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)".
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
Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th St.
12:30 PM – We Are Augustines
(photos)
4:30 PM – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(live review, live review, FFF coverage, album review, mp3 review, photos, photos, photos, photos, video, video)
Free Yr Radio & Seattle’s KEXP throws some great daytime in-studios at Ace Hotel during CMJ – go for quality over quantity.
12:00 PM – Late Cambrian
12:40 PM – Dana Athens & The Few
1:20 PM – Pete Bush & The Hoi Polloi
2:00 PM – One High Five
2:40 PM – Colin Schiller & The Reactions
3:20 PM – DB & The Catastrophe
4:00 PM – BK35-25
4:40 PM – Gangstagrass
Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (unofficial/free to badges)
2:00 PM – Marvin Glover
2:50 PM – Invisible Lines
3:40 PM – Lost Romance
4:30 PM – Those Mockingbirds
5:20 PM – The Dead Exs
6:15 PM – TAB the Band
Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St. (free/official)
12:30 PM – Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why
1:15 PM – Robert Ellis
2:15 PM – Hollis Brown
3:15 PM – Montgomery Trucking
4:30 PM – Country Mice
(photos)
1:00 PM – The Immaculates
2:30 PM – Gospel Music
3:15 PM – Cloud Nothings
4:00 PM – Widowspeak
4:45 PM – Cubic Zirconia
5:30 PM – Mux Mool
6:00 PM – Teen Daze
Cantora Lab’s Smartlounge, 190 Allen St.* (official or
RSVP)
2:00 PM – Ill Fits
3:00 PM – Slam Donahue
4:00 PM – Little Red
5:00 PM – Small Black
6:00 PM – Ayad Adhamy (DJ set)
6:00 PM – Andy Rourke (DJ set)
6:00 PM – Nick Catchdubs (DJ set)
6:00 PM – Fred Wilson (DJ set)
7:00 PM – DOM
(SXSW coverage, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, Siren coverage, Northside coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos)
The Delancey (Main Level), 168 Delancey St.* (free)
12:20 PM – TAB the Band
1:15 PM – A Lull
2:10 PM – Viva Brother (acoustic)
3:15 PM – Cassettes Won’t Listen
4:10 PM – The Static Jacks
(photos)
5:00 PM – Sleeper Agent
Dominion, 428 Lafeyette St. (RSVP)
12:00 PM – Deas Vail
12:00 PM – The Silent Comedy
12:00 PM – Country Mice
(photos)
12:00 PM – Old Adam Brown
12:30 PM – The One & Nines
1:20 PM – The Great Book of John
2:10 PM – Army Navy
3:00 PM – Fairmont
3:50 PM – Nick Diamonds (of Islands)
Living Room, 154 Ludlow St.* (
QRO venue review)
(RSVP) 4:00 PM – Radiation City
4:45 PM – Santah
5:30 PM – The Lonely Forest
(photos)
6:15 PM – Lord Huron
NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq. S.
11:00 AM – You Say France & I Whistle
Party Xpo, 929 Broadway (unofficial)
Pianos, 158 Ludlow St.* (QRO venue review) (free)
1:30 PM – Headless Horseman
2:15 PM – Nerves Junior
3:00 PM – Parlovr
3:45 PM – The Pass
4:30 PM – Guards
1:00 PM – Aeroplane Pageant
1:45 PM – Radiation City
2:30 PM – Clubfeet
3:15 PM – Marques Toliver
4:00 PM – J. VIEWz
4:45 PM – Pyyramids
5:30 PM – Army Navy
2:25 PM – Porcelain Raft
(photos)
4:10 PM – Still Corners
5:00 PM – The Stepkids
(photos)
Under the Radar has a good CMJ party for free.
Puma, 33 Union Square W. (free/official)
3:30 PM – U.S. Royalty
5:30 PM – DOM
(SXSW coverage, CMJ coverage, CMJ coverage, Siren coverage, Northside coverage, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos)
Put on your pumped up kicks at the Puma Store.
12:00 PM – Virtual CH
12:45 PM – Savannah Smith
1:25 PM – The Brutes
2:15 PM – Pictures of Then
2:40 PM – The Melismatics
3:25 PM – Communist Daughter
4:05 PM – Maudlin
4:55 PM – Me and My Arrow
285 Kent Ave.^ (unofficial)
8:00 PM – Deradoorian
8:00 PM – John Maus
Alphabet Lounge, 104 Avenue C
7:00 PM – Cooper Thomson
7:45 PM – Ryan Sy
8:30 PM – Danny Chait
9:30 PM – Pomegranate
10:15 PM – Arama Mara
8:00 PM – Bikini
9:00 PM – Papermaps
10:00 PM – The Reason
11:00 PM – Data Romance
12:00 AM – Dinosaur Bones
Canadian Blast returns to CMJ.
B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St.
8:00 PM – Wish
9:00 PM – Avant
6:15 PM – Old Abram Brown
7:05 PM – The Upwelling
7:55 PM – Motopony
8:45 PM – Viva Brother
10:15 PM – A Silent Comedy
11:00 PM – Boy & Bear
12:00 AM – We Are Augustines
(photos)
Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery*
7:00 PM – Hannah Schneider
9:00 PM – Firehorse
11:00 PM – With Lions
12:00 AM – Global Noize feat. DJ Logic
1:00 AM – Aaron Lee Tasjan and Weird Ohio
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery*
11:15 PM – Extra Arms
11:30 PM – The Great Book of John
1:00 AM – Popstrangers
Hey, Southerly’s back!
Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St.
8:00 PM – Long Walks On the Beach
8:45 PM – Night Manager
9:30 PM – Monster Rally
11:00 PM – Dent May
8:30 PM – Tropical Popsicle
9:15 PM – Races
10:00 PM – Fidlar
10:45 PM – Guards
11:30 PM – Bleached
1:00 AM – Audacity
8:00 PM – Me You Us Them
8:45 PM – Doldrums
Rock out at Cameo.
Canal Room, 285 W. Broadway (free/official)
8:30 PM – Duniven
9:15 PM – Keegan Dewitt
10:00 PM – Incan Abraham
11:30 PM – Kendra Morris
The Charleston, 174 Bedford Ave.^
8:00 PM – Warm Needles
8:45 PM – Unfun
9:30 PM – Despite Everything
10:15 PM – Bearface
11:00 PM – Descender
The Delancey, 168 Delancey St.*
8:00 PM – Alamo Race Track
8:00 PM – Headless Horseman
8:45 PM – Nightmare & The Cat
9:30 PM – Lavalier
10:15 PM – North Highlands
(photos)
11:00 PM – Hussle Club
11:45 PM – Headless Horseman
The Delancey (Main Level), 168 Delancey St.* (free/official)
7:30 PM – Starscream
8:30 PM – Supercute
9:00 PM – Vyle and Young Live
District 36, 29 W. 36th St.
8:00 PM – DJ Phoecus
8:45 PM – KGB
9:00 PM – Caspa Narkz
9:30 PM – Shawn Chrystopher
9:45 PM – JR Junior
Dominion, 428 Lafeyette St.
8:00 PM – 1976
9:00 PM – Bearbabes
10:00 PM – Echo
11:00 PM – Beatriz Azevedo
11:45 PM – Holger
12:30 AM – Loop B
Taiwan comes to NYC & CMJ.
9:00 PM – Codes
10:30 PM – Nick Catchdubs
11:30 PM – Party Supplies
12:00 AM – Jim-e Stack
1:00 AM – AraabMUZIK
1:45 AM – Mux Mool
Ella Lounge, 9 Avenue A (
RSVP)
9:00 PM – Jogyo
9:00 PM – Decades
9:00 PM – SPF 5000
9:00 PM – Clubfeet
Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St.*
8:00 PM – Emmy the Great
9:00 PM – Grand Pianoramax
10:00 PM – Caged Animals
11:00 PM – Yuksek
6:00 PM – Emily Cavanaugh
6:40 PM – Everest Cale
7:20 PM – Men and Whales
8:00 PM – Tenements
8:40 PM – Oh You Devil
9:20 PM – Ponywhip
10:00 PM – Dear Comrade
10:40 PM – King Charles the Martyr
11:20 PM – The Threads
12:40 AM – Nightmare & The Cat
1:20 AM – Street Smells
9:00 PM – King Krule
9:00 PM – Lemonade (DJ set)
9:00 PM – Little Red
9:00 PM – Trash Talk
Why are people still impressed by Tanlies & Teengirl Fantasy?
Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd St.
6:30 PM – Jon Fisch
6:30 PM – Rachel Feinstein
6:30 PM – Robert Kelly
6:30 PM – Wil Sylvince
7:30 PM – Loius Katz
6:45 PM – Lighthouse & The Whaler
7:30 PM – Scattered Trees
8:15 PM – The Parlotones
8:00 PM – The Lanskies
9:00 PM – Hindi Zahra
10:00 PM – The Two
11:00 PM – Revolver
12:00 AM – Chateau Marmont
Hudson Hotel (GOOD UNITS), 356 W. 58th St.
8:30PM – Mazzi (of S.O.U.L.)
8:45 PM – ECU
8:57 PM – OCD
9:07 PM – Danse Daimons
9:18 PM – AP Performs
9:20 PM – DJ Getlive!
9:42 PM – The Kickdrums
9:58 PM – Chris Webby
10:20 PM – DJ Don Juan
10:43 PM – Cyhi Tha Prince
11:00 PM – DJ Getlive x DJ Don Juan!
8:00 PM – Howard Jones
Kenny’s Castaways, 157 Bleecker St.
7:00 PM – Lorena B
8:00 PM – Thomas Wynn & The Believers
10:00 PM – Lunic
11:00 PM – Inky Jack
12:00 AM – Wachichoo
8:00 PM – HiFi Phantom
8:50 PM – Mouthbreathers
9:40 PM – Audacity
10:30 PM – Barreracudas
11:20 PM – Davila 666
(photos)
12:00 AM – Doomtree
11:00 PM – Lightning Love
11:30 PM – Diego & The Dissidents (DJ set)
12:00 AM – People Get Ready
1:45 AM – Shout Out Out Out Out
10:00 PM – Akalepse
10:00 PM – Jon Robinson
10:00 PM – Maya Azucena
10:00 PM – Rasheed Chappell
10:00 PM – Rich Medina
10:00 PM – Vinia Mojica
Legion, 790 Metropolitan Ave.
8:00 PM – Hoop Dreams
10:00 PM – Night Manager
11:00 PM – Life Size Maps
12:00 AM – Dive
8:00 PM – Dead Ships
9:00 PM – Built By Animals
10:00 PM – Tall Ships
11:00 PM – Invisible Days
12:00 AM – Swimclub
7:30 PM – The Wicked Tomorrow
(photos)
8:15 PM – Blackbells
9:00 PM – Seryn
10:30 PM – Miracles of Modern Science
Some nice ladies at Littlefield.
7:00 PM – Union Street Preservation Society
7:40 PM – Dylan Trees
8:20 PM – We Are the Woods
9:00 PM – Shenandoah & The Night
9:40 PM – Lucius
10:20 PM – Sydney Wayser
11:00 PM – My Cousin The Emperor
11:40 PM – Ursa Minor
12:20 AM – Reverend John DeLore
1:00 AM – Sweet Soubrette
7:30 PM – Mark Rose
8:15 PM – My Bubba & Mi
9:00 PM – Stranded Horse
9:45 PM – Cristina Black
10:30 PM – Two Man Gentlemen Band
11:15 PM – Rayland Baxter
Local 269, 269 E. Houston St.*
7:00 PM – The Amcats
8:00 PM – Death Letters
9:00 PM – De Staat
10:00 PM – The Young Evils
11:00 PM – Wild Palms
12:00 AM – Cairo Knife Fight
Lomography, 41 W. 8th St. #1 (free)
Lulu’s, 113 Franklin St. (free)
9:00 PM – Broadcaster
9:00 PM – I Hate Our Freedom
9:00 PM – All Eyes West
Marlin Room at Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. (unofficial)
7:00 PM – Julien Funk
7:45 PM – Little Devil
8:30 PM – MaG
9:15 PM – Headless Horseman
8:00 PM – CPHarrik
8:15 PM – Capybara
9:05 PM – Canon Logic
9:55 PM – Lights Resolve
10:45 PM – Soft Reeds
7:30 PM – Forest Fire
8:00 PM – Nina Nastasia
8:30 PM – special guest
11:00 PM – Lord Huron
12:00 AM – Lumineers
1:00 AM – Hey Marseilles
2:00 AM – Pink Cashmere
MOSCOT Gallery, 118 Orchard St.* (free)
7:00 PM – Avan Lava
Party Xpo, 929 Broadway (RSVP)
7:00 PM – Friend Roulette
7:00 PM – Lou-Is
7:00 PM – Fan Tan
7:00 PM – Heaven
7:30 PM – The Big Sleep
10:00 PM – Avi Wisnia
11:00 PM – Bel Air
8:00 PM – Little Red
9:00 PM – Cloud Nothings
10:00 PM – Exitmusic
11:00 PM – Bikini
1:00 AM – WIM
7:00 PM – Carnivores
7:45 PM – Miracles of Modern Science
8:30 PM – Mango Floss
9:15 PM – Weird Children
10:00 PM – Erika Spring
(photos)
11:30 PM – Prussia
9:00 PM – CFCF (DJ set)
9:00 PM – Dave P
9:00 PM – JDH
9:00 PM – Lemonade
9:00 PM – Radio People
9:00 PM – Still Corners
R Bar, 218 Bowery*
7:00 PM – Lisa Valienti
8:00 PM – Madame Mayhem
10:00 PM – Lowe
10:30 PM – I, Synthesist
11:00 PM – Autodrone
12:00 AM – The Brother Kite
Red Bull Space, 40 Thompson St. (
RSVP)
8:00 PM – J. Pinder
8:00 PM – Marz Lovejoy
8:00 PM – Wax Tailor
8:00 PM – Dessa
8:00 PM – J-Live
8:00 PM – M.O.P.
Rock Shop, 249 4th Ave.
7:00 PM – Fierce Bad Rabbit
8:00 PM – BNLX
9:00 PM – Madison Square Gardeners
10:00 PM – Kaiser Cartel
11:00 PM – Pretty Good Dance Moves
Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 1), 196 Allen St.* (
QRO venue review)
(free/official)
4:00 PM – Shayna & The Catch
5:00 PM – Jacob Jeffries Band
6:00 PM – Hawthorne
7:00 PM – The Wildbirds
8:00 PM – Christopher Paul Stelling
(photos)
9:00 PM – Charlene Kaye
10:00 PM – Mieka Pauley
11:00 PM – The Lumineers
12:00 AM – The Majorleans
1:00 AM – FRED
Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 2), 196 Allen St.* (
QRO venue review)
(free/official)
5:00 PM – Seth Glier
6:00 PM – The Ragbirds
7:00 PM – Jenny Owen Youngs
8:00 PM – Aunt Martha
9:00 PM – Delta Rae
10:00 PM – Locksley
11:00 PM – Waking Lights
12:00 AM – TAT
1:00 AM – Midnight Spin
Rodeo Bar, 375 3rd Ave.
8:30 PM – Adam Ezra Group
9:30 PM – Cabinet
11:00 PM – Jounce
S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St.
8:30 PM – Bridget Kelly
8:30 PM – Candice Anitra
8:30 PM – Iffy the Band Man
8:30 PM – Lauriana Mae
8:30 PM – Nikki Jean
8:30 PM – Verse Simmonds
8:30 PM – Yasinabdur
Samsung Experience, 10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor (
RSVP)
6:00 PM – P-Funk the King
6:00 PM – Armoni
6:00 PM – Kyle J
6:00 PM – Brey Quick
6:00 PM – Yobi
6:00 PM – Tiron & Ayomari
6:00 PM – Torae
6:00 PM – Uptown XO
6:00 PM – Nakim
6:00 PM – Boogz Boogetz
6:00 PM – Shawn Chrystopher
6:00 PM – STS
6:00 PM – King Fantastic
6:00 PM – Dom Kennedy
7:30 PM – Fidlar
9:45 PM – Bleached
10:30 PM – Inc.
11:15 PM – Main Attrakionz
11:15 PM – Scoundrels
1:15 AM – Graffiti Monsters
12:15 AM – Headless Horseman
9:00 PM – El Radio Fantastique
TBA – Gary Clark Jr.
Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow St. (free)
7:00 PM – The Sour Notes
7:00 PM – Buxton
7:00 PM – Fresh Millions
7:00 PM – Gangli
7:00 PM – Extra Life
7:00 PM – Slutever
7:00 PM – Unstoppable Death Machines
7:00 PM – FIDLAR
9:00 PM – Blum
9:00 PM – Def Sound
9:00 PM – Raj Mahal
9:00 PM – Sonnymoon
7:00 PM – We Run
7:45 PM – Little Racer
8:30 PM – Emily Greene
9:15 PM – Lucius
10:00 PM – Great Elk
10:45 PM – Hollis Brown
11:30 PM – Lucius
12:15 AM – Wicked Tomorrow
(photos)
1:00 AM – Fan-Tan
St. Vitus, 1120 Manhattan Ave.
8:00 PM – Dead Stars
9:00 PM – Nordic Nomadic
10:00 PM – The Main Street Gospel
11:00 PM – Weird Owl
12:00 AM – Hopewell
7:00 PM – Cody B. Ware
7:45 PM – T-WIZ
8:30 PM – Wallpaper
9:30 PM – T. Mills
Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St.
7:30 PM – The Narrative
8:30 PM – The Rouge
9:30 PM – Deas Vail
10:30 PM – Tru Statement Cypher
11:30 PM – Nyle Vs the Naysayers
Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St.* (RSVP)
7:00 PM – T. Mills
7:00 PM – King Fantastic
7:00 PM – Dwntwn
7:00 PM – Haim
7:00 PM – K. Flay
7:00 PM – Wallpaper.
7:00 PM – Data Romance
7:00 PM – Vacationer
7:00 PM – Penguin Prison
7:00 PM – Art vs. Science
The Odd Future juggernaut comes to CMJ – everybody better watch out (especially photogs…)!
Trash Bar, 256 Grand St.^
8:30 PM – King Owl
9:30 PM – Grandfather
10:30 PM – Tidal Arms
11:30 PM – Pile
Union Hall, 702 Union St. (
QRO venue review)
7:30 PM – Honey Waits
8:00 PM – Ray Bonneville
9:00 PM – Andy Friedman
10:30 PM – Jefferson Hamer
8:00 PM – Exitmusic
9:00 PM – Porcelain Raft
(photos)
11:00 PM – Gauntlet Hair
12:00 AM – A Place To Bury Strangers
(spotlight on, interview, live review, Siren coverage, CMJ coverage, album review, album review, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos, photos)
That’s a loud line-up from Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian label group showcase.
8:00 PM – The Postelles (photos, photos, photos, photos)
Worth the hype: The Wombats. Not worth the hype: The Postelles.
Wicked Willy’s, 149 Bleecker St.
6:00 PM – Tatiana Moroz
7:00 PM – Christina LaRocca
9:00 PM – Anthony Federov
10:00 PM – Lisa Bianco
11:00 PM – Automatic Children
Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. (free)
9:50 PM – Idiot Glee