CMJ 2009 Preview

<div> <a href="features/features/cmj_2009_preview/"><img src="http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cmj2009preview.jpg" alt="CMJ 2009 Preview" /></a> </div> <p> It's that time of year again, New York City: CMJ!  The acts might have dipped, the venues might be...
CMJ 2009 Preview
by October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 20th Wednesday, October 21st Thursday, October 22nd Friday, October 23rd Saturday, October 24th

CMJ used to be a Bowery-only event, but like everything else in NYC indie-rock, it’s been moving out to Brooklyn more & more these days, and not just Williamsburg, but up & down both sides of the East River:

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Tuesday, October 20th 

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Freelance Whales
12:45 PM: Dinosaur Feathers (ATJ coverage, photos)
1:30 PM: Little Girls
2:15 PM: Sisters
3:00 PM: Motel Motel (spotlight on, interview, SXSW coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)
3:45 PM: Grooms (photos)
4:30 PM: Surfer Blood
5:15 PM: Holiday Shores (ATJ coverage, album review, photos)
Motel Motel6:00 PM: Small Black

Cake Shop (upstairs), 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
3:30 PM: Seth Kallen
4:30 PM: Will Stratton

Princeton’s (QRO live review) tour with Art Brut (QRO spotlight on) might have meant them cancelling their return to Cake Shop for CMJ, but you can see their singer/songwriter/manager, Seth Kallen…

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 PM: Home Video (BEMF coverage, album review, photos)
2:00 PM: T.H. White
3:00 PM: Sean Bones (album review, photos, video, video)
4:00 PM: Fanfarlo
5:00 PM: Calypso
6:00 PM: Casxio

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:30 PM: Greycoats
2:30 PM: Milagres
3:30 PM: The Love Language
4:30 PM: Keegan DeWitt
5:30 PM: Blood Warrior (ATJ coverage, photos)

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial)
4:00 PM: The Hoodies
5:00 PM: Adam Tensta

CMJ kicks off the same way every year: pick up your badge, then shuttle between Cake Shop & Piano’s, two doors from each other on Ludlow in the Bowery (but you can get some free drinks a few blocks down at the CMJ Artist’s Lounge, inside Pure Volume House).

 

Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones St. (btwn Broadway & Lafayette), New York, NY
7:00 PM: OrganicArma
8:00 PM: Franko
Care Bears On Fire9:00 PM: Little Fish
9:45 PM: 28 North
10:30 PM: Reni Lane
11:15 PM: Relief
12:00 AM: Spit Hot Fire

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C (at 7th St.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Nick Kerilo & the Coral
10:00 PM: St. Helena
11:00 PM: The Lights Out

Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St. (btwn Ludlow & Orchard), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Red/X
7:45 PM: Laura Ault
8:45 PM: The Rhodes
9:45 PM: Peephole
10:45 PM: BLACK TAXI
11:45 PM: TAB the Band

B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St. (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Pitbull

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
10:30 PM: Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars

Why are the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars playing three nights at Blue Note as part of CMJ?

Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (btwn Bowery & Chrystie), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Care Bears On Fire (photos, video, video)
8:00 PM: Black & White Years
Awesome New Republic9:00 PM: Zach Williams
10:00 PM: Stand
11:00 PM: Jukebox the Ghost

Bowery Ballroom’s first night at CMJ has seriously gone downhill…

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), New York, NY
9:00 PM: The Library
10:00 PM: Angry Vs. The Bear
11:00 PM: Awesome New Republic (BEMF coverage, photos)
12:00 AM: Logan Lynn

Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. (btwn N. 11th & 12th), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: John Biz
9:45 PM: Bustle In Your Hedge Row

Naming your band after a line from "Stairway To Heaven" is an unforgivable offense.

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Beehive
8:45 PM: Parlovr
9:30 PM: Bone Gunn
10:15 PM: The Whore Moans
11:00 PM: The Maldives
11:45 PM: Black Whales (album review)

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Blondes
8:25 PM: Hospital Bombers
9:20 PM: Best Coast
10:15 PM: The Moi Non Plus
11:10 PM: Surf City (album review)
Sugar & Gold12:00 AM: zZz
1:00 AM: Male Bonding

Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Deleted Scenes
8:00 PM: The True Womanhood
9:00 PM: Mon Khmer
10:00 PM: The Naked Hearts
11:00 PM: Sugar & Gold (Norman coverage, photos)
12:00 AM: Anamanaguchi
1:00 AM: Darwin Deez

Canal Room, 285 W. Broadway @ Canal St., New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Laura Warshauer
7:45 PM: Dick Prall
8:30 PM: April Smith and The Great Picture Show
9:30 PM: Amber Rubarth
10:45 PM: Val Emmich

Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: NYCSmoke
9:00 PM: Gold Streets
10:00 PM: Carlon
11:00 PM: Hammer No More The Fingers
12:00 AM: Hungry Hands

City Winery, 55 Varick (at Vandam St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Angel Taylor
7:00 PM: Five For Fighting

Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
6:15 PM: Ultra Violent Lights
7:00 PM: Your Nature (live review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos)
8:30 PM: Zambri (photos, video)
9:15 PM: Darwin Deez
10:00 PM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)
11:45 PM: Golden Silvers

Crash Mansion (Downstairs), 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Invade Rome
Hooray For Earth7:45 PM: Fearsome Sparrow
8:30 PM: Demander
9:15 PM: Sydney Wayser
10:00 PM: Family Of The Year
10:45 PM: Morning Papers
11:30 PM: Yula
12:15 AM: Hooray For Earth (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video)

The only time Crash Mansion has interesting line-ups is during CMJ…

Death By Audio, 49 S 2nd St. (btwn Wythe and Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Fuck Ton
8:00 PM: Deleted Arrows
8:00 PM: Vaz
11:00 PM: Grooms (photos)

Delancey, 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
6:45 PM: Graydon
7:30 PM: Porfirio
8:15 PM: Black Swan Green
9:45 PM: Des Roar (photos, video)
10:30 PM: The Cringe (photos)
11:15 PM: Brown Dog Jonez
12:00 AM: Nobody Can Dance

Be warned: The Cringe is a lame vanity rock outfit by Rachel Ray…’s husband.

Delancey (Upstairs), 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY* (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Drink Up Buttercup (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)

Don Pedro’s, 90 Manhattan Ave. (at McKibbin St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Starscream
8:00 PM: Nullsleep
8:00 PM: Graffiti Monsters
8:00 PM: NinjaSonik (ATJ coverage, photos, photos, photos)

DROM, 85 Avenue A (btwn 5th and 6th St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Jill Hennessy
8:00 PM: Michael Olatuja
9:00 PM: Marianna Falusi

Actress Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan, Law & Order) is still trying to start a second career as a musician.  What, Road Hogs wasn’t enough for her?…

Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, NYU Kimmel Center, NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. South, New York, NY
8:30 PM: John Record
Sean Bones8:55 PM: Rioux
9:25 PM: Bennett Jackson & The Ranch Hands
9:50 PM: Paper or Plastic
10:15 PM: Menya

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. (btwn Ludlow and Essex), New York, NY*
7:45 PM: Jamie Drastik
8:15 PM: The Bangz
9:15 PM: Chris Young The Rapper
10:00 PM: Cold Flamez
10:45 PM: Tabi Bonney
11:30 PM: Far East Movement

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Quiet Loudly
7:45 PM: Young Boys
8:30 PM: Autodrone
9:15 PM: Telltale
10:00 PM: Cruel Black Dove
10:45 PM: Dead Leaf Echo
11:30 PM: Ringo Deathstarr

Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave. (near S. 1st St.), New York, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Beat Radio
8:00 PM: Right On Dynamite
9:00 PM: ECHOecho
10:00 PM: Sean Bones (album review, photos, video, video)
1:00 AM: James Pants
2:00 AM: Poirier
3:00 AM: Black Holes

Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (at Lexington), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: The Becoming
The Forms8:45 PM: Dommin
9:30 PM: 69 Eyes

Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St. (btwn 9th & 10th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: The Lives of Famous Men
7:45 PM: Runner Runner
8:30 PM: Stereo Skyline
9:15 PM: Every Avenue
10:00 PM: White Tie Affair

Hiro Ballroom @ The Maritime Hotel, 371 W. 16th St. (at 9th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Clipse

Part of MySpace Music’s ‘Release’ concert series.

Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. (btwn Astor Pl. and W 4th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
7:30 PM: Chris Bryars

Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. (btwn Astor Pl. and W 4th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
9:30 PM: Lia Ices (album review)
9:30 PM: First Aid Kit

Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson and Sullivan), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Max Vernon
9:00 PM: Western Civ
10:00 PM: The Forms (spotlight on, interview, live review, live review, CMJ coverage, SXSW coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
11:00 PM: Saint Motel
12:00 AM: The Canon Logic

Amidst the dearth of good choices on Night One, thank goodness for The Forms – even if they’re playing at one of those you-only-go-to-during-CMJ venues…

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY#
Atlas Sound7:00 PM: Nine11 Thesaurus
8:00 PM: Zs
9:00 PM: CoConuts
10:00 PM: Highlife
11:00 PM: The Psychic Paramount
12:00 AM: Sian Alice Group

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: The Selmanaires
10:00 PM: Atlas Sound (live review, live review, album review, photos, photos, video, video, video)
11:00 PM: Broadcast

As part of their tour, Broadcast & Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox of Deerhunter – QRO live review) play two nights during CMJ.

Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Little Fish
8:45 PM: The Shoestrung
9:30 PM: Two Tears
10:15 PM: Freshkills (live review, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video, video, video, video, video, video)
11:00 PM: Jordan
11:45 PM: The Happy Hollows

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
4:00 PM: Julia Haltigan
4:45 PM: The Rocketboys
5:30 PM: John Forte
6:15 PM: My Jerusalem
7:00 PM: Israel Gripka
8:00 PM: papercranes
9:00 PM: KaiserCartel
10:00 PM: The Fieros
11:00 PM: Dignan

Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Colin Moore
9:30 PM: Adam Heldring
10:30 PM: everyboy (solo)
11:30 PM: Erin And Her Cello
Jupiter One12:30 AM: Arborea

Local 269, 269 E. Houston St. (at Suffolk), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: Kieran Leonard
9:00 PM: A Classic Education
10:00 PM: The Western States Motel
11:00 PM: Maricopa
12:00 AM: Team Genius

Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (btwn Essex & Ludlow), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Warpaint
8:00 PM: Josh Mease
9:00 PM: Clare and the Reasons
10:00 PM: Pete & J
11:00 PM: Jupiter One (BEMF coverage, photos)
12:00 AM: The Disciplines

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:40 PM: The Walter Schreifels Band
8:45 PM: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel (SXSW coverage, photos)
9:30 PM: Laura Marling
10:15 PM: The Antlers (photos)
11:00 PM: Fanfarlo

Other Music, 15 E 4th St. (btwn Broadway and Lafayette), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM El Perro Del Mar (album review)

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Mammoth Life
9:00 PM: Thunder Power
11:00 PM: Teddy Blanks

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:15 PM: The Paparazzi
8:00 PM: Saadi
8:45 PM: The Unsacred Hearts
9:30 PM: Higgins
10:15 PM: Benji Cossa
11:00 PM: The Octagon (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
6:45 PM: Hospital Bombers
7:15 PM: Casper Bangs
8:00 PM: Dinosaur Feathers (ATJ coverage, photos)
The Antlers8:45 PM: Pearl and the Beard
9:45 PM: The Bloodsugars
10:15 PM: Middle Distance Runner (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos)
11:00 PM: Steve Abel

Public Assembly, 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Sene
8:00 PM: Daniel Joseph
8:00 PM: Marco Polo & Torae
8:00 PM: A-OK Collective (photos)
8:00 PM: Fresh Daily

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Quitzow
8:00 PM: Setting Sun

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Kid Napkin
9:00 PM: Cheap Seats
10:00 PM: The Early Hours
11:00 PM: Gabriel The Marine
12:00 AM: P.D.A.
1:00 AM: Bang Bang Eche

Red Bull Space, 40 Thompson St. (at Watts), New York, NY
6:30 PM: Surf City (album review)
7:15 PM: Motocade
8:00 PM: Bang Bang Eche
8:45 PM: Kingston
9:30 PM: Die! Die! Die!
10:15 PM: Kidz In Space
10:45 PM: David Dallas
11:30 PM: Smashproof

New Zealand music showcase at Red Bull Space, with free vodka all night – but where’s Flight of The Conchords (QRO live review) – whose second record is out that day, or Murray from the Consulate, or at least Mark from Top Chef?

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY*
4:00 PM: Tenderhooks
5:00 PM: La Strada
6:00 PM: Lowell Thompson & Crown Pilot
7:00 PM: Ian Thomas
8:00 PM: Amy Kuney
9:00 PM: Leslie Mendelson
10:00 PM: Michael Daves
Julianna Barwick11:00 PM: Julia Haltigan
12:00 AM: Dred Scott Trio

The Rose, 345 Grand St. (btwn Havemeyer & Marcy Ave.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Swimclub
9:00 PM: Come On Caboose
10:00 PM: Backwords
11:00 PM: Robotanists

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St. (at W. Houston St.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Eldar
8:30 PM: Chiddy Bang
9:05 PM: Eprhyme
9:30 PM: The Pracess
10:05 PM: King Chango
10:40 PM: Rubblebucket
11:20 PM: Fra Fra Sound
12:00 AM: Herbert Holler

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: K-Holes
9:00 PM: Surfer Blood
10:00 PM: Harlem
11:00 PM: Lovvers
12:00 AM: Golden Triangle
1:00 AM: Heavy Trash

Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Screens
8:30 PM: Julianna Barwick (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:30 PM: Dinowalrus
10:30 PM: Flexions
11:30 PM: Unnatural Helpers
12:30 AM: The Stalkers

Sidewalk Café, 94 Ave. A (near 6th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
Trouble Andrew8:00 PM: Crazy & The Brains
9:00 PM: Ching Chong Song
10:00 PM: Crabs on Banjo
11:00 PM: Huggabroomstik

Sound Fix Records, 110 Bedford Ave. (at N 11th St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
7:00 PM: Bell (BEMF coverage, photos, photos, photos)

Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave. (btwn St. John’s & Sterling), Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Jasmine Solano
9:30 PM: Stalley
10:00 PM: Mr. Move
10:20 PM: Trouble Andrew (photos)
11:00 PM: Wiz Kalifa (photos)
11:40 PM: Puba
12:10 AM: U-God

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Look Mexico
8:00 PM: The Fancy
9:00 PM: Gigantic Hand
10:00 PM: Greycoats
11:00 PM: Unicycle Loves You
12:00 AM: Black Cherry

Spur Tree, 76 Orchard St. (btwn Broome & Grand), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Black Moses Sound (Selector Twice and Clive Chin)

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Glasser
8:45 PM: Free Energy (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:30 PM: The Golden Filter
10:30 PM: Cold Cave

The Suffolk, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY*
9:00 PM: Tennis Pro
10:00 PM: Tempo No Tempo
11:00 PM: Once
12:00 AM: Lovemakers
Paper Route
The Suffolk Back Room, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: EASYBOY
8:00 PM: Evan Voytas
8:00 PM: Height With Friends
8:00 PM: Philip Seymour Hoffman
10:00 PM: FIRS
11:00 PM: Rumspringa
12:00 AM: Fool’s Gold

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St. (btwn 3rd St. & Bleecker St.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: FUCT
9:30 PM: Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra
10:45 PM: Dujeous
11:45 PM: Mike Rocket and the Stars

Trash, 256 Grand St. (btwn Driggs & Roebling), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: The Matt Truman Ego Trip
9:00 PM: Dead Stars
10:00 PM: Steve Shiffman and the Land of No (photos)
11:00 PM: The Photo Atlas
12:00 AM: Change The Station

Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: All the Day Holiday
9:00 PM: Empires
10:00 PM: Paper Route (live review, SXSW coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

If you’re going to make it out to Park Slope during CMJ, do it for Paper Route – even if their grandeur’s too much for Union Hall.

Village Underground, 130 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal and 6th Ave.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Jess King
8:00 PM: Taylor Barton with GE Smith
9:00 PM: GiGi Fouquet

Remember that annoying, super-full-of-himself guitarist/bandleader from Saturday Night Live in 80s?  The one with the ponytail, who thought he was god’s gift to the guitar?  Well, he’s playing Village Underground with Taylor Barton during CMJ.
Titus Andronicus
Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Beach Fossils
8:00 PM: Woods (photos)
8:00 PM: Titus Andronicus (SXSW coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos)
8:00 PM: Here We Go Magic

Free show at Webster – if you upload the Going.com iPhone app (and without any band that could even headline Bowery Ballroom)…

Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. (between Metro & 3rd St.), Brooklyn, NY#
9:00 PM: Kevin Blechdom ft. BARNWAVE
11:00 PM: Rainbird

 

 

Wednesday, October 21st 

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:30 PM: Tempo No Tempo
1:20 PM: Turbo Fruits
2:10 PM: Silver Starling
3:00 PM: Zaza
3:50 PM: Warpaint
4:40 PM: Darlings (Northside coverage, photos)
5:30 PM: Black Hollies (live review, album review, photos, video, video, video)

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Animal Tropical
1:00 PM: Hunters, Run!
2:00 PM: The Second Academy
The Black Hollies3:00 PM: End Transmission
4:00 PM: Golden
5:00 PM: Four Trips Ahead

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
4:00 PM: Allen Stone
4:45 PM: Andrew Belle
5:30 PM: PT Walkley
6:15 PM: Joshua James

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Seven Saturdays
12:45 PM: Surfer Blood
1:30 PM: Still Flyin’
2:15 PM: Grooms (photos)
3:00 PM: Stricken City
3:45 PM: Real Estate
4:30 PM: Holopaw
5:15 PM: These United States (album review, album review, photos, photos)

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:30 PM: The Whisperians
2:30 PM: Sure Juror
3:15 PM: MNDR
4:00 PM: Kanpchen Fit
4:45 PM: The Moi Non Plus
5:45 PM: Hospital Bombers
6:30 PM: Tiberius
7:00 PM: Saint Motel

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial)
5:00 PM: Kaylah Marin
6:00 PM: Matt Hartk

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY*
2:00 PM: Grammar
3:00 PM: Pretty Good Dance Moves
4:00 PM: The Madison Square Gardeners
5:00 PM: Pete and J
6:00 PM: Andrew Belle
7:00 PM: Railbird

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
3:15 PM: Sleigh Bells
3:50 PM: Vega
4:30 PM: Theophilus London
5:10 PM: Midnight Juggernauts (spotlight on, interview, live review, album review, photos, photos, video)

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 PM: Shayna Zaid & The Catch
2:00 PM: The Uglysuit (SXSW coverage, Norman coverage, photos, photos)
3:00 PM: Look Mexico
4:00 PM: Good Old War (photos)
5:00 PM: Orenda Fink (album review)

Fontana’s, Living Room & Studio @ Webster Hall throw their hat into the daytime game on Day Two, but what we’re all really interested in is Midnight Juggernauts at Santos.

Jones Street Station

88 Palace, 88 East Broadway (near Eldrige St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Sammy Bananas
9:00 PM: Trackademicks
9:00 PM: Kingdom
9:00 PM: The Suzan
9:00 PM: Treasure Fingers
9:00 PM: Donnis
9:00 PM: Vega

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. (near Canal St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Talib Kweli

Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones St. (btwn Broadway & Lafayette), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Clothes Make The Man
8:00 PM: Red Collar (album review)
9:00 PM: The Wrecking
10:00 PM: The Prigs
11:00 PM: Ume
12:00 AM: Steel Phantoms

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C (at 7th St.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Jones Street Station (spotlight on, interview, live review, live review, album review, photos, photos, photos, video)
9:00 PM: Blair
10:00 PM: Bel Air

Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St. (btwn Ludlow & Orchard), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Silly Kissers
8:00 PM: BEAST
9:00 PM: Think About Life
Dawn Landes10:00 PM: We Are Wolves
11:00 PM: Malajube (album review)
12:00 AM: Duchess Says

Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Dawn Landes (spotlight on, interview, album review, photos, photos, video, video, video)
9:00 PM: Surf City (album review)
10:00 PM: The Love Language
11:00 PM: Let’s Wrestle
12:00 AM: Pete & The Pirates

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
10:30 PM: Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars

Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (btwn Bowery & Chrystie), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Freelance Whales
8:00 PM: Findlay Brown
9:00 PM: Tigercity (photos, photos, video)
10:00 PM: The Postelles (photos)
11:00 PM: Fanfarlo
12:00 AM: Midnight Juggernauts (spotlight on, interview, live review, album review, photos, photos, video)

Bowery Ballroom takes a major step up in Night Two – or at least it does after midnight…

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: The Apple Brothers
8:00 PM: Madison Square Gardeners
8:00 PM: Submarine Bells

Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (btwn Houston & Bleecker), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Faces On Film
8:00 PM: We Are The World
8:45 PM: New Villager
9:30 PM: Apache Beat
10:15 PM: Suckers (ATJ coverage, photos)
11:00 PM: Golden Silvers
12:00 AM: Fool’s Gold

Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. (btwn N. 11th & 12th), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Gully Bank Sound System
8:45 PM: Javaughn
9:15 PM: Gully Bank Sound System
Drink Up Buttercup10:00 PM: Julian Marley + The Uprising (feat Stephen Marley)

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: John Biz
8:45 PM: Setting Sun
9:30 PM: Dead Heart Bloom
10:15 PM: Field Theory
11:00 PM: Sherlock’s Daughter
11:45 PM: Strega

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Drink Up Buttercup (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)
8:15 PM: The Depreciation Guild (live review, photos)
9:00 PM: Ringo Deathstarr
9:45 PM: Zaza
10:30 PM: Dinowalrus
11:15 PM: We Are Country Mice
12:00 AM: Surfer Blood

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 AM: Western States Motel
1:00 AM: Poingly
1:00 AM: Sure Junior
1:00 AM: Helado Negro

After the Jump (QRO Festival recap) holds three late-night (and late-announced…) parties at Cake Shop, on Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday.

Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Kumail Nanjiani
7:00 PM: Matt McCarthy
11:00 PM: Les Handclaps
11:45 PM: Baby Monster
12:30 AM: Kid Color

Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Hermit Thrushes
9:00 PM: The Roulettes
10:00 PM: Batrider
11:00 PM: and the relatives
12:00 AM: miniBoone

City Winery, 55 Varick (at Vandam St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson plays three all-request nights during CMJ at City Winery – for $$$…

Crash Mansion (Downstairs), 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Crush Club
8:45 PM: Space Capone
9:30 PM: Enemy Lovers
10:15 PM: Modern Skirts
11:00 PM: Mike Del Rio
11:45 PM: Rob Roy
12:30 AM: Die! Die! Die!

Delancey, 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
7:30 PM: Brit and Cavalry
8:15 PM: Ivana XL (photos)
9:00 PM: Buke and Gass
9:45 PM: Hank and Cupcakes (photos)
10:15 PM: The Narrative
11:00 PM: Hesta Prynn
Coyote Eyes11:45 PM: The New Collisions
12:30 AM: Coyote Eyes (Northside coverage, photos)

Delancey (Upstairs), 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
8:30 PM: The Gulf of Michigan
9:30 PM: Nathan Halpern
10:30 PM: Thomas Simon
11:30 PM: James Jameson

Don Pedro’s, 90 Manhattan Ave. (at McKibbin St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Pale Blue Sky
8:00 PM: Slasher Risk
8:00 PM: Noveller
8:00 PM: Oneontrix Point Never
8:00 PM: No Fun Acid

DROM, 85 Avenue A (btwn 5th and 6th St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Those Chosen
7:20 PM: Kimberly Nichole
7:35 PM: Jesse Boykins III
7:55 PM: Diamond District
8:15 PM: Big Sean
8:35 PM: Pac Div
11:30 PM: Miz Metro
12:30 AM: Terry Poison

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. (btwn Ludlow and Essex), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: Team William
8:45 PM: Under the Sherry Moon
9:30 PM: Black Cherry
10:15 PM: Empires
11:00 PM: Absentstar
11:45 PM: Arizona

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Graydon
9:00 PM: Afuche
10:00 PM: Arms (album review, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
11:00 PM: US Royalty
12:00 AM: Middle Distance Runner (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos)
1:00 AM: Lowery

During CMJ, will Mr. Arms, a.k.a. Todd Goldstein of the late-and-much-lamented Harlem Shakes (QRO spotlight on), have on hand his backing band – including Shakes’ own Kendrick Strauch (QRO interview)?  And are you enough over the Shakes’ break-up (QRO Tribute to Harlem Shakes) to go see?

Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave. (near S. 1st St.), New York, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: ALOUD
9:00 PM: Ribbons
Middle Distance Runner10:00 PM: Darlings (Northside coverage, photos)
11:00 PM: Hot Lava
12:00 AM: Boogie Boarder
1:00 AM: Mussels

Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (at Lexington), New York, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Rough Francis
9:45 PM: Activator
10:30 PM: CX KiDTRONiK w/ Tchaka Diallo
11:15 PM: Saul Williams

Afro-punk comes to CMJ.

Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 W. 34th St. (btwn 8th and 9th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: The Swellers
7:30 PM: Paper Route (live review, SXSW coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos)
7:30 PM: Paramore

Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson and Sullivan), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Wunderbugg
8:00 PM: Beautiful Small Machines
9:00 PM: Richard Davies
10:00 PM: Kate Bradley & Goodbye Horses
11:00 PM: My Cousin, The Emperor
11:00 PM: The Beautiful Taste
12:00 AM: Silent Way

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY#
7:00 PM: Nouvellas
7:45 PM: Blood Warrior (ATJ coverage, photos)
8:30 PM: Takka Takka (spotlight on, interview, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, SXSW coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video)
9:15 PM: La Strada
10:00 PM: The Title Tracks
10:45 PM: The Black Hollies (live review, album review, photos, video, video, video)
11:30 PM: Wild Yaks (ATJ coverage, CMJ coverage, photos, photos)
12:15 AM: Still Flyin

Interesting line-up at the new Knitting Factory (QRO old venue review – the new place used to be the new Luna Lounge – QRO venue review).

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: David Lang
7:45 PM: NOW Ensemble
Violens8:30 PM: Julia Wolfe
9:00 PM: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
11:00 PM: Grandchildren
11:00 PM: NinjaSonik (ATJ coverage, photos, photos, photos)
11:00 PM: The Very Best
12:00 AM: Violens (album review, photos, photos)

Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: the black watch
8:45 PM: Oh My God
9:30 PM: Binary Sunrise
10:15 PM: Renminbi
11:00 PM: Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
11:45 PM: Only Thieves

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Emilyn Brodsky
8:00 PM: Sydney Wayser
8:30 PM: Pinky Swear
9:00 PM: Sara Benincasa
9:15 PM: Elon James White
10:00 PM: Family Of The Year
11:00 PM: Jason Trachtenburg
11:30 PM: Alina Simone

Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Lucky Fonz III
9:30 PM: Naia Kete
10:30 PM: Morgan Grace
11:30 PM: Ruth Minnikin
12:30 AM: Jenn Grant

Local 269, 269 E. Houston St. (at Suffolk), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Alan Cohen Experience
7:45 PM: The Boy Bathing
8:30 PM: Dan Mills
9:15 PM: Will Kevans
10:00 PM: Bosque Brown
10:45 PM: Michael Sackler-Berner
11:30 PM: William F. Gibbs
12:15 AM: The Armchairs

Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (btwn Jefferson and Troutman St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Hospitality (ATJ coverage, photos, photos, photos)
Hospitality8:00 PM: Cole
8:00 PM: French Quarter

Maxwell’s, 1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Twitch The Ripper
9:30 PM: Harlem
10:30 PM: Lovemakers

Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (btwn Essex & Ludlow), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Lia Ices (album review)
8:00 PM: Javelin (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:00 PM: The xx (album review, photos)
10:00 PM: Mumford & Sons
11:00 PM: Bear Hands (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, Siren coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
12:00 AM: Screaming Females (album review)
1:00 AM: Team Robespierre (live review, photos, photos)

Very interesting line-up at Mercury on Night Two – blowing-up moody sounds in the early evening, then blowing-up hard-rock later on.

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: The Selmanaires
10:00 PM: Atlas Sound (live review, live review, album review, photos, photos, video, video, video)
11:00 PM: Broadcast

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
10:00 PM: Dang-It Bobby’s
11:00 PM: Heavy Birds

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Bodega Girls (photos)
8:00 PM: Bang Bang Eche
9:00 PM: These United States (album review, album review, photos, photos)
10:00 PM: The Candles
11:00 PM: Evan Dando (live review, album review, photos, video, video, video)
12:00 AM: Holopaw

Evan Dando (of/is The Lemonheads) plays small Pianos – just don’t request "Mrs. Robinson"…

Public Assembly, 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Sleigh Bells
10:00 PM: Phantogram
11:00 PM: X-Wife
12:00 AM: We Have Band
1:00 AM: Electric Tickle Machine (live review, Northside coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos)

One band everyone should defintely try to catch at least once during CMJ has to be (out of an admittedly thin overall line-up) the wild antics – but also good music – of Electric Tickle Machine.

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
6:00 PM: The Secret History
Crystal Antlers6:00 PM: Nite Club
6:00 PM: Dinosaur Feathers (ATJ coverage, photos)
6:00 PM: UltraChorus
6:00 PM: Kordan Computer Perfection
6:00 PM: Lookbook
6:00 PM: Total Babe

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 AM: Cold Cave
12:00 AM: Crystal Antlers (CMJ coverage, photos)

Vice is throwing some late night parties at Public Assembly’s back room – yes, with free drinks (this is Vice…).

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Farmer Dave
9:00 PM: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
10:00 PM: Sean Bones (album review, photos, video, video)
11:00 PM: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (interview, live review, CMJ coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)
12:00 AM: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY* (unofficial)
8:00 PM: The Stationary Set
9:00 PM: Toby Lightman
10:00 PM: Sonya Kitchell
11:00 PM: James Maddock
12:00 AM: Fionn O’Lochlainn
1:00 AM: Colwell

The Rose, 345 Grand St. (btwn Havemeyer & Marcy Ave.), Brooklyn, NY#
9:00 PM: Housing Authority
9:45 PM: Mic Crenshaw
10:30 PM: Azeem
Cymbals Eat Guitars11:15 PM: Primeridian
12:00 AM: David Dallas

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St. (at W. Houston St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Anwar Robinson
7:00 PM: Dmo Macklin
7:00 PM: Eric Roberson
7:00 PM: Hotep
7:00 PM: Soundhouse
7:00 PM: The Collective
7:00 PM: The Senate
7:00 PM: Angelo Lomelo

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:15 PM: Free Energy (ATJ coverage, photos)
8:00 PM: Ungdomskullen
8:45 PM: Deastro
9:30 PM: I Was A King
10:15 PM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
11:00 PM: Aeroplane

Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Beach Fossils
7:45 PM: Eternal Summers
8:30 PM: Evan Voytas
9:15 PM: Small Black
10:00 PM: Real Estate
11:30 PM: Math the Band
12:15 AM: French Horn Rebellion

OhMyRockness & Øyafestival (think that’s Norway…) own both floors of Santos on Night Two.

Sidewalk Café, 94 Ave. A (near 6th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Leah West
9:00 PM: Peggy Sue & Sky Larkin

Sound Fix Records, 110 Bedford Ave. (at N 11th St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
6:00 PM: The Antlers (photos)

Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave. (btwn St. John’s & Sterling), Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Paul & the Patients (live review, album review, photos, photos, video, video)
9:15 PM: Casxio
10:00 PM: Aeroplane Pageant (album review)
10:45 PM: Class Actress (Northside coverage, photos)
11:30 PM: The Teenage Prayers (SXSW coverage, photos)

Class ActressFuture Sounds’ Rumble comes to Brooklyn.

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Tenderhooks
8:00 PM: Click Clack Boom
9:00 PM: Volcanoless In Canada
10:00 PM: Demander
11:00 PM: Motocade
12:00 AM: Kingston

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: The Swimmers
9:45 PM: Twin Atlantic
10:30 PM: Rubik
11:15 PM: Bang Bang Eche

The Suffolk Back Room, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: MONEY/PAPER/HEARTS
8:45 PM: International Espionage!
9:30 PM: The Megaphonic Thrift
10:15 PM: Japanther (photos, photos)

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St. (btwn 3rd St. & Bleecker St.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Clinton Curtis
8:50 PM: Mutlu
9:40 PM: Chris Barron & Friends
11:30 PM: Hollis Brown
Japanther
Sycamore, 1118 Cortelyou Rd. (near E. 12th St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Bell (BEMF coverage, photos, photos, photos)

Trash, 256 Grand St. (btwn Driggs & Roebling), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Love In October
9:00 PM: Willowz
10:00 PM: Gentleman Auction House
11:00 PM: The Seedy Seeds (album review)
12:00 AM: The DeBretts

Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Peter Peter Hughes
8:50 PM: Kleenex Girl Wonder
9:40 PM: El May
10:30 PM: Franklin Bruno

Union Pool, 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: X-Wife
8:00 PM: Fugitive Souls
8:00 PM: Little Girls
8:00 PM: Infernal Devices
8:00 PM: Takka Takka (spotlight on, interview, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, SXSW coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video)
10:00 PM: Cale Parks

Village Underground, 130 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal and 6th Ave.), New York, NY
6:00 PM: Steve Abel
Bell7:00 PM: The States
8:00 PM: Mad Soul Child

Wicked Willy’s, 149 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson & Laguardia), New York, NY
6:00 PM: Satchel Adams
7:00 PM: Christine Martucci
8:00 PM: Brass Bed
9:00 PM: The Purrs
10:00 PM: The Knew
11:00 PM: Linc with Old Soul
12:00 AM: Stoneman Cole
1:00 AM: Derek Mckeith

Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. (between Metro & 3rd St.), Brooklyn, NY#
9:00 PM: Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
10:00 PM: Sparky Quano
11:00 PM: Norris

 

 

Thursday, October 22nd 

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
12:00 PM: Unicycle Loves You
12:00 PM: Thunder Power
12:00 PM: The Loom (photos)
12:00 PM: Peasant
12:00 PM: Blood Warrior (ATJ coverage, photos)
12:00 PM: Emanuel & The Fear
12:00 PM: Motel Motel (spotlight on, interview, SXSW coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)
12:00 PM: Kittens Ablaze

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Kreisor
1:00 PM: Barn Burner
2:00 PM: Hull (interview, SXSW coverage, photos)
Hull3:00 PM: Naam
4:00 PM: Nebula
5:00 PM: Priestess

Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
5:00 PM: The Love Language

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Local Natives (MFNW coverage)
12:00 PM: Joshua James
12:00 PM: The Roadside Graves
12:00 PM: Blair
12:00 PM: The Happy Hollows
12:45 PM: The Love Language

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Moonbabies (album review)
12:40 PM: A Classic Education
1:30 PM: Sky Larkin
2:15 PM: Surfer Blood
3:00 PM: Lovvers
3:45 PM: Duchess Says
4:30 PM: JEFF: The Brotherhood

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 PM: Freelance Whales
1:45 PM: Rebecca Shiffman
2:30 PM: Peggy Sue
3:15 PM: Chris Denny
4:00 PM: Holly Miranda (of The Jealous Girlfriends) (spotlight on, interview, live review, live review, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, solo photos)
4:45 PM: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (interview, live review, CMJ coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)
5:30 PM: Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) (live review, live review, FFF coverage, photos, photos, photos, video, video)

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY* (unofficial)
3:00 PM: Aloud
These United States4:00 PM: The Walnuts
5:00 PM: The Shake
6:00 PM: Rachel Platten

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
5:00 PM: Dearling Physique
6:00 PM: Lookbook
7:00 PM: Ultra Chorus

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Let Me Run
1:00 PM: Defeater
2:00 PM: Far From Finished
3:00 PM: Red Collar (album review)
4:00 PM: Look Mexico
5:00 PM: Bridge & Tunnel

 

88 Palace, 88 East Broadway (near Eldrige St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Special Guest
9:00 PM: Kap10Kurt (BEMF coverage)
9:00 PM: Lauren Flax
9:00 PM: Codebreaker (BEMF coverage, photos)
9:00 PM: NROTB (BEMF coverage, photos)
9:00 PM: X-Wife
9:00 PM: The Smith Westerns (photos)
9:00 PM: French Horn Rebellion
9:00 PM: Designer Drugs

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. (near Canal St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Phat Phillie
8:00 PM: At Versaris
9:00 PM: La Melodia
10:00 PM: Coolooloosh
11:00 PM: Alfaress
12:00 AM: Nomadic Massive

Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones St. (btwn Broadway & Lafayette), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Dead Sexy Inc.
The xx8:00 PM: Elodie O
9:00 PM: Shaka Ponk
10:00 PM: Sweet Fanny Adams
11:00 PM: The River Raid

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C (at 7th St.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: The Frontier Brothers
9:00 PM: Paper Airplane
10:00 PM: mynameisjohnmichael
11:00 PM: The States

Apple Store SoHo, 103 Prince St. (near Green St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: The xx (album review, photos)

Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St. (btwn Ludlow & Orchard), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Spiral Beach
9:00 PM: Grand Analog
10:00 PM: Classified
11:00 PM: Jets Overhead
12:00 AM: Priestess

Canadian Blast! @ CMJ – with none of the Canadian artists you want to see…

B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St. (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Bobby Brown

Sorry, but he already had his comeback peak with Being Bobby Brown.  "Kiss my ass!"  Right, Ted?

B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St. (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.), New York, NY
11:00 PM: Busta Rhymes
Deer Tick11:00 PM: D.I.T.C.
11:00 PM: Rahzel
11:00 PM: Sadat X
11:00 PM: Styles P
11:00 PM: X-Ecutioners

Remember Busta Rhymes?

Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
5:00 PM: Pomegranates
6:00 PM: Henry Wolfe
7:00 PM: Freelance Whales
8:00 PM: Small Black
9:00 PM: Hawk and Dove
10:00 PM: Uninhabitable Mansions
11:00 PM: Robbers On High Street (SXSW coverage, SXSW coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos)

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
10:30 PM: Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars

Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (btwn Bowery & Chrystie), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Paleo
8:45 PM: Holy Sons
9:30 PM: Dolorean
10:30 PM: Chris Denny and The Natives
11:30 PM: Deer Tick (photos)

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: NLX
8:00 PM: Tall Tall Trees
9:00 PM: Pocketknife
10:00 PM: A Million Years
11:00 PM: Black Taxi

Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (btwn Houston & Bleecker), New York, NY
9:00 PM: Subplots
YACHT9:45 PM: We Should Be Dead
10:30 PM: The Minutes
11:15 PM: Super Extra Bonus Party
12:00 AM: The Star Department
12:45 AM: Dark Room Notes

Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. (btwn N. 11th & 12th), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Holy Ghost!
8:00 PM: James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (Special Disco Version)
8:00 PM: Shit Robot
8:00 PM: Still Going
8:00 PM: YACHT (interview, interview, live review, FFF coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos)

DFA Records is throwing a dance party at Brooklyn Bowl.  No LCD Soundsystem (QRO live review), but YACHT’s a major favorite.

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: The Hush Now
8:45 PM: Spanish Prisoners
9:30 PM: Dinosaur Feathers (ATJ coverage, photos)
10:15 PM: Meeting of Important People
11:00 PM: Pet Ghost Project
11:45 PM: Andy J Gallagher

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: pow wow! (Northside coverage, photos)
10:00 PM: The Answering Machine
11:00 PM: Kittens Ablaze
12:00 AM: Shaky Hands (live review, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 AM: You, You’re Awesoime
1:00 AM: Pretty Good Dance Moves
1:00 AM: Deastro

Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:45 PM: Kill Kill Kill
9:30 PM: So Many Wizards
10:15 PM: Exit Music
Your Nature11:00 PM: Voices Voices
11:45 PM: The Polyamorous Affair
12:30 AM: Corridor
1:15 AM: Warpaint

Canal Room, 285 W. Broadway @ Canal St., New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Bobby Long
9:15 PM: Casxio
10:00 PM: The Postmarks (album review, album review, album review)
10:45 PM: Lana Del Rey
11:30 PM: Your Nature (live review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos)
12:15 AM: The Constellations

Cake Shop (see above) has overrated bands like The Shaky Hands & pow wow!, while Canal Room has sleeper picks like Your Nature & The Postmarks?  Since when has Canal Room beaten a Bowery-area venue?!?

Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: The Press
9:00 PM: Diehard
10:00 PM: Hunters
11:00 PM: GunFight! (ATJ coverage, photos)
12:00 AM: Black Tie Party

City Winery, 55 Varick (at Vandam St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Richard Thompson

Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
10:30 PM: Nick Howard
Bear Hands11:10 PM: Alyson Greenfield
12:00 AM: Kirstan Dehan
12:45 AM: Stephanie Carlin
1:15 AM: My Other Friend

Crash Mansion (Downstairs), 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Aviation Orange
8:00 PM: The Vanguard
8:00 PM: Ambassadors

Delancey, 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
6:15 PM: We Are Enfant Terrible
7:00 PM: Reni Lane
7:45 PM: Suckers (ATJ coverage, photos)
8:30 PM: Yes Giantess
9:15 PM: Delorean
10:00 PM: The Antlers (photos)
10:45 PM: Bear Hands (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, Siren coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
11:45 PM: Male Bonding
12:45 AM: Special Guests

Delancey (Upstairs), 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Pete Drungle feat. Pamelia Kurstin
7:45 PM: CALLmeKAT
8:15 PM: Spottiswoode
9:00 PM: Thomas Truax
9:45 PM: Paul Wallfisch
10:30 PM: David J w/ members of Botanica (Halloween set feat. covers & Bauhaus songs)
11:15 PM: Crash & Burn
12:00 AM: Reid Paley

Don Pedro’s, 90 Manhattan Ave. (at McKibbin St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: The Smith Westerns (photos)
8:00 PM: The Beets
8:00 PM: Beach Fossils
8:00 PM: X-Ray Eyeballs
8:00 PM: Idle Times
8:00 PM: Girls At Dawn
8:00 PM: Dream Diary

DROM, 85 Avenue A (btwn 5th and 6th St.), New York, NY
6:30 PM: Describe
6:30 PM: Diwon
Japandroids7:00 PM: Darshan
7:30 PM: Eprhyme
8:00 PM: Kosha Dillz
8:45 PM: Electro Morocco & Dreams in Static

Europa, 98 Meserole Ave. (near Manhattan Ave.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Free Magic
7:00 PM: Menya
7:00 PM: Voices Voices
7:00 PM: Telephoned
7:00 PM: Tempo No Tempo
7:00 PM: My Gold Mask
7:00 PM: Flashmen (BEMF coverage, photos)
7:00 PM: Awesome New Republic (BEMF coverage, photos)

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. (btwn Ludlow and Essex), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: Chuck Mosley
8:45 PM: We’re Pregnant
9:30 PM: drugdealer
10:15 PM: Descender
11:00 PM: Arabrot
11:45 PM: Decapitado

Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl. (at 15th St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Earl Greyhound (photos)
8:00 PM: Shooter Jennings
8:00 PM: JJ Grey & Mofro

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
6:00 PM: Astrid Pierce
8:00 PM: Flying Machines
9:00 PM: The Sea
9:45 PM: General Fiasco
10:30 PM: Jessie Rose Trip
11:15 PM: Youth Group
12:00 AM: The King Left

Galapagos, 16 Main St. (near Water St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
10:30 PM: Zigmat
10:30 PM: BEAST

Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave. (near S. 1st St.), New York, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Real Estate
11:00 PM: Japandroids (Siren coverage, photos, photos)

Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (at Lexington), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Lisa Hannigan

Hiro Ballroom @ The Maritime Hotel, 371 W. 16th St. (at 9th Ave.), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Vertical Horizon
10:40 PM: Rob Roy
11:20 PM: JADE<3
12:00 AM: Body Language
12:30 AM: Mickey Factz
1:00 AM: Melo-X

Vertical Horizon is a wussy mainstream rock band that had one hit forever ago (original Beverly Hills 90210‘s Tiffany Amber Thiersen was in their video, way back when she had three names…) is attempting a comeback.  There’s always one at every CMJ (see: Third Eye Blind…).

Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson and Sullivan), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Otter Petter
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson8:00 PM: Grammar
9:00 PM: REGO
10:00 PM: Elsinore
11:00 PM: Brighton MA
12:00 AM: Earatik Statik

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Suzannah Johannes
9:00 PM: Beep Beep
10:00 PM: UUVVWWZ
11:00 PM: Old Canes
12:00 AM: Orenda Fink (album review)
1:00 AM: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (interview, live review, CMJ coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)

Saddlecreek Records takes over the new Knitting Factory – but with none of their Canadian artists, who were who you wanted to see.  Okay, didn’t expect Tokyo Police Club (QRO spotlight on), but how about Land of Talk (QRO spotlight on)?…

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Choir of Young Believers
8:00 PM: Via Tania
9:00 PM: Mi-Gu with Sean Lennon
10:00 PM: Warpaint

Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Antarctic
8:45 PM: The Bronzed Chorus
9:30 PM: HO-AG
10:15 PM: Cinemechanica
11:00 PM: So Many Dynamos

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
4:00 PM: The Uglysuit (SXSW coverage, Norman coverage, photos, photos)
4:45 PM: Sky White Tiger
5:30 PM: Pete & J
6:15 PM: Emanuel
7:00 PM: JD Souther
8:00 PM: Kim Taylor
9:00 PM: Annie And the Beekeepers
10:00 PM: Christopher Chu (of The Morning Benders) (live review, MFNW coverage, SXSW coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
11:00 PM: Marcellus Hall
12:00 AM: Elliott Brood

Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Matt Mayes
8:30 PM: Tandy
Christopher Chu9:30 PM: Kasey Anderson
10:30 PM: Chip Robinson
11:30 PM: Nate Schweber
12:30 AM: Ben Wildenhaus

Local 269, 269 E. Houston St. (at Suffolk), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Bellflur
8:00 PM: Best Man
9:00 PM: Regia
10:00 PM: Sleeping in the Aviary
11:00 PM: The Americans
12:00 AM: Corto Maltese

Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (btwn Jefferson and Troutman St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Fluffly Lumbers
8:00 PM: Expo 70
8:00 PM: Eric Copeland
8:00 PM: Gary War

Maxwell’s, 1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: The Bongos
10:00 PM: The Bongos

Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (btwn Essex & Ludlow), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Dave Godowsky
7:00 PM: JBM
8:00 PM: Patrick Watson (spotlight on, interview, live review, album review, photos)
9:00 PM: Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) (live review, live review, FFF coverage, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
10:00 PM: Ambulance LTD (live review, photos, video, video, video)
11:00 PM: Hockey (album review, photos)
12:00 AM: Local Natives (MFNW coverage)
1:00 AM: Sean Bones (album review, photos, video, video)

Mercury Lounge has some great singer/songwriters on Night Four – but also Hockey…

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Golden Silvers
9:40 PM: Goldhawks
10:30 PM: Mumford & Sons
11:25 PM: The Temper Trap (album review)

N8, 213 N 8th St. (btwn Driggs and Roebling Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
7:00 PM: Home Video (BEMF coverage, album review, photos)
7:00 PM: Ringo Deathstarr
7:00 PM: Tigercity (photos, photos, video)
7:00 PM: Shout Out Out Out Out Out
Patrick Watson7:00 PM: Class Actress (Northside coverage, photos)

N8, 213 N 8th St. (btwn Driggs and Roebling Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
10:00 PM: Udachi + Jubilee
10:00 PM: Jamie XXX
10:00 PM: Nacho Lovers
10:00 PM: LA Riots
10:00 PM: Jokers of the Scene

Nokia Theater, 1515 Broadway (at 44th St.), New York, NY
7:30 PM: Destrophy
8:15 PM: Seventh Void
9:00 PM: Dead Men Dreaming
10:00 PM: Type O Negative

Norwood, 241 W 14th St. (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.), New York, NY
7:30 PM: Jaw Lesson
8:30 PM: Francis
9:30 PM: Sofia Talvik
10:30 PM: Moonbabies (album review)

Swedish Music Showcase @ CMJ 2009.

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: You, You’re Awesome
10:00 PM: Janel and Anthony
11:00 PM: The National Reserve

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Male Bonding
9:00 PM: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
10:00 PM: Free Energy (ATJ coverage, photos)
11:00 PM: Shilpa Ray (album review, photos, photos)
12:00 AM: BM Linx (photos, video)
1:00 AM: Choir of Young Believers

Public Assembly, 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: PEP Youth
8:00 PM: The Narcicyst
8:00 PM: Audiopharmacy
8:00 PM: Invincible

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 AM: Ume
12:00 AM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Tim Williams
9:00 PM: Saint Motel
10:00 PM: The Nervous Wreckords
11:00 PM: Man Like Me
12:00 AM: Ricky Rude
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
Rebel, 251 W. 30th St. (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.), New York, NY
8:15 PM: Chen Lo
9:00 PM: Tina Brown & Pimp Ninja
10:00 PM: Hunter Valentine
10:45 PM: The Fire & Reason
11:30 PM: Semaj
12:00 AM: Goon Squad

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Chris Kasper
8:00 PM: Amber Rubarth
9:00 PM: Ethan Lipton
10:00 PM: Colwell
11:00 PM: The Mieka Canon
12:00 AM: Guyora Kats
1:00 AM: Middle Distance Runner (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos)

The Rose, 345 Grand St. (btwn Havemeyer & Marcy Ave.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: The Binary Marketing Show
8:45 PM: FOUND
9:30 PM: Computer Perfection
10:15 PM: Oh Fortuna

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St. (at W. Houston St.), New York, NY
BM Linx7:00 PM: Shawn Chrystopher
7:20 PM: Prgz
7:50 PM: Freddie Gibbs
8:15 PM: Pill
8:40 PM: Brandon Hines
9:20 PM: Camp Lo
10:00 PM: 2am Club
10:30 PM: Theophilus London
11:10 PM: Big Sean
11:30 PM: Mike Posner

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Sleepwalkas
7:00 PM: The Bleeding Bombshells
7:00 PM: Blood Street
7:00 PM: Eve To Adam

Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
11:00 PM: Praveen
11:00 PM: Kotchy
11:00 PM: Machinedrum with Azealia Banks
11:00 PM: Nosaj Thing
11:00 PM: NinjaSonik (ATJ coverage, photos, photos, photos)
11:00 PM: Ghislain Poirer
11:00 PM: Team Rojas

Shea Stadium, 85A Debevoise Ave. (btwn Richardson and Frost St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
7:30 PM: Javelin (ATJ coverage, photos)
7:30 PM: Holiday Shores (ATJ coverage, album review, photos)
7:30 PM: Railcars

Sidewalk Café, 94 Ave. A (near 6th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
7:30 PM: Ruth Gearson Guitar School
NinjaSonik9:00 PM: Quitzow
10:00 PM: Setting Sun
11:00 PM: Live Footage
12:00 AM: Skidmore Fountain

Sound Fix Records, 110 Bedford Ave. (at N 11th St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
6:00 PM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave. (btwn St. John’s & Sterling), Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Jern Eye
9:30 PM: Illa J & Frank Nitt
10:00 PM: Finale
10:30 PM: Oddisee
11:00 PM: Kam Moye aka Supastition
11:30 PM: Trinity (A.G., Sadat X, DJ Jab)
11:55 PM: Tanya Morgan
12:30 AM: Souls Of Mischief

Splash Bar, 50 W. 17th St. (btwn 5th and 6th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial)
1:00 AM: Lolene

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Drunken Barn Dance
9:00 PM: Lightning Love
10:00 PM: Chris Bathgate
11:00 PM: The Frontier Ruckus

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Bin Laden Blowing Up
7:45 PM: Tony Castles
8:30 PM: Bottle Up and Go (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:15 PM: Suckers (ATJ coverage, photos)
10:00 PM: Das Racist (ATJ coverage, photos)
11:00 PM: Gordon Voidwell

The Suffolk, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: At Sea
7:45 PM: Skibunny
8:30 PM: Lowry
9:15 PM: Bloodgroup

The Suffolk, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial)
10:00 PM: Lemonade
10:00 PM: Surf City (album review)
10:00 PM: Air Waves
10:00 PM: Surfer Blood
12:15 AM: Violens (album review, photos, photos)

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St. (btwn 3rd St. & Bleecker St.), New York, NY
8:15 PM: Lynch feat. Jim Loughlin of moe.
9:30 PM: Break Science feat. Adam Deitch
11:00 PM: EOTO

 Sycamore, 1118 Cortelyou Rd. (near E. 12th St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
Das Racist9:30 PM: The Loom (photos)

Trash, 256 Grand St. (btwn Driggs & Roebling), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Black Swan Green
9:00 PM: The Idle Hands
10:00 PM: The Shackeltons
11:00 PM: The Teenage Prayers (SXSW coverage, photos)
12:00 AM: The Past Times

Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Loxsly
8:00 PM: Unicycle Loves You
9:00 PM: Arpline (photos, photos, video)
10:00 PM: Deleted Scenes
11:00 PM: Army Navy

Jonny Leather’s ‘Good For Me Is Good For You’ holds it own CMJ showcase.

Union Pool, 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: RUBIK
9:00 PM: Timber Timbre
10:00 PM: Still Life Still (album review)
11:00 PM: Zeus
12:00 AM: Hollerado

Arts & Crafts Records has a showcase at Union Pool – with none of the Arts & Crafts artists you want to see…

Village Underground, 130 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal and 6th Ave.), New York, NY
6:00 PM: Josh Charles
7:00 PM: Lachi
8:00 PM: Sara Haze

Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. (between Metro & 3rd St.), Brooklyn, NY#
9:00 PM: Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned
10:00 PM: Pink Noise
11:00 PM: Little Teeth

 

 

Friday, October 23rd 

Brooklyn Brewery, 79 N 11th St. (near Wythe Ave.), Brooklyn, NY#
The Shaky Hands4:00 PM: La Strada
4:00 PM: Drink Up Buttercup (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
1:00 PM: Hard Nips
2:00 PM: James Husband (of of Montreal) (live review, live review, Norman coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos)
3:00 PM: Ladybug Transistor
4:00 PM: Migu
5:00 PM: Fake Male Voice

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: High Life
12:00 PM: Theo Angell
12:00 PM: Sian Alice Group
12:00 PM: Forest Fire
5:00 PM: Julianna Barwick (ATJ coverage, photos)

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
1:00 PM: Javelin (ATJ coverage, photos)
2:00 PM: Orba Square
3:00 PM: Headlights (album review)
4:00 PM: The Shaky Hands (live review, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
2:00 PM: Prayer
2:40 PM: Superdrag (live review)
3:20 PM: Bear Hands (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, Siren coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
Imaad Wasif4:00 PM: Samuel
4:30 PM: Hurricane Bells
5:20 PM: The Answering Machine

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:40 PM: Cassavettes
2:20 PM: Evan Voytas
3:00 PM: Imaad Wasif (SXSW coverage, photos)
3:40 PM: The Wheel (SXSW coverage, photos)
4:20 PM: Sam Stuart
5:00 PM: Will Dailey

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY* (unofficial)
2:00 PM: Special Guest
3:00 PM: Drug Rug (live review, live review, live review, album review, photos, video)
4:00 PM: Jaymay (album review, Northside coverage, photos)
5:00 PM: Au Revoir Simone (spotlight on, interview, live review, live review, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video, video, video, video, video, video)
6:00 PM: The Uglysuit (SXSW coverage, Norman coverage, photos, photos)

An interesting show at Rockwood Music Hall?!?  Definitely CMJ…

Trash, 256 Grand St. (btwn Driggs & Roebling), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
2:00 PM: Jumbling Towers
3:00 PM: Generationals
4:00 PM: Holiday Shores (ATJ coverage, album review, photos)
5:00 PM: The Loom (photos)

 

@Seaport, 210 Front St. (at Beekman St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Patrick Cleandenim
7:50 PM: Slow Country
8:40 PM: We Are Wolves
9:30 PM: Workout
10:20 PM: Spleen United
11:10 PM: Man Like Me
12:00 AM: Moonbabies (album review)

From the people who bring you the awesome Seaport Music Festival every summer at South Street Seaport (QRO venue review) comes their ‘On-the-Side’ showcase, just ’round the corner at @Seaport.

88 Palace, 88 East Broadway (near Eldrige St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: OCD Automatic
9:00 PM: Telephoned
9:00 PM: Flashmen (BEMF coverage, photos)
Zambri9:00 PM: Anne Montone
9:00 PM: Free Magic
9:00 PM: Zambri (photos, video)
9:00 PM: VDRK
9:00 PM: Machine Drum
9:00 PM: TADT
9:00 PM: Villains
9:00 PM: Parallels

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. (near Canal St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Califone

Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones St. (btwn Broadway & Lafayette), New York, NY
7:00 PM: The Surrender
7:45 PM: Heath Brandon
8:30 PM: Zuri Star
9:15 PM: Fatkid Dodgeball
10:00 PM: Modern Science
10:45 PM: Mere
11:15 PM: J. Dash

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C (at 7th St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Don Brownrigg
8:00 PM: Starcode
9:00 PM: Good Night, States

Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St. (btwn Ludlow & Orchard), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
6:00 PM: Andrew Belle
6:45 PM: Ashes
7:30 PM: Allen Stone
8:15 PM: April Smith
9:15 PM: Atomic Tom
10:15 PM: Filligar
11:15 PM: Paul & the Patients (live review, album review, photos, photos, video, video)
12:15 AM: Madison Ave Boys
1:15 AM: The Stationary Set

B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St. (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.), New York, NY
11:30 PM: Carlitta Durand
11:30 PM: Darien Brockington
Drug Rug11:30 PM: The Foreign Exchange
11:30 PM: YahZarah
11:30 PM: Zo! & The Els

Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Common Loon
8:00 PM: Motel Motel (spotlight on, interview, SXSW coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)
9:00 PM: Owen
10:00 PM: Cale Parks
11:00 PM: James Husband (of of Montreal) (live review, live review, Norman coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos)
12:00 AM: Headlights (album review)
1:00 AM: Japandroids (Siren coverage, photos, photos)

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
12:30 AM: Ivan ‘Funkboy’ Bodley

Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (btwn Bowery & Chrystie), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Julia Nunes
8:00 PM: All The Day Holiday
9:00 PM: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel (SXSW coverage, photos)
10:00 PM: Drug Rug (live review, live review, live review, album review, photos, video)
11:00 PM: The Temper Trap (album review)
12:00 AM: Portugal. The Man (album review)

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Papa
8:00 PM: Calypso
9:00 PM: Acrylics (ATJ coverage, photos)
10:00 PM: Savoir Adore (Northside coverage, album review, photos)
11:00 PM: Rumspringa
12:00 AM: Bear Hands (spotlight on, interview, live review, CMJ coverage, Siren coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)

Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (btwn Houston & Bleecker), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Kidz In Space
Amazing Baby7:30 PM: Smashproof
8:15 PM: Fat Tony
9:00 PM: Kokayi
9:45 PM: Mr. SOS
10:30 PM: Substantial
11:15 PM: PackFM
12:00 AM: Tonedeff

Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. (btwn N. 11th & 12th), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Solid Gold
9:00 PM: Amazing Baby (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)
9:00 PM: Theophilus London
9:00 PM: Chromeo

Expect a line at Brooklyn Bowl for Chromeo.

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Apollo Run
8:30 PM: Slang Chickens
9:30 PM: The Depreciation Guild (live review, photos)
10:30 PM: Surfer Blood
11:30 PM: Crystal Antlers (CMJ coverage, photos)
12:30 AM: NinjaSonik (ATJ coverage, photos, photos, photos)
12:30 AM: Male Bonding
12:30 AM: Let’s Wrestle

Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Drawlings
8:00 PM: Kria Brekkan (album review)
9:00 PM: Excepter
10:00 PM: Tickley Feather (photos)
11:00 PM: Dent May

Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Denney and the Jets
9:00 PM: Daniel Pujol
10:00 PM: Natural Child
11:00 PM: Heavy Cream
12:00 AM: JEFF: The Brotherhood

City Winery, 55 Varick (at Vandam St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Richard Thompson

Crash Mansion (Downstairs), 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Cruel Black Dove
Bridges & Powerlines7:45 PM: Bridges & Powerlines (CMJ coverage, photos)
8:30 PM: Moonbabies (album review)
9:15 PM: The Blakes
10:00 PM: Action Painters
10:45 PM: Army Navy
11:30 PM: Hey Champ
12:15 AM: Public Radio

Death By Audio, 49 S 2nd St. (btwn Wythe and Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Three-legged Race
8:00 PM: Infinity Window
8:00 PM: Religious Knives
8:00 PM: Heavy Winged

Delancey, 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: Drew H
8:00 PM: Eternal Summers
8:40 PM: Inlets
Immaculate Machine9:25 PM: Pill Wonder
10:10 PM: Holiday Shores (ATJ coverage, album review, photos)
10:45 PM: Frat Dad
11:30 PM: New Villager
12:15 AM: Claymation Velociraptor
1:00 AM: Real Estate

DROM, 85 Avenue A (btwn 5th and 6th St.), New York, NY
6:00 PM: Roberto Poveda
6:30 PM: Balagan
7:00 PM: Rosalia Roio
8:00 PM: Ihsan Muhammad
9:00 PM: The GIF

Europa, 98 Meserole Ave. (near Manhattan Ave.), Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
6:00 PM: Higher Giant
6:45 PM: Joey Cape (Lagwagon) and Jon Snodgrass (Drag The River)
7:45 PM: Cobra Skulls
8:45 PM: Teenage Bottlerocket

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. (btwn Ludlow and Essex), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: The Royalties
7:45 PM: The Lovely Feathers
8:30 PM: Immaculate Machine (live review, SXSW coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos)
9:15 PM: Hot Panda
10:00 PM: The Pack A.D.

Immaculate Machine had better have Kathryn Calder at this Mint Records showcase…

Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl. (at 15th St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Sleepy & Boo
Takka Takka10:00 PM: The Fantastic Nobodies
10:15 PM: Aeroplane
11:45 PM: Hercules & Love Affair
1:15 AM: James Zabiela
2:45 AM: Shinichi Osawa

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Gloominous Doom
8:15 PM: Howl
9:00 PM: Complete Failure
9:45 PM: Black Anvil
10:30 PM: Revocation
11:30 PM: Salome
12:30 AM: Misery Index

Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave. (near S. 1st St.), New York, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Bottle Up and Go (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:00 PM: Drink Up Buttercup (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)
8:00 PM: Naked Hearts (album review)
8:00 PM: Let’s Wrestle
8:00 PM: Pattern Is Movement (CMJ coverage, photos)
8:00 PM: Takka Takka (spotlight on, interview, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, SXSW coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video)
8:00 PM: Francis & The Lights

Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (at Lexington), New York, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Sxip Shirey and Adam Matta
10:00 PM: The Wiyos
11:45 PM: Las Rubias Del Norte

Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St. (btwn 9th & 10th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: The Queen Killing King
7:45 PM: Chief
8:40 PM: The Emergency Room (feat. Dan Andriano from Alkaline Trio)
9:40 PM: Superdrag (live review)

Hiro Ballroom @ The Maritime Hotel, 371 W. 16th St. (at 9th Ave.), New York, NY
7:15 PM: The Fleshtones
8:30 PM: The Bongos

Housing Works Used Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby Crosby St. (near Jersey St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Superchunk (live review, live review, photos, photos, video, video)

Mac McCaughan & Laura Ballance of Superchunk – and, really more significantly, Merge Records – read from their Our Noise, and cover other Merge artists.

Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. (btwn Astor Pl. and W 4th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
10:00 PM: Laura Marling

Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson and Sullivan), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Spaceships Are Cool
10:00 PM: We Landed on the Moon!
Budos Band11:00 PM: Ciudad
12:00 AM: Kid Theodore
1:00 AM: In-Flight Safety

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY#
6:00 PM: Binky Griptite and The Dap Kings
6:00 PM: Menahan Street Band (photos)
6:00 PM: Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens (photos)
6:00 PM: The Budos Band (SXSW coverage, album review, photos)

Daptone Records through a celebration at new Knitting Factory – but without Sharon Jones (QRO album review), will anyone come?

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
6:30 PM: Glasser
7:15 PM: Holly Miranda (of The Jealous Girlfriends) (spotlight on, interview, live review, live review, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, solo photos)
8:00 PM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)
9:00 PM: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (interview, live review, CMJ coverage, photos, photos, photos, photos, video)

Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Spring Tigers
8:00 PM: Hi Red Center
9:00 PM: Peggy Sue
10:00 PM: Helado Negro
11:00 PM: Bear In Heaven (album review, photos)

Littlefield, 622 Degraw St. (btwn 3rd and 4th Ave.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
6:30 PM: Still Flyin’
6:30 PM: Home Video (BEMF coverage, album review, photos)
6:30 PM: Codebreaker (BEMF coverage, photos)
Holly Miranda6:30 PM: X-Wife
8:00 PM: Grooms (photos)
11:00 PM: Hesta Prynn

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Matt Duke
8:00 PM: Michal Towber
9:00 PM: Hungry Hungry Ghost
10:00 PM: The Love Language
11:00 PM: Lost In The Trees
12:00 AM: The Uglysuit (SXSW coverage, Norman coverage, photos, photos)
1:00 AM: La Strada

Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Kate Tucker
8:30 PM: Amy Miles
9:30 PM: Valerie Francis
10:30 PM: Alyse Black
12:30 AM: Adam Sullivan

Local 269, 269 E. Houston St. (at Suffolk), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: The Great Nostalgic
8:00 PM: octoberman
9:00 PM: Belikos
10:00 PM: Love Heist
11:00 PM: Maika Makovski
12:00 AM: Kill Krinkle Club

Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (btwn Jefferson and Troutman St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Sleigh Bells
8:00 PM: French Miami
8:00 PM: UUVVWWZ
8:00 PM: Grandchildren
8:00 PM: Surfer Blood

Maxwell’s, 1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Val Emmich
9:30 PM: You Scream I Scream
10:30 PM: Tris McCall
11:30 PM: Chris Batten & The Woods

Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (btwn Essex & Ludlow), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Goldhawks
8:00 PM: Silver Starling
9:00 PM: Ravens & Chimes
10:00 PM: The Dig (photos, photos, video)
11:00 PM: Deadbeat Darling
12:00 AM: The Picture (live review, live review, album review, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video)
1:00 AM: Blip Blip Bleep

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Warpaint
9:45 PM: Phantogram
10:40 PM: The xx (album review, photos)
11:45 PM: School of Seven Bells (album review, photos)

Norwood, 241 W 14th St. (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.), New York, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Via Tania
The Picture8:30 PM: Sherlock’s Daughter
9:00 PM: Fall On Your Sword
10:00 PM: Casxio
10:30 PM: Dan Black
11:30 PM: Midnight Juggernauts (spotlight on, interview, live review, album review, photos, photos, video)

Pacha, 618 W. 46th St. (at 11th Ave), New York, NY
11:00 PM: Mark Knight & Dirty South Live

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Quintus
10:00 PM: Through the Sparks’ Jody Nelson
11:00 PM: Sweet Soubrette

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Sore Eros
9:00 PM: Arms (album review, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
10:00 PM: Little Girls
11:00 PM: Blood Orange
12:00 AM: Acrylics (ATJ coverage, photos)
1:00 AM: Class Actress (Northside coverage, photos)
2:00 AM: Spleen United

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: A Classic Education
8:00 PM: Face On Film
9:00 PM: Family of the Year

Public Assembly, 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Bamboo Shoots
8:00 PM: My Pet Dragon
8:00 PM: Das Racist (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:30 PM: zerobridge

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Kiss Kiss (album review, photos)
7:00 PM: Shiragirl
7:00 PM: Suicide City

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 AM: Harlem
12:00 AM: Duchess & The Duke

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY*
8:00 PM: The Bowery Riots
9:00 PM: Lavalier
10:00 PM: Mother of Three
The Uglysuit11:00 PM: Twin Atlantic
12:00 AM: Love Grenades
1:00 AM: Prayer
2:00 AM: The Postelles (photos)
3:00 AM: French Horn Rebellion

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Edie Carey
8:00 PM: Greg Holden
9:00 PM: Ian Axel
10:00 PM: Your Vegas
11:00 PM: Deadbeat Darling
12:00 AM: The Fumes
1:00 AM: Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St. (at W. Houston St.), New York, NY
5:00 PM: Ray Rodriguez y Swing Sabroso
12:00 AM: Kreyola

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
5:00 PM: Santa
6:00 PM: Chief
7:00 PM: Yes Giantess
8:00 PM: Local Natives (MFNW coverage)
9:00 PM: Theophilus London

Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
4:30 PM: Evan Voytas
5:30 PM: Body Language
6:30 PM: Emil & Friends
7:30 PM: Baby Monster
8:30 PM: Darwin Deez
9:30 PM: Boy Crisis

Sidewalk Café, 94 Ave. A (near 6th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
7:30 PM: The Interstate Johnson Sensation
8:00 PM: Anne Husick & Robert Knot Watkins Reunion
9:00 PM: NinetyFive
10:00 PM: Bloody For Me
11:00 PM: Iyez
12:00 AM: Maya Caballero

Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave. (btwn St. John’s & Sterling), Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: The Hi-Risers
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Veronica Hoever10:00 PM: The Neanderthals
11:00 PM: The Trashmen

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Squaaks
7:50 PM: Grammar Debate
8:40 PM: Me And My Arrow
9:30 PM: The Fervor
10:20 PM: Winterpills
11:10 PM: Sissy Wish
12:00 AM: The Bloodsugars

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: BEAST
7:00 PM: Nick Catchdubs
7:55 PM: Two Fresh
8:40 PM: Body Language
9:20 PM: Vega
10:05 PM: We Are Enfant Terrible
10:50 PM: Red Wire Black Wire (Northside coverage, photos)
11:30 PM: Yes Giantess

The Suffolk, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: Glasser
8:00 PM: Harlem
9:00 PM: Tanlines
10:00 PM: Lemonade
11:00 PM: Cold Cave
12:00 AM: Ted Leo + Pharmacists (photos, photos, photos, photos)

Expect a packed house, even at midnight, for Ted Leo & The Pharmacists at such a small place.

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St. (btwn 3rd St. & Bleecker St.), New York, NY
10:00 PM: SociaLybrium feat. Bernie Worrell, Blackbyrd McKnight, Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis
11:30 PM: Bonerama

Sycamore, 1118 Cortelyou Rd. (near E. 12th St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Liz Durrett

North 4th St. & Kent Ave., Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
9:00 PM: Blacklist (album review)
9:35 PM: The Loom
10:10 PM: The Duchess & The Duke
10:45 PM: Immaculate Machine (live review, SXSW coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos)
11:20 PM: Inlets
11:55 PM: Local Natives (MFNW coverage)
12:30 AM: The Love Language

One of the umpteen showcases Brooklyn Vegan is throwing this CMJ, this one’s at secret, tba location in Brooklyn… (update: loft part at North 4th St. & Kent Ave.)

Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St. (at 11th Ave), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Eskmo
9:00 PM: STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)

Trash, 256 Grand St. (btwn Driggs & Roebling), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Stuyvesant
9:00 PM: Twin Berlin
Spinto Band10:00 PM: Goes Cube
11:00 PM: The Neutron Drivers
12:00 AM: Veil Veil Vanish

Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: And The Moneynotes
7:45 PM: Giant Cloud
8:30 PM: Floating Action
9:30 PM: Generationals
10:30 PM: The High Strung
11:30 PM: Pepi Ginsberg
12:30 AM: The Spinto Band (album review, photos, photos, photos, video)

Union Pool, 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
6:00 PM: Weird Owl
7:00 PM: Imaad Wasif w/ Two Part Beast (SXSW coverage, photos)
8:00 PM: Hopewell
9:00 PM: Kreisor
10:00 PM: Quest For Fire
11:00 PM: Naam
12:00 AM: Nebula
1:00 AM: Priestess

Village Underground, 130 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal and 6th Ave.), New York, NY
6:00 PM: CoQ10
7:00 PM: Veritas
8:00 PM: Bebe Buell

Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
11:30 PM: Shout Out Out Out Out
12:00 AM: Bird Peterson
Superhuman Happiness12:45 AM: Mickey Factz
1:00 AM: Wallpaper
1:25 AM: Felix Cartal
2:00 AM: Danger
3:00 AM: Filthy Dukes
3:30 AM: 12th Planet

Wicked Willy’s, 149 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson & Laguardia), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Dizzy Balloon
9:00 PM: The New Loud
10:00 PM: River Phoenix
11:00 PM: Violent Kin

Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. (between Metro & 3rd St.), Brooklyn, NY#
10:00 PM: Choo Choo La Rouge
11:00 PM: Superhuman Happiness (photos)

 

 

 

Saturday, October 24th 

Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th St. (btwn 5th Ave. & Broadway), New York, NY
2:00 PM: Restless People
2:45 PM: MNDR
3:00 PM: The Temper Trap (album review)
4:15 PM: Jenny Wilson
5:00 PM: Chauffeur
5:45 PM: Vega
6:30 PM: Midnight Juggernauts (spotlight on, interview, live review, album review, photos, photos, video)
7:15 PM: Florence and The Machine
8:00 PM: Pill
8:45 PM: Special Guests

Only one night of FADER Fort?!?  At least it has Midnight Juggernauts – and no one else you’ve heard of…
 
Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
2:00 PM: Acrylics (ATJ coverage, photos)
2:00 PM: Apache Beat
2:00 PM: Man Like Me
2:00 PM: Golden Silvers
2:00 PM: Boy Crisis

Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (btwn Houston & Bleecker), New York, NY
1:00 PM: The Fast Romantics
1:20 PM: Nathan Reich
2:30 PM: Man on Earth
3:05 PM: Nini&Ben
3:40 PM: Zigmat
4:15 PM: SEX!
 
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. (btwn N. 11th & 12th), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 PM: Savoir Adore (Northside coverage, album review, photos)
2:00 PM: Grooms (photos)
3:00 PM: Surfer Blood
4:00 PM: Harlem
Grooms5:00 PM: Soft Black
6:00 PM: Lovver
7:00 PM: Bear In Heaven (album review, photos)

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
12:00 PM: Corduroy Days
12:00 PM: Beluga
12:00 PM: Disbelief St.
12:00 PM: The Fancy
12:00 PM: Sini Anderson
12:00 PM: The Roulettes
12:00 PM: Red Wire Black Wire (Northside coverage, photos)

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: UUVVWWZ
12:00 PM: Mkngfrndz
12:00 PM: Love or Perish
12:00 PM: Coin Under Tongue
12:00 PM: Anamanaguchi

Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:30 PM: Big Troubles
12:30 PM: Spanish Prisoners
12:30 PM: Sun Dagger
12:30 PM: Eterna Summers
3:00 PM: Air Waves
3:00 PM: Frat Dad
3:00 PM: Pill Wonder
3:00 PM: Luffy Lumbers
3:00 PM: Family Portrait

Crash Mansion (Downstairs), 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 PM: Heart Attack
2:00 PM: The Sunstreak
3:00 PM: The Riverwinds
Bear In Heaven4:00 PM: Farewell
5:00 PM: The Years Gone
6:00 PM: Kids of Survival

Delancey, 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY* (unofficial)
1:00 PM: Traveling Cirlce
1:45 PM: Le Rug
2:30 PM: GunFight! (ATJ coverage, photos)
3:15 PM: We Are Country Mice
4:00 PM: Cale Parks
4:45 PM: Freelance Whales

Delancey (Upstairs), 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
12:30 PM: Soft Black
1:15 PM: Natureboy
2:00 PM: Emanuel & The Fear
2:45 PM: Drink Up Buttercup (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)
3:30 PM: Annie & The Beekeepers
4:15 PM: Elizabeth & The Catapult (album review)
5:00 PM: Local Natives (MFNW coverage)

Don Pedro’s, 90 Manhattan Ave. (at McKibbin St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
3:00 PM: The Moi Non Plus
3:00 PM: Snakes Say His
3:00 PM: The Tony Castles
3:00 PM: Rifle Recoil
3:00 PM: Boogie Boarder
3:00 PM: Darlings (Northside coverage, photos)
3:00 PM: JEFF: The Brotherhood
3:00 PM: Future Islands
6:30 PM: Dinowalrus

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: The Stationary Set
1:00 PM: Threes and Nines
2:00 PM: Fairmont
3:00 PM: Awesome New Republic (BEMF coverage, photos)
4:00 PM: Tim Williams
5:00 PM: North Highlands

Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson and Sullivan), New York, NY (unofficial)
2:00 PM: Travis Candle
2:45 PM: Francis
2:45 PM: The Uglysuit (SXSW coverage, Norman coverage, photos, photos)
2:45 PM: Shayna Zaid & The Catch
Holiday Shores
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
12:00 PM: Heavy Cream
12:00 PM: Flexions
12:00 PM: JEFF: The Brotherhood
3:00 PM: Screaming Females (album review)
12:00 PM: Obits (SXSW coverage, album review)

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
2:30 PM: Dawn Landes (spotlight on, interview, album review, photos, photos, video, video, video)
3:15 PM: Choir of Young Believers
4:00 PM: Sissy Wish
4:45 PM: Savoir Adore (Northside coverage, album review, photos)
5:30 PM: Bird of Youth

Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (btwn Jefferson and Troutman St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
1:00 PM: Surfer Blood
2:00 PM: Highlife
3:00 PM: Bear In Heaven (album review, photos)
4:00 PM: Small Black
5:00 PM: Javelin (ATJ coverage, photos)

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
12:00 PM: Holiday Shores (ATJ coverage, album review, photos)
1:35 PM: Headlights (album review)
2:40 PM: The Duchess & The Duke
3:45 PM: Dum Dum Girls
5:00 PM: Lightspeed Champion

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY* (unofficial)
1:00 PM: Haakon’s Fault
1:00 PM: New Madrid
1:00 PM: Milo & The Fuzz
1:00 PM: Black Taxi
1:00 PM: Action Painters

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:15 PM: Surf City (album review)
2:00 PM: The Moondoggies
2:45 PM: Local Natives (MFNW coverage)
3:30 PM: Still Life Still (album review)
4:15 PM: Deastro
5:00 PM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 PM: Dave Godowsky
1:45 PM: Sharon Van Etten (Northside coverage, album review, photos)
2:30 PM: The Smith Westerns (photos)
3:15 PM: Pete & The Pirates
4:00 PM: JBM
4:45 PM: Dent May
5:30 PM: The Wheel (SXSW coverage, photos)

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY* (unofficial)
1:00 PM: Hank & Cupcake (photos)
1:00 PM: New Madrid
1:00 PM: Milo & The Fuzz
1:00 PM: Haakon’s Fault
1:00 PM: Black Taxi

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
2:00 PM: Foundation
Savoir Adore2:00 PM: Title Fight
2:00 PM: Cold World
2:00 PM: Maximum Penalty
2:00 PM: Blacklisted
2:00 PM: Bane

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
2:00 PM: Computer Perfection
3:00 PM: LoveLikeFire (live review, photos, video, video)
4:00 PM: Dinosaur Feathers (ATJ coverage, photos)
5:00 PM: Zambri (photos, video)
6:00 PM: Yoni Gordon

Sycamore, 1118 Cortelyou Rd. (near E. 12th St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
4:00 PM: Patrick Elkins
4:00 PM: Wild Raspberries

 

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. (near Canal St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Sufjan Stevens (live review, photos)

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. (near Canal St.), New York, NY (unofficial) – QRO venue review
10:00 PM: Sufjan Stevens (live review, photos)

Note: This is a showing/performance of Stevens’ multimedia project, The BQE.

Above the Auto Parts Store, 600 Bushwick Ave. (at Jefferson St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
10:00 PM: Sisters
10:00 PM: Screaming Females (album review)
10:00 PM: Surfer Blood
10:00 PM: JEFF: The Brotherhood

Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones St. (btwn Broadway & Lafayette), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Fox Jaws
8:00 PM: The Paint Movement
9:00 PM: Yukon Blonde
Au Revoir Simone10:00 PM: Capital City
11:00 PM: soihadto
12:00 AM: The Beauvilles

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C (at 7th St.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Rebecca Jordan
8:00 PM: The Answering Machine
9:00 PM: The Specs

Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St. (btwn Ludlow & Orchard), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: The Elusive Parallelograms
8:45 PM: The Capstan Shafts
9:30 PM: Broadfield Marchers
10:15 PM: The Contrast
11:00 PM: The Grip Weeds
11:45 PM: The Telepathic Butterflies
12:30 AM: The High Dials

Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Miracles of Modern Science
8:00 PM: Pursesnatchers
9:00 PM: The Postmarks (album review, album review, album review)
10:00 PM: Still Flyin’
11:00 PM: Au Revoir Simone (spotlight on, interview, live review, live review, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video, video, video, video, video, video)

Some dulcet tones – and lovely ladies – at Bell House on the final night.

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
12:30 AM: Marcus Johnson

Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (btwn Bowery & Chrystie), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Stricken City
8:00 PM: Threes and Nines
9:00 PM: Imaad Wasif (SXSW coverage, photos)
10:00 PM: Violens (album review, photos, photos)
11:00 PM: Sharon Van Etten (Northside coverage, album review, photos)
12:00 AM: Rain Machine

Rain Machine is the umpteenth new project from Kyp Malone (TV On the Radio, Iran, etc.).

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
Phil & The Osophers9:00 PM: Acrylics (ATJ coverage, photos)
9:00 PM: The Idle Hands
11:00 PM: Yes Giantess
9:00 PM: Your Vegas
12:15 AM: Sean Bones (album review, photos, video, video)
1:00 AM: KAV

Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (btwn Houston & Bleecker), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Chevonne
8:35 PM: A Clear Blurr
9:10 PM: The New Collisions
9:55 PM: Nightmare Of You
10:30 PM: James from To Write Love on Her Arms
10:45 PM: The Action Design
11:30 PM: Lights Resolve
12:15 AM: Grudgeholder
12:55 AM: Super 400

Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (near Roebling St.), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Phil & The Osophers (spotlight on, interview, SXSW coverage, Northside coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video, video)
8:45 PM: Dragon Turtle
9:30 PM: Soltero
10:15 PM: Strand of Oaks
11:00 PM: Matt Bauer
11:45 PM: Lewis & Clarke

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: French Miami
8:45 PM: Sigmund Droid
9:30 PM: Jenny Wilson
10:15 PM: Weekend
11:00 PM: Twin Atlantic
11:45 PM: LoveLikeFire (live review, photos, video, video)

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
1:00 AM: Beach Fossils
1:00 AM: Miracles of Modern Science
1:00 AM: Sissy Wish

Cameo Gallery, 93 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Berry), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez
LoveLikeFire9:00 PM: Adventure
10:00 PM: Montag
11:00 PM: EAR PWR
12:00 AM: Casino Versus Japan

Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY#
9:00 PM: Home and Garden
10:00 PM: Like Bells
11:00 PM: Mystery of Two
12:00 AM: HotChaCha

City Winery, 55 Varick (at Vandam St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Diane Birch

Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
6:30 PM: The Motorcycle Industry
7:15 PM: The Brothers Frank (NYU Battle of the Bands Winner)
8:00 PM: NYLE
8:45 PM: Shinobi Ninja

Crash Mansion (Downstairs), 199 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial) – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: U-N-I
9:00 PM: Trackademicks
9:00 PM: The Cataracs
9:00 PM: The Beatards
9:00 PM: Shawn Chrystopher
9:00 PM: Roy G & The Biv
9:00 PM: Rob Roy
Team Robespierre9:00 PM: Mirk & The New Familiars
9:00 PM: Mickey Factz
9:00 PM: Mic Terror
9:00 PM: Hollywood Holt
9:00 PM: Hey Champ
9:00 PM: He Say She Say
9:00 PM: Gina Turner
9:00 PM: G-Eazy
9:00 PM: Dude Royal
9:00 PM: Donnis
9:00 PM: D*Star
9:00 PM: Christian Rich
9:00 PM: Curt@!n$
9:00 PM: Christian TV
9:00 PM: Adam Tensta
9:00 PM: 12th Planet

Death By Audio, 49 S 2nd St. (btwn Wythe and Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Smarts
8:00 PM: Future Islands
8:00 PM: Double Dagger

Delancey, 168 Delancey St. (btwn Clinton & Attorney), New York, NY*
6:45 PM: Mama Bear
7:30 PM: Locket
8:15 PM: Marie Stella
9:00 PM: The Jaguar Club (album review)
10:00 PM: My Teenage Stride (ATJ coverage, photos)
11:00 PM: Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers (album review, photos, photos)
12:00 AM: chopshop
1:00 AM: Kittens Ablaze
2:00 AM: The Binary Marketing Show

Don Pedro’s, 90 Manhattan Ave. (at McKibbin St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: The Moi Non Plus
8:00 PM: Wild Yaks (ATJ coverage, CMJ coverage, photos, photos)
8:00 PM: Smarts
8:00 PM: K-Holes
8:00 PM: Golden Triangle
8:00 PM: Crystal Antlers (CMJ coverage, photos)

Etnies Showroom, 29 Greene St. (btwn Canal and Grand St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
7:30 PM: Drink Up Buttercup (ATJ coverage, photos, photos)
7:30 PM: U.S. Royalty
7:30 PM: The Nymphets
7:30 PM: Team Robespierre (live review, photos, photos)

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St. (btwn Ludlow and Essex), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: everyboy
Freshkills7:45 PM: Hyperpotamus
8:30 PM: Pecker
9:15 PM: Secret Broadcast
10:00 PM: Courtney Wing

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (btwn Broome and Grand), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: We The They
7:45 PM: Sure Fire
8:30 PM: Bamboo Shoots
9:15 PM: My Jerusalem
11:00 PM: Amandititita

Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave. (near S. 1st St.), New York, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Pink Noise
8:00 PM: The Depreciation Guild (live review, photos)
8:00 PM: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
8:00 PM: Freshkills (live review, live review, CMJ coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, video, video, video, video, video, video, video, video)
8:00 PM: The Megaphonic Thrift
8:00 PM: Spanish Broads
8:00 PM: Dark Meat

Gramercy Theater, 127 E. 23rd St. (at Lexington), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Da Beatminerz
9:00 PM: Team Facelift
9:20 PM: Skyzoo
9:45 PM: Marco Polo & Torae
10:10 PM: Blue Scholars
10:45 PM: Kidz In The Hall
11:20 PM: Boot Camp Clik

Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St. (btwn 9th & 10th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
6:30 PM: Jer Coons
7:15 PM: Paula Valstein
8:00 PM: Julia Nunes

Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. (btwn Astor Pl. and W 4th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
11:30 PM: Via Tania

Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson and Sullivan), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Wil Seabrook
8:30 PM: Erik Donley
9:30 PM: Under the Elephant
10:30 PM: Shotgun Honeymoon
11:30 PM: Jonny Lives!
1:00 AM: All-Star Jam Band

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY#
8:30 PM: Joan As Policewoman

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY#
11:30 PM: IyaDeDe
12:10 AM: Blitz the Ambassador
12:50 AM: Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew
1:40 AM: Jahdan Blakkamoore and Matt Shadetek

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Sin Fang Bous (album review)
9:00 PM: Múm

(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (at Thompson), New York, NY – QRO venue review
11:30 PM: Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees (photos)
12:30 AM: Dangerous:All Metal Tribute to Michael Jackson
1:30 AM: Misstallica: All Chick Tribute to Classic Metallica

Major sonic whiplash at (le) Poisson Rouge – art-rock from Scandinavia, then mock-metal tribute acts…

Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th & 6th St.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Black Diamond Bay
Tragedy8:45 PM: Tulipomania
9:30 PM: We Should Be Dead
10:15 PM: The High Dials
11:00 PM: Maudlin
11:45 PM: The Receiver

Littlefield, 622 Degraw St. (btwn 3rd and 4th Ave.), Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Last Tide
9:15 PM: Common Loon
10:00 PM: Choir of Young Believers
11:00 PM: Solid Gold
12:00 AM: French Horn Rebellion

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Alessi’s Ark
8:00 PM: Chris Maxwell
9:00 PM: Joshua James
10:00 PM: Orba Squara
11:00 PM: Skidmore Fountain
12:00 AM: BEAST

Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Katie Costello
9:30 PM: Strung Out String Band
10:30 PM: Whistling Wolves
11:30 PM: Jaw Lesson
12:30 AM: Will Stratton

Local 269, 269 E. Houston St. (at Suffolk), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: awkward i
7:45 PM: Graham MacRae
8:30 PM: Rachael Sage & The Sequins
9:15 PM: Maria Due
10:15 PM: Sugar Plum Ferry
11:00 PM: Fire Ex

Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (btwn Jefferson and Troutman St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
6:00 PM: The Smith Westerns (photos)
7:00 PM: Real Estate
8:00 PM: Delorean
9:00 PM: Cold Cave
10:00 PM: Cymbals Eat Guitars (live review, album review, photos, photos, photos)

Maxwell’s, 1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ – QRO venue review
9:30 PM: The Neanderthals
The Smith Westerns10:30 PM: The Hi-Risers
11:30 PM: The Trashmen

Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (btwn Essex & Ludlow), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Unnatural Helpers
8:00 PM: Dum Dum Girls
9:00 PM: Moondoggies
10:00 PM: Duchess & The Duke
11:00 PM: Golden Triangle
12:00 AM: Pissed Jeans
1:00 AM: Obits (SXSW coverage, album review)
2:00 AM: Male Bonding

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Young Prisms
9:45 PM: Smith Westerns (photos)
10:30 PM: Farmer Dave Scher
11:15 PM: Real Estate
12:00 AM: The Amazing

Pacha, 618 W. 46th St. (at 11th Ave), New York, NY
11:00 PM: Roger Sanchez

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Great Republic of Rough and Ready
9:00 PM: Expo 70
11:00 PM: The Moore Brothers

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY* – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Restless People
10:00 PM: Janka Nabay
11:00 PM: Glasser
12:00 AM: Delorean
1:00 AM: Lemonade

Public Assembly, 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Andy Rourke
8:00 PM: Brooklyn Girls Sound System
8:00 PM: Jesse Yusef Murphy
8:00 PM: Little Thief

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N 6th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial) – QRO venue review
10:00 PM: Prince William
10:00 PM: Danny Scrilla
10:00 PM: Sex & Fury
10:00 PM: Anna Love

Pure Volume House, 169 Bowery (at Delancey), New York, NY* (unofficial)
11:00 PM: Jump Into Gospel
12:00 AM: Home Video (BEMF coverage, album review, photos)
Midnight Juggernauts1:00 AM: U.S. Royalty
2:00 AM: Pete & The Pirates
3:00 AM: We Are Wolves

Red Bull Space, 40 Thompson St. (at Watts), New York, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Jared Evans
8:00 PM: Johnny Polygon
8:00 PM: Supreeme Prophit
8:00 PM: Jasmine Solano
8:00 PM: Christian Rich
8:00 PM: JADE<3
8:00 PM: Skotch Davis
8:00 PM: Team Facelift
8:00 PM: Bad Rabbits
8:00 PM: Mickey Factz
8:00 PM: NinjaSonik (ATJ coverage, photos, photos, photos)

Rocks Off Concert Cruise – Aboard the Temptress, World Yacht Marina- Pier 81 (at W. 41st St. and West Side Highway), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: Eyehategod
8:00 PM: Goat Whore
8:00 PM: Pig Destroyer
8:00 PM: Strong Intention

You go to CMJ – and then spend the last night aboard a booze cruise with some metal acts?

Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St. (btwn Stanton & Houston), New York, NY*
6:00 PM: Benyaro
8:00 PM: Shayna Zaid and The Catch
9:00 PM: Zach Williams
10:00 PM: Deadbeat Darling
11:00 PM: Jeff Taylor
12:00 AM: The Brooklyn Boogalloo
1:00 AM: The Big Takeover

ROOT Studios, 141 N 14th St. (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave.), Brooklyn, NY# (unofficial)
9:30 PM: Cale Parks
9:30 PM: Neon Indian
9:30 PM: The Almighty Defenders

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St. (at W. Houston St.), New York, NY
5:00 PM: The Brazil Show
12:00 AM: 100% Soca Feté Show

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:00 PM: We Are Wolves
9:00 PM: Dan Black
10:00 PM: We Have Band
11:00 PM: The Golden Filter
12:00 AM: VV Brown
1:00 AM: Midnight Juggernauts (spotlight on, interview, live review, album review, photos, photos, video)
2:00 AM: Parallels
3:00 AM: Man Like Me

Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayette (btwn Walker & White), New York, NY – QRO venue review
9:00 PM: Spleen United
10:00 PM: Lemonade
12:00 AM: Javelin (ATJ coverage, photos)
1:00 AM: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
2:00 AM: HEARTSREVOLUTION
3:00 AM: The Paparazzi

Shea Stadium, 85A Debevoise Ave. (btwn Richardson and Frost St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
3:00 PM: Kittens Ablaze
3:00 PM: Rumanian Buck
3:00 PM: Werewolves
3:00 PM: JACK
3:00 PM: Taos
8:00 PM: Electric Tickle Machine (live review, Northside coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos)
11:00 PM: Art of Shooting (Northside coverage, photos)

Note: ‘Shea Stadium’ is just the name of a new venue in Brooklyn, folks – no Mets, no Beattles…

Shrine, 2271 7th Ave. (btwn 133rd and 134th St.), New York, NY
10:00 PM: Oran Eitken

Sidewalk Café, 94 Ave. A (near 6th St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Andrea Gibson
Electric Tickle Machine9:00 PM: Master Lee
10:00 PM: Howard Katz
11:00 PM: The Scamps
12:00 AM: Emily White

Silent Barn, 9-15 Wuckoff Ave. (btwn Hancock and Weirfield St.), Queens, NY (unofficial)
8:00 PM: Jacques Detergent
8:00 PM: Slang Chickens
8:00 PM: My Teenage Stride (ATJ coverage, photos)
8:00 PM: A Classic Education
8:00 PM: Pete & The Pirates

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave. (at N. 7th St.), Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:00 PM: Appomattox
8:00 PM: Low Frequency In Stereo
9:00 PM: The Kindness Kind
10:00 PM: Loxsly
11:00 PM: Monogold
12:00 AM: Electric Tickle Machine (live review, Northside coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos)
1:00 AM: The Main Drag

The Studio @ Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.), New York, NY – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: The Protomen
8:15 PM: Mon Khmer
9:00 PM: Rumspringa
9:45 PM: Savoir Adore (Northside coverage, album review, photos)
10:30 PM: Zaza
11:30 PM: Anamanaguchi

The Suffolk, 107 Suffolk St. (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY*
7:00 PM: D. Black
8:00 PM: Metermaids
9:00 PM: The Beatards
10:00 PM: Shunda K
11:00 PM: Champagne Champagne
12:00 AM: Santino Santino
1:00 AM: Codebreaker (BEMF coverage, photos)

Sycamore, 1118 Cortelyou Rd. (near E. 12th St.), Brooklyn, NY (unofficial)
Codebreaker9:00 PM: Olivia Mori

Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St. (at 11th Ave), New York, NY – QRO venue review
8:30 PM: Zac Brown Band

The only CMJ show at the massive Terminal 5 is… who?

Tribeca Grand, 2 6th Ave. (at Church and White St.), New York, NY (unofficial)
10:00 PM: Jessica 6

Trash, 256 Grand St. (btwn Driggs & Roebling), Brooklyn, NY#
8:00 PM: Poingly
9:00 PM: The Vandelles
10:00 PM: Vulture Whale (album review)
11:00 PM: The Middle Eight
12:00 AM: The Protomen

Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn, NY – QRO venue review
7:30 PM: Pacific Theater
8:30 PM: La Strada
9:30 PM: Mia Riddle & Her Band
10:30 PM: The Loom (photos)

Union Pool, 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY# – QRO venue review
7:40 PM: Flexions
8:20 PM: UUVVWWZ
9:00 PM: zZz
9:40 PM: Turbo Fruits
10:20 PM: JEFF the Brotherhood
11:00 PM: Lovvers
11:40 PM: Dark Meat
12:30 AM: An Albatross

Village Underground, 130 W. 3rd St. (btwn MacDougal and 6th Ave.), New York, NY
7:00 PM: Jonny Hirsch
8:00 PM: Lisa Bianco
9:00 PM: Julius C
10:00 PM: Social Hero

Wicked Willy’s, 149 Bleecker St. (btwn Thompson & Laguardia), New York, NY
8:00 PM: Senator
9:00 PM: Overnight
11:00 PM: In Cadeo (album review)

Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. (between Metro & 3rd St.), Brooklyn, NY#
9:00 PM: CALLmeKAT
10:00 PM: No Eye Contact
11:00 PM: Duke Amayo

 

For festival website, go here: www.cmj.com/marathon

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