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CMJ announces second round of artists; Merchandise is here, catch them three times this week (tonight at WIERD)

Merchandise at Mousetrap in Chicago, April 2012 (more by Jimmy Farabi)
Merchandise

You may have noticed the announcements of CMJ artists trickling out as of late (like Sub Pop’s lineup), but now comes the official word from the fest on another batch of bands. Highilights include AraabMUZIK, UK acts Savages and Everything EveythingMr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Cities Aviv, Ken Mode (playing with Pig Destroyer), Daughn Gibson (playing with Pissed Jeans), Local H, Slug Guts, Dune Rats, Royal Canoe, and Sleepies among many many others. A full listing of the second round of CMJ artists is below.

One of said surprises is Merchandise, who plays NYC tonight at WIERD (9/12). The show is first of THREE NYC dates for the band, who will also play 538 Johnson tomorrow (9/13) before hitting Saint Vitus on Friday (9/14, tickets).

A list of the second round of CMJ artists is below, along with updated Merchandise dates and a recent video.

Merchandise – In Nightmare Room from Id House Vid. Group on Vimeo.

CMJ ARTISTS (SECOND ROUND)
12th Planet
Aact Rraiser
Admiral Fallow
Air Traffic Controller
Alyson Greenfield
Asker
ATM
Baauer
Bam! Bam!
Baron von Luxxury (DJ Set)
Beach Day
Bear Trap
Big Scary
Blondfire
Bouts
Cemeteries
Chains of Love
Codes
Dallas K
Danny Chait
Daughter
Devin
Dikta
Dirty Names
Early Graves
Edmund II
Egyptrixx
EMEFE
Encrust
Eureka California
Exes of Evil
Fat History Month
Field Mouse
Fishdoctor
French Camp
Funk Ark
Gary War
Gemini Club
Geronimo
Get People
Grandfather Child
Great Caesar
Green Paper
Grygiel
Heliotropes
Hey Champ
Hey Marseilles
Hey Rosetta!
Hook N Sling
Idgy Dean
Indyns
Jim E Stack
Jim White
Joy Kills Sorrow
JWLS
Kaliedo
Ki Theory
Kilo Kush
Kink Ador
Les Racquet
Life and Times
Lisa O’Neill
Lost Brothers
Lovelife
Lowlakes
Matthew E. White
Mean Lady
Merchandise
Midnight Beast
Miracles of Modern Science
Mister Lies
Monsters Calling Home
Morning Parade
Mr. Dream
Nick Catchdubs
Nick Stefanacci
Oaklynn
Onili
Orca Team
Ovlov
Pacific Air
Papercranes
Pile
Ponderosa
Post War Years
Project Ear
Purple
Rekapse
Sami the Great
Samo Sound Boy
Schematic
She Keeps Bees
Slothrust
So Cow
Soho Kings
Solar Bears
Space Camp
Speedy Ortiz
Spirit Animal
Squarehead
Talk Normal
Teen Daze
Teff
The Analog Girl
The Assembly Line
The Blackboard Nails
The Breathing Tree
The Dead Ships
The Elephant in The Room
The Skins
The Toothaches
The Vansaders
The Young Things
Tokimonsta
Trabajo
Treehouse
Tunabunny
Vagina Panther
Vital
Weeknight
White Violet
Wooden Indian Burial Ground
xombie
Yellow Red Sparks
Young Adults
Young Girls
Youngblood Hawke
Yvette
Zach Williams and The Bellow
ZZZs

MERCHANDISE – 2012 TOUR DATES
12-Sep New York City,NY at Home Sweet Home (Wierd Night)
13-Sep watching NASDAQ Werewolf (killer Polish dbeat) at 538 Johnson
14-Sep Brooklyn,NY at Saint Vitus w/ Siamese Twins, Rosenkopf, Dream Affair
16-Sep Willimantic, CT at Willimantic Records (**MATINEE/STARTS AT 3:00PM**)
16-Sep Providence, RI at Freaky Bill’s Muppet Lounge w/ Russian Tsarlag and Cottaging
17-Sep Boston, MA at What We Talk About w/ California X and Cottaging
18-Sep Easthampton, MA at the Flywheel w/ Salvation, La Caza, Crystalline Roses
19-Sep Ottawa, ON at Babylon (cancelled)
21-Sep Montreal, Quebec at il motore w/ Metz, Teenanger, Soupcans, more tba…
22-Sep Toronto, Ontario at Soybomb!
24-Sep Pittsburgh,PA at Gooski’s
25-Sep Oberlin, OH at Oberlin College
26-Sep Richmond, IN at Dr. Bloodmoney’s Muppet Lounge w/ Dads
27-Sep Chicago, IL at TBA
28-Sep Chicago, IL at the Mousetrap w/ Broken Prayer and Outside World
29-Sep Louisville, KY at Cropped Out Fest w/ Jandek, Neil Hamburger, many more…
30-Sep St. Louis,MO at apop records
1-Oct Norman,OK at Opolis w/ CHUD
2-Oct Denton, TX at Rubber Gloves w/ Wiccans
3-Oct Austin, TX at Red 7 w/ the Young and Thousand Foot Whale Claw
4-Oct Houston, TX at Mango’s
5-Oct New Orleans, LA at the Big Top
17-20-Oct NYC, NY at CMJ