Dan and Shay

It's a very ”indie“ Album of the Year category this year. Nominees for other categories include Tool, Thom Yorke, Big Thief, Tyler the Creator, DaBaby, Candlemass, The Cranberries, Tyler Childers, J.S. Ondara, Andrew Bird, Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Koffee, Burna Boy, and more.

The annual CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 21 - 25 at venues all over NYC. We've heard about a few bands who are heading here during that time (Slowdive, The Wytches, The Ocean Blue, Tom Vek and Courtney Barnett to name four) but CMJ threw an announcement party tonight (8/27) at Bowery Electric and the line-up is now out...