There are some people who believe CMJ is like any other Friday night in NYC, but they’re simply wrong. CMJ is night after night of amazing music and free parties — so many that choosing just one feels wrong. We here at The Wild Honey Pie love CMJ so much (as witnessed by our 3 parties) that we just couldn’t help but compile a list of all our favoriteevents of the week. The best part, they’re all free! We’ll see you around this week, that is, if we can choose where we’ll be.
Monday
Conflict of Interest Party Presented by Taco Bell Live Mas @ Rebel NYC (251 West 30th Street New York NY) // RSVP
7pm – 12pm
Savoir Adore
Team Spirit
Pacific Air
Hounds Below
Tuesday
Banners Presented by Cantora Records, The Wild Honey Pie, Blackbell Records, Round Hill Music & Modern Art Records @ Pianos Upstairs (158 Ludlow St) // FREE
Guards (DJ Set)
Team Spirit (12:50am)
Slam Donahue (12am)
Zulu Pearls (11:10pm)
You Won’t (10:20pm)
Murals (9:30)
Isaac Delusion (8:40pm)
Incan Abraham (7:50pm)
Spanish Prisoners (7pm)
What Blog? Party presented by Battering Room and I Rock I Roll @ Pianos (157 Ludlow St)//FREE
Dinowalrus (6:15pm)
Friend Roullette (5:30pm)
Royal Canoe (4:45pm)
A Severe Joy (4:00pm)
You Won’t (3:15pm)
Happy People (2:30pm)
Yellow Red Sparks (1:45pm)
Cult Fever (1:00pm)
CMJ Paper Garden Records Showcase @ Living Room (152 Ludlow St) // FREE
Natureboy (5pm)
Eli Mardock (4 pm)
Conveyor (3 pm)
Pree (2 pm)
The City and Horses (1 pm)
Wednesday
Pirate! Party @ Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St) // RSVP
12pm – 6pm
Conveyor
Sean Rowe
Pretty & Nice
Mean Creek
Generationals
Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes
Tell All Your Friends CMJ Showcase @ Pianos (158 Ludlow St) // FREE
Braids (Downstairs 6pm)
Team Spirit (Downstairs 5pm)
Solid Gold (Downstairs 4pm)
Jon Derosa (Downstairs 3pm)
Bowery Riots (Downstairs 2pm)
Zulu Pearls (Downstairs 1pm)
Wooden Indian Burial Ground (Upstairs 5:30pm)
Triple Hex (Upstairs 4:30pm)
Filligar (Upstairs 3:30pm)
Blackbird Blackbird (Upstairs 2:30pm)
Maus Haus (Upstairs 1:30pm)
Correatown (Upstairs 12:30pm)
NPR/WNYC Showcase @ (le) Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St) // RSVP
9pm – 1am
Flying Lotus
Death Grips
Buke and Gase
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (DJ Set)
The Noisey CMJ Show @ Santos Party House (96 Lafayette St) // RSVP
8pm
Flatbush Zombies (Upstairs)
Children of the Night (Upstairs)
Bodega Bamz (Upstairs)
Underachievers (Upstairs)
Haleek Mau (Upstairs)
The Orwells (Downstairs)
Skaters (Downstairs)
Moon King (Downstairs)
Team Spirit (Downstairs)
Thursday
The Wild Honey Pie and Lip Sync Music Present The Beehive sponsored by Beacon Audio @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) // RSVP
Night Panther (7:30pm)
The Echo Friendly (8:20pm)
Donora (9:20pm)
Devin (10pm)
High Highs (10:50pm)
Opossom (11:40pm)
Body Language (12:20am)
Old Flame Records and A Heart is a Spade @ Pianos Upstairs (157 Ludlow St) // FREE
Dinowalrus (12:15am)
Twin Tigers (11:30pm)
Mean Creek (10:45pm)
Turf War (10pm)
You Won’t (9:15pm)
Lost Boy? (8:30pm)
Your Youth (7:45pm)
Fantasy Rainbow (7pm)
CMJ The Texas Takeover Party- Rebel NYC (251 West 30th Street New York NY) // RSVP
6pm
Robert Ellis
Wild Child
The TonTons
New York City Queens
Shakey Graves
Josiah Hall
Popular Recordings CMJ Matinee @ Bowery Electric (327 Bowery) // FREE
12pm – 6pm
Savoir Adore
Ambassadors
JJAMZ
GHXST
Santah
Get People
Blessed Feathers
Friday
The Deli Mag’s Anti-Folk Stage @ Sidewalk Cafe (94 Ave A) // FREE
Kung Fu Crime Wave (7:30pm)
St. Lenox (8:20pm)
Mal Blume (9:00pm)
Bird to Prey (CD Release) (9:45pm)
Go Love (10:30pm)
Ben Pango Band (11:15pm)
Crazy & the Brains (12:00pm)
Kanine Records, The Wild Honey Pie, Etnies, Brooklyn Brewery, BreakThru Radio @ Cameo Gallery (96 N 6th St) // FREE
Chairlift (DJ Set)
Surfer Blood (DJ Set)
Baroness (DJ Set)
Xray Eyeballs (DJ Set)
Valleys (6:30pm)
Beach Day (5:30pm)
Bleeding Rainbow (4:30pm)
Eternal Summers (3:30pm)
Zambri (2:30pm)
Moon King (1:30pm)
Suburban Living (12:30pm)
CMJ/KEXP Live Broadcast Series @ CMJ Union (27 Union Sq. West) // RSVP
Line & Circle (10:30am)
Wild Nothing (12:30pm)
Kishi Bashi (2:30pm)
The Antlers (4:30pm)
Pitchfork Showcase @ Villian (50 N 3rd St) // FREE
8pm – 3am
Death Grips
DIIV
Joey Bada$$
Holy Other
Metz
Merchandise
Daughn Gibson
Hundred Waters
LE1F
Angel Haze
Saturday
Highline + Indie Darkroom @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer) // FREE
Sweet Lights (3pm)
Correatown (3:45pm)
Backlights (4:30pm)
Ralfe Band (5:15pm)
Piney Girl (6pm)
Leland Sundries (6:45pm)
We Listen for You Showcase @ Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St) // FREE
Port St. Willow (3:15pm)
ARMS (acoustic) (2:15pm)
Dylan Shearer (1:15pm)
Conveyor (acoustic) (12:15pm)
The Bowery Presents CMJ 2012 Day Party @ Pianos (157 Ludlow St) // FREE
12pm
The Orwells
Savages
Foxygen
Born Ruffians
Little Green Cars
Ava Luna
J. Thoven
San Cisco
Sky Ferreira
Opossom
Murals
Zulu Pearls
Blessed Feathers
CMJ Aussie BBQ @ The Delancey (168 Delancey St) // FREE
GOLD FIELDS (2am)
Jinja Safari (1am)
Strange Talk (12am)
Rufus (11pm)
Flume (10pm)
Winter People (9:20pm)
San Cisco (8:40pm)
High Highs (8pm)
The Oyster Murders (7:20pm)
Dancing Heals (6:40pm)
The Trouble with Templeton (Main Floor 6:25pm)
Teeth & Tongue (6pm)
Big Scary (Main Floor 5:45pm)
Skipping Girl Vinegar (5:20pm)
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders (Main Floor 5:05pm)
Lowlakes (4:40pm)
Emma Louise (Main Floor 4:25pm)
The Stanleys (4pm)
Dune Rats (Main Floor 3:45pm)
Goodbyemotel (3:20pm)
Outerwaves (3:05pm)
Satellite Sky (Main Floor 2:25pm)
The Hiding (2pm)
Capelle (1:40pm)
