CMJ 2014 Is October 21st To October 25th… Here is The Line Up

CMJ Offer More Than 700 Bands

I made my peace with CMJ last year when I managed to catch something like 20 gigs in four days, plus interviewed Maria Taylor, and two of the best shows of 2013: Killer Mike and ARMS both at The Studio At Webster Hall. So I am psyched this year for some of this stuff, though it is such a question of timing it’s ridiculous.

Here are my top picks:

A Place To Bury Strangers

Archie Powell And The Exports

DIIV

Emily Watson

Lily & The Parlour Tricks

Lia Ices

Ratking

Ry X

I’m sure I’ve missed some (I scanned the list and to be honest my desire to see a band doesn’t always coincide with my ability to make the show) but when we get closer I will really study the sucker. The trick with CMJ is to scout out the smaller gigs and to spend all day saturday on Ludlow Street. Having said that, I am a long time fan of Lily & The Parlour Tricks, just heard Lia Ices new album for the first time, loved Ratking at Governors Ball earlier this year and Ry x provided “Berlin” to Sam Smith.

Here is the complete list,

#1s * 1 Way Tkt * ⅔ Goat * 75 Dollar Bill * 88 Balaz * A Love Like Pi * A Place To Bury Strangers * A-bones * ABSTRAKTO * Acemo * Adiós Ghost * Adult Jazz * Aeon Rings * Ages and Ages * Alana Amram and the Rough Gems * Alexz Johnson * AltoPalo * Aly Tadros * Alyson Greenfield * Amanda X * Americans UK * Andrea Balency * Animal Years * Anna Haas + The Effect * Anthony D’Amato * Apolline * APSPDR+ DJ Set * Arc Iris * Archie Powell & The Exports * Argonaut & Wasp * Armand Margjeka * Arms + Sleepers * Astral Swans * At The Moment * Aviator * Ayler Young * AyoINMotion * BAAM * Baby Alpaca * Baby Guru * Bailiff * Barkhouse * Basic Shapes * Battle Maiden * Be Forest * Beautiful Ground * Beautiful Small Machines * Beecher’s Fault * Beliefs * Belle Adair * Belle Mare * Benjamin Cartel * Benjamin Clementine * Benjamin Verdoes * The Beverleys * Big Harp * Bikini Carwash * Bishop Nehru * The Black Black * Black Black Black * Black Pistol Fire * Blacktop Daisy * Blake Brown & the American Dust Choir * Bliss Blood and Al Street * Blockhouses * Blood Shots * BLSHS * Blue Hawaii * Bo Ningen * Bobby McGrath & the Brothers * Bor * Bordeen * Born Again Virgins * The Bowery Riots * BOYTOY * BRAEVES * Breakfast In Fur * Bree and The Whatevers * Brett Harris * Brett Newski * Brian Marsella’s Imaginarium * Bridget Davis&The Viking Kings * The Bright Light Social Hour * The Britanys * Brook Pridemore * Buffalo Stack * Buffalo Sunn * Buggaboo * Bugs in the Dark * Burning Palms * Cadaver Dogs * The Cairos * Caitlin Harnett * Calling All Cars * Canon Logic * Cantina * Carbon Mirage * Cariad Harmon * Carousel * Carroll * Cassandra Jenkins * The Castle Walls * Casual Sex * Catch Fever * Catey Shaw * Ceramics * The Cerny Brothers * Chairlift (DJ Set) * Charly Bliss * Cheerleader * Chimes * The Chloes * Chris Farren * Christines * Circa Waves * Clam * Clementine and the Galaxy * Cleo T. * Coldair * Colony House * Colour of London * Comrade Question * The Continuums * Controller * Conveyor * The Corduroy Suit * The Courtesy Tier * The Crookes * Curøn * CYMBALS * Cynthia Marie * Daddy Long Legs * Damen Samuel * Dan Berry Band * Dances * Darlingside * Dave Farah * David Lynch Burlesque * David Paige * David Pollack * Daywalkers * The Dead Ships * Dead Stars * Dead Waves * Dear Boy * DEGA * The Delta Riggs * Demi Louise * The Demos * DeStorm Power * The Devyl Nellys * The Dig * DIIV * Dilly Dally * Dinosaur Feathers * Dirty Dishes * Dirty Lungs * Dirty Nil * Distoria * DJ Decktonic * DJ Dev Hynes * DJ Ipod Ammo * dj MDO Mgmt * DOOMSQUAD * Dorine Levy * DOTT * Doug Gillard * DownBeat Keys * Dreamers * DRGN KING * Drop Electric * Due Dilligence * Dusted * East Cameron Folkcore * East Forest * Echo Bloom * Eddie & the Hotrods * Eden Mulholland * Elle King * Emily Wolfe * Emma Russack * Empire Beats * Enemy Planes * Enola Fall * Erel Pilo * Eric & Aaron * Eric Zayne * Erin & The Wildfire * ERNEST ELLIS * etiquette * Eve Lesov * Every Flavor Weather Machine * The Everymen * Evolfo Doofeht * Ex-Breathers * Fai Baba * The Family Crest * Fancy Colors * Fascinator * Featherface * The Felix Culpa * Fictionist * The Field Effect * Fielded * The Figgs * Fiona Silver * Fire Walk With Me * First You Get The Sugar * Fishing * Fixutres * The Flag * Flagland * Flashlight * Flashlights * Flavor Raid * The Flavr Blue * Floating Action * Flowers * Fly Moon Royalty * Foreign Resort * Foreign Tongues * Fort Lean * Fractures * Francis Cone * French Style Furs * Friendly People * Frogbelly & Symphony * The Future Laureates * Future Loves Past * Gabe Kubanda * Gal Pals * Gallant * Geronimo! * Ghost Punch * GHXST * Girl Pilot * Girlpool * glish * Go Back to the Zoo * Go Wolf * Gold Lake * Golden Alphabet * Golem * goodbyemotel * gossling * Grandchildren * Grassfight * Graveyard Lovers * Great Ceasar * The Green Seed * Greg Oliveras * Greigh Wolfe * Gringo Star * The Grizzled Mighty * The Grownup Noise * Grundle Thunder * Gulp * Gunakadeit * Guy Blakeslee * Gypsy George * Ham Sandwhich * Handsome Ghost * Hani Zahra * Happy Fangs * Happy Lives * Happyness * Haunting Renditions * Have Mercy * The Hawks (Of Holy Rosary) * Heart of Darkness * HEAVEN * Heavenly Beat * Heavy Birds * Hectorina * Hek * Heliotropes * Henry Hill * Hey Anna * The High Dials * High Highs * HIGHS * HITS * Hockey * Holiday * Holiday Mountain * Honduras * Hoodlem * Hôtel Morphée * Howard * Howling Bells * HSY * Human Hearts * Hundreds * The Hunting Party * Immigrant Union * In Between * In-Flight Safety * Inland Traveler * Invisible Days * Invisible Familiars * Iska Dhaaf * The Ivorys * J and the 9s * J Fernandez * Jack and Eliza * James * Janna Pelle * Jared & The Mill * Jason Masi * Jay Stolar * The Jeanies * Jessica Caplan * JJ Rosa * Joe Marson * John Nolan * Johnny Aries * Jon Chinn * Journalism * JoyCut * Julia Weldon * Julian Rhine * Juniper Rising * Jupe Jupe * Just A Gent * Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang * K Phillips * Kal Marks * Karl S. Williams * Kat Quinn * Kat Wright * Kate Miller-Heidke * Katie Buchanan * The Kickback * The Kickdrums ft. Duckwrth * Kid In the Attic * Kiirstin Marilyn * King Holiday * Kings * Kiss Me Deadly * The Kite String Tangle * The Knocks * The Kokoro * Krill * Kristoffer & The Harbour Heads * L.A Witch * La La Lush * Laura Cole Band * Lauren O’Brien * Lay Low * Lazer Cake * The Lazys * Le Galaxie * Le Rug * The Lesson ft. Gentei Kaijo * Letters to Nepal * Leverage Models * Lia Ices * Lia Mice * LIFE * Light Therapy * Like Swimming * Lilly Wolf * Lily & the Parlour Tricks * Lisa Bianco * Literature * Little Daylight * Little May * Little Racer * The Living Kills * The Liza Colby Sound * Loaf Gang * Lobby * Long Faces * Longfellow * The Looking * Lost Boy? * Love X Stereo * Low Fat Getting High * Luke Elliot * Luke Sweeney * LUMPS * Lydia * M. Lockwood Porter * Mackenzie Shivers * Mainland * Maps For Travelers * Marathon * Marco With Love * Marcus Alan Ward * Margaret Glaspy * Mark Mack * MaryLeigh Roohan * Matt Butler * Matt Romagna * Me Chinese * Meghann Wright * Mel Childs * Meleana Cadiz * Memoryy * Mexican Slang * Mezzoforte * Michael Persall * Michelle Newman * Milezo * Miniboone * Mira Stroika * Mirk * Mirror Kisses * Miwok * Modern Rivals * Monokino * Monomyth * The Montauk Project * Moon Royalty * Mosco Rosco * MOTHXR * Motopony * Mount Sharp * The Muscadettes * Muuy Biien * Mystery Skulls * Natalie York * The National Parks * Native America * Needle Points * The Nepotist * New Myths * New Navy * The New Tarots * Nic Hanson * Nicholas Nicholas * Night Drive * Night Riots * No Way Josie * Noble Kids * The Noise FM * NoPop * Northern American * Nostalghia * Nova & The Experince * Nox Boys * Nude Beach * Nytyly * OCAD * The Ocean Blue * The Ocean Party * Oh Land * Oh, Cassius! * Okapi Sun * Okenyo * Oko Tygra * Old Monk * Olga Bell * OLYA * Opus Orange * Oracles * Orchestra Of Spheres * OWEL * OXBLVD * Oxford & Co. * Oy Vey * Pageantry * Painted Zeros * Palm Ghosts * Pants Velour * The Paperhead * Papermaps * Paperwhite * Party Boat * Partylights * Paul Collins Beat * Pekky * Penicillin Baby * Personal Space * Phebe Starr * Photay * Pinact * Plaid Brixx * The Planes * The Please Please Me * Pompeii * Ponyhof * Poor Remy * Poor Young Things * Popstrangers * pow wow! * Prehab * Prettiots * The Prettiots * Prince Rupert’s Drops * Prom Body * Prospector * Psychic Twin * Public Speaking * The Purslaines * Quasi Fae * Quincy Vidal * Rachel Lynn * Rachel Potter * Racoon Fighter * Radical Dads * Rainy Milo * The Rally * Random Recipe * The Rare Occasions * Ratking * Ravens and Chimes * Ravin’ Symone * Rayvon Owen * The Receiver * The Recordettes * Red Gretchen * Red Oblivion * Reggie Williams * Reputant * Rescuer * Residual Kid * Richie Quake * The Rip * Rocket & The Ghost * Rocket and the Ghost * The Rooks * Room Full of Strangers * Rootwords * Roz & The Ricecakes * RSNY * Ruby the Rabbitfoot * Run Forever * Ry X * Ryan Hobler * S * SAFIA * San

ders Bohlke * Sarah McGowan * Sariah * Saskwatch * Satorii * Schizophonia * Sea Pinks * Secret Colours * Secret Someones * Selena Garcia * Semicircle * September Girls * Setting Sun * The Shackeltons * Shaheed & DJ Supreme * Shaprece * Shark Week * Shark? * Sharkmuffin * Shayna Leigh * She Keeps Bees * Shiloh * Shilpa Ray * Shirley House * Sid Sriram * Silverteeth * Simian Ghost * SIMONA * Simona Green * SKATERS * Skull Practitioners * Skunkmello * SKYROADS * Slang King * The Sleepy Zzz * Slim Dollars * Slim Wray * Snack Cat * Snir Yamin * Solander * Soldier’s Heart * Soldout * Solids * Somebody’s Darling * Son of an Illustrious Father * Sophie Hanlon * Sorcha Richardson * Soul Khan * Spender * Sphynx * Spires * Splashh * Spookyland * St. Lenox * Stellar Young * Stone Cold Fox * Strange Kids * Strange Names * STRNGRS * Stroamata * Suburban Living * The Suffers * Sugarbad * The Suits * Sunflower Bean * Sunset Guns * The Susan * Swampa_ZZ * Sweet Soubrette * Sylvana Joyce & The Moment * Syvia * Take Me To The Pilot * Tales in Space * Tall Heights * Tall Tales & The Silver Lining * Taylor Berrett * TEAM * The Teen Age * Teen Commandments * Teen Men * Tei Shi * Tennis System * The Young Presidents * The Yum Dee Days * Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! * Tigers and Monkeys * Tiny Eyes * Tiny Victories * Titanics * Tkay Maizda * To The Moon * Tom West * Torpid May * Totara Jack * The Toxic Femmes * Toy Cities * Traveller & Fortune * Turtle Giant * Twin Guns * Two Inch Astronaut * Ukulelien * Unbuttoned * Urban Cone * Valley Lodge * Vandana Jain * Vetter Kids * Vince Azure * Vinyl Thief * The Violence * Vomitface * Vulture Shit * Wade & Sons * Walker Lukens * Walking Shapes * The Walking Sticks * Waltz * Wampire * Wandering Downhome * Wannabe Jalva * The Wans * War Poets * Water * Wax Witches * We Were Lovers * Weaves * Weekender * Weird Womb * The Wendigo * Weyes Blood * Whiskey Bitches * White Reaper * White Violet * Wild Adriatic * Wild Yaks * Wildlife * Winstons * WISH * With The People * Without Parachutes * Wolvves * Wormburner * Worthless * Wray * Wrestlers (DJ Set) * Wu Tang Parental Advisory * WV White * Wyland * XERXES * Xylouris White * YAWN * Yin Yangs * Young Buffalo * Your Favorite Enemies * Yung Gutted * Zella Day*