The College Music Journal's annual music and film festival, held each fall in New York City, is expected to feature more than 1,300 bands this year. Though organizers haven't finalized the list of performers, this morning they announced the first batch:

Broadcast
School of Seven Bells
Zac Brown Band
Mum
Atlas Sound
Japandroids
Margaret Cho
The Budos Band
Pitbull
The Very Best
The Temper Trap
Crystal Antlers
Portugal. The Man
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Malajube
Local Natives
Wild Light
The Antlers
Das Racist
Suckers
Pissed Jeans
Screaming Females

The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival will be held Oct. 20 through the 24th.