CMJ 2012 Day Four Preview

Some notes on our preview:

Not only are all official music showcases listed, but so are unofficial ones – free or RSVP. Shows are official unless otherwise indicated by "(unofficial)", "(free)", or "(RSVP)"; free & RSVP shows are unofficial unless otherwise indicated with "(official)". Shows listed as "(official/RSVP)" require either a badge or RSVP, not both.
If only the start time is known, all bands listed under that start time. Bands listed in order of appearance, or roughest guess/alphabetical order if not known.
* denotes that the venue is in the Bowery area of Manhattan.
# denotes that the venue is in Williamsburg area of Brooklyn.

(constantly updated as so much changes, right up to the start & even during CMJ)

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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However, CMJ’s twin beating hearts are still in the Bowery & Williamsburg, so here’s closer maps of both area:

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QRO Recommendation

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery* (RSVP)

The Outlaw Roadshow

12:30pm – You Won’t

1:30pm – Golden Bloom

2:30pm – Will Dailey

3:30pm – The Day’s Weight

4:30pm – Aunt Martha

Bowery Electric (Map Room), 327 Bowery* (RSVP)

The Outlaw Roadshow

12:00pm – Bridges and Powerlines

1:00pm – Mellow Bravo

2:00pm – Do Not Forsake Me

3:00pm – Ribs

4:00pm – Hey Marseilles

5:00pm – Mean Creek

6:00pm – Sonic Cow Grunt

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (free)

KXLU/KXSC

12:00pm – Kera & The Lesbian

12:45pm – Habibi

1:30pm – Bleeding Rainbow

2:15pm – Turbo Fruits

3:00pm – Total Slacker

3:45pm – Gap Dream

4:00pm – Unstoppable Death Machines

5:15pm – The Shrine

Cameo, 93 North 6th St.# (venue review) (official/free)

Kanine Records/The Wild Honey Pie

12:30pm – Roommates

1:30pm – Moon King

2:30pm – Zambri

3:30pm – Eternal Summers

4:30pm – Bleeding Rainbow

5:30pm – Beach Day

6:30pm – Valleys

CMJ Union, 27 Union Square West (official/RSVP)

KEXP

10:30am – Line & Circle

12:30pm – Wild Nothing

2:30pm – Kishi Bashi

4:30pm – The Antlers

8:30pm – Figo

Nice daytime line-up for broadcast on KEXP at Union Square with The Antlers (QRO live review) and Wild Nothing (QRO live review).

FADER Fort, 130 Hope St. (RSVP)

2:45pm – Tashaki Miyaki

3:30pm – Solid Gold

4:15pm – TBA

5:00pm – Kitty Pryde

5:45pm – DIIV

6:30pm – Hene Aiko

7:15pm – TBA

8:05pm – special guest

FADER Fort expands into the daytime for Friday & Saturday.

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (venue review)

Spincloudmusic.com/Phillstock

3:00pm – Russell Howard

3:45pm – The Lawsuits

4:30pm – Madi Wolf And The Pack

5:15pm – Late Cambrian

6:00pm – Amanda Cross

6:45pm – The Ugly Club

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave.# (venue review) (free)

Distiller Promo

3:00pm – Gold Fields

4:00pm – Slowdance

5:00pm – Delicate Steve

Left Field, 87 Ludlow St.*

Klam/Comedy Plus One

11:00am – Rebecca Gates

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St.# (venue review) (free)

Riot Act Media

4:10pm – Pancho-San

4:46pm – Gabriel & The Hounds

5:20pm – Agent Ribbons

5:55pm – Lightning Love

6:30pm – Xenia Rubinos

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (RSVP)

Planetary Group

1:20pm – The Orwells

2:00pm – Hot Panda

2:40pm – The Intelligence

3:20pm – San Cisco

4:00pm – Turbo Fruits

4:40pm – Rah Rah

5:20pm – Twerps

Catch Canadians like Hot Panda (QRO album review) & Rah Rah (QRO live review).

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (RSVP)

Planetary Group

1:40pm – Dikta

2:20pm – Elephant Stone

3:00pm – Skipping Girl Vinegar

3:40pm – Blessed Feathers

4:20pm – Tim Chaisson

5:00pm – The Trouble with Templeton

Public Assembly, 70 N. 6th St.# (venue review) (free)

BrooklynVegan

12:00pm – Tiny Fingers
1:00pm – Murals
1:45pm – Deap Vally
2:30pm – Savages
3:15pm – METZ
4:00pm – MS MR
5:00pm – Braids

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N. 6th St.# (venue review) (free)

BrooklynVegan

12:00pm – Blessed Feathers
12:40pm – Foxygen
1:25pm – FIGO (live)
2:10pm – IO Echo
3:00pm – Sky Ferreira
3:40pm – Doldrums
4:30pm – Toys That Kill
5:15pm – The Intelligence

BrooklynVegan takes over Public Assembly on Friday & Saturday.

Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 1), 196 Allen St.* (venue review) (official/free)

Monarch

12:00pm – A Brief View of the Hudson

12:45pm – The Bengsons

1:30pm – Wyatt

2:00pm – Teletextile

2:45pm – Monica Lionheart

3:30pm – Heather Christian

4:40pm – Mieka Pauley

5:00pm – Monkey Rock Writers Circle

Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 2), 196 Allen St.* (venue review) (official/free)

Imagem Music/The Press House PR

Imagem Music

11:30am – TBD

12:00pm – Anna Krantz

1:00pm – Jillette Johnson

2:00pm – SHEL

3:00pm – Zulu Pearls

4:00pm – Wakey!Wakey!

5:00pm – French Horn Rebellion

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave.# (venue review) (official/free)

Lovely Hearts Club

1:00pm – Royal Canoe

1:45pm – I Can Chase Dragons!

2:30pm – Bouts

3:15pm – Conveyor

4:00pm – Eli Mardock

Paper Garden Records’ Lovely Hearts Club comes to Spike Hill.

92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St. (venue review)

Berkelee

7:00pm – Berkleemusic Band

7:45pm – Golden Bloom

8:30pm – Bent Knee

9:15pm – Gina’s Picture Show

10:00pm – Red Oblivion

10:45pm – Measure

11:30pm – Shea Rose

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C

7:00pm – Raised By Wolves

8:00pm – The Vansaders

9:00pm – Channel

Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St.* (venue review)

M For Montreal

6:00pm – Ariane Moffatt

6:40pm – Karim Oullet

7:20pm – Tops

8:00pm – Plaster

9:00pm – Royal Canoe

10:00pm – Blue Hawaii

11:00pm – Moon King

12:00am – Mozart’s Sister

1:00am – Doldrums

2:00am – Absolutely Free

B.B. King’s (Lucille’s Bar, 237 W. 42nd St.

8:00pm – Matt Longo

10:00pm – The Soft White Sixties

12:00am – The Foot

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St.

12:00am – Gabriel Johnson

Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St.* (venue review)

7:00pm – Winter People

8:00pm – Foxygen

9:00pm – US Royalty

10:00pm – Ex Cops

11:00pm – Houndmouth

12:00am – You Won’t

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery* (official/free)

Cantora Records

8:00pm – Busy Living

9:00pm – Such Hounds

10:00pm – Cruiser

11:00pm – Slam Donahue

12:00am – Zulu Pearls

Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave.# (venue review)

Windish Agency

8:00pm – Flume

9:00pm – Chad Valley

10:00pm – Free Energy

11:00pm – Born Ruffians

12:00am – Icona Pop

1:00am – Penguin Prison (DJ Set)

Windish represents a ton of indie acts, so always has a good showcase at CMJ.

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St.* (venue review)

The Great Escape/NME

7:00pm – Squarehead

8:00pm – So Cow

9:00pm – Chains of Love

10:00pm – The Luyas

11:00pm – Jinja Safari

12:00am – Citizens!

I haven’t read the NME in so long…

Canal Room, 285 W. Broadway (venue review)

Peace Belt Productions

7:10pm – Caleb Hawley

7:55pm – Dangerous Ponies

8:55pm – Emergency Service

9:55pm – Young Things

The Delancey, 168 Delancey St.*

Underwater Peoples/New Images Limited

8:00pm – Limited

9:00pm – Ian Drennan

10:00pm – Future Shuttle

11:00pm – La Big Vic

12:00am – Maria Minerva

1:00am – DJ Colleen Nika

Don Pedro’s, 1865 2nd Ave.

Citizen Music/Rocker Stalker/The Waster

8:00pm – Wyldlife

8:35pm – Brick + Mortar

9:10pm – TAB The Band

9:45pm – Walnuts

10:20pm – The Gypsy West

10:55pm – Concertina

11:30pm – Vulture Shit

12:05am – Black Wing Halo

12:40am – Only Living Boy

1:30am – The Othermen

DROM, 85 Avenue A (venue review) (official/free)

Import/Export

7:00pm – New Villager

7:15pm – Alesh

7:30pm – Onili

8:00pm – Adrienne Mack-Davis

8:15pm – Krissy Krissy

8:35pm – Kevin Lester

9:00pm – Miz Metro

9:25pm – TEFF Mayweather-Barbados

9:45pm – Project E.A.R

10:15pm – DOPE D.O.D.

10:45pm – New Villager

11:15pm – Something In Spanish

12:00am – Héloïse and the Savoir Faire

12:45am – HI FASHION

1:20am – Future Brite

1:45am – Dynasty Electric

2:15am – JOGYO

Ella, 9 Ave. A* (official/RSVP to [email protected])

The Outlet Music/Effective Immediately PR

6:00pm – Basement Batman

7:00pm – Allies for Everyone

8:00pm – Computer Magic

9:00pm – Kinetics & One Love

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St.*

Yamaha Entertainment Group

8:00pm – The NoWhereNauts

9:00pm – The Kingston Springs

10:00pm – South Jordan

11:00pm – LEOGUN

Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St. (venue review)

Spincloudmusic.com/Phillstock

7:30pm – Knights On Earth

8:15pm – Anni Rossi

9:00pm – Queen Orlenes

9:45pm – The Fearless

10:30pm – Vinyette

11:15pm – Social Hero

12:00am – Bodyface

12:45am – PaperDoll

1:30am – lost boy?

2:15am – The Slack Tide

FreeCandy, 905 Atlantic Ave.

LOXM/Tom Tom Magazine

8:00pm – Unkle Yva Punkfaggot
9:00pm – The Suzan
9:45pm – ZZZ’s
10:30pm – Trabajo
11:15pm – 12000 Trees
12:00am – Batala NYC

Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave.# (venue review) (official/RSVP)

Yours Tru.ly

8:00pm – Jim E Stack

8:00pm – Evy Jane

8:00pm – MØ

8:00pm – Isaac Delusion

8:00pm – Night Panther

8:30pm – Pro Era

8:45pm – Ratking

Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. (venue review) (official/RSVP at rsvp@massappeal.com)

Mass Appeal

8:00pm – Asher Roth

8:00pm – Elzhi (performing Elmatic)

8:00pm – Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire

8:00pm – Boldy James

8:00pm – Alexander Spit

8:00pm – Angel Haze

8:00pm – Roc Marciano

8:00pm – Ghostface Killah hosted by The Alchemist

One of, if not the best hip-hop line-up of CMJ 2012.

Grand Victory, 245 Grand St

Ernest Jennings Recording Company

8:00pm – Daytona

9:00pm – MiniBoone

10:00pm – Takka Takka

11:00pm – Dinosaur Feathers

12:00am – Wild Yaks

Great locals like MiniBoone (QRO live review) & Takka Takka (QRO spotlight on) come to ex-Bruar Falls, the now far classier WWII homefront-themed bar Grand Victory.

Greene Space, 44 Charlton St.

7:00pm – The Debo Band

7:00pm – MNDR

Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St. (venue review)

12:30am – The Soul Rebels and Friends

Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place (venue review)

2DopeBoyz & Shameless

6:00pm – D. Goodz

6:30pm – Jasmine Solano

6:30pm – Chase N Cashe

6:30pm – Mystikal

6:30pm – Two-9

6:30pm – Rich Kidz

6:30pm – Silkk the Shocker

6:30pm – Troy Ave

11:00pm – Q-Tip

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave.# (venue review)

Flowerbooking

8:00pm – Cities Aviv

9:00pm – Talk Normal

10:00pm – Ghost Wave

11:00pm – Devin

12:00am – Ki:Theory

1:00am – Unicorn Kid

Le Bain, 444 W. 13th St. (RSVP)

Urban Outfitters

10:00pm – Blood Diamonds

10:00pm – Tanlines

(le) Poisson Rouge, 156 Bleecker St. (venue review)

7:00pm – Hey Marseilles

7:45pm – Jim White

8:55pm – Sea Wolf

11:00pm – Freedom Party

Left Field, 87 Ludlow St.*

Kiam Records/Comedy Minus One

6:00pm – Amy Bezunartea

7:00pm – Ma’am

8:00pm – Tim Foljahn

9:00pm – Choo choo la rouge

10:00pm – The Karl Hendricks Trio

12:00am – Jennifer O’Connor

Kiam Records, the new label from Jennifer O’Connor (QRO album review), has it’s first CMJ.

Legion, 790 Metropolitan Ave. (official/free)

4:00pm – The N’ere Dowells

5:00pm – Those Mockingbirds

6:00pm – Isle Of Rhodes

7:00pm – Little Anchor

8:00pm – Throw Vision

9:00pm – Fast Years

10:00pm – Boy Girl Party

11:00pm – The Dunnie Bobos

12:00am – Cosmonauts

Catch new QRO local favorites like Fast Years (QRO photos at a festival) and The Dunnie Bobos (QRO photos at a festival).

Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave. #A (venue review)

No More Fake Labels

8:00pm – Wichita Falls

8:45pm – The Catch Fire

9:30pm – Salt to Bitters

10:15pm – Starlight Girls

11:00pm – Mass Solo Revolt

11:45pm – The Motel Beds

Littlefield, 622 DeGraw St. (venue review)

8:00pm – Nneka

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (official/free)

New West

7:45pm – Sydney Wayser

9:15pm – Kalen Nash

10:00pm – White Violet

10:45pm – Ponderosa

11:30pm – Grandfather Child

12:15am – Wolf Ram Heart

Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (free)

RocketHub.com

7:00pm – Communist Daughter

7:00pm – Jeneen Terrana

7:00pm – Neil Nathan

7:00pm – She & The Sun

7:00pm – Sweet Soubrette

7:00pm – Amateur Blonde

Loft, N. 4th St. & Kent Avenue# (RSVP to [email protected])

Whisk & Ladle

9:00pm – Los Encantados
9:25pm – Among Savages
9:55pm – Conveyor
10:25pm – J Thoven
10:55pm – Baby Alpaca
11:30pm – Kuroma
12:00am – Cities Aviv
12:30am – Levek

Marlin Room at Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St.

6:00pm – Diamond Youth

6:45pm – Trapper Schoepp & The Shades

7:30pm – HUMANS

8:15pm – Ariane Moffatt

9:00pm – JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound

Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave.

Green Room Music Source

7:00pm – Patrick McGrath

7:40pm – Apollo Cobra

8:20pm – Anjuli Josephine

9:00pm – Ali Young

9:40pm – The Letter Yellow

10:20pm – Cold Blood Club

11:00pm – Enemy Planes

11:40pm – Sean Anonymous

12:20am – Me and My Arrow

Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. #A* (venue review)

Paradigm

7:00pm – J .Thoven

8:00pm – Emma Louise

9:00pm – San Cisco

10:00pm – Daughter

11:00pm – Choir Of Young Believers

12:00am – Savages

1:30am – Ratking

Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St.#

8:00pm – Hey Anna

9:00pm – Flashbulb Fires

10:00pm – Papertwin

11:00pm – The Forms

12:00am – Little Beard

Long-time Friend of the Q (or ‘FoQ’) The Forms (QRO spotlight on) comes with new material.

Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St.# (venue review)

Fat Wreck Chords

8:00pm – Lagwagon

8:00pm – Useless ID

8:00pm – Flatliners

8:00pm – Dead To Me

Punk rock hits Music Hall of Williamsburg thanks to Fat Wreck Chords.

The Paper Box, 317 Meadow St.

Heardcase

6:00pm – The Elephant in The Room

6:30pm – Exes of Evil

7:15pm – Kaliedo

8:00pm – Gemini Club

8:30pm – Spirit Animal

9:15pm – The Virgin Marys

9:45pm – The Blackfires

10:45pm – The Skins

11:30pm – Oxymorrons

12:00am – Shinobi Ninja

1:00am – The Death Set

Party XPO, 929 Broadway (unofficial/free for badges)

My Social List/FreeWilliamsburg
7.30pm – Yvette
8.30pm – Dark Sister
9.30pm – Plastic Flowers
10.30pm – Weekend
11.30pm – Black Marble
12.30am – Vapauteen (Shawn / Led Er Est)

Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St.# (venue review)

8:00pm – The Raw Men Empire

9:00pm – Leaf Bird

10:00pm – Shivering Timbers

11:00pm – Goodmorning Valentine

Pianos, 158 Ludlow St.* (venue review)

The Deli Mag

7:00pm – Poor Moon

7:50pm – Ava Luna

8:40pm – The Luyas

9:30pm – Murals

10:20pm – Foxygen

11:10pm – Snowmine

12:00am – Mac Demarco

12:50am – Young Magic

1:40am – Hundred Waters

Pianos (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (official/free)

The Deli Mag

6:15pm – Shy Hunters

7:00pm – New Myths

7:45pm – Anya Skidan

8:30pm – Robert DeLong

9:15pm – Moon King

10:00pm – Tashaki Miyaki

10:45pm – Field Mouse

11:30pm – Ex Cops

Public Assembly, 70 N. 6th St.# (venue review)

Panache Booking

8:30pm – The Paperhead

9:20pm – Mac Demarco

10:10pm – Dent May

11:10pm – Turbo Fruits

12:40am – Twerps

Public Assembly (back room), 70 N. 6th St.# (venue review)

Panache Booking

8:15pm – Levek

9:00pm – Gap Dream

9:50pm – Dignan Porch

10:40pm – Xray Eyeballs

11:30pm – Vockah Redu

12:20am – Violent Bullshit

R Bar, 218 Bowery*

6:00pm – Lauren O’Brian

7:00pm – Avi Wisnia

8:00pm – Jay Stolar

9:00pm – Gary Knox & The Streethearts

10:00pm – Jessie Wagner and Envy

Rock Bottom, 177 Stockholm Street (unofficial)

Aputumpu

6:00pm – Fast Years
6:00pm – Cool Serbia
12:00am – The Denzels
6:00pm – Jangula
6:00pm – Osekre n TLBS
6:00pm – EULA
6:00pm – Gypsy Wig
6:00pm – The Micks
6:00pm – Dances
6:00pm – No Shoes
6:00pm – N’ere Dowells

Rock Shop, 249 4th Ave. (venue review)

Feeling Anxious PR/Galuminum Foil

8:00pm – Ruin/Renewal

8:45pm – Hannah Vs. The Many

9:30pm – Tatiana Kochkareva

10:15pm – Matt Singer

11:00pm – Nick Africano

11:45pm – Dead Stars

12:30am – Casey Shea

Rocks Off Concert Cruise – Aboard The Star Of Palm Beach (venue review)

Metal Insdire

7:00pm – For Sleeping or Jumping

7:00pm – This Or The Apocolypse

7:00pm – Prong

7:00pm – Eminence

Get off of dry land with a (metal) Rocks Off Concert Cruise.

Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 1), 196 Allen St.* (venue review) (official/free)

Monkey Rock

6:00pm – Jennah Bell

7:00pm – ECHOREV

8:00pm – Wilsen

9:00pm – Tall Tall Trees

10:00pm – Julia Haltigan

11:00pm – Freddie Stevenson

12:00am – Holy Ghost Tent Revival

1:00am – The Stone Lonesome

2:00am – Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes

Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 2), 196 Allen St.* (venue review) (official/free)

Communion

11:30pm – Mother Feather

12:30am – Lily & The Parlour Tricks

1:30am – The Gold Magnolias

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St.

10:30pm – Rudimental

Santos Party House (downstairs), 96 Lafayete St. (venue review)

Paradigm Booking

8:00pm – Into It Over It

8:00pm – Merriment

8:00pm – The Front Bottoms

8:00pm – Cheap Girls

Sidewalk Cafe, 95 Ave. A (official/free)

The Deli Mag

7:30pm – Kung Fu Crimewave

8:20pm – St. Lenox

9:00pm – Mal Blum

9:45pm – Bird To Prey

10:30pm – Go Love

11:15pm – Ben Pagano Band

12:00am – Crazy & The Brains

Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Ave.# (venue review) (free)

Baeblemusic

7:00pm – Letting Up Despite Great Faults

8:00pm – Admiral Fallow

9:00pm – Apollo Run

5:30pm – Caged Animals

5:30pm – Gold Fields

5:30pm – Solid Gold

St. Vitus, 1120 Manhattan Ave. (free)

BrooklynVegan

7:30pm – Kirin J. Callinan

7:30pm – Absolutely Free

The Standard, 25 Cooper Sq. (RSVP)

The Agency Group

7:00pm – Kishi Bashi

7:00pm – Jinja Safari

8:30pm – Citizens!

Studio at Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (venue review)

6:45pm – The Midnight Beast

7:30pm – Blondfire

8:15pm – Lovelife

9:00pm – Beast Patrol

10:00pm – JJAMZ

11:30pm – Deluka

12:15am – Robert DeLong

Suburbia, 330 Melrose St. (unofficial)

Topshelf Records/Greenvans

8:00pm – Prawn

8:00pm – Diamond Youth

8:00pm – A Great Big Pile of Leaves

8:00pm – Slingshot Dakota

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St.

Big Picture Media

7:00pm – Socratic

7:45pm – Mercies

8:30pm – Jacob Jeffries Band

9:15pm – The Ugly Club

10:00pm – Lily & The Parlour Tricks

Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St.* (official/RSVP)

7:00pm – Calvin Love

7:45pm – Cam Meekins

8:30pm – Brett

9:15pm – American Royalty

10:00pm – Capital Cities

10:35pm – Goldroom

11:25pm – Viceroy

12:25am – special guests

1:25am – Jerome LOL

2:25am – Flume

Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St. (venue review)

8:00pm – Strange Talk

9:00pm – YACHT

10:00pm – The Presets

If your badge can get you in, check out the interesting & accessible electronics of The Presets (QRO spotlight on) & YACHT (QRO spotlight on) at Terminal 5.

Trash Bar, 256 Grand St.#

8:00pm – Bear Trap

9:00pm – The Blackboard Nails

10:00pm – Fenster

11:00pm – HUMANS

12:00am – Zerobridge

Union Pool, 484 Union Ave.# (venue review)

Inland Empire

8:00pm – Weeknight

8:45pm – We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves

9:30pm – Slowdance

10:20pm – Sinkane