Shows to watch: CMJ 2012

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Tuesday October 16

12:00 pm: Portals Showcase

Why: It's free. With Young Magic, Levek, and It Is Rain In My Face, who just came out with an amazing self-titled LP this year. Also, you can just stay afterwards for the Lefse Showcase…

Pianos NYC
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY

The lineup:

12:00 pm Stag
12:45 pm Yung Life
1:30 pm It Is Rain In My Face
2:15 pm Tjuijuna
3:00 pm Blue Hawaii
3:45 pm Tops
4:30 pm Slow Magic
5:15 pm Mean Lady
6:00 pm Young Magic
6:45 pm Levek
7:30 pm Ryan Hemsworth & Deniro Ferrar

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8:15 pm: Lefse Showcase

Why: Psychic Twin. And free beer coozy.

Pianos NYC
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY

The official lineup:

8:15 pm Way Yes
9:00 pm Teen Daze
9:45 pm Field Mouse
10:30 pm Cuckoo Chaos
11:15 pm Levek
12:00 am Mean Lady
12:45 am Cemeteries
1:30 am Psychic Twin
2:15 am Mister Lies

Wednesday October 17

12:00 pm: We Listen For You/ The Needle Drop/ Beats Per Minute Showcase (21+)

Why: Dent May. And The Deloreans.

Delinquency
1031 Grand Street, Brooklyn
New York 11211

The lineup:

Attic Abasement
The Doloreans
Poor Lily
Teen Suicide
Mac Demarco
Dent May

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7:00 pm: Manimal Showcase

Why: Baron Von Luxxury's beats are pretty sexxy.

The Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

The lineup:

Chains of Love
Heliotropes
Papercranes
AACT RRAISER
Baron Von Luxxury
Young Girls
The Analog Girl

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8 pm: Young One Records Showcase

Why: You need some good hip-hop in your life. At CMJ. Now.

285 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

The lineup:

Main Attrakionz
Kool AD of Das Racist
Deniro Farrar
Cities Aviv
Bryant Dope
Children of the Night / World's Fair
Lee Bannon

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9:00 pm: Cascine / Ghostly International Showcase

Why: Michna make you dance.

Le Baron
32 Mulberry Street
New York, NY

The lineup:

Special Guest (Ghostly)
Chad Valley
Jensen Sportag
Michna
Erika Spring
Selebrities
Rush Midnight
Heathered Pearls (DJ)

PS – The showcase is a private event with a limited number of tickets sold here in advance.

Thursday October 18

1:00 pm: My Social List + Domino Street Free CMJ Day Party (18+)

Why: The Intelligence. And it's free!

Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

The Lineup:

1:30 pm Royal Baths
2:30pm Wild Yaks
3:30 pm RoomRunner
4:30 pm The Intelligence

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7:00 pm: Carpark / Pawtracks Showcase

Why: Because it will all be awesome.

Cameo Gallery
93 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

The official lineup:

8:00 pm Adventure (Baltimore, MD)
9:00 pm Dog Bite (Atlanta, GA)
10:00 pm Popstrangers (Auckland, NZ)
11:00 pm Dent May (Oxford, MS)
12:00 am Young Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
1:00 am Prince Rama (Brooklyn, NY)

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7:30 pm: Merge Records Showcase

Why: Reigning Sound's spooky garage rock melodies.

Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston Street
(b/w Ludlow & Essex)
New York, NY

The lineup from first to last:

William Tyler
Mac McCaughan
Eleanor Friedberger
TBA
Telekinesis
Reigning Sound

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8:00 pm: Forcefield Showcase

Why: You are pretty much guaranteed to feel better about yourself and about life after a pop music massage.

Glasslands
289 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

The lineup:

Levek
Dent May
Generationals
Gangi
Andrew Cedermark

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8:00 pm: Vitalic Noise showcase

Why: Free! (Before midnight, with RSVP.)

The DL
95 Delancey Street
New York, NY

The lineup:

Miami Horror DJs
Goldroom
Viceroy
Flume
Rufus (Live)
Jensen Sportag
Good Night Keaton

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Friday October 19

8:15 pm: Panache Booking Showcase

Why: A bunch of events are under way for Panache Booking, but we're stoked to see Mac DeMarco perform at Public Assembly Friday night.

Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

The lineup:

Front Room –

12:40 am Twerps
12:10 am Special Guest
11:10 pm Turbo Fruits
10:10 pm Dent May
9:20 pm Mac Demarco
8:30 pm The Paperhead

Back Room –

12:20 am Violent Bullshit
11:30 pm Vockah Redu
10:40 pm Xray Eyeballs
9:50 pm Dignan Porch
9:00 pm Gap Dream
8:15 pm Levek

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Saturday October 20

11:00 pm at The Delinquency

Why: You survived CMJ. Now leave the rest to us.

The Delinquency
1031 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY

The lineup in order of appearance:

Black Marble
LE1F
with DJ special guest JD Samson

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