Photo by Faith-Ann Young
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We know you’ve all been planning your TX days and nights without worrying about the Levi’s®/FADER Fort, because you already knew that it’s all day, every day from Wednesday, March 18 through Saturday, March 21. And we know you already had planned to be there regardless, you were just waiting to hear where it is and who would be there. Well, now you know.
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Words by Will Suter
Photos by Maia Stern

Cantora Records helped throw a party at the Bowery Ballroom last night. What was the second Guilty By Association Vol. 2 release party also served as the 3rd installment in a series showcasing bands on Cantora. Having built a solid reputation for putting out singles and EPs from bands like Violens, MGMT, Rumspringa, and promoting bro-bands outside of their label just for the hell of it, last night was a showcase for their banner act Francis And The Lights and the release of his new single.
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Back in October of last year, we proclaimed Francis, of Francis And The Lights, one of our favorite CMJ shows of the entire Marathon. A skinny white guy who dances like Michael Jackson and sounds like a mix between Prince and Phil Collins, the emotion and moves that Francis exude on stage will only take this cat to bigger ones, even if the band behind him remains nameless (”The Lights” refer to the lights on stage, not the band). Since Francis (and his band) will be playing Bowery Ballroom tonight as part of the Guilty By Association Vol. 2 show — a record he appears on — as well as celebrating a newly release 7″ single on Cantora Records, we thought we’d offer up his newest single “LIME” for you to check out.
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