JellyNYC

So, remember those six free shows that are happening? Here they are....

Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof opened the first Pool Party of 2010 with a noisy, fleshy work out of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. The six-piece group smashed through the minimal record, with brash guitars and drums, free from studio EQ and delay, that were untethered and bold...

After getting what I thought was a suspicious looking email from JellyNYC about six free Saturday shows coming this summer, and in light of the recent incident, I forwarded the email to a Pool Party publicist who told me it was fake...

just got this email...


This time I quickly confirmed it wasn't real (fool me once...)....

UPDATE: It is real! The Pool Party publicity team wasn't informed about the new series and so they told me it wasn't real but Jelly just confirmed directly that is actually is...

@ a 2009 Pool Party (more by Tim Griffin)

I don't know what Veoba is either. The press release explains it though...For the past 4 years, JELLY has hosted over 200,000 people for what has become one of the most groundbreaking FREE concert series in New York...

Whoever it was that still had access to the 2009 Pool Party Twitter account that announced a pretend lineup this morning will no longer be tweeting I guess...

A 'Pool Party' in 2009 (more by Bao Nguyen)By summer's end, frustrated parks officials were in talks with other promoters. But Mr. Schumer halted those talks, said Steve Hindy, chairman of the Open Space Alliance...

DOWNLOAD: Major Lazer - Hold the Lines (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Major Lazer - Call Mi (Dave Kelly's Hold the Line) (MP3)


DJ duo Major Lazer will be down in SXSW for a set at Cedar Street Courtyard on Saturday, March 20th...

Chuck Schumer @ Grizzly Bear Pool Party in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin)Today (2/1), United States Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that officials have reached an agreement and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that ensures that extremely popular Pool Parties will return in 2010...

Fiery Furnances @ a Pool Party (more by Bao Nguyen)The state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has backtracked from its announcement six weeks ago that East River State Park would not be able to accommodate Jelly NYC's concert series for a second year, paving the way for…