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October's just around the corner, and you know what that means: CMJ Music Marathon! Again, if you're not familiar with this by now, it stands for College Music Journal. CMJ is generally known
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One of the reasons why October is so busy for us is because of the CMJ Music Marathon taking place next week in New York (Oct 13-Oct 19). This is the 35th anniversary of the College Music Journal music festival, so it should be a pretty special event.

Here are just some of the artists listed to appear … for a full list, head over to CMJ.com/marathon.

Acid Dad * Allday * Arrows Of Love * Aurelia Smith * Bad Veins * Balthazar * BÃ˜RNS * British India * Car Seat Headrest * Catfish and The Bottlemen * Creepoid * Crooked Colours * Deakin * Death By Unga Bunga * Dent May * Destruction Unit * Diet Cig * DRINKS * Dungen * Empress Of * Eternal Summers * Ex Hex * Foxes In Fiction * Frankie Cosmos * Fraser A. Gorman * Glass Animals * Hockey Dad * Image Man * Jamie N Commons * Jessica Lea Mayfield * JPNSGRLS * Juan Wauters * Kaitlyn * Kasami Washington * Kero Kero Bonito * LACED * LODRO * Lontalius * Marlon Williams * Mega Bug * Mercury Rev * METHYL ETHYL * Michael Rault * Motion City Soundtrack * Motopony * Nai Harvest * Neon Indian * Ngaiire * Nothing * Oberhofer * Panda Bear * PC Worship * Perfect Pussy * Pinact * Pompeya * Protomartyr * Potty Mouth * Quilt * Saint PÃ© * Shannon And The Clams * Sheer Agony * Sheer Mag * Small Houses * Son Little * Sunbeam Sound Machine * Surf Rock Is Dead * The Babe Rainbow * The Big Moon * The Henry Millers * The Joy Formidable * The Men * The Present * The Prettiots * The Wonder Years * The Word * Titus Andronicus * Tobias Jesso Jr. * Vomitface * Walking Shapes * Wet * Wet Leather * WOMPS

Note: We've covered CMJ on and off in the past few years: 2007, 2011, and 2013. Unfortunately, we currently don't have a New York correspondence so we are not covering CMJ this year. Advance apologies if you sent in CMJ showcases/flyers and I missed it (hint: use "CMJ" in the subject header).

Below are some CMJ showcases that came across my inbox:

PLANETARY GROUP CMJ PARTY 2015

Location: Piano's (158 Ludlow St.)

Date: Friday, Oct 16th (Noon – 6pm)

RSVP: planetarygroup.com

The Planetary Group is once again proud to invite you to our annual CMJ showcase for 2015! We'll be serving up the jams during our day party from Noon to 6:00PM on Friday, October 16th at Piano's on the Lower East Side, so come on out, grab a drink and some food, say what's up, and enjoy some great tunes on us!

Details:

â€” Downstairs Stage â€”
12:50pm – 1:15pm The Dirty Nil
1:30pm – 1:55pm British India
2:10pm – 2:35pm K's Choice
2:50pm – 3:15pm Step-Panther
3:30pm – 3:55pm Crooked Colours
4:10pm – 4:35pm Tuka
4:50pm – 5:15pm Selahphonic
5:30pm – 5:55pm Pierce Brothers

â€” Upstairs Stage â€”
12:30pm – 12:55pm Owen Rabbit
1:10pm – 1:35pm The Babe Rainbow
1:50pm – 2:15pm Lena Fayre
2:30pm – 2:55pm Fraser A. Gorman
3:10pm – 3:55 Jack + Eliza
3:50pm – 4:15pm Fufanu
4:30pm – 4:55pm HIGHS
5:10pm – 5:35pm Le Galaxie

BIG PICTURE MEDIA

Location: Arlene's Grocery (95 Stanton St)

Date: Saturday, October 17th | 7pm ($10)

Details: bigpicturemediaonline.com

Big Picture Media with AB Co. will feature incredible music from bands like Lost In Society, Los Angelics, HIGHS, Slow Down Molasses, The Gills, Malia Grace, A Love Like Pi, and Jocelyn & Chris Arndt. Admission is free for CMJ badge holders/$10 for non-badge holders, 21+ only.

Set Times:

8:00pm – Jocelyn & Chris Arndt
8:45pm – A Love Like Pi
9:30pm – Malia Grace
10:15pm – The Gills
11pm – HIGHS
11:45pm – Los Angelics
12:30am – Los In Society
1:15am – Slow Down Molasses

TEAM CLERMONT PRESENTS

Location: Union Pool, Brooklyn
(484 Union Ave)

Date: Saturday, October 17th | 7:30PM-12:30AM ($8)

RSVP: facebook.com

Official CMJ 2015 Showcase…

21+
Free w/ CMJ Badge or $8

Set Times:

7:30PM Tuff Sunshine
8:30PM J Fernandez
9:30PM Christian Lee Hutson
10:30PM Shana Falana
11:30PM Stolen Jars

*set times subject to change

SECRETLY GROUP OFFICIAL CMJ SHOWCASE
Location: Elvis Guesthouse (85 Ave. A)

Date: Friday, October 16 | 6pm ($10)

Website: secretlygroup.com

Free for CMJ badges (encouraged to come early), $10 entry for non-badge holders.

Tito's Vodka happy hour from 5-6 pm.

Set Times:

6:00-6:30 – Ben Abraham
6:45-7:15 – Briana Marela
7:30-8:00 – Steven A. Clark
8:15-8:45 – Marlon Williams
9:00-9:30 – Night Beds

TEXAS TAKEOVER PARTY

Location: Delancey (168 Delancey Street)

Date: Thursday, October 15th | 4pm – 11pm

RSVP: donyc.com

The Convoy Group, Eye In The Sky Collective & Clean Bill Management is presenting the free (with RSVP) upcoming CMJ event.

This year's showcase will feature Holiday Mountain (Austin), Blue Healer (Austin), Say Girl Say (Houston), Night Drive (Austin/Houston), LEV (Dallas), Moji (Houston), Mobley (Austin), Gio Chamba (Houston), Keeper (Austin), Kay Weathers (Houston), BUHU (Austin),and Rose Quartz (Houston/Denver).

Details: