If you, like us, feel a little bit overwhelmed by the 1,000,000,000 bands at this year's CMJ Music Marathon, you might wish someone had pulled together a list of the festival's most worthwhile shows, plus up-to-date information on whether tickets are still available. Well, sometimes wishes do come true! Thanks to our fine colleagues Elizabeth Cline and Amos Barshad, CMJ is now 50 percent less scary than it was before.

Battle of the Fans [NYMag.com]