If you've noticed a marked increase in New York's already sizeable collegiate and post-collegiate hipster population this week, you're not mistaken: It's CMJ week.
Indie rock's biggest group orgy takes over the island of Manhattan (and slivers of Brooklyn) for the College Music Journal Music Marathon, with hundreds of up-and-coming bands playing all over town. If you've read about a band on a blog this year, they're probably here.
The problem of course, is where the eff to go first. CMJ's own site is maddeningly complex, with no simple rundown of what bands are playing where and when.
So if you're reading this and happen to hold one of those awesome all-show badges--and are too worn out from last night's party at Terminal 5 to figure out where the bands worth seeing are--here are the shows you're really gonna care about: ]]>