Back in April, local band Walking Shapes played twenty-four different places in New York City in twenty-four hours, in conjunction with the release of their debut album, Taka Come On. The five-piece won’t be going quite as nuts at the annual CMJ Music Marathon, but they will be playing Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday at 10:00, Cameo Gallery on Wednesday at 8:50, and Spike Hill on Friday night at 11:20. This year’s annual festival features more than thirteen hundred performers at more than eighty venues October 21-25; below are some more recommendations for opening night.
“Reinventing the Steel: Finding Metal’s Next Big Bands,” panel discussion with Andrew “Cutter” Puyleart, Carl Severson, Darren Dalessio, Kodi McKinney, and Sammi Chichester, Rosenthal Pavilion, NYU Kimmel Center, tenth floor, 12:30 pm
September Girls, Cake Shop, 3:30; Cameo Gallery, 11:00 pm
Cymbals, Cake Shop, 5:45; Glasslands Gallery, 10:45
Olga Bell, Mercury Lounge, 6:30
STRNGRS, Spike Hill, 8:30
James, Webster Hall, 9:15
Cold War Kids, Brooklyn Bowl, 11:00
The Suffers, Drom, 12 midnight