Who needs to head to SXSW when the Lone Star State comes right here to New York City? On the third night of the thirty-fourth annual CMJ Music Marathon, the third annual Texas Takeover Party takes over the Delancey on Thursday, with twenty-one live performances and DJ sets on two stages from 3:00 to 11:00, including Pageantry at 3:00, Somebody’s Darling at 4:30, Pompeii at 6:45, Featherface at 8:50, the Please Please Me at 9:35, Emily Wolfe at 10:20, and the Suffers at 10:30. With the weekend approaching, CMJ is getting ready to kick into high gear, and this is a fine place to start. Please see below for other recommendations for October 23.
In Conversation: Zola Jesus and John Norris, NYU Kimmel Center, Room 905/907, 3:00
Life Size Maps, Bowery Electric Map Room, 4:00, and Left Field Downstairs, 6:00
Mighty Oak, Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, 7:00
Beach Fossils, Brooklyn Bowl, 10:00
Dinosaur Feathers, Grand Victory, 10:30
Obits, Knitting Factory, 11:35
Marissa Nadler, Le Poisson Rouge, 12 midnight