It's that time of year again! CMJ Music Marathon 2012 is upon us and Exploding In Sound is most definitely getting excited. Spread all over Manhattan and Brooklyn, CMJ has always been about new music, and this year is no different. The festival begins this Tuesday, October 16th to Saturday, October 20th, hosting many phenomenal touring bands including METZ, King Tuff, Die! Die! Die!, Squarehead, Local H, and Fat History Month as well as local favorites Sleepies, Talk Normal, Mr. Dream, She Keeps Bees, EULA, Total Slacker, Weekend, Unstoppable Death Machines and so much more. Check out our picks for CMJ's official and unofficial "MUST SEE SHOWS"...
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH:
What: Oh My Rockness presents: Heavenly Beat, Mood Rings, Moon King, Roomrunner, METZ, Chrome Canyon
Where: Cameo Gallery
When: 6:30 PM
What: Weekend, The So So Glos, Skaters, Life Size Maps
Where: Shea Stadium
When: 8 PM
What: Louisiana Purchasing Company presents: Surfing, So Cow, Squarehead, Gunfight!, EULA, Caged Animals, Sparxx
Where: Legion
When: 6 PM
What: New Zealand at CMJ Showcase: Six60, Die! Die! Die!, Ghost Wave, Popstrangers, Lawrence Arabia & Tom Lark
Where: Le Poisson Rouge (FREE SHOW)
When: 5:45 PM
What: KMG at CMJ Showcase: The Ettes, Blaudzun, The Strange Familiar, Capsula
Where: Santos Party House [Downstairs]
When: 7 PM
What: The Vinyl District presents: Street Smells, The Midnight Hollow, Quilt, The Revivalists, Prince Rupert's Drops, Caddywhompus
Where: Arlene's Grocery
When: 7 PM
What: Permanent Wave presents: Easy Lover, The Suzan, Backwords, Beach Day, Leda, Heliotropes
Where: Public Assembly
When: 7 PM
What: Forma, The Golden Awesome, Royal Baths, Grand Resort
Where: 285 Kent
When: 8 PM
What: Darlingside, Spacehog, Black Taxi + more
Where: Rockwood Music Hall
When: 6 PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH:
What: Regal Degal, Ian Drennan, Lame Drivers, So Cow, Squarehead
Where: Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
When: 8 PM
What: Stereogum presents: Dum Dum Girls, Guards, Savages, Port St. Willow, IO ECHO
Where: Glasslands Gallery
When: 8 PM
What: METZ, Die! Die! Die!, Roomrunner, Beasty
Where: Death By Audio
When: 8 PM
What: Frenchkiss presents: Bad Cop, Sleepies, Chains of Love, Black Light Dinner Party, Devin
Where: Pianos
When: 8 PM
What: Campers Rule Records presents: Sharkmuffin, Indian Rebound, Quiet Loudly, Backwords, Gunfight!
Where: Muchmore's
When: 8 PM
What: Local H, The Hounds Below, The Life and Times
Where: Union Square Ballroom
When: 10 PM
What: Manimal Vinyl presents: Chains of Love, Heliotropes, Papercranes, Aact Rrasier, Young Girls, The Analog Girl
Where: Knitting Factory
When: 8 PM
What: Fontana's Favorites presents: The Foreign Resort, Midnight Spin, Robbin Pain + more
Where: Fontana's
When: 7 PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18TH:
What: Sub Pop presents: Pissed Jeans, King Tuff, METZ, Poor Moon, Daughn Gibson, Debo Band
Where: Knitting Factory
When: 8 PM
What: My Social List presents: The Intelligence, Roomrunner, Wild Yaks, Royal Baths
Where: Public Assembly
When: 1 PM
What: The Intelligence, Parquet Courts, Viva L'American Deathray Music, Absolutely Free
Where: Death By Audio
When: 8 PM
What: Goodnight Records presents: The Flag, Sun Ladders, Life Size Maps, Lou-is, Heaven, KNTRLR, Fan-Tan, Friend Roulette, Weekend
Where: The Gutter
When: 5:30 PM
What: Radical Dads, Sun Hotel, Caddywhompus, Cool Serbia
Where: Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
When: 8 PM
What: Old Flame Records presents: Fantasy Rainbow, Your Youth, Lost Boy?, You Won't, Turf War, Mean Creek, Twin Tigers
Where: Pianos [Upstairs]
When: 7 PM
What: Music From Ireland presents: Squarehead, Bouts, The Lost Brothers, Lisa O'Neill, So Cow
Where: Fat Baby
When: 7 PM
What: Bear Hands, GZA playing Liquid Swords, Killer Mike, Sweet Valley
Where: Irving Plaza
When: 8 PM
What: Aputumpu presents: Cruising USA, Heaven's Gate, Dead Stars, Gull, HITS, Lazyeyes + More
Where: XPO 929
When: 5 PM
What: Hans Chew, Heliotropes, Hurray for the Riff Raff + more
Where: Cake Shop (Free Show)
When: 1:30 PM
What: Local H and The Life and Times
Where: The Bell House
When: 8 PM
What: Heavy Planet presents: Borracho, Valley of the Sun, Eggnogg, Summoner, Shock Radar
Where: Fontana's
When: 8 PM
What: Carpark presents: Adventure, Dog Bite, Popstrangers, Dent May, Young Magic, Prince Rama
Where: Cameo Gallery
When: 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19TH:
What: John Rambo presents: King Tuff, Total Slacker, Habibi, Royal Baths, Turnip King
Where: Cheap Storage
When: 8 PM
What: KXLU presents: Kera & The Lesbians, Habibi, Bleeding Rainbow, Turbo Fruits, Total Slacker, Gap Dream, Unstoppable Death Machines, The Shrine + More
Where: Cake Shop (Free Show)
When: 12 PM
What: Mail The Horse, Porches., Geronimo!, The Due Diligence
Where: Brooklyn Fireproof
When: 8 PM
What: Planetary Group presents: The Orwells, Hot Panda, The Intelligence, San Cisco, Turbo Fruits, Rah Rah, Twerps
Where: Pianos
When: 1 PM
What: Capeshok & Inflated Records present: Squarehead, So Cow + more
Where: Cake Shop
When: 7 PM
What: Flowerbooking presents: Unicorn Kid, Ki:Theory, Devin, Ghost Wave, Talk Normal, Cities Aviv
Where: Knitting Factory
When: 8 PM
What: Panache presents: The Paperhead, Mac Demarco, Dent May, Turbo Fruits, Twerps
Where: Public Assembly
When: 8 PM
What: My Social List presents: Vapauteen, Black Marble, Weekend, Plastic Flowers, Dark Sister, Yvette
Where: XPO 929
When: 7 PM
What: The Whatever Blog presents: Quiet Loudly, Pow Wow!, Wojcik,Passenger Peru
Where: The Gutter
When: 9 PM
What: Old Flame Records presents: Tiny Victories, Lost Boy?, Fantasy Rainbow, Shark?, Twin Tigers, Caged Animals, Your Youth, Gross Relations
Where: TBA
When: 12 PM
What: M for Montreal presents: Royal Canoe, Blue Hawaii, Moon King, Mozarts Sister, Doldrums, Absolutely Free + more
Where: Arlene's Grocery
When: 6 PM (Absolutely Free on at 2 AM)
What: Outlaw Roadshow presents: Sonic Cow Grunt, Mean Creek, Hey Marseilles, RIBS, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, Mellow Bravo, Bridges & Powerlines
Where: Bowery Electric (Free show)
When: 11:30 AM
What: The Deli Magazine presents: Young Magic, Hundred Waters, Mac Demarco, Ava Luna + more
Where: Pianos
When: 7 PM
What: Mass Apeal presents: Alexander Spit, Angel Haze, Asher Roth, Boldy James, Elzhi, Ghostface Killah, Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire, Roc Marciano
Where: Gramercy Theatre
When: 8 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TH:
THE SHOW WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR...
What: Exploding In Sound and Gimme Tinnitus present: The Flag, Ovlov, Geronimo!, Trabajo, Fat History Month, Speedy Ortiz, Roomrunner, Mr. Dream, Yvette, Sleepies, EULA, Pile, Slothrust, Young Adults, Heliotropes, She Keeps Bees
Where: The Paper Box
When: 2 PM

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