We hope you are all as jazzed about CMJ as we are! The festival is the College Music Journal’s “Music Marathon”- a completely amazing (and exhausting) week (October 21-25, 2014) of live music, giving the music community a chance to catch the best new artists from around the world before they blow up. There are literally thousands of bands playing as many official (usually cost a few bucks) and unofficial (free or cheap) shows as they can, getting their music out there and hoping some fans and blogs take notice! Lucky for these 12 musicians, their internet presence was enough, and we fell in love before CMJ even began! Without further adiue, we present 12 bands to catch during CMJ next week!