Though I may be too drunk to remember them.
• Favourite New York artist / band of all time? Talking Heads. Born Under Punches is my ringtone. That sounded cooler in my head.
• Best place to end the night in NYC? Kiss My Slice, just below Canal ST.  99 cents a slice. Mmmmmmmmm.

Tracks: Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye and Just What I Needed by Cars.

Jake Isaac:

• What are your essential items for the long haul flight? Headphones and a good book.
• Which bands / artists are you going to try and see play whilst at CMJ?  Sykes!
• Favourite New York artist / band of all time? Notorious B.I.G.
• Best place to end the night in NYC? The Bowery Hotel bar.

Outfit:

• Which bands / artists are you going to try and see play whilst at CMJ? Our friends from Liverpool Stealing Sheep are playing, we’ll definitely catch them at some point and you should too.
• What are your essential items for the long haul flight? Headphones, water, a willingness to watch endless shark documentaries.
• Favourite New York artist / band of all time? Talking Heads, followed by Suicide and a lot of the no-wave stuff.
• Best place to end the night in NYC? Always a rooftop.

Nick from the band also suggested the following tracks: Mac Demarco – Another One, Phoenix – The Real Thing, Laraaji – Kalimba and Kamixlo – Paleta.

Make sure you stay in touch on Twitter, Facebook and of course Instagram too, and to find out more about the artists we’ve funded take a listen to the playlist below: