CMJ 2012 Day Five 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

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

No Pulp

1:00pm – Rocket & The Ghost

1:45pm – American Authors

2:30pm – Late Guest at the Party

3:15pm – Catey Shaw

4:00pm – Ambassadors

4:45pm – Manicanparty

5:30pm – The Bottom Dollars

6:15pm – Conner Youngblood

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery* (RSVP)

The Outlaw Roadshow

12:00pm – K Phillips & Concho Pearls

1:00pm – Old Jack

2:00pm – Beautiful Small Machines

3:00pm – Kingsley Flood

4:00pm – Foreign Fields

5:00pm – Air Traffic Controller

6:00pm – Kasey Anderson & The Honkies

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery* (RSVP)

The Outlaw Roadshow

12:30pm – Sarah Blacker

1:30pm – Tom Thumb

2:30pm – Daniel & The Lion

3:30pm – The Wandas

4:30pm – Runaway Dorothy

5:30pm – Casey Desmond

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

Village Voice/Panache Booking

2:00pm – Vockah Redu

3:00pm – Daytona

4:00pm – Dent May

5:00pm – Delicate Steve

6:00pm – Heavenly Beat

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

Pop Montreal

12:15pm – CTZNSHIP

1:15pm – Valleys

2:15pm – Solar Year

3:15pm – Blue Hawaii

4:15pm – Mozart’s Sister

5:15pm – Goose Hut

The Delancey, 168 Delancey St.* (free)

The Aussie BBQ

2:00pm – The Hiding

3:20pm – Goodbyemotel

4:00pm – The Stanleys

4:40pm – Lowlakes

5:20pm – Skipping Girl Vinegar

6:00pm – Teeth & Tongue

6:40pm – Dancing Heals

The Delancey (Main Room), 168 Delancey St.* (free)

The Aussie BBQ

2:25pm – Satellite Sky

3:05pm – Outerwaves

3:45pm – Dune Rats

4:25pm – Emma Louise

5:05pm – Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders

5:45pm – Big Scary

6:25pm – The Trouble with Templeton

Put another shrimp on the barbee for the annual Aussie BBQ, mate.

Delinquency Blvd., 1031 Grand St. (free)

Deli Mag

1:00pm – Figo

1:50pm – Bugs In the Dark

2:40pm – Life Size Maps

3:30pm – EULA

4:20pm – The Everymen

5:10pm – EndAnd

Make it a Tri-State Area CMJ and catch Connecticut’s EULA (QRO photos at a festival) and New Jersey’s The Everymen (QRO photos).

FADER Fort, 130 Hope St. (RSVP)

2:45pm – Supreme Cuts

3:30pm – Mr Dream

4:15pm – The Crystal Ark Party Machine

5:00pm – Hunters

5:45pm – kilo kish

6:30pm – TBA

7:15pm – TBA

8:05pm – special guest

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

1:30pm – Slam Dunk

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave.# (venue review) (RSVP to [email protected])

AAM

5:00pm – Free Energy

1:00pm – Devin

1:00pm – Gold Fields

1:00pm – Poor Moon

1:45pm – The Denzels

Legion, 790 Metropolitan Ave.

1:00pm – Vinny Vegas

2:00pm – Earthquake Lights

3:00pm – Tallahassee

4:00pm – Ace Reporter

5:00pm – Hippy

5:45pm – Weather Balloons

6:30pm – Fan-Tan

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

MyFreeConcert/BuzzChips

4:00pm – You Won’t

4:30pm – Cultfever

5:00pm – Turbo Fruits

5:30pm – Incan Abraham

6:00pm – Slowdance

6:30pm – Filligar

The other great source for CMJ listings, MyFreeConcert.com, holds it’s own showcase.

Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave.

SuperCrush Studios/Greenpointers.com/Carabella

3:00pm – Young Heel

3:40pm – Il Abanico

4:20pm – Ra Ra Rasputin

5:00pm – Neighbors

5:45pm – Spanish Prisoners

Moscot Gallery, 118 Orchard St. (free)

1:30pm – ARMS

1:30pm – Dent May

1:30pm – Ambassadors

P.S. 1, 22 Jackson Ave. (free)

3:00pm – Doldrums

3:00pm – Chairlift

3:00pm – Andy Stott

The Paper Box, 317 Meadow St.

2:45pm – The Flag

3:15pm – Ovlov

4:00pm – Geronimo!

4:45pm – Trabajo

5:15pm – Fat History Month

6:00pm – Speedy Ortiz

6:45pm – Roomrunner

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

4:00pm – Sweet Lights

5:00pm – Correatown

6:00pm – Piney Gar

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

Bowery Presents

1:30pm – Ava Luna

2:30pm – Little Green Cars

3:30pm – Born Ruffians

4:30pm – Foxygen

5:30pm – Savages

6:30pm – The Orwells

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

Bowery Presents

1:00pm – Blessed Feathers

2:00pm – Zulu Pearls

3:00pm – Murals

4:00pm – Sky Ferreira

5:00pm – San Cisco

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

BrooklynVegan

12:00pm – The Orwells
1:00pm – Hunters
1:45pm – Sinkane
2:30pm – Eternal Summers
3:15pm – Hundred Waters
4:15pm – Miguel
5:00pm – Caveman

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

BrooklynVegan

12:15pm – Opossum
1:15pm – Tashaki Miyaki
2:00pm – Choir of Young Believers
2:45pm – Kitty Pryde
3:45pm – Ratking
4:30pm – Cities Aviv
5:15pm – Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire

Second free day party in both rooms of Public Assembly, thanks to BrooklynVegan.

Rock Shop, 249 Fourth Ave. (venue review) (free)

Hudson Whiskey/Tijuana Gift Shop PR

1:00pm – At Sea

1:50pm – The Oats

2:40pm – Old Time Machine

3:30pm – Bend Sinister

4:20pm – Slam Dunk

5:10pm – Tomorrow Tomorrow

6:00pm – The Blakes

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

WLFY

12:00pm – Conveyor

1:15pm – Dylan Shearer

2:15pm – ARMS

3:15pm – Port St. Willow

4:15pm – TBD

5:00pm – Scott Matthew

6:00pm – Jay Stolar

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

Vinefield Agency/HMG PR

12:15pm – Flashbulb Fires

1:00pm – The Black Cadillacs

1:45pm – Antennas Up

2:30pm – The Ragbirds

3:15pm – The Swayback

4:00pm – Aunt Martha

5:00pm – Barcelona

Sidewalke Café, 94 Ave. A (unofficial/free to CMJ badges)

CPP Marketing & Promotion

1:30pm – Raven Sorvino

1:30pm – Veteran Assassins

1:30pm – Mike Baker

1:30pm – Sam Hill

1:30pm – WidMark

1:30pm – Deniro Farrar

1:30pm – Johnny Voltik

1:30pm – Shaz Ill York

1:30pm – Maffew Ragazino

1:30pm – Rasheed Chappell

1:30pm – Meyhem Lauren

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

A Heart Is a Spade

12:15pm – Reptile Youth

1:15pm – ARMS (solo)

2:15pm – Magmana

3:15pm – Strange Talk

4:15pm – Avan Lava

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

Life or Death PR

7:00pm – Dogbite

7:30pm – Starred

8:00pm – Twerps

8:30pm – Jozef Van Wissem

9:00pm – Slug Guts

9:45pm – Mac DeMarco

10:30pm – Sky Ferreria

11:15pm – Maria Minevra

12:00am – Kilo Kish

12:30am – DIIV

Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C

7:00pm – The Tins

8:00pm – Breakfast in Fur

9:00pm – Saul Kurtz

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

No Pulp

8:00pm – Erin Barra

9:00pm – Charlotte Sometimes

10:00pm – The New Limb

11:00pm – Blonds

12:00am – Pushmethod

1:00am – The Stationary Set

2:00am – Deathrow Tull

Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St.

12:00am – Brooklyn Blues feat. Peter Apfelbaum, Scott Metzger, Rob Marscher, and Wyllys

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

11:00pm – Wild Nothing

Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery* (official/RSVP at [email protected])

West Rock

7:30pm – Rumors

8:10pm – The Midnight Hollow

8:50pm – Eliot And The Ghost

9:30pm – Lovelife

10:10pm – Busy Living

10:50pm – The Midnight Beast

11:30pm – The Rassle

12:10am – The Dough Rollers

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

7:00pm – Old Monk

7:45pm – My Dear Mycroft

8:30pm – Magmana

9:15pm – Opossom

10:00pm – Gracie

10:45pm – Francisco the Man

11:30pm – Field Mouse

12:15am – Murals

1:00am – Night Panther

2:00am – Lemonade (DJ Set)

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

Windish Agency

7:30pm – American Royalty

8:30pm – High Highs

9:30pm – Labyrinth Ear

10:30pm – Le1f

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

The Aussie BBQ

7:20pm – The Oyster Murders

8:00pm – High Highs

8:40pm – San Cisco

9:20pm – Winter People

10:00pm – Flume

11:00pm – Rufus

12:00am – Strange Talk

1:00am – Jinja Safari

2:00am – Gold Fields

DROM, 85 Ave. A (venue review)

Breeding Ground

9:00pm – Rugz D. Bueller

9:20pm – Mr. Mecca

9:40pm – Boldy James

10:00pm – A.Dd+

10:10pm – Sonnie Carson

10:35pm – Ka

11:00pm – Tone Trump

11:35pm – Troy Ave

Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St.*

Saskatchewan/Alberta

8:00pm – Doug Hoyer

9:00pm – Foam Lake

10:00pm – Gold

11:00pm – Rah Rah

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

Wreckroom Records

8:00pm – Blonde Summer

8:45pm – Joanna Erdos

9:30pm – The Ugly Club

10:15pm – The Skins

11:00pm – The Honey Brothers

11:45pm – Hank and Cupcakes

Adrian Grenier hosts (and plays in The Honey Brothers) – so if you’ve ever wanted to say, "Let’s hug it out, bitch" to vincent Chanse, here’s your chance…

Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave.# (venue review)

Ratking/Popgun Booking

8:00pm – Doldrums

8:00pm – Pictureplane (DJ Set)

8:00pm – Haleek Maul

8:00pm – DJ Dog Dick

8:00pm – Normally Important

9:15pm – Ratking

Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. (venue review)

6:00pm – Phony People

10:30pm – Bonde Do Role

11:00pm – Chip Tha Ripper

11:00pm – Poolside

11:00pm – Theophilus London

11:00pm – Com Truise

Another greaty hip-hop line-up at Gramercy.

Grand Victory, 245 Grand St

7:00pm – Les Rhinocéros

7:45pm – Poingly

8:30pm – Dalton

9:15pm – Slow Country

10:00pm – Wyldlife

Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place (venue review)

7:00pm – Jinja Safari

8:00pm – NO

8:00pm – Electric Guest

Catch Electric Guest (QRO live review) on tour.

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

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8:00pm – The So So Glos
9:00pm – Prince Rama
10:00pm – Mykki Blanco
11:00pm – Troy Ave
12:00am – Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire
1:00am – Doldrums

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

11:00pm – FIXED

Left Field, 87 Ludlow St.*

7:00pm – Bearstronaut

8:00pm – Wooden Indian Burial Ground

9:00pm – Indyns

10:00pm – Dikta

11:00pm – The Stanleys

12:00am – Teeth & Tongue

Legion, 790 Metropolitan Ave.

7:15pm – Butter the Children

8:00pm – I’m Turning Into

8:45pm – Puppies

9:30pm – lost boy?

10:15pm – Gross Relations

11:00pm – Radical Dads

11:45pm – The Hairs

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

Toro Booking

8:00pm – Pillow Talk

8:45pm – Sick/Sea

9:30pm – Good Field

10:15pm – Victor Villarreal

11:00pm – OK Sweetheart

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

9:15pm – Rachel Brown

10:45pm – Fibes Oh Fibes!

Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave.

The Dutchman

9:00pm – The Bloodshots

10:00pm – The Garnet Hearts

11:00pm – The Two Tones

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

MezzoForte

7:00pm – Black Wing Halo

8:00pm – Wild Adriatic

9:00pm – The Modern Electric

10:00pm – Deadbeat Darling

11:00pm – Quiet Company

12:00am – BLACK TAXI

1:00am – The Frontier Brothers

2:00am – Sphynx

Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St.#

8:00pm – Viva Mayday

8:00pm – School Of Thought

8:00pm – Velcro

8:00pm – Kings

8:00pm – Alexandra Stewart

8:00pm – LIL KIDS

8:00pm – JohnConn

8:00pm – Happy Lives

8:00pm – Itchy Hearts

8:00pm – Napoleon

8:00pm – Ghost Pal

8:00pm – Hollis

8:00pm – Harvey Eyeballs

8:00pm – Il Abanico

8:00pm – Hubbell Mountain

8:00pm – Flora

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

9:00pm – Troy Ave

9:00pm – World’s Fair

9:00pm – Nick Catchdubs

9:00pm – Donnis

9:00pm – Flosstradamus

9:00pm – A-Trak

9:00pm – Ghostface Killah

The Paper Box, 317 Meadow St.

Gimme Tinnitus/Exploding In Sound

7:15pm – Mr. Dream

8:00pm – Yvette

8:45pm – Sleepies

9:15pm – EULA

10:00pm – Pile

10:45pm – Slothrust

11:15pm – Young Adults

12:00am – Heliotropes

12:45am – She Keeps Bees

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

8:00pm – Luray

9:00pm – Arborea

10:00pm – Pree

11:00pm – Setting Sun

Piano’s, 158 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (unofficial)

Dirty Laundry TV/Gent Bent

8:00pm – Radical Dads
8:50pm – Squarehead
9:40pm – Shark?
10:30pm – Fergus & Geronimo
11:20pm – The Sundelles
12:10am – Eternal Summers
1:00am – Har Mar Superstar

Piano’s (upstairs), 158 Ludlow St.* (venue review) (free)

7:00pm – Bloodnstuff

7:50pm – Decades

8:40pm – Trap.Avoid

9:20pm – Psychic Twin

10:20pm – Levek

11:10pm – Starred

12:00am – Hunters

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

Consequence of Sound

8:00pm – Conveyor

8:30pm – Bam! Bam!

9:15pm – Eureka California

10:00pm – Chalk & Numbers

10:45pm – Beach Day

11:30pm – Orca Team

12:15am – Tunabunny

1:00am – Free Energy

R Bar, 218 Bowery*

7:30pm – Aurical

8:30pm – Peter Chance & Chapter 3

9:30pm – The Stand Still

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

Green Room Music Source

7:30pm – Apollo Cobra

8:15pm – Enemy Planes

9:00pm – Goldenboy

9:50pm – The Melismatics

10:40pm – The Figgs

11:45pm – Golden Bloom

12:30am – KB Jones & The Kontraband

Goldenboy (QRO album review) comes to CMj behind his new The New Familiar.

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

We Listen For You

7:00pm – Nat Osborn Band

8:00pm – Il Abanico

9:00pm – Jacob Jeffries Band

10:00pm – Hurrah! A Bolt Of Light!

11:00pm – Lyle Divinsky

12:00am – Railbird

1:00am – Animal Talk

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

7:00pm – Country Mice

8:00pm – Fences

9:00pm – The Lone Bellow

11:00pm – Dumpster Hunter

12:00am – Kendra Morris

1:00am – The Last Royals

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

Baeblemusic

6:00pm – Snowmine

6:00pm – JJAMZ

10:00pm – Choir of Young Believers

10:00pm – Born Ruffians

6:00pm – Rah Rah

6:00pm – Barcelona

Baeblemusic’s ‘The Launch Pad’.

St. Vitus, 1120 Manhattan Ave.

8:00pm – Yakuzza

8:00pm – Fight Amp

8:00pm – Sannhet

8:00pm – Enabler

8:00pm – Royal Thunder

8:00pm – Helen Money

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

6:00pm – Noah Chenfeld

6:35pm – BESTFRIENDS

7:15pm – Nicos Gun

8:00pm – Etyan & The Embassy

8:45pm – Gemini Club

9:15pm – TBA

10:00pm – French Horn Rebellion

11:00pm – The Dirty Grand (DJ Set)

12:00am – Gosteffects

1:30am – Deathface

2:30am – PLS DNT STP

Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St.

7:00pm – Trevor C. Jones (f/ Green Waves) Live Looping Set

9:00pm – The Foot

7:00pm – White Rhino

7:00pm – Les Racquet

7:00pm – Tarkauz

Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St.*

Turnstyle Music Group

5:00pm – Brett

6:00pm – Heels on Fire

7:00pm – ATM & Nixie

8:00pm – Wild Child

Tribeca Grand, 2 6th Ave. (venue review) (RSVP)

MySpace/Socialight Entertainment

10:00pm – ?uestlove (DJ set)

10:00pm – Chromeo (DJ set)

If you’re gonna see a DJ set, see ones by Chromeo (QRO live review) and ?uestlove of The Roots (QRO album review) & Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Trash Bar, 256 Grand St.#

8:00pm – Cool Serbia

9:00pm – Suburban Living

10:00pm – DUNE RATS

11:00pm – Outside

12:00am – Blonde Summer

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

Audible Treats PR

8:00pm – Lightouts

8:00pm – Ghost Dance

8:00pm – Bad Cop

Vaudeville Park, 26 Bushwick Ave. (official/free)