2009 CMJ Schedule, Top Picks

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During the five days that the massive CMJ music and film festival takes over venues around NYC, one of the hardest things is plotting your schedule so that you don’t miss something you really wanted to see.

Thankfully, in one of the site’s better innovations in recent years, CMJ now offers a way to plan and share your CMJ schedule online.

Of course, it’s still up to you to decide whether to check out A Band Named Ashes, UUVVWWZ or any of the hundreds of bands in between (you could even be very specific and only see bands from, say, Nashville) but at least keeping track of your must-sees will be a little easier.

Fun fact: Superdrag and Type O Negative are still around and playing CMJ. Who knew?

Which bands are on your ‘must-see’ list for this year’s CMJ?

CMJ 2009 runs 10/20-10/24.

Complete CMJ 2009 line-up, schedule and highlights:
2009 CMJ artist line-up
2009 CMJ concert schedule

Everyone’s got their list of must-see bands at CMJ 2009:

Spinner highlights Atlas Sound, Saul Williams, Hockey, Japandroids and Rain Machine.

Spin profiles 25 under-the-radar CMJ acts, including Bodega Girls, the Stalkers and the XX.

There are almost too many bands to properly keep track of, but we’ve got our eye on Lovvers, Best Coast, Let’s Wrestle and up-and-coming school-girl rockers, Care Bears on Fire.

Who are your top picks this year?