CMJ Music & Film Marathon '07 - 10/16-20 - New York City

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The College Music Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a music events/publishing company most famous for its annual festival in New York City, the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada. It publishes top 30 lists sent by stations which subscribe at a cost of a few hundred dollars a year. It is also sent to record companies and their public relations and publicity representatives as well as record stores. CMJ also publishes CMJ New Music Monthly, a magazine with interviews, reviews, and special features. Each magazine comes with a CD of 15-24 songs by well-established bands, unsigned bands and everything in between. The staff puts together CMJ Music Marathon, a large convention and music festival, each autumn, in New York's Manhattan. A second festival has been added: the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest, staged annually in Cleveland. - Wikipedia

Official CMJ 2007 Music and Film Marathon Website

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The NYTimes blog, ArtsBeat, is providing daily reports the festival - read the blog HERE. Good coverage at Stereogum and Idolator, too

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Newsday provided great 'opening' and 'closing' coverage of the CMJ Music Marathon:

"For musicians, the goal was to generate buzz, build cachet and convince at least some of the estimated 11,000 industry insiders in attendance that you're making waves. Among the hottest tickets were Justice, a French DJ duo; M.I.A., a revolutionary rapper from London with Sri Lankan roots; the raunchy hip-hoppers Spank Rock, from Baltimore; and the popular indie band Spoon, from the oh-so-indie city of Austin, Texas."

From what I hear, the new bands to watch include:

As Tall As Lions & The Black Kids

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Pop Matters does a recap of the highs and lows of the CMJ Music Conference, complete with sample mp3s from the bands - you could read the multiple reviews right HERE.