Pitchfork

The East Coast/West Coast split has just gotten a little wider. Competing with baby Vegoose in Las Vegas for Halloween weekend festival madness is the old 'n wise CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, celebrating its 26th year with the likes of the Knife, Deerhoof, the Slits, the Black Keys, Madlib, Hot Chip, Blonde Redhead, the Boy Least Likely To, Blue Cheer, Silversun Pickups, White Whale, Dr. Dog, Professor Murder, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, These Arms Are Snakes, Portastatic, Jason Forrest Band, Thunderbirds Are Now!, and more.

This year's event is scheduled to take place at venues across the Big Apple from October 31 - November 4. The full lineup has yet to be unveiled, but the initial roster ain't looking so shabby.

The Knife, the Slits, Hot Chip, the Black Keys, Madlib, Ben Lee, Deerhoof, Blonde Redhead, the Boy Least Likely To, Blue Cheer, Joseph Arthur, Erase Errata, Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Holly Golightly, Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups, Califone, White Whale, hellogoodbye, Anathallo, Dr. Dog, Professor Murder, Archie Bronson Outfit, Keren Ann, Brother Ali, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Oakley Hall, These Arms Are Snakes, Micah P. Hinson, Portastatic, P.O.S., Cloud Cult, Jason Forrest Band, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Strike Anywhere, Percee P, Mute Math, Suzanne Vega, Extra Golden, 120 Days