The CMJ Music Marathon kicked off their 2013 lineup with a party at Bowery Electric doing it as only New York City can do it. The absolutely massive showcase festival and conference is scheduled for October 15-19, 2013. This year, CMJ is expecting a final count of over 1,400 artists performing in more than 80 venues with over 120,000 expected for attendance — it is indeed a marathon.
Check out all the ticket options to the shows right here.
Some of the highlights from the initial phase include:
ASTR
Betty Who
DIANA
The Dismemberment Plan
Empress Of
Fuck Buttons
Glasser
Godflesh
HAERTS
Half Moon Run
Helio Sequence
Hunters
JMSN
Lee Fields & The Expressions
Lovelife
Menomena
Nick Waterhouse
Obits
Quadron
Saul Williams
Savages
Speedy Ortiz
The Griswolds
The Long Winters
Woodkid
And that’s only scratching the surface. Here’s the rest of the lineup. Kaboom.
Bad Suns * Ball Park Music * Black City Lights * Bear Mountain * Big Black Delta * Black Light Dinner Party * BLK Kathy * Bored Nothing * Calvin Love * Cardiknox * Caught A Ghost * Chrome Sparks * City Riots * Cloak Ox * Continuum * Courtney Barnett * Dan Croll * Deep Cotton * Deep Dark Woods * Diane Birch * Dorine Levy * Dune Rats * Duologue * Dusted * Ejecta * Eleanor Friedberger * Electric Wire Hustle * Elizabeth Rose * Elle King * Elliot and The Ghost * Emperors * Enola Fall * Ex-Cult * Firehorse * Frontier Ruckus * GEMS * Geoffrey O’Connor * Ghost Wave * Ginger And The Ghost * Gossling * Grizfolk * Gus + Scout * Hopspin * In The Valley Below * INVSN * Jacco Gardner * JBM * Jessy Lanza * Jetta * John Murry * Julia Easterlin * July Talk * Junior Prom * Kid Karate * Kill It Kid * King Dude * Landshapes * Larry Gus * Lawrence Rothman * Le Trouble * Lee Bannon * Little Daylight * Lindi Ortega * Magic Man * Marc Kinchen * Marijuana Deathsquads * Misun * Moonstone * Nicole Mercedes and the Affair * Night Drive * NONONO * North Highlands * Oh Mercy * Okta Logue * Optic Yellow Felt * Orgone * P.O.S.* Panama Wedding * Peachpit * Pelican * People Get Ready * Pictureplane * Ponyboy * Pool Cosby * RATKING * REPTILES * Reuben and the Dark * Royal Bangs * Saint Rich * Sheppard * Shigeto * Slim Twig * Squad * Still Corners * Story of the Running Wolf * Strange Talk * Streets of Laredo * TEEN * The Aprons * The Delta * Riggs * The History of Apple Pie * The Novocaines * The Preatures * Them Swoops * Tiny Ruins * Touch * Sensitive * Tremor Low * TV Ghost * U.S. Girls * Vadoinmessico * WET * Will Stratton * Wilsen * World’s End * Press * Yamantaka // Sonic Titan