10 Best Lessons Learned at This Year's Jelly NYC Shows

Photo Credit - Our good friend Sheena Beaston

We have thoroughly enjoyed a whirlwind summer of Sunday concerts brought to us by the fabulous folks at Jelly NYC and Tell All Your Friends PR. ONE MORE LEFT?! We learned a few things. Did a few things we regret. Looked at a lot of pretty things. Heard some good music and some shit music. Found ourselves needing an agent to approve candid press photos. Chewed some things that energized us briefly. Learned that publicity is a fine art and rain is a bastard. And that we would never wish working the door at the All Saints Lounge upon anyone (Shelly we solute you.) This year's Jelly shows were the equivalent of going to day camp -- good times, noodle salad.

And for all that, we've decided to compile our list of the 10 Best Lessons Learned at This Year's Jelly NYC Shows:

10. Vita Coco trumps all.
9. Energy drinks should be relegated to liquid form only!
8. Lee Fields can still bring the funk and soul even in the rain, so can Chromeo?
7. The @Allsaints_ Lounge will turn you on to fashion and make you desire to date models exclusively if applicable...thanks for that.
6. The Strange Boys record well. Period.

Check out the Top 5 after the jump! Cumulative summer photos to come. Retweet this! Again, special thanks to @tayfpr and @jellynyc!


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5. Everyone we know is a lush, including us and we love that.
4. Plastic Adirondack chairs can only support a certain size person.
3. Grog gets you drunk while protecting from scurvy.
2. Even the rain doesn't keep the New York Times away.
1. Mad Men is much much better when drunk.

Pool Party Part II: Dirty Projectors, Magnolia Electric Co., Crystal Antlers

[MP3] The Dirty Projectors - "Stillness is the Move"
[MP3] Magnolia Electric Co. - "Josephine"

Another Jelly NYC Pool Party at the Williamsburg Waterfront is rapidly approaching, and this time, the bill is a bit more, well, blogger friendly (at least in our eyes.) The Dirty Projectors, as you know, are vying for record of the year with Bitte Orca; yet, the extremely massive Magnolia Electric Co. catalog, with newest edition Josephine, continue to satisfy our mellow souls daily. Crystal Antlers, who are replacing White Denim (much to our bemuse) are a dark horse for us -- their EP did receive a "Best New Music" from Pitchfork in 2008, while their newest album Tentacles, has been met with mixed reviews. Needless to say, we are loving the set of up the new Pool Parties and can't wait to see how the intricate sounds of the Dirty Projectors translates to the outdoors, and how Magnolia handle the sunshine.
See you all there!

Rest of the summer line up after the jump.

July 26: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Lips
, HEALTH, 
Grupo Fantasmo

August 2: Deerhunter, No Age, Dan Deacon

 (Round Robin show)

August 9: 
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
, Fiery Furnaces
, Dark Meat, 
The Netherlands

August 16: Del the Funky Homosapien, 
Gravy Train!!!
, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell



August 23: 
Girl Talk
, Max Tundra
, Wiz Khalifa

August 30: Grizzly Bear
, Beach House

Williamsburg Waterfront Pool Parties Kick Off This Sunday!

Finally! Let the Sunday shenanigans begin. No longer will my god given day of rest be relegated to laundry, lounging, reading, whining, eating, copulating, procrastinating, paper mache-ing, croqueting...nevermind.

Jelly NYC presents the first Williamsburg Waterfront Pool Party concert of the series this Sunday at East River State Park. The line up: Mission of Burma, 
pitchfork Best New Music receiver Fucked Up, 
Ponytail
and Jemina Pearl formerly of every band in the Tennessee region. Just kidding. But, she was a former member of Be Your Own Pet (their split equals tear for some folks) and former (not sure if they are still dating) girlfriend of Jeff Novak, frontman in Cheap Time (Nashville post punkers) though. It's going to be an intense Sunday to say the least.

See the rest of the summer schedule after the jump.

July 19: 
Dirty Projectors
, Magnolia Electric Co., White Denim

July 26: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Lips
, HEALTH, 
Grupo Fantasmo

August 2: Deerhunter, No Age, Dan Deacon

 (Round Robin show)

August 9: 
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
, Fiery Furnaces
, Dark Meat, 
The Netherlands

August 16: Del the Funky Homosapien, 
Gravy Train!!!
, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell



August 23: 
Girl Talk
, Max Tundra
, Wiz Khalifa

August 30: Grizzly Bear
, Beach House

McCarren Pool Party Thing on Waterfront Now

The beloved Sunday music festivals once held in Greenpoint/Williamsburg's one-time community pool, McCarren pool, are back! The concert series will still be hosted by Jelly NYC but transported to the East River State Park on the Williamsburg Waterfront. They keep the "pool" label even though the event will be devoid of any actual pools. Sorry. The time for drinking away Sunday hangovers amid indie-rock jams, sunshine and all while scoping walking American Apparel ads is upon us once again. Rock and or Roll. Give it up for Jelly though, they have managed to pack the bill with some of indie rocks biggest names, Grizzly Bear, Deerhunter, Girl Talk, No Age, Beach House, Dirty Projectors - I mean, these could be more of a gong show than that MGMT disaster last summer. Click the image for a larger view or after the jump for the full line up.

First line up -- July 12: 
Mission of Burma, 
Fucked Up, 
Ponytail
, Jemina Pearl

Check the full schedule after the jump...

July 12: 
Mission of Burma, 
Fucked Up, 
Ponytail
, Jemina Pearl

July 19: 
Dirty Projectors
, Magnolia Electric Co., White Denim

July 26: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Lips
, HEALTH, 
Grupo Fantasmo

August 2: Deerhunter, No Age, Dan Deacon

 (Round Robin show)

August 9: 
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
, Fiery Furnaces
, Dark Meat, 
The Netherlands

August 16: Del the Funky Homosapien, 
Gravy Train!!!
, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell



August 23: 
Girl Talk
, Max Tundra
, Wiz Khalifa

August 30: Grizzly Bear
, Beach House

Give Me More McCarren Pool! Swim!

Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com

Ask and you shall receive. NYT just reported that the Williamsburg waterfront will serve as the new, premiere, outdoor concert venue; it will be the new McCarren Pool. Hipsters rejoice! Hungover Sunday's can now be boozed away (again) while basking in the decadent sun and listening to the musical stylings of probably... Khan!!! So wrangle up your headbands, skinny jeans, don your best sleeveless shirt and St. Marks Ray Ban rip-offs and dance. Give me more cowbell...Give me more McCarren...Give me Williamsburg waterfront.