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For one week each year, New York City-- normally devoid of live music of any kind-- is overrun by the stuff, and it's all thanks to the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival. This year's event, as reported a couple weeks back, touches down October 21-25. It was sizzlin' with talent then, and it's positively boiling over with potential Next Big Things now, what with today's announcement of another hearty chunk of the bill.

Lineup additions of note include Neon Neon, Talib Kweli, David Banner, Kid Sister, Charlie Louvin, Black Moth Super Rainbow dude Tobacco, and recent Touch and Go signees the Uglysuit, as well as the Duke Spirit, Late of the Pier, Talkdemonic, Au, caUSE co-MOTION!, Crystal Stilts, Stars Like Fleas, Collections of Colonies Bees, Lukestar, People Under the Stairs, the Brother Kite, We Versus the Shark, Florence and the Machine, Bell, the Awkward Stage, Eux Autres, Immaculate Machine, So Many Dynamos, B.O.B., Bearsuit, the Whip, and-- OMG YES-- Joan Osborne.

All these fine folks and more join the likes of Broken Social Scene, Deerhoof, Crystal Castles, Beach House, the Cool Kids, Róisín Murphy, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and all those other fine folks we talked up last time around.

Of course, CMJ wouldn't be a Film Festival without a few films, and let's not forget the real reason people go to these things: the panels!! Expect edge-of-your-seat thrills at such titillating discussions as "Artist Managers: The New Labels?", "The Keys To Driving A Cost-Effective Recording", and "Partners in Rhyme: How Joint Ventures and Other Economic Models Are Reshaping the Industry". Oh, sarcasm.