Buckle Up for CMJ 2008

It's that time of year again, when bands both big and small converge upon New York City for a debaucherous, music-filled five days...that's right we're talking about the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon. Spanning Oct. 21 to Oct. 25, there's just too much to see. We'll do our best...this isn't our full time job. Come on! (in Gob voice.)

Stark has enjoyed watching certain acts from all over the nation strive for immediate, Black Kids-like fame. Alas, they're not all that lucky.

From Nashville to Chicago to NYC, Stark has highlighted a few performers we hope to see (won't be able to see 'em all.)
- Caitlin Rose - Ezra Furman - De Novo Dahl - Gang Gang Dance - Lykke Li - Deerhoof - Crystal Castles - mr. Gnome - Sam Champion - Wye Oak - Chairlift - Beach House - Death Vessel - Dent May- Marissa Nadler and tons more.

Full CMJ line up after the jump. Selected concert times to come.
HOLY SHIT RIGHT?

(k)nights On Earth * 1090 Club * 13ghosts * 2AM Club * 30H3! * 77 Klash * 88-Keys * A BIG YES and a small no * A Brief Smile * A Faulty Chromosome * A Place to Bury Strangers * A. Pinks * Aa * Aaron Thomas * The Abdomen * Abigail Warchild * Aceyalone * Adam Heldring * Adept * Adventure * Afghan Raiders * Agallah * Aggrolites * AIDS Wolf * AK-1200 * Akimbo * Akudama * Al James The Unfazed * Al James the Unfazed and Tenlons Fort * The Albertans * Alex Diaz y Son de la Calle * Ali Eskandarian * Ali Vegas * Alina Simone * All The Saints * The Alright Ma's * Amanda Diva (host) * Amazing Baby * Ambulance LTD * America's Sweetheart * The Amity Front * Amy Miles * An Albatross * An American Chinese * An Horse * Andrea Gibson * Andrew Collberg * Andrew Gerardi Band * Andrew Gibson * Andrew Hoover * Ane Brun * Animal Farm featuring Mic Crenshaw * Animal Hands * Animate Objects * Annie Lynch and the Beekeepers * Annuals * Another Black Day * The Answer * Anthony Green * Apache Beat * Ape School * The Apes * Apollo Heights * Apollo Run * Arabian Prince * Arbouretum * Ari Gold * Ari Up and the True Warriors * Arkadelphia * The Arms * Army Navy * Arsonists Get All The Girls * The Art of Shooting * Arum Rae * As Tall As Lions * As Tall As Lions * Asa Ransom * Au * Au * Audrye Sessions * Auntkeke * Autodrone * Autovaughn * Averkiou * Aviette * Awesome New Republic * The Awkward Stage * Ayurveda * B.O.B. * Backseat Goodbye * Bad Veins * Bailiff * Bamboo Shoots * Bang Bang Eche * Barton Carroll * Battle Circus * Bazaar Royale * Beach House * Bear Hands * Bear In Heaven * Bear Number 141 * Bearsuit * Bedtyme357 * Bel Air * Bell * The Belleville Outfit * Ben Arnold * Ben Burgess Band * Ben Weaver * Benji Cossa * Best Friends Forever * Beyondo * Big Ears & Courage * Big Gunz * Bill Mike Band * Biodesel M02 DJ Tucci * Bird To Prey * Bird To Prey * Bisc 1 * BISON b.c. * The Black & White Years * Black Clouds * The Black Hollies * Black Ice * Black Joe Lewis * Black Milk * Black Taxi * Blackmarket * Blackstrap * Blind Pilot * Blitz The Ambassador * The Blizzards * Blonde Acid Clut * Bloodgroup * The Blooms * Blu & Mainframe (as Johnson & Johnson) * The Blue Van * BM Linx * Boat People * The Boat People * Bodega Girls * Bomb The Bass * Bonne Aparte * Bottle Up & Go * The Bowmans * The Box Social * Brak * Breaking Laces * Brent Amaker and the Rodeo * Bret Mosley * Bridges and Powerlines * Brighton MA * The Broadfield Marchers * Broken Social Scene * The Broken West * The Bronx * The Bronzed Chorus * Brooke Waggoner * The Brother Kite * The Brought Low * Brown Dog Jonez * Brown Shoe * Bryan Scary and The Shredding Tears * Buddahead * Buddy * Build * Bumblebeez * Bury Your Dead * Cactus's * Cadence * Caitlin Moe * Caitlin Rose * Cale Parks * California King * Canada * Canasta * The Canon Logic * Capitol K * The Capstan Shafts * Captain Coconut * Carcrashlander * Carlon * Carlotta * Carolyn Alroy * The Carps * The Carribean * Cars Can Be Blue * Casiokids * The Cassidy Project * Castanets * Catalepsy * Catcall * Cause Co-motion! * Cereal Killa * Chachi & Trenton Street Rockers * Chairlift * Chana Rothman * Change The Station * The Chapin Sisters * Chappo * Charles Burst * Charles Hamilton * Charlie Louvin * Charlie Mars * Charlie Pickett * Charm City Devils * Che Grand * Check Out the Tits on Tituba * Cheeseburger * Cherry S/T * Chester French * Chester French * Chewing Pics * Child Bite * Children * Chris Abad * Chris Bathgate * Chris Bergson * Chris Brokaw * Chris Leo's Vague Angels * Chris Mills * Chris Nathan * Chris Pureka * Christopher Barnes * Chuck E Costa * Cinema Cinema * City Center * Classixx * Clearview * Cloud 9 * Cloud Cult (Acoustic) * The Coast * The Coathangers * Coheed & Cambria * Cola Freaks * Colin Smith * Collin Monroe * Comic Book Heroes * Company of Thieves * Continental Divide * The Contrast * The Cool and Deadly * Cool Kids * Cordero * Cory Chisel * Cory Chisel & the Wandering Souls * Cotton Jones * Cotton Jones Basket Ride * The Crash Motive * The Cringe * Crocodiles * Crystal Antlers * Crystal Castles * Crystal Stilts * Cuchillo * Cut Off Your Hands * CYNE (DJ set) * Dallas Austin * Dam Funk * Dan Evans * Dan Torres * Daniel Merriweather * Dara * Darkest Hour * Dashah * Dave Doobinin * Dave Smallen * David Banner * DD/MM/YY * Dead Heart Bloom * Dead Leaf Echo * Dead Men Dreaming * Dead Prez * Deadbeat Darling * Deanna Devore * Dear Everything * Dear Thief * The Dears * Deastro * Death Vessel * Deerhoof * Del McCoury Band * Delays * Dellacane * Delta Fiasco * Delta Spirit * The Delta Spirit * Dent May * Depedro * The Depreciation Guild * Designer Drugs * Device * Dexter Romweber Duo * Die! Die! Die! * Dieselboy * Dirty Fuzz * Distraction * Diz Gibran * Dj Aaron Axelsen * DJ Amylulita * Dj Andre Allen Anjos * DJ Babu * DJ Beverly Bond * DJ Boo * DJ Dub Defender * DJ Hanukkah Miracle * DJ Marcelo Cunning * Dj Mike Dextro * DJ Parler * DJ Pumpkin Patch * DJ Rekha * DJ Ruckus * DJ Skeletons * DJ Soulscape * DJ Spinna * DJ Sucio Smash * DJ Sugarfree * DJ Wonder * Djs invisible Kid * DJs Jake D and Boyhollow * DJs Mick Boogie & Benzi * DJs Nickodemus & OBaH * DMBQ * DMZ * Don Juan Dracula * Donavon Frankenreiter * Donny Goines * Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month * Doug Gillard * Doug Paisley * Drag On * Dragons of Zynth * The Dreadful Yawns * Dred Scott Trio * Dri * Duchess Says * Dujeous * The Duke Spirit * Dungen * Duquette Johnston * Dust Jacket * The Dutchess & The Duke * Dynah * Eagle Seagull * Earth Eater * Ebony Bones * Eclectic Method * Ecstatic Sunshine * Edan The DJ/Egon * The Egg * El Jezel * The Element * Elephone * Elizabeth ! * Elizabeth Willis * Elk City * Ellen Cherry * The Emeralds * Emillio Rojas * Emily Simone * Emmy the Great * Empire ISIS * The End Of The World * Endless Boogie * The Envy Corps * Envy On the Coast * Eren Cannata * Esso * Etan * The Ettes * Eugene Franicis Jr. and The Juniors * Eulogies * Eulogies * Eve to Adam * everybody out * Everybodyfields * Evidence * Evidence * Ex Norwegian * Ex Reverie * Excepter * Experimental Dental School * Ezekiel Honigc * Ezra Furman and the Harpoons * Fake Problems * Fanfarlo * Fastest Rapper Alive Contest * Faunts * Favourite Sons * Fear Nuttin Band * Festival * Fiasco * Fight Bite * Fighting With Wire * Figo * Finn Riggins * The Fire and Reason * Fires of Rome * First Cousin * Five Finger Death Punch * Flying * Folk and Stress * Forever * The Forms * Four Trips Ahead * Frances * Francis & The Lights * Franki Chan * Free Sol * Free Sol * French Horn Rebellion (FHR) * Fresh Daily * Fresh Kills * The Friday Night Boys * Friendly Fires * Front Page * Frontier Ruckus * Fujiya & Miyagi * G-spot * Game Rebellion * Gang Gang Dance * Gangi * The Gay Blades * George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars * Gerd Baier and Phillip Gutbrod * Ghost Front * Gigantic * Gillen & Turk * Gilles Vonsattel * The Giraffes * The Giraffes * Girls Like Cigarettes * giveamanakick * The Glad Version * Glasser * Gliss * Global Hip-Hop Throwdown hosted by Pharoahe Monch * Go Motion * God Forbid * Goes Cube * Gold Streets * Good Times Crisis Band * Goodbye Picasso * Graeme K. * Grafh & Prinz * Grammer Debate * Grand Avenue * Great Lakes * Greg Camp * Gregory Miles Harris * Greycoats * Gringo Star * Gringo Star * The Grip Weeds * Growing * Ha Ha Tonka * Haale * Hackman * Haircut * Hakim * The Handcuffs * Happy Anarchy * The Happy Hollows * The Hard Lessons * Havok * HeartsRevolution * Heathers * Heavy Hands * Hecuba * Heidi Happy * Heist at Hand * The Helio Sequence * Heloise and the Savoir Faire * Henny C * Hermit Thrushes * Hexes & Ohs * Hey Rosetta! * Higgins * High Places * The High Wire * HO-AG * Holidays of Seventeen * Holler Wild Rose * Hollywood Holt * Home and Garden * Home Video * Homeboy Sandman * The Homosexuals * Honey LaRochelle * The Hong Kong Blood Opera * The Hood Internet * Hooray For Humans * Hopewell * Hospital Bombers * The Hosts * Hot Cha Cha * Hot Lava * Hot Panda * Hotel Lights * Hottub * Housing Authority * The Howlies * Howlies * HR (Bad Brains) * HR record Release * The Hundred Days * Hype Of The States * Hypernova * I Wrestled A Bear Once * I'm Not Jim * Ian Axel * Ifwhen * Ill Bill * Iller Than Theirs * Imaginary Johnny * Immortal Technique * In This Moment * Ingrid Olava * Inlets * Invizzibl Men * Iran * Irata * Ironweed * Israel Ripka * Its Not You Its Me * IY * Izza Kizza * J-Messinian * J-Ronin * J.Rocc * The Jacks * jacksonknife * Jah Dan & Noble Society * Jake Morris Group * James Fucking Friedman * James Jackson Toth * James LaVelle * James Maddock * James Pants * Janelle Monae * Japandroids * Japanese Motors * Jared Mees and The Grown Children * Javelina * Jay Nash * Jay Reatard * Jay Retard * Jealous Girlfriends * The Jealous Girlfriends * Jeans Team * Jeff London * Jeff Stephens * Jeff Taylor * Jen Lasher * Jeremy Dawson (Shiny Toy Guns) * Jesse Dee * Jesse Ruben * Jessica Lea Mayfield * Jihae * Joan Osbourne * Joanne Erdos and the Midnight Party * Joe Pug * Joel Plaskett Emergency * Joell Ortiz * Joemca & Poets * John Biz * Johnny Foreigner * The Johns * Jon Meyers * Jonah Smith * Jonezetta * Jonny Meyers and The Band From Queens * Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca * Josh Charles * Josh Martinez * Judgement Day * Juiceboxxx * Jukebox the Ghost * Juliana Hatfield * Julianna Barwick * Julie Ocean * Julius C * June Star * Jungle Brothers * Junk Science * Jupiter One * Just Live * Justin Townes Earle * Kae Sharp * KaiserCartel * Kakkmaddafakka * Karkwa * Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden * Katie Buchanan * Katy Pfaffl * Kazua Band * Keegan DeWitt * Kelly Blair Bauman * Kevin Devin and Goddamed Band * Ki: Theory * Kid Dakota * Kid Theodore * Kid:Nap:Kin * Kidz in the Hall * Kim Taylor * King Darves * The King Left * King Reign * King Tuff * Kirsten Ketser * Klimek * Konqistador * Koufax * Kria Brekkan * Kuroma * La La Brooks * La Strada * Labeling Deloris * Lacona * Lady Dottie and the Diamonds * The Ladybug Transistor * Laika and the Cosmonauts * Lail Arad * Land Of Talk * Late Of The Pier * Laura Barrett * Laura Gibson * Laura Gibson * Laura Warshauer * Lauren Flax * Le Caution * Le Concorde * Leah Siegel * Lee Boys * Lee Scratch Perry * Left to Vanish * Lemonade * Lemonade * Len Xiang * Leopold and his Fiction * Leslie Mendelson * Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez * Levi Weaver * Lewis and Clarke * Lick Lick * Lieutenant Marscapone * Life and Times * Lights * Lights Resolve * Lindsay Katt Rachel Platten & Madi Diaz * Linfinity * Lionel Neykov * Lisa Bianco * The Lisps * Lissy Trullie * Little Boots * Little Brother * The Little Death NYC * Little Jackie * Little Teeth * Lizzy Grant * Local Sound Style * Loer Velocity * Loki the Grump * The Lolligags * The London Souls * Longwave * Looker * The Loom * Loquat * Lord T and Eloise * Los Fancy Free * Los Straightjackets * Louis XIV * Love As Laughter * Love Automatic * LoveLikeFire * The Lovely Feathers * The Lovely Sparrows * The Low Anthem * Lozen * Lucciano * Lucinda Black Bear * Lucius * Lucky Soul * Luke Temple * Lukestar * Luxa * Lykke Li * Lymbic System * M16 * Mad Staring Eyes * Made Out Of Babies * Madison South * Madlib * The Mae Shi * Magic Magic * Magnetic Morning * Mahogany * Mancino * Mandred * Mangu * Maniqui Lazer * Marching Band * Marco Benevento * Margot and the Nuclear So-and-Sos * Marisa Mini * Marissa Hanson * Marissa Nadler * The Mark Inside * Mark Ronson (DJ Set) * Marnie Stern * Mason Proper * Matt Bauer * Matt Duke * Matt Keating * Matt Morris * Matt York * Maurice Davis Band * Max ZT * Me Talk Pretty * Meika Pauley * Menya * The Mercury Seed * Meta and The Cornerstones * Metal Marathon * Metermaids * Metis * Mia Riddle * Micachu * Micachu & the Shapes * Micah Dalton * Michael And Marisa * Michael Daves * Michael Zapruder * Michael Zapruder * Mickey Factz * Mickey Factz * Middle Distance Runner * Midfall Drive * The Midway State * Mike Bones * Mike Castro * Mike Falzone * Mike G. and Sammie B (Jungle Brothers) * Mike Simonetti * Mikey Wax * Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson * Miniature Tigers * Minus the Bear * Miracles of Modern Science * Mirah * Miss Li * Mobius Collective * Modern Skirts * The Moi Non Plus * Monareta * Moneen * Monocle * Monotonix * The Mood * More Amor * The Morning Pages * Mostly Bears * Motel Motel * Motel Motel * Mother Mother * mr. Gnome * Mr. Reo * Mudville * Muggabears * The Mugs * Mugwump * Mumpsy * Murder Mystery * The Music Tapes * The Muslims * MuthaWit * Mutiny * My Imaginary Friends * My Mortality * My Teenage Stride * Myles Turney * Mystery of Two * Mythical Beast * The Nadas * NADAstrom * Nakatomi Plaza * The Naked And Famous * Natalie Portman's Shaved Head * Natalie Walker * Nathan Angelo * Nathaniel Hoho and the Click Clack Boom * Nation Beat * Needers & Givers * Nelo * Nels Andrews * Netherfriends * The New Surreal * New Villager * Nickel Eye * Night Horse * Nina B * Ninjasonik * No Kids * Noa Babayof * Noisettes * Norris * The Northern * Novillero * Nucomme * Nudge * Nuriya * Nuuro * NY Oil * NYCSmoke * Nyle * Oakley Hall * The Octagon * Octopus Project * Oddysey & I-Cue * One Block Radius * One For The Team * One Trick Pony * Other Lives * Other Lives * Outasight * Outernational * Ovum * Oxford Collapse * P. Casso * Pacific Division * The Pack A.D. * Padre Pio * The Pains of Being Pure at Heart * Pale Young Gentlemen * Palomar * Papertrigger * Paramount Styles (feat Scott McCloud and Paul Cantelon) * Park Avenue Music * The Parties * Party Animals * Passenger * Passion Pit * Pat McGee * Patrick Droney * Pattern is Movement * Paula Newwoman * Peachcake * Peephole * Pegasuses-XL * Pela * People Noise * People Under The Stairs * Pepi Ginsberg * Pete and J * The Phenomenal Handclap Band * Phil and the Osophers * Phillip Eno * Phosphorescent * The Photo Atlas * The Physics of Meaning * The Picture * Picture Picture * Pictures and Sound * Pie Boys Flat * The Pimps of Joytime * pit-er-pat * Pity Party * Po' Girl * Poingly * The Poison Control Center * Ponderosa * Pontiak * Ponytail * Pop Static and PGDM DJ set * Portastatic * Portastic * PPP * The Pragmatic * Pre * Preacher and the Knife * Pretty and Nice * Pretty Good Dance Moves * Princeton * Professor Pez * Project Jenny Project Jan * Proton * Psychic llls * The psychic paramount * Psyopus * PWRFL Power * Q Tha Prophet * QQQ * Rachael Sage & The Sequins * Rachelle van Zanten * Radio 4 * Radio Luxembourg * Radioclit * Rahim * Rahsaan * Rain * Rainbow Arabia * Randall Bramblett * Ravens & Chimes * Raye 6 * Readymade Breakup * Real Ones * Rebekah Higgs * Recover * Red Lotus * Red Wanting Blue * Reed Waddle * Reggie Watts * Reminbi * Remo Da Superstar * Restavrant * RewBee * Rhymefest * Ribs * Rich Girls * Riddenpaa * The Right Ons * Ringo Deathstarr * Rings * Rio en Medio * Rit Mo Collective * Roadsaw * Rob Da Bank * Rob Walmart * Robin Horlock * Rocketship Park * Rockin Squatt * Roisin Murphy * Roll The Tanks * Rong Music & DFA * The Rosebuds * Roxbury * Royal Bangs * The Royal Chains * Royal Vagabonds * The Royalties * Ruby Rivers * The Ruby Suns * Ruby Suns * Rumspringa * Rustlanders * The Rustles * Ryan Auffenberg * The Sad Little Stars * Said The Whale * Salt & Samovar * Sam Bisbee * Sam Champion * Sam Keenan * Sam Scarfo * The Sammies * Sara Watkins * Sarah Fullen & the Stanleys * Sarah Solovay * Sasha Dobson * The Satellite Nation * Sav Killz * Saves the Day * Savoir Adore * sBACH * Scars On Broadway * Scissors for Lefty * Scouting for Girls * Screen Vinyl Image * Screens * The Sea * The Seabellies * Sean Price * Sebastian Grainger & The Mountains * Second Dan * Secret Guest * The Secret Life of Sofia * See You Next Tuesday * The Selfsame * Semi Precious Weapons * Serena * Seth Kallen & The Reaction * Settle * Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned * Sha Stimuli * The Shackeltons * Shad * The Shalants * Shame Club * Shannon McArdie * Shawn Jackson * Shelley Green * Shellshag * SHINING * The Shiny Brights * Shiny Toy Guns * Shiragirl * The Shivers * Shout Out Out Out Out * Show Me Action * Shugo Tokumaru * Sian Alice Group * Sic Osyrus * The Silent League * The Silent Years * The Silos * Simon Boyar * Simon Says No! * Singing DJ Jens Lekman * Sister Suvi * Sisters 3 * Skeletonbreath * Skillz * Skriptkeeper * Sky Cries Mary * Skyzoo * Slang Chickens * Sleeperstar * The Smittens * The Snake Trap * Snowman * Snowman * So Many Dynamos * So Percussion * The So So Glos * Sohodolls * Soko * Sole and Skyrider Band * Soma * Sons of Bill * Soul Wax * Soundpool * Sounds Under Radio * Southside Johnny w/ the LaBamba Big Band: Songs of Tom Waits * Spanish Prisoners * Spirit Of The Falcon-XL * Springhouse * Squaaks * St. Laz * Stalkers * Standard of Living * Starcode * Starling Electric * Stars Like Fleas * Stars Of Track And Field * Stationary Set * Stepanian * Stetsasonic (w/Prince Paul) * Steve Burns and The Struggle * Stook! * The Subjects * Suckers * Sundelles * Sunny Day Glasgow * The Sunstreak * Supa Nova Slom * Super XX Man * Surprise Guests * Susan Enan * Suzanna Choffel * Swati * Sweet Water * Sydney Wayser * Sylvie * T!Katz * The Takeover UK * Takka Takka * Talib Kweli * Talk To Angels * The Tall Pines * Tanya Morgan * Tara Jane O'Neil * Team Facelift * Team Genius * Team Robespierre * Teedo * The Teenage Prayers * Teenagers * The Telepathic Butterflies * Teletextile * Tender Loving Empire * Tenderhead * Tenlons Fort * Thank You * Thank You For The Drum Machine * That Ghost * Theresa Andersson * These Modern Socks * Thing One * This is Radio Freedom * This or the Apocalypse * This Reporter * Throttlerod * Through the Sparks' Jody Nelson * Thy Will Be Done * Tickley Feather * Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! * Tigercity * Tigers and Monkeys * Tim Blane * Tim Williams * Tiny Animals * Titan * TK Webb & The Visions * Tobacco * Tobias Froberg * Toby Lightman * Todosantos * Tom Schraeder & His Ego * Tombs * Tommy D * Too Many Fish * Totally Michael * The Toxic Avenger * Tractor Operator * Tracy Shedd * Trash Talk * Traz Messiah * Trevor Giuliani * Trevor Menear * Tunnels to Holland * Turkuaz * Twi the Humble Feather * Two Hours Traffic * The Two Man Gentlemen Band * Two Spot Gobi * Tyler James * U G-D * U-N-I * U-N-I * U.S. Christmas * The Uglysuit * Uncensored Interview * Under Your Bead * Underwater Tea Party * Unholy * Unicycle Loves You * Unkle Bob * The Unsacred Hearts * The Valient Arms * Vancougar * VAZ * The Vettes * Via Audio * Viking Moses * Villa Vina * Violens * Violent Sex * Virgin Forest * Virgin Passages * The Virgins * Vitamin-D * Vivian Darkbloom * Vivian Girls * Voodoo Funk * The Voom Blooms * Voyager One * Vreid * Vulture Whale * The WAAW Band * Wale * Wallpaper * Walter Meego * Warship * Watt White * Wax Tailor * We Are Standard * We Are The World * We Versus the Shark * The Weepies * Weird Owl * Wes Jackson (host) * The Wet Secrets * Wetnurse * The Wheel * The Whip * White Lies * White Rainbow * White Shoes & The Couples Company * The Whitsundays * Whomadewho * Wild Light * Wild Sweet Orange * Will Knox * Willard Grant Conspiracy * the Winter Sounds * Women * Wooden Nickle * Woods * Woodwose * Wow & Flutter * Wye Oak * Wzt Hearts * Xtortya * The XYZ Affair * Yas * Yip Yip * Yo Majesty * Yoko * Young Lords * Young Love * Yz * Zack Hagan & 1050 * Zack Weber * Zambri * Zigmat * Zim * Zimbabwe Legit *