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October 26, 2006 at 04:15:00 PM | more stories by this author
New York City music marathon boasts a who's who of the underground and plenty of big name performers, panelists--and even Borat and Oasis' Noel Gallagher.
One of the biggest music festivals of the year kicks off next week, and while it will be chock-full of both indie vets and bands ready to break out, it will also feature a would-be Kazakhstani and a surly Brit.
Hot Chip
The CMJ Music Marathon kicks off Tuesday, with more than 1,000 bands set to perform at more than 50 venues throughout New York City. The event will also feature dozens of panels, with Chuck D, George Clinton, Moby, Janeane Garofalo, A-Trak, Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers, Hi-Tek, Steve Earle, and the Insane Clown Posse all slated to speak on panels.
The 26th annual event, which runs October 31 through November 4, will also feature a series of film events, including advance screenings of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan with a special appearance by comedian Sasha Baron Cohen in his Borat character. A more music-centric film, Oasis--Lord Don't Slow Me Down, will also get a screening, and guitarist Noel Gallagher is scheduled to make an appearance.
CMJ is traditionally all about the music, however, and the festival has tabbed a host of buzz bands, including the Decemberists, the Strokes' Albert Hammond, Jr., the Cardigans, the Black Keys, 120 Days, the Clipse, Cold War Kids, the Decemberists, Deerhoof, Dr. Dog, Freddie Foxx, Mercury Prize-nominated Hot Chip, Madlib, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Pharoahe Monche, Prince Paul and Ill Out Crew + CL Smooth w/ J. Period, Saul Williams, the Shins, Silversun Pickups, the Slits, Tapes 'n Tapes, the Watson Twins, the Knife, My Brightest Diamond, Nomo, Oxford Collapse, Shooter Jennings, Steve Earle and Alison Moorer, Suzanne Vega, and Tapes N Tapes.
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