CMJ 2012 Day Three 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

268 Bowery (RSVP to [email protected])

Mexican Summer Records

5:00pm – Mood Rings

Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th St. (free)

MyMusic Rx

11:30am – Choir of Young Believers

12:45pm – Joy Kills Sorrow

1:40pm – TBA

2:30pm – Hey Marseilles

3:45pm – Brainstorm

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

Young Giants Records/Maimed & Tamed

12:00pm – The Electric Hearts

12:35pm – Motive

1:10pm – Mobley

1:45pm – Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes

2:20pm – The Hill and Wood

2:55pm – The Floorwalkers

3:30pm – Darlingside

4:10pm – Vinyl Thief

4:50pm – Wild Cub

5:30pm – The Black Cadillacs

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

Popular Recordings/MCT Management

12:15pm – Blessed Feathers

1:00pm – Get People

1:50pm – Santah

2:35pm – GHXST

3:30pm – JJAMZ

4:30pm – Ambassadors

5:30pm – Savoir Adore

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

1:30pm – Lightning Love

2:15pm – Port St. Willow

3:00pm – Mount Moriah

3:45pm – Jo Schornikov

4:30pm – Hans Chew

5:15pm – Heliotropes

6:00pm – Hurray For the Riff Raff

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

KEXP

10:30am – Hey Marseilles

12:30pm – DIIV

2:30pm – Little Green Cars

4:30pm – Poor Moon

Hoodie Shop, 181 Orchard St.* (free)

Bonnaroo 365

2:00pm – The Last Bison

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

Guess I’m Floating

1:00pm – Conveyor

2:00pm – Night Panther

3:00pm – Field Mouse

4:00pm – Levek

5:00pm – Hundred Waters

6:00pm – Chad Valley

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

Guess I’m Floating

1:30pm – Murals

2:30pm – Gracie

3:30pm – Sam Flax

4:30pm – You Won’t

5:30pm – Unicorn Kid

6:30pm – Francisco the Man

Guess I’m Floating takes over Pianos.

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

My Social List.com/Domino Street

1:00pm – Royal Baths

1:00pm – Wild Yaks

1:00pm – Roomrunner

1:00pm – The Intelligence

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

3:00pm – Kate Earl

4:00pm – Cold Blood Club

5:00pm – Kris Gruen

6:00pm – Goodbyemotel

7:00pm – Alex and Janel

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

BMI

2:15pm – Grace Weber

2:45pm – Wild Cub

3:30pm – Clementine and The Galaxy

4:30pm – Blondfire

5:15pm – Beast Patrol

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

BUST Magazine

1:30pm – Agent Ribbons

1:30pm – Lightning Love

350 Broadway (unofficial)

Mishka

8:00pm – A$ton Matthews

8:00pm – Cities Aviv

8:00pm – Haleek Maul

8:00pm – Main Attrakionz

446 Broadway (RSVP at rsvp.blackiris.tv)

Wild Iris

8:00pm – Slowdance

8:00pm – Cuckoo Chaos

8:00pm – Line & Circle

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C

7:00pm – Lawrence Arabia

7:45pm – Nick Magliato

8:30pm – Manwell Goodspeed

9:15pm – Missy Modell

10:00pm – Motive

10:30pm – Colwell

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

7:00pm – Soho Kings

8:00pm – FISHDOCTOR

9:00pm – French Camp

10:00pm – Great Caesar

11:00pm – Dirty Names

12:15am – Kink Ador

1:15am – The Toothaches

2:15am – Green Paper

Autumn Bowl, 67 West. St. (RSVP)

UNO NYC

8:00pm – Arca

8:00pm – Mykki Blanco

8:00pm – Zomby

B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St.

11:30pm – Disorder (the sounds of Joy Division)

B.B. King’s (Lucille’s Bar), 237 W. 42nd St. (official/free)

6:00pm – Nick Stefanacci

Big Snow Buffalo Lodge, 89 Varet St. (unofficial)

9:00pm – Cool Serbia
10:00pm – Sun Hotel
11:00pm – Caddywhompus
12:00am – Radical Dads

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

CAA

7:00pm – Gabriel Bruce

8:00pm – Sky Ferreira

9:00pm – IO Echo

10:00pm – Deap Vally

11:00pm – MS MR

12:00am – MNDR

‘Tronic ladies at Bowery Ballroom.

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery*

Audio Perv/Us vs. Them

7:00pm – Midnight Spin

7:30pm – Twin Berlin

8:00pm – The Tontons

8:40pm – Rah Rah

9:20pm – JJAMZ

10:00pm – Hey Marseilles

10:40pm – The Last Royals

11:20pm – Filligar

12:00am – Young Blood Hawke

12:40am – The Dead Ships

1:20am – Kiven

Bowery Electric (Map Room), 327 Bowery* (official/free)

7:30pm – Hugh Bob And The Hustle

8:00pm – Trapper Schoepp & The Shades

8:30pm – Luke Rathbone

9:00pm – Super Water Sympathy

9:30pm – Velta

10:00pm – TAB The Band

10:30pm – The Harmonica Lewinskies

11:00pm – Man On Earth

11:30pm – Bear Ceuse

12:00am – The Disappointment

12:30am – Pillow Theory

1:00am – Food Will Win The War

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

Hype Machine

6:30pm – YVYNYL (DJ set)

7:30pm – Mac DeMarco

8:30pm – Hooray For Earth

7:00pm – Hundred Waters

7:00pm – special guest

12:30am – Bloksberg

Longtime QRO favorite Hooray For Earth (QRO spotlight on) come to Brooklyn Bowl with new music.

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

Extension Music

8:00pm – Immanu El

9:00pm – Foreign Fields

10:00pm – Hugh Bob And The Hustle

11:00pm – SUNBEARS!

12:00am – Mystery Skulls

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

Car Park/Paw Tracks

8:00pm – Adventure

9:00pm – Dog Bite

10:00pm – Popstrangers

11:00pm – Dent May

12:00am – Young Magic

1:00am – Prince Rama

Cielo, 18 Little West 12th St. (RSVP)

Rob Promotions

10:00pm – Tyler Sherritt

CMJ Union, 27 Union Square West

Taiwan Music

8:00pm – 831

8:45pm – Chemical Monkeys

9:30pm – Da Mouth

10:30pm – Stratus

11:30pm – Mt. Eden

12:30am – Tokimonsta

1:45am – Unicorn Kid

The Delancey, 168 Delancey St.*

The Deli Mag

7:15pm – American Royalty

8:00pm – Modern Rivals

8:50pm – Il Abanico

9:40pm – Conveyor

10:30pm – Dinosaur Feathers

11:20pm – Wildlife Control

12:00am – Letting Up Despite Great Faults

12:50am – Santah

1:30am – Kiven

The Delancey (upstairs), 168 Delancey St.* (official/free)

The Deli Mag

7:00pm – Thomas Simon

7:40pm – Sewing Machines

8:20pm – Cultfever

9:00pm – Railbird

9:45pm – Maus Haus

10:30pm – Lushlife

11:15pm – Dynasty Electric

12:00am – Anomie Belle

12:45am – Ducky

1:30am – Drop Electric

The DL, 95 Delancey St.* (official/RSVP)

Vitalic/Noise Label

9:00pm – Goodnight Keaton

9:45pm – RUFUS

10:30pm – Jensen Sportag

11:15pm – Goldroom

12:00am – Flume

1:00am – Miami Horror (DJ set)

2:00am – Viceroy

DROM, 85 Ave. A (venue review) (RSVP)

MeanRed Productions

6:00pm – Big Scary

6:00pm – U.S. Royalty

6:00pm – Frankie Rose

Ella, 9 Ave. A*

Turnstyle Music Group

7:00pm – The Mean Season

8:00pm – King Holiday

8:30pm – Spinn

9:00pm – Buy The Sky

9:30pm – Nicholas Charles Thompson

10:00pm – Thee, Idea Man

10:30pm – CENTRIC

11:00pm – King Holiday

12:00am – Scale of Six

The End, 13 Greenpoint Ave. (unofficial)

Balcony TV

9:00pm – Apollo Run

FADER Fort, 130 Hope St. (RSVP)

7:00pm – Citizens!

7:45pm – Children of the Night

8:30pm – Sinkane

9:15pm – Unicorn Kid

10:00pm – Indians

10:55pm – King L

France’s Citizens! (QRO photos at a festival) and Sudan’s Sinkane (QRO live reveiw) come to FADER Fort.

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St.*

7:00pm – Autumn Owls

8:00pm – So Cow

9:00pm – Lost Brothers

9:00pm – Lisa O’Neill

11:00pm – Bouts

12:00am – Squarehead

Firehouse, 87 Lafayette St. (invite-only)

SPIN Magazine

9:00pm – MNDR (DJ set)

9:00pm – Chromeo (DJ set)

9:00pm – AraabMUSIK

SPIN‘s invite-only CMJ showcase brings the DJs.

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

Heavy Planet

7:00pm – Project E.A.R [East Asian Revolution]

8:00pm – Shock Radar

9:00pm – Summoner

10:00pm – Eggnogg

11:00pm – Valley of the Sun

12:00am – Borracho

Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave.# (venue review)

Force Field PR

8:00pm – Generationals

8:00pm – Dent May

9:45pm – Levek

8:00pm – Andrew Cedermark

8:00pm – Gangi

Grand Victory, 245 Grand St

7:00pm – Don’t

7:00pm – Gentlemen

7:00pm – Cinema Cinema

7:00pm – ZZZ’s

7:00pm – The Netherlands

The Gutter, 200 N 13th St.# (RSVP)

Goodnight Records

5:45pm – The Flag

6:30pm – Sun Ladders

7:15pm – Life Size Maps

8:00pm – Lou-is

8:45pm – Heaven

9:30pm – KNTRLR

10:15pm – Fan-Tan

11:00pm – Friend Roulette

11:45pm – Weekend

Hotel Chantelle, 92 Ludlow St. (free)

Lily Vanilli/Rotting TV

6:30pm – Ane

6:30pm – Justina

6:30pm – Sweater Beats

6:30pm – Aact Rraiser

6:30pm – Young Girls

6:30pm – The Kickdrums

House of Vans, 25 Franklin St. (venue review) (RSVP)

Complex Media

8:00pm – Savoir Adore

6:30pm – Savages

6:30pm – kA

8:45pm – RatKing

6:30pm – Spaceghostpurp

6:30pm – Alchemist

6:30pm – Paul Banks

6:30pm – Action Bronson

One more event in 2012 at House of Vans – hopefully having to get your free beer outside means that it will last…

Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia St. (unofficial)

Invisible Children

9:30pm – The Last Bison

Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place (venue review)

8:00pm – GZA

8:00pm – Bear Hands

8:00pm – Killer Mike

8:00pm – Sweet Valley

The Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA (QRO photos) plays Liquid Swords, while on tour with QRO favorite Bear Hands (QRO spotlight on).

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

Sub Pop Records

8:00pm – Debo Band

8:50pm – Daughn Gibson

9:40pm – Poor Moon

10:30pm – METZ

11:20pm – King Tuff

12:10am – Pissed Jeans

Seattle’s Sub Pop takes over Knitting Factory.

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

8:00pm – Aimes

9:00pm – Maria Minerva

10:00pm – Rimar

11:00pm – Rioux

12:00am – Blackbird Blackbird

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

On the Sky

10:00pm – Green Villain

10:00pm – Nadus

10:00pm – PT & Cambo

10:00pm – knomad

10:00pm – Liondub

10:00pm – Time Warp & Fens

10:00pm – Ezrakh & Reck

Legion, 790 Metropolitan Ave.

7:30pm – Koko Beware

8:15pm – Friend Roulette

9:00pm – Young Unknowns

9:45pm – backwords

10:30pm – Spanish Prisoners

11:15pm – Denzels

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

Bands On a Budget

8:00pm – Lost In Society

8:45pm – Alvarez Kings

9:30pm – Linfinity

10:15pm – The Rassle

11:00pm – Xombie

Littlefield, 622 DeGraw St. (venue review)

Fela

8:00pm – DJ Monk-One

9:00pm – The Rainbow Children

10:00pm – The Funk Ark

11:00pm – Mokaad

12:00am – EMEFE

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

Readymade

8:00pm – The Lost Brothers

8:00pm – Young Hines

8:00pm – Brendan Benson

8:00pm – Howling Brothers

12:15am – Lightning Love

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

7:30pm – Allie Kobren

8:30pm – TBD

9:30pm – TBD

10:30pm – Pree

11:30pm – Avi Wisnia

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

Skateboard Marketing

7:20pm – Slam One Down

8:05pm – Freya

9:00pm – Killcode

Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave. (official/free)

Wild Honey Pie

7:30pm – Night Panther

8:45pm – The Echo Friendly

9:30pm – Donoro

10:15pm – Devin

11:45pm – Opossom

12:30am – Body Language

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

Merge Records

7:00pm – William Tyler

8:00pm – Mac McCaughan

9:00pm – Eleanor Friedberger

10:00pm – Mount Moriah

11:00pm – Telekinesis

12:00am – Reigning Sound

The little indie-that-could, Merge Records, takes over Mercury Lounge, including label founder Mac McCaughan of Superchunk (QRO live review).

Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St.#

8:00pm – Mean Lady

8:00pm – Osekre and The Lucky Bastards

8:00pm – The Dearloves

8:00pm – Caged Animals

8:00pm – Bastards

8:00pm – Orca Team

8:00pm – Life Size Maps

8:00pm – Honduras

8:00pm – BRAINSTORM

8:00pm – Joywave

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

Captured Tracks

8:00pm – Dignan Porch

9:00pm – Thieves Like Us

10:00pm – Mac DeMarco

11:00pm – DIIV

Openhouse Gallery, 201 Mulberry St.* (RSVP)

Google

10:00pm – Monsters Calling Home

11:00pm – Little Green Cars

12:00am – Duologue

The Paper Box, 317 Meadow St.

7:15pm – Shy Around Strangers

8:15pm – Plastiq Passion

9:00pm – Bikini Carwash

9:45pm – The Bowery Boys

10:30pm – The Rats (of New York)

11:15pm – Room Full of Strangers

12:00am – The Jigglers

Parkside Lounge, 317 E Houston*

10:00pm – C+C=Maxigross

11:00pm – Lucy Stone

12:00am – Come On Caboose

1:00am – The World War I’s

Party Xpo, 929 Broadway (unofficial)

Aputumpu/Surprise Attack!

5:40pm – Modern Rivals
6:20pm – I.R.O.K
7:00pm – Cruising USA
7:40pm – Heaven’s Gate
8:20pm – Dead Stars
9:00pm – HITS
9:40pm – Lazyeyes
10:20pm – Chappo
11:00pm – Osekre and The Lucky Bastards
11:40pm – Slam Donahue
12:20am – Beach Day
1:00am – The Denzels

Check out QRO favorite CHAPPO (QRO photos at a festival).

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

7:30pm – Reading Series

9:00pm – Umbrella Men

10:00pm – Technicolor Hearts

11:00pm – Lady Lazarus

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

Windish Agency

7:00pm – Tiny Victories

8:00pm – Duologue

9:00pm – Opossom

10:00pm – Ape School

11:00pm – Luyas

12:00am – Labyrinth Ear

1:00am – American Royalty

2:00am – Flume

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

Old Flame Records

7:00pm – Fantasy Rainbow

7:45pm – Your Youth

8:30pm – lost boy?

9:15pm – You Won’t

10:00pm – Turf War

10:45pm – Mean Creek

11:30pm – Twin Tigers

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

1000 Knives/Metalsucks

8:30pm – Encrust

9:30pm – Early Graves

10:30pm – Ken Mode

11:30pm – Pig Destroyer

Ran Tan Tea House, 269 Kent Ave. (unofficial)

Golden Ratio/Bird Dog

7:15pm – Royal Canoe

Rebel, 251 West 30th St. (official/RSVP)

Texas Takeover Party

6:00pm – Technicolor Hearts

7:00pm – Shakey Graves

8:00pm – Josiah Hall

9:00pm – New York City Queens

10:00pm – The Tontons

11:00pm – Wild Child

12:00am – Robert Ellis

1:00am – Grandfather Child

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

Monarch

7:30pm – My Midnight Heart

8:25pm – Mitten

9:20pm – Wishes and Thieves

10:15pm – Car on the Moon

11:15pm – Dawns

12:15am – Alfonso Velez

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

8:00pm – Theo Katzman

9:00pm – Bess Rogers

10:00pm – Will Knox

11:00pm – Aabaraki

12:00am – The Bright Silence

1:00am – Great Elk

2:00am – The Nightmare River Band

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

7:00pm – The Virgin Marys

8:00pm – TBD

9:00pm – The Canon Logic

10:00pm – The Stationary Set

11:30pm – The Kin

12:30am – The Ludlow Thieves

S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St.

Cinematic/XXL

6:30pm – Joey BadA$$ with Pro Era

6:30pm – Big K.R.I.T.

6:30pm – Cashius Green

6:30pm – Fat Trel

6:30pm – Chance the Rapper

6:30pm – Smoke DZA

6:30pm – Mookie Jones

11:00pm – Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire

11:00pm – Travi$ Scott

11:00pm – Casey Veggies

11:00pm – Armstrong

11:00pm – Nemo Achida

11:00pm – Chance the Rapper

11:00pm – Reese

11:00pm – Two-9

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

Neon Gold Records

8:00pm – Lovelife

9:00pm – Citizens!

10:00pm – Strange Talk

11:00pm – Morning Parade

1:00am – Icona Pop

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

Neon Gold Records

7:00pm – Busy Living

8:00pm – Gabriel Bruce

9:00pm – Jinja Safari

10:30pm – Pacific Air

11:30pm – Blondfire

12:30am – Sky Ferreira

1:00am – Capital Cities

Neon Gold returns to Santos.

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

Tinderbox Arts/Oven Fresh Music

7:00pm – Hard Nips

8:00pm – Sorne

9:00pm – Alyson Greenfield

10:00pm – Miracles of Modern Science

11:00pm – Slowdance

12:00am – Computer Magic

12:00am – Beca

Tinderbox Music Festival (QRO recap) comes to CMJ.

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

Self Taught

11:30pm – Calez

11:30pm – JAbari

11:30pm – Ka’Ron

11:30pm – Onis

12:10am – GDP

12:40am – Chase & Cashe

1:10am – Curtain$

1:30am – NinjaSonik

2:10am – Chuck Inglish (of The Cool Kids)

2:40am – A$AP Ty Beats

3:00am – Vault Boys (Heroes & Villains)

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St.

Schematic

7:30pm – Schematic

7:30pm – Oaklynn

7:30pm – Treehouse

7:30pm – The Assembly Line

7:30pm – Asker

7:30pm – The Breathing Tree

7:30pm – Rekapse

Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St.*

Supreme Street/DJ Reach/Burn It Down

7:00pm – Ronnie James
7:00pm – Say It Ain’t Tone
7:00pm – Grav
7:00pm – DJ Messkid
7:00pm – AX
7:00pm – Mirk (band)
7:00pm – Epic
7:00pm – Troy Ave
7:00pm – L.E.P Boys
7:00pm – Rob Fresh
7:00pm – Young Chris
7:00pm – The Kid Daytona & Mackie
7:00pm – Na, Tee
7:00pm – Fred the Godson
7:00pm – DJ Mischief
7:00pm – 20 Grand Picasso
7:00pm – Kris Kasanova
7:00pm – Mickey Factz
7:00pm – Spenzo
7:00pm – The Mafia
7:00pm – Doe B
7:00pm – Boola
7:00pm – Gliffics (band)
7:00pm – G. Blanco
7:00pm – Aaron Reid
7:00pm – J-Lie
7:00pm – The Golden Pony (DJ Set)
7:00pm – Ninjasonik
7:00pm – DJ Dirtyfinger
7:00pm – T.J. AKA T-Breezy
7:00pm – Sonny Carson
7:00pm – Squalla Orphan
7:00pm – Avery Storm

12:00am – RAC

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

8:00pm – Dum Dum Girls

9:00pm – The Walkmen

The biggest show of CMJ 2012 is The Walkmen (QRO live review) headlining Terminal 5.

Trash Bar, 256 Grand St.#

8:00pm – Vital

9:00pm – Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes

10:00pm – Gold Fields

11:00pm – Whale Tooth

12:00am – Kent Odessa

UCBEAST, 153 E. 3RD ST.