The Mystery That Is Mercury Lounge's CMJ Lineup

While most of the major NYC venues have slowly been announcing some or all of their CMJ lineups, Mercury Lounge has been a tad tight lipped. Well, one small detail has finally come out - blog favorites Forward, Russia! will be playing the Mercury on Thursday, November 2nd.

The band is on Leeds-based Dance To The Radio records, which has a deal of some sort with Mute in the U.S. Not sure if this is a Mute showcase or not. Some other Mute artists? The Knife, Jose Gonzalez, Liars, Nitzer Ebb and Paul van Dyk. I can also tell you that the band is touring in November with Snowden and Scanners. So maybe one or more of those artists will show up at Mercury as well. Or maybe not.

Forward, Russia!, "Four" (b-side)
Forward, Russia! on MySpace

Forward, Russia! US Tour

10/25, Seattle , WA (Crocodile Cafe)
10/26, Portland , OR (Dante's)
10/28, Los Angeles , CA (Spaceland)
10/30, San Francisco , CA (Café du Nord)
11/2, New York , NY (Mercury Lounge)
11/27, Boston , MA (Great Scott)
11//28, New York , NY (Bowery Ballroom)
11/29, Philadelphia , PA (Johnny Brenda's)
11/30, Montreal , QC (Mile End Cultural Centre Main Hall)
12/1, Toronto , ON (The Legendary Horshoe Tavern)
12/2, Detroit , MI (Magic Stick)
12/4, Cleveland , OH (Grog Shop)
12/5, Chicago , IL (Empty Bottle)
12/6, Minneapolis , MN (Triple Rock)
12/8, Kansas City , MO (The Record Bar)
12/9, Oklahoma City , OK (Conservatory)
12/10, Dallas , TX (Gypsy Tea Room)
12/11, Austin , TX (Stubbs)
12/12, Houston , TX (Walters)
12/14, Atlanta , GA (Earl)
12/15, Chapel Hill , NC (Local 506)
12/16, Washington , D.C. (Black Cat)