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Not Sure Where to Begin at CMJ? Check Out These Bands
It’s late October in New York City, and that only means one thing, CMJ. Today marks the start the annual music manic marathon known to artists and fans alike as CMJ Music Marathon. From October 20 – 24, musicians come from everywhere to flood the Village, the Lower Eastside, and Brooklyn with amazing shows all times of day, and become almost holiday-weekend for ANY music lover, for little to no nominal fee. But with so much music, what to do?
Here are the bands I totally recommend you seeing this week.
- Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Stars (At Blue Note, every night): Who doesn’t like jazz, especially from this cover band playing beautiful music as a break from intense shows
- The Antlers (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Oct 20, 10:45pm)
- Souls of Mischief + Tanya Morgan (Southpaw, Oct. 22, 9pm)
- X-Ecutioners + A-Trak + Sadat X (BB King’s, Oct. 22, 11pm)
- The Foreign Exchange (BB Kings, Oct 23, 11:30pm)
- Surf City (Cake Shop, Oct. 20, 11:10pm)
- Eric Roberson (S.O.B’s, Oct. 21, 7:00pm)
- Pac Div (DROM, Oct. 21, 8:35pm)
- The XX (Webster Hall, Oct. 23, 9:00pm)
- Fool’s Gold (Bowery Poetry Club, Oct. 22, 12:00am)
- Midnight Juggernauts (Bowery Ballroom, Oct. 22, 12:00am)
- Jokers of the Scene + LA Riots (N8, Oct. 22, 10pm)
- YACHT + Holy Ghost! (Brooklyn Bowl, Oct 22, 8pm)
- Camp Lo (S.O.B’s, Oct. 22, 9:20pm)
- The Dap Kings + Menahan Street Band (Knitting Factory BK, Oct. 23, 6pm)
- Cymbals Eat Guitars (Public Assembly, Oct. 22)
- Crystal Antlers (Cake Shop, Oct. 23, 11:30pm)
- OKAY AFRICA (Knitting Factory BK, Oct. 24, 11pm)
This is just a start! Check out the complete CMJ coverage of some of our favorite blogs, including Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, NYCTaper, BrooklynVegan and Stereogum. If you have show recommendations, make sure to hit us up on twitter and we’ll send ‘em out far and wide.
