Another year, another CMJ. New York’s multi-venue music industry festival has had its ups and downs, but in 2014 seems to be on an upswing, with a slew of big shows to go with the millions of struggling bands at tiny places, Tuesday-to-Saturday, October 21st to 25th:
QRO recommended
97 Wyckoff Ave. (free)
Loser Cruiser
Parlor Walls
O-Face
Bruise Boob
Beiju
Retail
Happy Lives
Rick Maguire
Honduras
Bambara
Dances
Cosmonaut
Journalism
Palehound
Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St., Manhattan (free) (QRO venue review)
Never Better
2:00 PM – White Fence
3:00 PM – Wampire
4:00 PM – CYMBALS
5:00 PM – Concord America
The more psychedelic-pop White Fence (QRO photos at a festival) teamed up in 2012 with Ty Segall (QRO album review) for Hair, and now he comes to CMJ.
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway, Brooklyn (free) (QRO venue review)
Brooklyn Vegan
12:00 PM – Dilly Dally
12:45 PM – The Wytches
1:30 PM – Tweens
2:15 PM – King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
3:15 PM – Protomartyr
4:00 PM – The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
5:00 PM – Single Mothers
5:45 PM – Twin Peaks
Catch the surf-psych of Kristian Bell’s The Wytches (QRO photos at a festival).
Of course there’s a band named Twin Peaks (QRO photos in New York) – even before the recent announcement of new episodes!
Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, Manhattan (free)
Monarch Entertainment
12:30 PM – Audra Isadora
1:30 PM – Nasimiyu
2:00 PM – Bridget Barkan
2:45 PM – Tracee Owo
3:30 PM – Kawehi
4:15 PM – Legs
5:15 PM – White Prism
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Breakthru Radio
12:00 PM – Dinosaur Feathers
1:00 PM – Monomyth
2:00 PM – Dott
4:00 PM – White Reaper
5:00 PM – Literature
6:00 PM – Popstrangers
The Delancey, 169 Delancey St., Manhattan
Willow Wood
1:30 PM – Bailiff
2:30 PM – Horse Thief
3:30 PM – Future Loves Past
4:45 PM – Yassou Benedict
6:00 PM – CYMBALS
The Delancey (Rooftop), 169 Delancey St., Manhattan
Atypical Beats
1:00 PM – T0W3RS
1:45 PM – Quinn Tsan
3:15 PM – Duquette Johnston
4:00 PM – Sanders Bohlke
5:00 PM – Johnny Lewis
The Delancey Upstairs, 169 Delancey St., Manhattan
Atypical Beats
2:00 PM – NEW MYTHS
3:00 PM – Gold Lake
4:00 PM – Taymir
5:15 PM – Native America
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn (RSVP) (QRO venue review)
Dr. Martens/Culture Collide
12:00 PM – Solander
1:00 PM – Beverly
2:00 PM – PAWS
3:00 PM – PINS
4:00 PM – The Wytches
5:00 PM – Splashh
Manchester’s PINS (QRO photos) channel the Manchester of thirty years ago.
Living Room, 134 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn (official/free)
MyFreeConcert/BuzzChips
1:30 PM – Wonderbitch
2:20 PM – Wonderful Humans
3:10 PM – Fort Lean
4:00 PM – Adios Ghost
4:50 PM – Frances Cone
5:40 PM – Ages and Ages
6:30 PM – Raccoon Fighter
My Free Concert brings hipster bands like Ages and Ages (QRO photos at a festival) and Fort Lean (QRO photos at a festival) to the relocated Living Room.
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Aussie
4:00 PM – Demi Louise
4:45 PM – Tom West
5:30 PM – Caitlin Harnett
6:15 PM – Oxford & Co.
Pianos, 158 Ludlow St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Planetary Group/Dutch Impact/Eurosonic Noorderslag
12:50 PM – Future Loves Past
1:30 PM – Nothing But Thieves
2:10 PM – BAD//DREEMS
2:50 PM – The Delta Riggs
3:30 PM – Liam Bailey
4:10 PM – Go Back To The Zoo
4:50 PM – Monomyth
5:30 PM – Dune Rats
Pianos (Upstairs), 158 Ludlow St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Planetary Group/Dutch Impact/Eurosonic Noorderslag
12:30 PM – MONOKINO
1:10 PM – Eden Mulholland
1:50 PM – HUNDREDS
2:30 PM – Go Wolf
3:50 PM – Gossling
4:30 PM – Lay Low
5:10 PM – Taymir
Rock Shop, 249 4th Ave., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
3:30 PM – The Wendigo
4:10 PM – HEAVY BIRDS
4:50 PM – Hectorina
5:30 PM – Me Chinese
6:10 PM – Party Lights
6:50 PM – Room Full of Strangers
7:25 PM – ROTH BART BARON
Rockwood Stage 1, 196 Allen St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Fieldhouse
12:00 PM – Olivia Millerschin
12:45 PM – Mieka Pauley
1:30 PM – Chris Ayer
2:15 PM – The Bandoleros
3:00 PM – Caleb Hawley
3:45 PM – Chris Cubeta and The Liars Club
5:00 PM – THE YELLS
6:00 PM – The Field Effect
Rockwood Stage 2, 196 Allen St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Missing Piece Group
12:00 PM – The Collection
12:00 PM – Matthew Fowler
2:30 PM – Happyness
3:00 PM – Colony House
5:00 PM – Skyes
6:00 PM – Aurora
Rockwood Stage 3, 196 Allen St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Green Room Music Source/JetPack Promotions
12:00 PM – MaryLeigh Roohan
12:40 PM – Ann Klein
1:20 PM – Brett Newski
2:00 PM – Brett Harris
5:00 PM – Ron Gallo
5:00 PM – Jordan Hull
6:00 PM – Vita and the Woolf
Rough Trade NYC, 64 N 9th St., Brooklyn (official/free) (QRO venue review)
12:30 PM – Adult Jazz
1:15 PM – September Girls
2:00 PM – Pinact
2:45 PM – Oscar
3:15 PM – James (acoustic)
James (QRO spotlight on) are back! You fell in love with the group (QRO live review) thanks to wonderful 1993 single “Laid”, but they were already part of the ‘Madchester’ scene since the late eighties. The group (QRO live review) went on a hiatus as singer Tim Booth (QRO interview) did solo work, but reunited (QRO photos at a festival) behind Hey Ma, The Night Before The Morning After (QRO review), and this year’s La Petit Mort (QRO review), are now play a special acoustic performance of Mort.
Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn (unofficial)
Miscreant Records/Father-Daughter Records
2:00 PM – Vagabon
2:40 PM – Comfy
3:20 PM – Bad Cello
4:00 PM – Adult Mom
4:40 PM – Bethlehem Steel
5:20 PM – Small Wonder
6:00 PM – Flagland
6:40 PM – Nicholas Nicholas
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Rocker Stalker
12:15 PM – goodbyemotel
12:30 PM – Black Wing Halo
1:05 PM – Dan Abraham
1:40 PM – Isle of Rhodes
2:15 PM – Ménage
2:50 PM – The Grizzled Mighty
3:25 PM – The Grayces
4:00 PM – Tesla Rossa
4:35 PM – The Wans
5:10 PM – Cadaver Dogs
Starbucks, 13-25 Astor Pl., Manhattan (official/free)
2:00 PM – Kat Quinn
2:35 PM – Katie Buchanan
3:10 PM – Michael Persall
3:45 PM – Ayler Young
4:20 PM – David Pollack
4:55 PM – Bordeen
5:30 PM – Beautiful Small Machines
6:05 PM – The National parks
6:40 PM – Animal Years
Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C, Manhattan
7:00 PM – A Love Like Pi
8:00 PM – Pekky Savan
9:00 PM – Matt Romagna
9:45 PM – The Cerny Brothers
Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
M for Montreal
7:15 PM – Heat
8:00 PM – Solids
8:45 PM – Lisa LeBlanc
9:30 PM – EMAN X VLOOPER
10:15 PM – a l l i e
11:00 PM – Tei Shi
11:45 PM – Lydia Ainsworth
12:30 AM – HOMESHAKE
1:15 AM – The Posterz
2:00 AM – Vesuvio Solo
2:45 AM – The Muscadettes
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway, Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
Panache Booking
8:00 PM – HOMESHAKE
8:40 PM – Happyness
9:30 PM – Dune Rats
10:20 PM – Meatbodies
11:10 PM – Calvin Love
12:00 AM – Hunters
12:50 AM – OBN III’s
1:40 AM – Purling Hiss
The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., Manhattan
International Songwriter Round/L Rock Entertainment
5:00 PM – Hamish Anderson
5:00 PM – Emma Russack
5:00 PM – Demi Louise
5:00 PM – Sorcha Richardson
5:00 PM – Damen Samuel
5:00 PM – CLEO T.
7:00 PM – MIRA STROIKA
7:50 PM – Kings
8:40 PM – Julia Weldon
9:30 PM – Bobby McGrath & The Brothers
10:20 PM – The Young Presidents
11:10 PM – SugarBad
12:00 AM – BAAM!
12:50 AM – Julian Rhine
1:40 AM – 1wayTKT
Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
7:00 PM – Luke Rathborne
8:00 PM – Cold Fronts
9:00 PM – Blank Range
10:00 PM – Reserved For Rondee
11:00 PM – Made Violent
The Box, 189 Chrystie St., Manhattan (RSVP)
MATTE
Elliot Moss
Seinabo Sey
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 165 Banker St., Brooklyn (free)
Insound/Kanine Records
The Vacant Lots
10:00 PM – September Girls
9:00 PM – Beverly
Flowers
Frankie Cosmos
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
Capeshok
7:15 PM – Memorial Gore
8:00 PM – Secret Colors
8:45 PM – Lace Curtains
9:30 PM – Truthers
10:15 PM – Beverly
11:00 PM – Weird Womb
11:45 PM – Blank Range
12:30 AM – Tayga Tayga
Cameo Gallery, 93 N 6th St., Brooklyn (official or RSVP) (QRO venue review)
Topshelf Records/Jukely
7:10 PM – Sorority Noise
8:00 PM – Wildhoney
8:50 PM – Field Mouse
9:50 PM – Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
10:50 PM – The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
12:00 AM – Caveman
Caveman (QRO photos at a festival) emerged out of one-half of the tricky to pigeonhole Subjects (QRO spotlight on) with last year’s similarly tough to categorize CoCo Beware (QRO review), but have settled down into an interesting haunt with last year’s self-titled follow-up (QRO review).
Carroll Place, 157 Bleecker St., Manhattan
8:00 PM – Drunken Logic
8:45 PM – Tumbleweed Company
9:30 PM – Kate Diaz
10:15 PM – The Western Den
11:00 PM – Los Rumberos de Massachusetts
11:45 PM – Amy & The Engine
12:30 AM – Smoke Season
Coco 66, 66 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn
7:00 PM – Baby Guru
8:00 PM – The Corduroy Suit
9:00 PM – Dorine Levy
10:00 PM – Pinact
11:00 PM – Longfellow
Converse Rubber Tracks, 130 Hope St., Brooklyn (RSVP)
FADER Fort
7:15 PM – SPOOKYLAND
8:00 PM – Adult Jazz
8:45 PM – George Maple
9:30 PM – TOPS
10:15 PM – Sir Michael Rocks
11:00 PM – Willow Smith
11:45 PM – special guest
Yes, that’s Willow Smith, of “Whip My Hair” and Jada Pinkett & Will Smith. So will the ‘special guest’ be getting jiggy with it to close out the FADER Fort?…
The Delancey, 169 Delancey St., Manhattan
Music From Ireland
7:00 PM – September Girls
7:50 PM – Dott
8:40 PM – The #1s
9:30 PM – Buffalo Sunn
10:20 PM – Sisters
11:10 PM – Le Galaxie
DROM, 85 Avenue A, Manhattan (QRO venue review)
Capital Agent Media
6:30 PM – Jabran
6:45 PM – Natnaiel
7:05 PM – The Post
7:40 PM – NUEX
8:15 PM – Kwame Darko
8:50 PM – Dee Goodz
9:25 PM – King Mez
11:00 PM – VHS Collection
12:00 AM – Rathborne
1:00 AM – Pompeya
Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St., Manhattan
8:00 PM – Inland Traveler
8:45 PM – iNCH.
9:30 PM – The Loom
10:15 PM – Ming City R*ckers
11:00 PM – MY FICTION
11:45 PM – Soldier’s Heart
12:30 AM – LOVE X STEREO
The Flat, 308 Hooper St., Brooklyn
7:30 PM – Pony Farm
8:15 PM – Holy Tunics
9:00 PM – Spirit Plate
9:45 PM – Norwegian Arms
10:30 PM – Shy Hunters
Fontana’s, 105 Eldrige St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
8:00 PM – Lion in the Mane
9:00 PM – The Golden Furs
11:00 PM – Chromatropic
12:00 AM – The Indobox
Friends and Lovers, 641 Classon Ave., Brooklyn
8:00 PM – Woodbine Falls
8:45 PM – Ayo Awoska
9:30 PM – Lynette Williams
10:15 PM – Aabaraki
Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
Popgun Booking
9:00 PM – Ballet School
10:00 PM – Blue Hawaii
Gramercy Theater, 127, E 23rd St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
9:00 PM – The Bright Light Social Hour
9:00 PM – The Cosby Sweater
9:00 PM – Moon Taxi
More recently on the scene is Austin’s own Bright Light Social Hour, who swept the Austin Music Awards in 2011 at SXSW (QRO recap) and have just kept on going since (QRO live review in Austin).
Grand Victory, 245 Grand St., Brooklyn
8:00 PM – THE VIOLENCE
8:45 PM – The Purslaines
9:30 PM – The Liza Colby Sound
10:15 PM – J and the 9s
The Gutter, 200 N 14th St., Brooklyn
Gimme Tinnitus/Mirror Universe Tapes
10:30 PM – Lia Mice
Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 W 34th St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
7:00 PM – Samantha Crain
7:45 PM – First Aid Kit
Sweden’s woods-y sister act First Aid Kit (QRO live review) come to CMJ (QRO photos at a festival) behind this year’s Stay Gold (QRO review), their follow-up to 2012’s The Lion’s Roar (QRO review).
Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
Taiwan Music Express
7:00 PM – Luantan Ascent
8:00 PM – A-Lin
9:00 PM – Dwagie
11:30 PM – Smoke DZA
11:30 PM – DP
11:30 PM – Joey Bada$$
11:30 PM – SD
11:30 PM – Raz Fresco
11:30 PM – Pro Era
11:30 PM – Cozz
11:30 PM – Vince Staples
The Jewel @ Skyport Marina, FDR Drive @ 23rd St., Manhattan (RSVP)
ADA
5:40 PM – Henrik B / Nabiha
6:30 PM – Zola Jesus
7:20 PM – The Juan MacLean
8:10 PM – Hanni El Khatib
9:00 PM – Danny Brown
King’s County Saloon, 1 Knickerbocker Ave., Brooklyn
9:00 PM – Wade & Sons
9:45 PM – Dances
10:30 PM – Journalism
11:15 PM – Sharkmuffin
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
The Green Room
8:00 PM – Greighwolfe
9:00 PM – Banoffee
10:00 PM – PROM
11:00 PM – Fractures
12:00 AM – SAFIA
1:00 AM – KATE BOY
Le Bain, 25 Cooper Swq., Manhattan (RSVP)
Urban Outfitters
8:00 PM – Low Fat Getting High
Left Field, 87 Ludlow St., Manhattan
8:00 PM – Duquette Johnston
9:00 PM – Great Black Waters
10:00 PM – Belle Adair
11:00 PM – Rootwords
12:00 AM – Timothy Bloom
Left Field (Downstairs), 87 Ludlow St., Manhattan
5:45 PM – Beasty
6:30 PM – Muuy Biien
7:15 PM – Advaeta
8:00 PM – Low Fat Getting High
8:45 PM – Heaven’s Gate
9:30 PM – Bambara
10:15 PM – Weird Womb
Legion, 790 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn
8:30 PM – The Black Black
9:15 PM – Sunset Guns
10:00 PM – Light Therapy
10:45 PM – pow wow!
11:30 PM – The Planes
12:15 AM – Ghost Punch
Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
Papercup Records
6:55 PM – Needle Points
7:35 PM – Gal Pals
8:15 PM – The Muscadettes
8:55 PM – Suburban Living
9:35 PM – Weekender
10:15 PM – Tennis System
10:55 PM – Little Racer
11:35 PM – BOYTOY
Living Room, 134 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn
MyFreeConcert/BuzzChips
7:20 PM – The Grizzled Mighty
8:10 PM – Tiny Eyes
9:00 PM – Young Buffalo
9:50 PM – Lily & The Parlour Tricks
10:40 PM – Teen Commandments
11:30 PM – Canon Logic
12:20 AM – Rocket & The Ghost
1:10 AM – Twin Wave
Marlin Room at Webster Hall, 125 East 11th St., Manhattan
8:00 PM – Deniro Farrar
9:00 PM – Denzel Curry
Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
Carabella/Supercrush Studios/Greenpointers.com
8:00 PM – Shark Week
8:00 PM – Heliotropes
8:00 PM – Winstons
8:00 PM – The Susans
8:00 PM – Wild Yaks
Heliotropes (QRO photos at a festival) evolved from a Craigslist ad to a full-fledged act with last year’s A Constant Sea.
Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
Paradigm
7:00 PM – Colony House
8:00 PM – Chief Scout
9:00 PM – Little May
10:00 PM – Peter Matthew Bauer
11:00 PM – Bear’s Den
12:00 AM – DMA’s
Mister H, 9 Crosby St., Manhattan (RSVP)
dF/Nylon Mag
Mothxr
Jamaican Queens
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn
7:00 PM – Toot Sweet
7:30 PM – Swaii Boys
8:00 PM – Mothers
8:30 PM – Iced Ink
9:00 PM – Goodman
9:30 PM – The Britanys
10:00 PM – Sam Davidson
10:30 PM – The Harmonica Lewinskies
11:00 PM – Big Cheese
11:30 PM – The Graveyard Kids
12:00 AM – No Shoes
12:30 AM – The Brooklyn What
Palisades, 906 Broadway, Brooklyn
8:15 PM – Curtin
9:00 PM – Andrew Cedermark
9:45 PM – Tiger Dare
10:30 PM – Christines
11:15 PM – Free Time
Passenger Bar, 229 Roebling St., Brooklyn
8:00 PM – Jon Chinn
8:50 PM – The Receiver
9:40 PM – St. Lenox
10:30 PM – The Human Hearts
11:20 PM – doug gillard
12:10 AM – WV White
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn (official/free) (QRO venue review)
8:00 PM – Setting Sun
9:00 PM – Immigrant Union
10:00 PM – Big Harp
11:00 PM – Little Radar
Pianos, 158 Ludlow St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
The Deli Mag
7:00 PM – Girlpool
7:45 PM – WALTZ
8:30 PM – Shilpa Ray
9:15 PM – LODRO
10:00 PM – MOTHXR
10:45 PM – Baby Alpaca
11:30 PM – Bo Ningen
12:20 AM – Sunflower Bean
1:10 AM – Glass Gang
2:00 AM – WOLVVEs
Catch the Japanese-born (QRO photos at an Asian festival), London-based (QRO photos at a festival) acid-punk of four-piece Bo Ningen.
Pianos (Upstairs), 158 Ludlow St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
The Deli Mag
7:00 PM – Fielded
7:45 PM – Vandana Jain
8:30 PM – altopalo
9:15 PM – Fascinator
10:00 PM – Eddi Front
10:45 PM – Bowmont
Rock Shop, 249 4th Ave., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
9:00 PM – Brett Newski
9:45 PM – War Poets
10:40 PM – Blockhouses
11:30 PM – The Figgs
Rockwood Stage 1, 196 Allen St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
7:00 PM – Matt Sucich
8:00 PM – Nova and the Experience
10:00 PM – paris_monster
11:00 PM – Kat Wright & The Indomitable Soul Band
12:00 AM – Margo Price & the Pricetags
1:00 AM – HIGHS
2:00 AM – Buggaboo
Rockwood Stage 2, 196 Allen St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Fleming Artists
6:00 PM – Aurora
6:00 PM – SKYES
7:00 PM – Baby Bee
8:00 PM – Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes
9:00 PM – Odessa
10:00 PM – Kawehi
11:00 PM – The Stationary Set
12:00 AM – Manicanparty
1:00 AM – The Suffers
Rockwood Stage 3, 196 Allen St., Manhattan (official/free) (QRO venue review)
7:00 PM – Marco Foster
8:00 PM – Elizabeth & The Catapult
10:00 PM – Jay Stolar
11:00 PM – City of the Sun
Rough Trade NYC, 64 N 9th St., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
Aquarium Drunkard
8:00 PM – Ryley Walker
8:45 PM – Modern Vices
9:30 PM – Springtime Carnivore
10:15 PM – Twin Peaks
11:00 PM – Chris Forsyth
12:00 AM – Kevin Morby
S.O.B.s, 204 Varick St., Manhattan
9:30 PM – Eddie Palmieri
The Shop, 234 Starr St., Brooklyn
Orchid Tapes
9:15 PM – Tall Juan
10:00 PM – Dumb Talk
Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn (unofficial)
Miscreant Records/Father-Daughter Records
7:20 PM – Attic Abasement
8:00 PM – Mitski
8:40 PM – Sharpless
9:20 PM – Rivergazer
10:00 PM – Bent Shapes
10:40 PM – Amanda X
11:15 PM – Girlpool
11:45 PM – Jawbreaker Reunion
12:20 AM – Leapling
1:00 AM – Running In The Fog
1:30 AM – Moon Bounce
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
Siren PR
7:00 PM – Max Jury
7:45 PM – The Foreign Resort
8:30 PM – The Rooks
9:15 PM – Nothing But Thieves
10:00 PM – The Teen Age
10:45 PM – Ron Gallo
11:30 PM – Northern American
The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 East 11th St., Manhattan (QRO venue review)
BirdDog Promo
8:30 PM – Beach Day
8:45 PM – BOYTOY
9:00 PM – Honduras
Trash Bar, 256 Grand St., Brooklyn
7:45 PM – Geronimo!
8:30 PM – Dirty Dishes
9:15 PM – Kal Marks
10:00 PM – Lost Boy ?
10:45 PM – Flagland
11:30 PM – Two Inch Astronaut
12:15 AM – Ex-Breathers
Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn (QRO venue review)
Darkness Monster
10:30 PM – The Bowery Riots
11:30 PM – Tigers and Monkeys
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn (official/free) (QRO venue review)
Distiller Promo
6:15 PM – Laura Gibson
7:00 PM – Iska Dhaaf
7:45 PM – Mainland
8:30 PM – Cheerleader
9:15 PM – Ages and Ages
10:00 PM – Nude Beach
10:45 PM – Penicillin Baby
11:30 PM – Dead Stars
Nude Beach (QRO live review) smashed into the Brooklyn scene two years ago with II (QRO review), and looks ready to smash CMJ.
United Palace Theatre, 4140 Broadway, Manhattan (QRO venue review)
8:45 PM – Foster the People
Los Angeles’ Foster the People (QRO photos at a festival) came out of nowhere in 2010 with viral hit “Pumped Up Kicks”, followed that up with the Top Ten debut Torches (QRO review). Their listener- and dancer-friendly electronic sounds (QRO photos at a festival) aren’t exactly revelatory, but are sure to set the crowd on fire (QRO live review). They come to CMJ for a big uptown show (QRO photos at a festival) behind this year’s release of Torches follow-up, Supermodel (QRO review).
Verboten, 54 N 11th St., Brooklyn
11:00 PM – tom trago
12:30 AM – Tom Trago
2:00 AM – whiteowljaguar
Wicked Willy’s, 149 Bleecker St., Manhattan
6:30 PM – Jessica Caplan
7:30 PM – Greg Oliveras
8:30 PM – Twin Marquis
9:30 PM – Evolfo
10:30 PM – Fictionist
Here’s a map of the participating venues: