As the weather gets cooler and the fall season takes over the thing I look forward to most is CMJ. The New York institution that is the CMJ Music Marathon is a hectic whirlwind of showcases and bands to catch. That tradition continues as CMJ has just announced its initial lineup.
CMJ Music Marathon 2012 taking place between October 16-20, will feature plenty of familiar and unfamiliar names. Big names like The Walkmen, The Presets, The Mountain Goats, Kimbra, GZA and OFF! will be playing during CMJ but there are plenty of great acts to catch and perhaps a few great discoveries as well.
For the initial lineup I am also excited about Poolside, Com Cruise and King Tuff to name a few. The initial lineup of CMJ acts is below and more acts can be found here.
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Initial CMJ lineup is after the jump.
CMJ 2012 Initial Lineup
Aan
Amy Bezunartea
Anberlin
Andy Suzuki & The Method
Apollo Run
Arthur Beatrice
At Sea
Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew
Beacon
Bear Hands
Beast Patrol
BEND SINISTER
Bertrand Burgalat
Black Milk
Blaudzun
BRAINSTORM
Busy Living
Cemeteries
Com Truise
Communist Daughter
Country Mice
Cruiser
Daniel Dexter
Daughn Gibson
Deap Vally
Debo Band
Dent May
Die!Die!Die!
DIIV
DINOWALRUS
Dirty Fences
Disorder
DOG BITE
Dog Is Dead
Dope D.O.D.
Duologue
DUSTED
Electric Guest
Emma Louise
Exitmusic
Fenster
Filligar
Find Vienna
Foreign Fields
Fort Frances
Foxygen
Front Bottoms
Generationals
Geographer
Get People
Ghost Wave
Gold Fields
Gospels
GummiHz
GZA
Half Moon Run
Happy People
Hey Marseilles
High Highs
HILOTRONS
Housse de Racket
Icona Pop
Into It. Over It.
Io Echo
Isaac Delusion
J*Davey
Jacob Jeffries Band
Jennifer O’Connor
Jensen Sportag
Jim White
JJAMZ
Killer Mike
Kimbra
King Tuff
Kyla La Grange
Le Blorr
Leaf Bird
Leagues
Leopold and his Fiction
Lescop
Levek
Lily & The Parlour Tricks
Ma’am
Mac DeMarco
Magmana
Main Attrakionz
Mansions
ME
Mean Creek
Men and Whales
Mercies
Metalleg
METZ
Michna
Millionyoung
MNDR
Moon Hooch
Moon King
Mount Moriah
Mountain Goats
MS MR
My Dear Mycroft
My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult
NO
Oddisee
OPOSSOM
Paul Collins
Physical Therapy
Pissed Jeans
Poolside
Poor Moon
Prince Rama
Psychic Twin
RackNRuin
Rebecca Gates
Res
Robert DeLong
Robert Glasper
Roomrunner
Rudimental
Rumors
Rush Midnight
Salt to Bitters
Sea Wolf
Sean Nicholas Savage
Sean Price
Selebrities
Septicflesh
Shark?
Sinkane
SKATERS
Skinny Lister
Skipping Girl Vinegar
Slowdance
Solid Gold
Strange Talk
Such Hounds
Sundress
T.H. White
Talib Kweli
TAUK
Tempers
The Blakes
The Catch Fire
The English Beat
The Flying Eyes
The Foot.
The Good Natured
The Hounds Below
The Intelligence
The Laurels
The Love Language
The Luyas
The Midnight Beast
The Presets
The Soul Rebels
The Spits
The Stepkids
The Ugly Club
The Virginmarys
The Walkmen
Tim Foljahn
Tiny Victories
Tom Lark
Tomorrow’s World
TOPS
Trapper Schoepp & The Shades
Turf War
Twerps
Twin Tigers
Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown
U.S. Royalty
Unicorn Kid
Vockah Redu
Von Haze
Way Yes
We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves
Wild Child
Wildcat! Wildcat!
William Tyler
Woodsman
World’s End Press
Woz
Yan Wagner
You Won’t
Young Buffalo
Young Evils
Young Magic
Zulu Pearls
