After the Jump 2008 CMJ BBQ @ The Yard

Food, booze, music = fun times. What more could you want? Be there! Eat, drink and dance, we say.

xoxo,

After the Jump

After the Jump @ CMJ 2008

The full CMJ Music Marathon schedule got posted yesterday, and my mind is still spinning from the list. Let's just make it easy on you and point out the After the Jump showcase extravaganza at the Knitting Factory in New York.



Old Office:
8 PM the Beets
8 45 the Lisps
9:30 Inlets
10:30 Motel Motel
11:15 Alina Simone
12:00 the Muggabears

Tap:
8 PM Best Friends Forever
8 45 PM the Depreciation Guild
9 30 PM My Teenage Stride
10:30 A Sunny Day in Glasgow
11:15 the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
12:00 Ringo Deathstarr

Main
8 PM Starfucker
8 45 PM Unicycle Loves You
9 30 PM Bad Veins
10:30 Crystal Antlers
11:30 Heloise and the Savoir Faire
12:30 Juvelen

After the Jump Heads to Canada with Musebox for Pop Montreal 2008!!

Bonjour!

After the Jump Fest has partnered with The Musebox to sponsor a party at Pop Montreal this year. Yay Canada. I wish I was going! Here are details below...

After the Jump Fest Prevails!

Thanks to everyone who came out to After the Jump Fest this past weekend in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was a wonderful day full of great music from bands and seeing the slew of friends there -- both new and old -- was so awesome. Thanks to the neighborhood for being so cool about the festival -- and I would just like to give a virtual high-five to my fellow ATJ bloggers for really pulling together for a good cause. Charity rules, and in the end of the day we raised thousands of dollars to aid music education in New York! I'm all about it!

Some highlights for me...

papercranes great performance on the day stage. (Rain Phoenix put in an especially impassioned performance while friends like Julia Stiles applauded her on...

Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears really took us to Scaryville with their performance in their scary gray jumpsuits. Men at work from the dark side of psychedelic rock.

Chairlift put in a beautiful performance inside of Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Bell also captivated with her cute sounds in Galapagos.

Oh and this sweet tooth also loved the fact that the Ice Cream Man parked its van on North 6th street and cooled me off with a much loved fruit bar. Yum.

Coloring in my new Gen Art Pulse tote bag. Thanks to the Pulse for that! Fabric pens rule, and they are still around, peoples. Get crafty!

I wish I had gotten a chance to see a few other bands during the day like Phil and the Osophers and Pela (I love and miss you guys!!) and other acts during the night like DJ XXXchange and Health. Alas, I had to jet to my other job as band manager. More about that later...

Special thanks to the sponsors for After the Jump Fest -- without you, the festival couldn't have happened so wonderfully.

Metromix
Stereofame
Gen Art Pulse
Snoozer Loser
Brooklyn Brewery
Vitamin Water
Uncensored Interview
Blog Fresh Radio
CMJ Music Marathon
The Musebox

** Check out Spin's coverage of the festival.


[photo credit: Bryan Bruchman]

** Check out the After the Jump Festival Flickr page for more photos!

Don't forget some key prizes for After the Jump Fest!

Come out to After the Jump Fest this Saturday!

Free t-shirts, Photographs and Giveaways all day!

Plus Raffles to win a pair of tickets to Virgin Mobile Festival, VIP passes to Siren Festival, CMJ Badges and a new Zune with a free 3 month download subscription!







Metromix.com, your online guide for arts and entertainment in New York, will be kicking it all day long at After the Jump Fest 2008, with their very own Street Stage right in the middle of N. 6th st. in downtown Williamsburg. They will also be there taking pictures of the fabulous crowd to post in a special photo gallery.

Make sure and come out to see Pela, Ponytail, Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears, The Forms and over 30 more free bands starting at noon!

And hey, let us know you are coming! RSVP here ny@metromix.com for your chance to win a free Ipod Shuffle courtesy of Metromix.com.

After the Jump would like to thank its sponsors for helping make this year's festival possible:

Metromix.com
Stereofame.com
Snoozer Loser
Gen Art Pulse
Brooklyn Brewery
Vitamin Water
Snoozer Loser
Uncensored Interview
Blog Fresh Radio
CMJ Music Marathon
The Musebox
Rize

After The Jump is Organized By:
themusicslut . batteringroom . disconap . earfarm . ryspace . irockiroll . merryswankster . softcommunication . musicisart . sitdownstandup . watercoolergossip . bumpershine . themodernage . productshopnyc . subinev . punkphoto . poptartssucktoasted . stereoactivenyc . jinners

After the Jump Summer Fest - Lineup & Times!

After the Jump Fest / Stereofame Unsigned Band Contest

I got a nice opp for all of you in or working with unsigned bands...

After the Jump Fest and Stereofame are hosting a contest for an unsigned band to win $2,000 and play the After the Jump Summer Fest on June 21 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as part of Make Music NY. Feel free to pass this on.

More info here:
After the Jump/Stereofame Contest Details

After the Jump Summer Fest Details

After the Jump Fest Announce Noise Stage!

2008 Noise Stage Lineup
@ Galapagos
June 21st, 2008 Noon

Featuring: Ponytail, Power Douglas, Fiasco, The Shackeltons, Extra Life, The Austerity Program, Cursillistas, Monotract, Dinowalrus, Autodrone, Alex and the Horribles, Noveller, Brilliant Sweater, and more!!!

After the Jump is the joint effort of 20 New York City music bloggers whose sites attract over one million readers a week. Founded last year in support of underfunded city school music programs, After the Jump has planned and staged concerts in association with the massive South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City as well as our own all day and night festival last summer in Brooklyn. This summer, on June 21st, After the Jump will be partnering with Make Music NY to throw our second annual festival, taking over the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Galapagos Art Space, and the North 6th Street itself with four stages and over 40 bands.

After the Jump Fest 2008 is brought to you by our awesome sponsors:
Metromix.com
Stereofame.com
Snoozer Loser
Gen Art Pulse

AFTER THE JUMP IS ORGANIZED BY:
themusicslut . batteringroom . disconap . earfarm . ryspace . irockiroll . merryswankster . softcommunication . musicisart . sitdownstandup . watercoolergossip . bumpershine . themodernage . productshopnyc . subinev . punkphoto . poptartssucktoasted . stereoactivenyc . jinners


For press opportunities such as interviews with the organizers or bands, please contact publicity@afterthejumpfest.com
For sponsorship and all other requests, contact producer Jennifer Kellas: jkellas@afterthejumpfest.com

After the Jump Fest!

Announcing Evening Benefit Portion of After the Jump Fest 2008
@ The Music Hall of Williamsburg
June 21st, 7:30pm ft:



HEALTH
Titus Andronicus
Pattern is Movement
Project Jenny, Project Jan
DJ XXXchange (Spank Rock)
and more!

Tickets onsale NOW!
Click here for ticket information

After the Jump is the joint effort of 20 New York City music bloggers whose sites attract over one million readers a week. Founded last year in support of underfunded city school music programs, After the Jump has planned and staged concerts in association with the massive South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City as well as our own all day and night festival last summer in Brooklyn. This summer, on June 21st, After the Jump will be partnering with Make Music NY to throw our second annual festival, taking over the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Galapagos Art Space, and the North 6th Street itself with four stages and over 40 bands.


After the Jump Fest 2008 is brought to you by our awesome sponsors:
Metromix.com
Stereofame.com
Snoozer Loser


AFTER THE JUMP IS ORGANIZED BY:
themusicslut . batteringroom . disconap . earfarm . ryspace . irockiroll . merryswankster . softcommunication . musicisart . sitdownstandup . watercoolergossip . bumpershine . themodernage . productshopnyc . subinev . punkphoto . poptartssucktoasted . stereoactivenyc . jinners


For press opportunities such as interviews with the organizers or bands, please contact publicity@afterthejumpfest.com.

For sponsorship and all other requests, contact producer Jennifer Kellas: jkellas@afterthejumpfest.com.