Brian Suarez, better known as Allies for Everyone, will be at Ella Lounge on Friday night for a CMJ showcase gig
Multiple venues
October 16-20
www.cmj.com/marathon
Friday is by far the biggest day of this year’s CMJ Music Marathon, with a host of great shows starting in the afternoon and continuing well past midnight. We’ve been limiting our highlights to five bands a day, but we couldn’t stop for Friday, listing eleven must-see groups and one showcase, featuring a bunch of bands that have been featured in twi-ny over the last few years. So we’ll be running all around the Lower East Side and Brooklyn to catch as many of these as we can, and so should you.
Friday, October 19
The Press House and Imagem Music Showcase: Gareth Dunlop (11:30 am), Anna Krantz (12 noon), Shel (1:00), Jilette Johnson (2:00), Zulu Pearls (3:00), Wakey! Wakey! (4:00), French Horn Rebellion (5:00), Rockwood Music Hall
Eternal Summers, Cameo Gallery, 3:30
Turbo Fruits, Piano’s, 4:00
Allies for Everyone, Ella Lounge, 7:00
The Front Bottoms, Santos Party House Basement, 8:00
Anni Rossi, Fontana’s, 8:15
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Marlin Room at Webster Hall, 9:00
Free Energy, Brooklyn Bowl, 10:00
Takka Takka, Grand Victory, 10:00
Turbo Fruits, Public Assembly, 11:10
Zerobridge, Trash, 12 midnight
The Death Set, the Paper Box, 1:00