Top 20 Free Showcases of Cmj 2014

Posted on the 20 October 2014 by Thewildhoneypie @thewildhoneypie

Graphics by Olivia Angst and Sergio Neves

The best part of CMJ isn’t the festival itself, but all the free stuff that goes around it. Much like SXSW, the free gigs are what bring in the noise, and often times, the most interesting names. Some of these are official, some not — but you can bet that all of them will be awesome. Word to the wise — get to the door early on all of these shows, cause you aren’t the only one in town itching to take advantage of some badass free music.

WFUV & Squarespace Present @ Rockwook Music Hall (5pm) // RSVP

Horse Theif
Elle King
Son Little
Happyness

Communion & Squarespace Present @ Rockwood Music Hall (9:30pm) // RSVP

Monica Heldal
Little May
Fractures
Honey Wild

Mom + Pop Present Mermaid Avenue (7pm) @ Baby’s All Right // RSVP

Mikhael Paskalev
DMAs
Green Gerry
Tei Shi

Tell All Your Friends CMJ Party @ Baby’s All Right (12pm) // RSVP

Peter Matthew Band
Bo Ningen
Happyness
Money
Spires
Slothrust
Strange Names

M For Montreal CMJ Party @ Baby’s All Right (12am) // RSVP

Honey
Homeshake
Calvin Love
They Mystery Lights
O.J. Pimpson

The Syndicate Presents: Conflict of Interest Party @ Brookyln Bowl (8pm) // RVSP

Cold War Kids
Special Guest
Aurora
Chief Scout

Old Flame Records Official CMJ Showcase @ Pianos (7pm) // RSVP

Radical Dads
Dead Stars
Shark?
Lost Boy?
Lia Mice

ASCAP Presents @ The Studio Webster (8pm) // RSVP

Hoodlem (8:30pm)
Little Daylight (9:15pm)
Aurora (10pm)
Line & Circle (10:45pm)
Mosco Rosco (11:30pm)
Ballet School (12:15pm)

SESAC Presents @ The Delancey (8pm) // RSVP

Flowers (8pm)
TOPS (9pm)
Go Back to the Zoo (10pm)
Dark Waves (11pm)
Okay Kaya (12am)
Bosco (1am)

No Shame and Cameo CMJ Showcase @ Cameo Gallery (6pm) // RSVP

Walking Shapes
Mother Feather
Teen Commandments
Loveskills
Coveyor
Joseph King
Wild Pink
Desert Stars

Terror Bird Media and WNYU Radio Present @ Cake Shop NYC (5:30pm) // RSVP

Be Forest (12:30pm)
Simian Ghost (1:20pm)
Flowers (2:10pm)
Field Mouse (3pm)
ICEWATER (3:50pm)
Popstrangers (4:40pm)
Future Punx (5:30)

Flood Magazine NYC Launch Party @ Brooklyn Bowl (12am) // RSVP

Beach Fossils
Small Black
Wardell
Fiance

Communion CMJ Party @ Glasslands (8pm) // RSVP

Marian Hill
Odessa
Colony House
Gossling
Bear’s Den
Twin Peaks

Bella Union Official CMJ Showcase @ Le Possion Rouge (10pm) // RSVP

PINS (1am)
Marissa Nadler (12am)
MONEY (11pm) 
Ballet School (10pm)
Wild Nothing (DJ Set)
Simon Raymonde (DJ set)

Capture Tracks and Omnian Music Group Present @ Baby’s All Right (10pm) //RSVP

Widowspeak
Juan Waters
Dinner
Homeshake
Mega Bog
Alex Calder
Girl Tears


Topshelf Records CMJ Showcase @ Cameo Gallery (7pm) // RSVP

The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die
Emipre!Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)
Field Mouse
Whildhoney
Sorority Noise

Distiller Promo CMJ Showcase @ Union Pool (5pm) // RSVP

Sondre DJ (5pm)
Laura Gibson (6:15pm)
Iska Dhaaf (7pm)
Mainland (7:45pm)
Cheerleader (8:30pm)
Ages and Ages (9:15)
Nude Beach (10pm)
Penicillin Baby (10:45pm)
Dead Stars (11:30pm)

The Wild Honey Pie and Squarespace Present @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar (12pm) // RSVP

Little Daylight
Zella Day
Modern Rivals
Sun Club
Jack and Eliza
Yellerkin
Fort Lean
Echo Friendly
Salt Cathedral
BORNS
Neighbors
Twin Wave
Turf War
Highs

Car2go, doNYC, FreeWilliamsnburg and Cameo Present @ Cameo Gallery (7pm) // RSVP

Porcelain Raft
Dave Harrington Group
Excepter
Lydia Ainsworth
Buscabulla

Panache CMJ Hangover Day Party and Brunch @ Baby’s All Right (11am) // RSVP

White Fence
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Tiny Ruins
Juan Waters
Guy Blakeslee (The Entrance Band)
Christian Peslak (Saint Rich and Delicate Steve)