CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival happens every Fall in New York and is an awesome platform for discovering new music and films.  For five nonstop days and nights, there are over 1,200 live performances in more than 75 venues across the city.  In addition to showcases there are plenty of Q&As, panels, seminars, and other special events.  Official CMJ events require you to register and have a badge but have no fear, there are lots of parties that are free or you can pay for entry at the door.

CMJ kicked off yesterday and we heard rave reviews from the IAMSOUND (love Kisses, Salem, and Restless People) showcase at Santos Party House.  We’re sad we missed it but here are some parties that we’re going to hit up for the rest of the week!

Wednesday, 10/20
Online magazine The Swede Beat has a showcase tonight to bring the sounds and beats of Scandinavia to Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  The event will feature live performances performances and DJ set by Sweden’s finest O’Spada (Despotz Records), Marcus Price (Palms Out Sounds) and Ploctor (The Swedish Model). Representing the Scandinavian south side are Danish duo Fagget Fairys (ArtRebels/Palms Out Sounds)

Public Assembly, Williamsburg Brooklyn
9PM – 3AM
Open bar provided by Kanon Vodka Bar 9PM – 10AM

Thursday, 10/21
Chess Club and Neon Gold have partnered together with UK’s Plugged In PR to help bring a huge line up for CMJ this year. This event is also going down at Public Assembly from 3pm to 3am, with two stages and over 20 amazing new bands playing over the course of the evening.  Tickets are currently on sale via the event page HERE, and at $12.  See the lineup and flyer below courtesy of Neon Gold.

NEON GOLD ROOM
04:00pm: The Good Natured (London) // MP3: “Your Body Is A Machine”
05:00pm: Body Language (Brooklyn) // MP3: “Huffy Ten Speed”
06:00pm: Samuel (Manhattan) // MP3: “I Heart NY” (Remix ft. Joell Ortiz)
07:00pm: Spark (London) // MP3: “Shut Out The Moon” (Monsieur Adi Remix)
08:00pm: Emil & Friends (Brooklyn) // MP3: “Sleepyhead”
09:00pm: Brahms (Brooklyn) // MP3: “Subtext Is Deadly”
10:00pm: Fenech-Soler (London) // MP3: “Lies”
11:00pm: The Sound of Arrows (Stockholm) // MP3: “M.A.G.I.C.”
12:00am: Penguin Prison (Harlem) // MP3: “Worse It Gets” (Starsmith Remix)
01:00am: The Knocks (Manhattan) // MP3: “Make It Better”

CHESS CLUB ROOM
03:30pm: Santah (Chicago) // MP3: “No Other Women”
04:30pm: Savoir Adore (Brooklyn) // MP3: “Bodies”
05:30pm: Alex Winston (Detroit) // MP3: “Medicine”
06:30pm: Ava Luna (Brooklyn) // MP3: “Clips”
07:30pm: Oberhofer (Brooklyn) // MP3: “Away Frm U”
08:30pm: Devin Therriault (Brooklyn) // MP3: “I Don’t Think I”
09:30pm: 1, 2, 3 (Pittsburgh) // MP3: “Confetti”
10:30pm: Grouplove (Los Angeles) // MP3: “Colours”
11:30pm: The Postelles (Manhattan) // MP3: “123 Stop”

Friday, October 22nd
Yours Truly (we just love their videos) is hosting the first ever Pillow Talk/Pillow Fight!  It all starts at 6PM and it’s free!  And there’s free beer between 7PM-9:30PM.  We can’t wait to see Cults, Oberhofer, and Kisses!

Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
6PM – ???
FREE!

Saturday, October 23rd
Our friends at ‘Sup Magazine have partnered with Fixed and Making Time for a rad party on Saturday night featuring live performances by Matthew Dear, Holy Ghost!, and Crocodiles. It’s going to be a full night of dancing!

FIXED presents: MAKING TIME
A CMJ Freakout of Epic Radness
With hyper-rad hyper-live special guests…..

MATTHEW DEAR (Band)
HOLY GHOST!
CROCODILES
JAVELIN
GOLD PANDA
JAMAICA

Plus DJs JDH & DAVE P and the Making Time Resident DJs.

@ Public Assembly (entire space)
70 N. 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY

9pm-6am, 21+ with ID

$15 advance tickets available at TicketWeb &
Other Music
15 E. 4th Street
New York, NY

$20 Day of show