NEWS: First Lineup For CMJ Music Marathon Announced

The first wave of artists for the annual music marathon that is New York City's CMJ Festival have been unveiled.

The CMJ Music Marathon runs from October 19-23 at music venues accross Manhattan and Brooklyn, over 1,200 bands in total are expected to perform.

Started in 1980, the CMJ Music Marathon serves to highlight the best of what's to come in music that dominates college radio. In the past, the festival has served as starting grounds for iconic acts such as U2, R.E.M. and Nirvana.

As of now, the following have confirmed to jam on those days.

CMJ Music Marathon 2010 Line Up

• DeVotchKa
• Surfer Blood
• Two Door Cinema Club
• Lissie
• School of Seven Bells
• Bad Books (feat. Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra)
• Four Tet
• The Drums
• Ghostface Killah
• Greg Dulli
• Helmet
• Foreign Exchange
• Katzenjammer
• Kristen Schall & Friends
• Dean & Britta
• Bayside
• Senses Fail
• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
• Salem
• The Blow
• Small Black
• Big Freedia
• Dominique Young Unique
• Angus & Julia Stone
• Frankie and the Heartstrings
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
• Langhorne Slim

For more information head to www.cmj2010.com.