Drink Up Buttercup will be back for more groovy fun at CMJ (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Multiple venues
October 19-23
Full Festival Badge: $495; CMJ Play Pass: $149; Film Festival Pass: $50
Individual tickets available
www.cmj2010.com
We’re happy to see many of our favorites among the more than 1,200 bands slated to perform at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon, running October 19-23 — in addition to hundreds of new bands we can’t wait to check out. (Well, we’re going to try to see as many as we can anyway.) There’s an interesting bunch of older dudes as well who will be playing with the younger kids. The festival also features film premieres, panel discussions, and other special events. Over the course of the next two weeks, twi-ny will keep firing early warning shout-outs to our first-out-of-the-gate contenders for don’t-miss status. Even if you can’t afford a festival badge, limited tickets are available to the general public for most shows, but they’re going to go fast, so you better hurry. Here is a sneak peak at twenty to watch out for, all of whom you’ve read about it previously on This Week in New York.
Asobi Seksu / Bear Hands / Das Racist / Dean & Britta / Drink Up Buttercup / the Fleshtones / Four Tet / the Golden Filter / Jean Grae / Heavy Cream / Howlies / Hypernova / Justin Townes Earle / Oberhofer / the Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Robbers on High Street / Savoir Adore / Screaming Females / Surfer Blood / We Are Country Mice