The first list of artists confirmed for the the 28th annual CMJ Music Marathon in New York has been released and it immediately sounds like an improvement on last year's festival. Booked to perform are:  3OH!3, A Place To Bury Strangers, AIDS Wolf, An Albatross, Ane Brun, Anna Ternheim, Annuals, Beach House, Broken Social Scene, Cool Kids, Crystal Castles, Cut Off Your Hands, Deerhoof, Del McCoury Band, Delta Spirit, Donavon Frankenreiter, Envy On The Coast, Gang Gang Dance, Lee “Scratch” Perry, IRAN, Jay Reatard, Japanese Motors, Juliana Hatfield, Jupiter One, Lykke Li, Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s, Minus The Bear, Roisin Murphy, The Dears, The Takeover UK, They Might Be Giants, The Virgins and Yo Majesty.
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival will take place Oct. 21-25 across New York City.
The Film Festival will have its first ever Cineminis Competition for short narrative and documentary films.