Graphics by Olivia Angst and Sergio Neves
You lucky so and so — you’ve got your hands on a CMJ badge! Congrats, now you have the pick of the litter of all the of amazing happenings the entire week (as long as you make sure to get there before the badge spots at each show are all gone, cause yes, they are finite). Or, maybe you don’t have a badge, you just have some money burning a hole in your pocket and you’re ready for some music. Whatever your situation, CMJ is the place to be. We’ve rounded up 20 of the best CMJ shows going on this year and damn, are they amazing. Between these and all the free shows going on, you’ll not sleep for the whole, entire week.
The Wild Honey Pie, Pianos, Oh La La Records, Blackbell, Cantora, @ Pianos // $10
Prettiots
Mainland
Yellerkin
Sunflower Bean
Shilpa Ray
Modern Rivals
Fort Lean
Strange Kids
In Flight Society
Go Wolf
Oh My Rockness CMJ Showcase @ Cameo Gallery (7pm) // $10
Pins
September Girls
Mannequin Pussy
Vasudeva
Amanda X
Balcony TV Presents @ Webster Hall Marlin Room (5pm) //$12
Little Daylight
Carousel
Mothxr
Tiny Victories
Vinyl Thief
Catey Shaw
Stone Cold Fox
Paperwhite
Handsome Ghost
Mainland
T Presents and Brooklyn Night Bazaar Present @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar (7pm) // $20
DIIV
Splashh
PAWS
Nuns
Beach Day
CMJ Mercury Lounge Showcase @ Mercury Lounge (8:30pm) // $10
Midnight City Rockers
Made Violent
Slothrust
BORNS
BMI and HD Radio Present @ The Knitting Factory (7:30pm) // $10
The Wans
Theif
Dreamshow
Charly Bliss
Atarah Valentine
Verite
NME & Hate Hate Records CMJ Party @ Glasslands (8pm) // $12
Bo Ningen
Public Access TV
Twin Peaks
Happyness
The Wytches
Girlpool
Panache Booking Showcase @ Knitting Factory (7:30pm) // $15
Regning Sound
White Fence
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Shonen Knife
Guy Blakeslee
Ice Balloons
Ultimate Painting
Carpark Records @ Mercury Lounge (8:30pm) // $12
Young Magic
Saint Pepsi
Popstrangers
Dog Bite
Chandos
Webster Hall & WFUV Presents @ Webster Hall (7:30pm) // $20
San Fermin
Courtney Barnett
Mikhal Paskalev
Gorilla vs Bear CMJ Showcase @ Baby’s All Right (11pm) // $10
Saint Pepsi
Lydia Ainsworth
Tei Shi
TOPS
Ellie Herring
CMJ High Road Touring Showcase @ Mercury Lounge (6:30pm) // $10
Heat
Avid Dancer
Trixie Whitley
Cheerleader
Tor Miller
Bully
Bee Caves
New Shapes CMJ Party @ Santos Party House (6pm) // $10
French-Soler
Kate Boy
Seinabo Sey
Cathedrals
Verite
Circa Waves
Aurora
Made in Heights
George Maple
Theif
Hoodlem
Twin Peaks
Zella Day
Nothing But Theives
Red Bull Sound Select @ Warsaw (8pm) //$3
Wild Club
Liam Bailey
Dnitia and Sene
Marian HIll
Buzzchips and My Free Concert Showcase @ The Living Room (1:30pm) // $5
Wonderbitch (1:30pm)
Wonderful Humans (2:20pm)
Fort Lean (3:10)
Adios Ghost (4pm)
Frances Cone (4:50pm)
Ages and Ages (5:40pm)
Raccoon Fighter (6:30pm)
The Grizzled Mighty (7:20pm)
Tiny Eyes (8:10)
Young Buffalo (9pm)
Lily and the Parlor Tricks (9:50pm)
Teen Commandments (10:45pm)
Canon Logic (11:30pm)
Rocket and the Ghost (12:20am)
Twin Wave (1:10am)
M For Montreal CMJ Party @ Arlene’s Grocery (7pm) // $10
Tei Shi
A l l I e
Vesuvio Solo
Heat
Solids
The Posterz
Homeshake
Lydia Ainsworth
Popgun Presents CMJ Party @ Glasslands (6pm) // $10
Blue Hawaii
Ballet School
Lydia Ainsworth
Paradigm Presents @ Mercury Lounge (6:30pm) // $12
Mexican Golden Girls
DMA’s
Bear’s Den
Peter Matthews Bauer
Little May
Chief Scout
Colony House
Pianos and The Deli Mag @ Pianos (7pm) // $10
Girlpool (7pm)
Waltz (7:45)
Shilpa Ray (8:30pm)
The Yum Dee Days ( 9:15pm)
Mothxr (10pm)
Baby Alpaca (10:45pm)
Bo Ningen (11:30pm)
Sunflower Bean (12:20am)
Glass Gang (1:10am)
Wolvves (2am)
Team Clermont CMJ Showcase @ Union Pool (7:30pm) // $8
Leverage Models (7:30pm)
Yonatan Gat (8:30pm)
Stranger Cat (9:30pm)
She Keeps Bees (10:30pm)
Celestial Shore (11:30pm)
