CMJ Announce First Round of Bands for 2012

CMJ Music Marathon is proud to announce its first round of artists for this year's event, held October 16-20 in New York City. The 2012 festival features the most wide-reaching line-up of the event to date, further cementing CMJ's commitment to exposing the world's best new talent to an expectant audience. Check out the entire announced line-up HERE. EIS highlights announced thus far include:

METZ
Pissed Jeans
Roomrunner
Shark?
Twin Tigers
GZA
King Tuff
Killer Mike
Sundress
Black Milk

While dozens of others have just been announced, the initial artist line-up is just a taste of what's to come, with thousands more bands, panels and events to be announced in the lead-up to the festival. To purchase a CMJ Music Marathon badge please head HERE.

Exploding In Sound will be having a full day showcase together with Gimme Tinnitus on 10/20 at The Paper Box in Brooklyn. Sixteen incredible bands. Mark your calendars, you're not gonna want to miss this one.