CMJ 2012: Top 10 Artists
1. The Orwells
2. Foxygen
3. Sinkane
4. King Tuff
5. DIIV
6. Savages
7. Hundred Waters
8. Death Grips
9. You Won’t
10. Matthew E. White

Band Most Likely To Sign With A Major: The Orwells

Best Rock Acts: The Spits, Turf War, OFF!, Turbo Fruits, Dune Rats, King Tuff

Best Veterans: The Walkmen

Best “Indie”: Wild Nothing, Suburban Living, Teen Daze, Levek, Eternal Summers

Best Folk: Arborea

Best Party: Aquarium Drunkard / No Jacket Required – 10/16 @ Mercury Lounge

Top 100 Bands After The Jump —>

Absolutely Free

Hometown:Tronto
Label: One Big Silence
Absolutely Free – UFO

Arborea

Hometown: Maine
Label: Strange Attractors Audio House
Arborea – Beirut

Blonds

Hometown: New York
Label: Unsigned
Blonds – Run

Born Ruffians

Hometown: Midland, Ontario, Canada
Label: Warp Record
Born Ruffians – Sole Brother

Bouts

Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Label: Unsigned
Bouts – Get Sick

Breakfast In Fur

Hometown: New Paltz, NY
Label: Analog Edition Records
Breakfast In Fur – Whisper

Calvin Love

Hometown: Edmonton//Canada
Label: Autumn Tone Records
Calvin Love – Gut Feelin (Devo)

Capsula

Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Label: Krian Music Group
Capsula – Girl! Whip Up the Sound

Cemeteries

Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Label: Lefse Records
Cemeteries – Home

Chains of Love

Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Label: Manimal Vinyl
Chains of Love – He’s Leaving With Me

Cool Serbia

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Unsigned
Cool Serbia – Kill Someone

Crystal Antlers

Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Label: Touch and Go Records
Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice

Dalton

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Unsigned
Dalton – Breaker

Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Label: Unsigned
Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes – Shoe Fits

Daughter

Hometown: London, UK
Label: Glassnote
Daughter – Love

Death Grips

Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Label: Epic Records
Death Grips – @deathgripz

Delicate Steve

Hometown: New Jersey
Label: Luaka Pop
Delicate Steve – The Ballad of Speck and Pebble

Devin

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Frenchkiss
Devin – I Don’t Think I

Dignan Porch

Hometown: London
Label: Captured Tracks
Dignan Porch – I Threw Myself From Tower Bridge

DIIV

Hometown: New York, New York
Label: Captured Tracks
DIIV – Doused

Dirty Fences

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Unsigned
Dirty Fences – Sid

Dum Dum Girls

Hometown: New York, NY / LA
Label: Sub Pop
Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High

Dune Rats

Hometown: Brisbane, Aus
Label: Unsigned
DUNE RATS – POGO

Dusted

Hometown: Toronto
Label: Hand Drawn Dracula
Dusted – (Intro) the Atmosphere

The Dutchess and the Duke

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Label: Hardly Art
The Dutchess & The Duke – Reservoir Park

Dylan Shearer

Hometown: Lancaster, CA
Label: Empty Cellar Records
Dylan Shearer – Afterwhile

Electric Guest

Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Downtown Records
Electric Guest – Awake

Elephant Stone

Hometown: Montreal
Label: Hidden Pony Records/The Reverberation Appreciation Society
Elephant Stone – Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin

Eternal Summers

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Label: Kanine Records
Eternal Summers – Silver

The Ettes

Hometown: Nashville, TN
Label: Krian
The Ettes – You Were There

Fantasy Rainbow

Hometown: London
Label: HEIST OR HIT RECORDS
Fantasy Rainbow – Condominium

Field Mouse

Hometown: Brooklyn
Label: Lefse Records
Field Mouse – You Guys Are Gonna Wake Up My Mom

The Flying Eyes

Hometown: Baltimore
Label: Trip in Time
The Flying Eyes – Apollo Creed

Foxygen

Astoria, NY
Label: Jagjaguwar
Foxygen – Waitin’ 4 U

Gap Dream

Hometown: Mellowgrove, Ohio
Label: Burger Records
Gap Dream – A Little Past Midnight

Generationals

Hometown: New Orleans
Label: Park The Van
Generationals – When They, Fight They Fight

Ghost Wave

Hometown: Auckland, NZ
Label: Arch Hill Recordings
Ghost Wave – Sunsetter

The Guards

Hometown: NYC
Label: Velvet Vision/Black Bell Records
Guards – Long Time

Heliotropes

Album: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Manimal Vinyl
Heliotropes – Moonlite

The High Highs

Hometown: New York
Label: Small Plates Records
High Highs – Horses

Hundred Waters

Hometown: Gainesville, Florida
Label: OWSLA
Hundred Waters – Thistle

Indians

Hometown: Copenhagen
Label: Unsigned
Indians – I Am Haunted

Isle of Rhodes

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Machine Dream Records
Isle of Rhodes – Tic Toc

King Tuff

Hometown: Vermont / LA
Label: Sub Pop
King Tuff – Kind Of Guy

The Kingston Springs

Hometown: Nashville, TN
Label:Unsigned
The Kingston Springs – Sa Betise

Koko Beware

Hometown: Athens, GA
Label: Unsigned
Koko Beware – Beach Babe

Levek

Hometown: Gainesville, FL
Label: Lefse Records
Levek – Look on the Bright Side

The Living Kills

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Past/Futures Records
The Living Kills – Angels Without Faces

Lost Boy?

Hometown: Brooklyn
Label: Old Flame Records
Lost Boy – USA

The Love Language

Hometown: North Carolina
Label: Merge
The Love Language – Britney’s Back

Mac Demarco

Hometown: Montreal
Label: Captured Tracks
Mac Demarco – Rock and Roll Night Club

Matthew E. White

Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Label: Hometapes
Matthew E. White – One of These Days

Mokaad

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Unsigned

Motive

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Unsigned
Motive – Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)

Murals

Hometown: Louisville, KY
Label: Unsigned
Murals – Eyes Of Love

The Nerves

Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Bomp! Records
The Nerves – Give Me Some Time

OFF!

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Label: VICE!
OFF! – Upside Down

Opossom

Hometown: New Zealand
Label: Unsigned
Opossom – Blue Meanies

The Orwells

Hometown: Elmhurst, IL
Label: Autumn Tone Records
The Orwells – The Righteous One

Papercranes

Hometown: Gainesville, FL
Label: Manimal Vinyl
Papercranes – Dust Season (Javelin Remix)

The Paperhead

Hometown: Nashville, TN
Label: Trouble in Mind
The Paperhead – Stacey Grove

Plates of Cake

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: All Hands Electric
Plates of Cake – Private Yacht

Poolside

Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Day & Night Recordings
Poolside – Harvest Moon [Neil Young]

Prince Rama

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: PAW TRACKS
Prince Rama – So Destroyed

Prince Rupert’s Drops

Hometown: New York, NY
Label: Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records
Prince Rupert’s Drops – Almond Man

Pujol

Hometown: Nashville
Label: Saddle Creek
Pujol – Mayday

Quilt

Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Label: Mexican Summer
Quilt – Children of Light

The Rats of New York

Hometown: NYC
Label: Chickpea
The Rats of New York – Second Avenue Slasher

Robert Ellis

Hometown: Houston, TX
Label: New West Records
Robert Ellis – Good Intentions

Sam Flax

Hometown: Bay Area
Label: Burger Records
Sam Flax – Fire Doesn’t Burn Itself

Savages

Hometown: London
Label: Pop Noire Records
Savages – Flying To Berlin

Sea Wolf

Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Dangerbird Records
Sea Wolf – You’re A Wolf

Shakey Graves

Hometown: Austin
Label: Unsigned
Shakey Graves – I’m On Fire

Shark?

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Old Flame Records
Shark? – Shark?

She Keeps Bees

Hometown: NYC
Label: Unsigned
She Keeps Bees – Gimme

Sinkane

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: DFA
Sinkane – Jeeper Creeper

The SPITS

Hometown: Seattle
Label: Dirtnap Records
The Spits – My Life Sucks

Squarehead

Hometown: Dublin
Label: Any Other City Records
Squarehead – Baseball Ghosts

The Stepkids

Hometown: Connecticut
Label: Stones Throw
The Stepkids – Legend In My Own Mind

Suburban Living

Hometown: Norfolk, Virginia
Label: Unsigned
Suburban Living – I Don’t Fit In

Tashaki Miyaki

Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Luv Luv Luv Records
Tashaki Miyaki – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Father John Misty)

Teen Daze

Hometown: Fraser Valley, BC, Canada
Label: Lefse Records
Teen Daze – Late

Tempers

Hometown: NYC
Label: Unsigned
TEMPERS – Eyes Wide Wider

Tim Foljahn

Hometown: NYC
Label: Kiam Records
Tim Foljahn – New Light

Turbo Fruits

Hometown: Nashville, TN
Label: Turbo Time Records
Turbo Fruits – Fight This

Turf War

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Label: Old Flame Records
Turf War – Cheers To The Years

Twerps

Hometown: Melbourne
Label: Chapter Music
Twerps – Dreamin

Twin Tigers

Hometown: Athens, GA
Label: Old Flame Records
Twin Tigers – Everyday

The Walkmen

Hometown: NYC / DC
Label: Fat Possum Records
The Walkmen – Agoraphobia (Deerhunter)

Watermelon

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Unsigned
Watermelon – How I Came

Way Yes

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Label: Lefse Records
Way Yes – Important

Wildcat! Wildcat!

Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Unsigned
Wildcat! Wildcat! – Mr. Quiche

Wild Nothing

Hometown: Virginia
Label: Captured Tracks
Wild Nothing – Confirmation

Wooden Indian Burial Ground

Hometown: Portland
Label: Mona Mie Records
Wooden Indian Burial Ground – Sparklerella

The World Wars I’s

Hometown: New York
Label: Unsigned
The World War I’s – Psyche Assay

You Won’t

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Old Flame Records
You Won’t – Dance Moves

Young Magic

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Carpark Records
Young Magic – Sparkly

Special thanks to contributor Derek War.

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