The annual CMJ Music Marathon is descending on downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn October 21-25 with 120,000 artists, music fans, and industry insiders.
Every October, CMJ features over 1,400 live performances in more than 80 of New York City’s greatest nightclubs and music venues with exclusive parties, over 100 cutting edge conference events featuring industry insiders, an Entertainment Business Law Seminar and College Day – a mixer designed especially for college and non-commercial radio programmers.
Explore the full schedule at CMJ’s website here.
Badges are available for purchase here
Overwhelmed? We sifted through this year’s line-up and narrowed it down to the ten shows you can’t miss.
Here are Discosalt’s 10 Must See Shows:
1. Meatbodies
Sound: Heavy Groovy
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Friday 10/24 @Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn (8:00 PM)
2. Dune Rats
Sound: Dunecore Stoner Pop
Hometown: Brisbane, Australia
Tuesday 10/21 @Glasslands, Brooklyn (8:00 PM)
Friday 10/24 @Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn ( 8:00 PM)
3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Sound: Spazzy Garage Soul
Hometown: Carlton, Australia
Wednesday 10/22 @Knitting Factory, Brooklyn (7:00 PM)
Saturday 10/25 @Rough Trade, Brooklyn (6:00 PM)
4. Moon Duo
Sound: Psychedelic Space Rock
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Thursday 10/23 @Bowery Ballroom, Manhattan (7:00 PM)
Friday 10/24 @Trans Pecos, Queens (8:00 PM)
Saturday 10/25 @Rough Trade, Brooklyn (6:00 PM)
5. The Kills
Sound: Beatbox Blues
Hometown: London, UK
Thursday 10/23 @Bowery Ballroom, Manhattan (7:00 PM)
6. Bombay Bicycle Club
Sound: Baggy Pop/R&B
Hometown: London, UK
Wednesday 10/22 @Terminal 5, Manhattan (7:00 PM)
7. Courtney Barnett
Sound: Slacker Psych-Folk
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 10.22 @Webster Hall, Manhattan (8:30 PM)
8. White Fence
Sound: Psychedelic Pop
Hometown: Los Angeles / San-Francisco, CA
Wednesday 10/22 @Knitting Factory, Brooklyn (7:00 PM)
9. Protomartyr
Sound: Post-Punk
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Thursday 10/23 @Knitting Factory, Brooklyn (8:00 PM)
10. Shonen Knife
Sound: All-Female Pop Punk
Hometown: Osaka, Japan
Wednesday 10/22 @Knitting Factory, Brooklyn (7:00 PM)
These go to 11…
11. Potty Mouth
Sound: Girl Gang
Hometown: Northampton, MA
Friday 10/24 @Radio Bushwick, Brooklyn (6:00 PM)