New York City’s largest music festival is announcing the first round of bands and artists set to perform at this year’s event. The CMJ Music Marathon 2014 is scheduled to have 1400 performances during this years event (October 21- 25). Over eighty of the city’s best venues are hosting the gigs while an additional one hundred professional panels will also be taking place.
As always, CMJ Music Marathon will feature countless impressive hopefuls alongside some knock-out CMJ veterans – following are some of the highlights from this year’s lineup so far:
Ballet School
Bear’s Den
Bombay Bicycle Club
Cathedrals
Celebration
Cold War Kids
Courtney Barnett
D.D Dumbo
Doe Paoro
Dopra
Dune Rats
Gem Club
Gerard Way
Horse Thief
Hunters
Juan Wauters
Kate Boy
The Kills
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Luluc
Matthew Dear
Money
Moon Duo
Mt. Royal
Porches
Potty Mouth
Pro Era
Protomartyr
RAC
Reigning Soun
Saint Pepsi
Sam Roberts Band
San Fermin
Slowdive
Tom Vek
Twin Peaks
Vérité
White Fence
The Wytches
Young Magic