So you have a badge to CMJ — aren’t you lucky! If you are anything like us, you are totally and completely overwhelmed by the extraordinary amount of great shows going on all over the city this week. In order to make your lives (and ours) a little bit easier, we sifted through all the info to give you the most interesting and promising official CMJ music showcases.
Don’t have a badge — no worries, we have a list of recommended free shows too (psst — right here)!
Live4Ever Media Official CMJ 2011 Showcase @ Brooklyn Bowl
LA Riots (DJ set)
Le Blorr
Figo
VHS or Beta (DJ set)
The Duke Spirit
Damndogs
PintShotRiot
The Minutes
Fifth Nation
1,2,3
The Dirty Grand
Boyhollow (DJ set)
Sterogum + Popgun Party @ Glasslands Gallery
Titus Andronicus
Delicate Steve
Chelsea Wolfe
Mr. Dream
Cuckoo Chaos
Hollerado
Tron (InVaderZ)
Lefse Records CMJ Showcase @ Pianos
7PM - Sun Glitters
7:45PM – Balkans
8:30PM – Sunglasses
9:15PM – A Lull
10PM – Cuckoo Chaos
10:45PM – Gauntlet Hair
11:30PM – Teen Daze
Car Park/Paw Tracks Showcase @ Public Assembly
8:20PM – Jimmy Whispers
9PM – Adventure
10PM – Young Magic
11PM – Cloud Nothings
12AM – Dent May
1AM – Class Actress
11:50PM – The Death Set
Oh My Rockness Official CMJ Show @ Cameo Gallery
6:30PM - Dive
7:30PM - Headless Horseman
8:30PM - Wise Blood
9:30PM - Zambri
10:30PM - Evan Voytas
11:30PM - Chad Valley
12:30PM - Beat Connection
Forest Family Records Showcase @ Bruar Falls
7PM — Doors
Holiday Shores
Dent May
Monster Rally
Night Manager
Long Walks On The Beach
Domino/Ribbon, Stereogum, Todd P & Software Present @ 285 Kent
1AM - Animal Collective DJs (and between sets)
12AM - John Muas
11PM - Twin Sister
10PM - OPN
9PM - Deradoorian
8PM – Doors / Domino DJs / One-hour Tito’s Handmade Vodka open bar
Origami Vinyl, Indigenous, The Echo, and Dirty Laundry TV CMJ Party @ Cake Shop
8:30PM – Tropical Popsicle
9:15PM – Races
10PM – Fidlar
10:45PM – Guards
11:30PM – Bleached
12:15AM – Weekend
1AM - Audacity
Golden Ratio & Papertrail CMJ Showcase @ Cameo Gallery
8PM – Me You Us Them
8:45PM – Doldrums
9:45PM – Fort Lean
10:45PM – The So So Glos
11:45PM – Japanther
Shout It Out Loud / Box of Milk Recordings Official Showcase @ The Delancey
8PM – Alamo Racetrack
8:45PM – Nightmare and The Cat
9:30PM – Lavalier
10:15PM – North Highlands
11:15PM – Hussle Club
12:15PM – Headless Horseman
Quite Scientific CMJ Showcase @ (le) poisson rouge
11PM – Lightning Love
11:30PM – Diego & The Dissidents (DJ set)
12AM – People Get Ready
12:45AM – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (DJ set)
1:45AM – Shout Out Out Out Out
Fat Cat CMJ Show @ Mercury Lounge
7PM – Mice Parade
7:30PM – Forest Fire
8PM – Nina Nastasia
8:30PM – Special Guest
Windish Agency CMJ Showcase @ Pianos
8PM – Little Red
9PM – Cloud Nothings
10PM – EXITMUSIC
11PM – Bikini
12AM – Casiokids
1AM – WIM
The FIXED CMJ Freakout! @ Public Assembly
Teengirl Fantasy
Still Corners
CFCF (DJ Set)
Warm Ghost
Lemonade
Chad Valley
Radio People
JDH & Dave P
SESAC CMJ Party @ Santos Party House
8:15PM – Zambri
9:15PM – The Big Sleep
10:15PM – Dead Sara
11:15PM – Scundrels
12:15AM – Headless Horseman
1:15AM – Graffiti Monsters
ReThinkPopMusic Presents @ Spike Hill
7PM – We Run
7:45PM – Little Racer
8:30PM – Emily Greene
9:15PM – Lucius
10PM – Great Elk
10:45PM – Hollis Brown
11:30PM – The Yes Way
12:15AM – Wicked Tomorrow
1AM – Fan Tan
BMI Showcase @ Arlene’s Grcoery
7:30PM – DELS
8:15PM – The Pernikoff Brothers
9PM – Young Evils
9:45PM – Ambassadors
10:30PM – Royal Teeth
11:15PM - Tesla R
High Road Touring CMJ Showcase @ Bowery Ballroom
7PM – Alabama Shakes
8PM – Marques Tollver
9PM – Lydia
10PM – Dry The River
11PM – Gross Magic
12AM - EMA
Life or Death PR CMJ Showcase @ Cake Shop
8PM – Cheeseburger
9PM – Chelsea Wolfe
10PM – Psychic Ills
11:15PM – Chrome Sparks
12AM – Wise Blood
1AM – Main Attrakionz
2AM – Trash Talk
3AM – Special Guests
MTVHive, Weird Vibes, + PopGun Official CMJ Party @ Cameo Gallery
8:30PM – Keepaway
9:30PM – Pat Jordache
10:30PM – Million Young
11:30PM – Headless Horsemen
12:30PM – Weekend
1:15AM – CFCF (DJ Set)
2AM – Beat Connection (DJ Set)
IAMSOUND Official Showcase @ The Delancey
8PM – Haim
8:45PM – Porcelain Raft
9:30PM – Bleeding Knees Club
10:20PM – Lissy Truille
11:15PM – Nikki Lane
12:15AM – Active Child
The Record Company Showcase @ Fontana’s
Ken Yates
You Won’t
Said The Whale
Moss Points North
Passwords
Friendly People
Official Windish Agency CMJ Showcase @ (le) poisson rouge
7PM – Geographer
8PM – Data Romance
9PM – Chad Valley
10PM – Wise Blood
11PM – Friends
12AM – Penguin Prison
1AM – Art vs. Science
Sub Pop/Hardly Art Showcase @ Mercury Lounge
7PM – X-Ray Eyeballs
8PM – Gem Club
9PM – Jacuzzi Boys
10PM – Memoryhouse
11PM – Still Corners
12AM – J Mascis
1AM – Dum Dum Girls
CMJ: Deli Magazine @ Pianos
7PM – Little Red
7:40PM – Mr. Dream
8:20PM – Snowmine
9PM – Forest Fire
9:40PM – Zambri
10:20PM – Ill Fits
11PM – Caveman
12AM – The Stepkids
1AM – New Moods
Surprise Attack Management Showcase @ Spike Hill
8:15PM – Seekae
8:15PM – Balkans
9:45PM – The Twees
10:30PM – Hollerado
11:30PM – Chappo
12:30PM – Chateau Marmont
1:30PM – Chad Valley
The Portland Music Foundation Official CMJ Showcase @ Sullivan Hall
7PM – The Toughcats
8PM – The Mallet Brothers Band
9PM – The Milkman’s Union
10PM – Kurt Baker
11PM – Billy Libby
12AM – Sunset Hearts
1AM - Spose
Kanine Records Official Showcase @ Cake Shop
7PM – Young Prisms
8PM – Balkans
8:40PM – Jennifer Castle
9:30PM – Zambri
10:30PM – Eternal Summers
11:20PM – Royal Baths
12:10AM – Pepper Rabbit
1AM – Blue Hawaii
2AM – X-Ray Eyeballs
3AM – Slow Animal
Hardly Art and WUSB Present Drag & Slay Pizza Party @ Death By Audio
8PM – 1AM
Black Marble
Gem Club
Colleen Green
Acid Baby Jesus
The Beets
Jacuzzi Boys
Syllable Records CMJ Showcase @ The Delancey
7:30PM – Celestial Shore
8:15PM – Pet Lions
9PM – Dream Love
9:45PM – Chains of Love
10:30PM – Holiday Shores
Flowerbooking CMJ Showcase @ Knitting Factory
8PM – A Lull
9PM - Air Waves
10PM – Tristen
11PM – U.S. Royalty
12AM – Zaza
1AM – Beat Connection
Windish Agency CMJ Show @ Mercury Lounge
7PM – Cuckoo Chaos
8PM – Electric Guest
9PM – Gauntlet Hair
10PM – High Highs
11PM – We Barbarians
12AM – Purity Ring
1AM – Small Black
2AM – Drop The Lime
Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Showcase @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
7PM – Blue Hawaii
8PM – Pepper Rabbit
9PM – Active Child
10PM – Braids
11PM – Weekend
Heart Music Group CMJ Showcase @ Pianos
7PM – Marcellus Hall
7:45PM – talkdemonic
8:30PM – Real Magic
9:15PM – Chrome Sparks
9:50PM – Cities Aviv
10:30PM – Supreme Cuts
11:10PM – North Highlands
12AM – Evan Voytas
1AM – Wise Blood
2AM – Hard Mix
Neon Gold Showcase @ Santos Party House
7PM – Fort Lean
7:30PM – Slowdance
8PM – St. Lucia
8:30PM – Is Tropical
9PM – Data Romance
9:30PM – ANR
10PM – Gordon Voidwell
10:30PM – Savoir Adore
11PM – Walk The Moon
11:30PM – French Horn Rebellion
12AM – Gotye
12:30AM – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
1AM – The Knocks
1:30AM – Special Guests
3AM – Lenno
No Pulp Music Official 2011 CMJ Showcases @ Arlene’s Grocery
7PM – The Bottom Dollars
7:45PM – Hollis Brown
8:30PM – Filligar
9:15PM – The New Limb
10PM – Skizzy Mars
11PM – Night Fevers
12AM – Shinobi Ninja
1AM – Stationary Set
2AM – BAKER
The Windish Agency CMJ 2011 Showcase @ Brooklyn Bowl
7PM – Bleeding Knees Club
8PM – Vacationer
9PM – Gotye
10PM – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
11PM – Free Energy
12AM - Givers
PopGun CMJ Party @ Cameo Gallery
8PM – Airbird (Joel Ford of Ford + Lopatin)
9PM – Gauntlet Hair
10PM – Chad Valley
11PM – Art vs. Science
12AM – Is Tropical
1AM – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
2AM – Teen Daze (DJ set)
The Deli Presents Official Showcase @ The Delancey
7PM – The Denzels
7:40PM – Starlight Girls
8:20PM – The Veda Rays
9:40PM – Ambassadors
10:20PM – The Mast
11PM – Sea of Bees
11:40PM – Yellow Ostrich
12:20AM – Monogold
1AM – Not Blood Paint
1:40AM – Emil & Friends
2:20AM – Dangermaker
Mecca Lecca Recording Co. CMJ Showcase @ Fontana’s
7PM – The Sanctuaries
7:45PM – Holas
8:30PM – Adrienne Drake
9:15PM – Ghastly City Sleep
10PM – Howth
10:45PM – Christopher Paul Stelling
11:30PM – Unicycle Loves You
12:15AM – Friend Roulette
1AM – Spanish Prisoners
Tell All Your Friends Showcase
7:30PM – Races
8:20PM – Hands
9:10PM – 1,2,3
10PM – Guards
10:50PM – White Birds
Consequence of Sound presents an October Party @ Southpaw
8PM – 2AM
Bosco Delrey
Nerves Junior
Pujol
Arms
Is Tropical
Mr Dream
The Stone Foxes
Miniature Tigers
