Jam Bands To Transform McCarren Park Into Patchouli-Infested Hacky Sack Land
That's right, Disco Biscuits are slotted to jam-out this August at McCarren Park. Obviously, Live Nation (aka Clear Channel) has its fingers on the pulse of Williamsburg. From Crooked Rain
Look's like Bisco, as Disco Biscuits are known to fans, and Umphrey's McGee are going to be playing McCarren Pool this summer.Now for those of you not down with the jam band scene, Bisco and Umphrey's are two of the bands jockeying to fill the vacuum created after the disbandment of Phish and save the scene from complete obscurity. After seeing both bands several times, which I am a bit ashamed to admit, I have to say not only do they both kind of suck, but also have incredibly annoying fans. The only saving grace of hippies is their drug induced haze enables them to dance at shows rather than stand there like statues, desperately trying to look cool (NY hipsters, cough). However, I usually found that most fans of these bands tended to be more into the drug aspect of the concert than the actual music, so I guess it's a trade off. In the end, the irritating fans and monotony of the music caused me to abandon jam bands for greener pastures.
SO, be sure to avoid McCarren Park and Bedford Ave on 8/15 if troves of Long Island hippy stoners and twenty-minute suck-fest songs scare you as much as they scare me.
On the bright side, Cat Power will be playing in July.
On a related note, check out our new website mccarrenpark.com for all the latest info on McCarren Park Pool.
Comments
Not that I really care if Live Nation gets the blame for all the evils in the world but you should get your facts straight. Bowery Presents, the indie-rock bastions of NYC, is the promoter that brought that stank to the pool.
Posted by: Big Brown | May 9, 2008 04:06 PM
if you're into music, are you into it for the scene of patchwork or tight pants? are you into it for the scene or the fucking music? if you're open to music, then it'll do you well to sit down with a few live shows and some headphones.
if not, enjoy the scenester parties brah ;)
Posted by: pretentious hipster | July 29, 2007 03:48 PM
Believe it or not, cool guys, Umphrey's are all clasically trained musicians. They studied musical theory at prominent music schools, and are considered virtuoso's by their fellow musicians.
On the other hand, your hipster brooklyn shit are a bunch of womens clothes wearing sheeps who strum power chords and sing the same old shit in the same old style. Why are they sheeps? Because they all copy off each other, if youv heard a couple songs, you have heard it all.
So readers, you decide, musicians or sheeps?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 26, 2007 02:34 PM
just poof some pressies bruh. mmmm...poof em real good.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 06:08 PM
So I checked out Cat Power. It sounds like a singer with Down's Syndrome backed by a 5th grader on a plastic guitar. They really took Indie to a whole new level.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2007 04:16 PM
well..im glad to see you fellas have spoken my mind on this ignorant asshole. Now excuse, i have to go to a hackysac sesh. UM RAWKS
Posted by: Anonymous | July 24, 2007 05:44 PM
lol looks like someones mommy didnt hug them enough
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2007 08:30 PM
Wow, the author of this little "blurb" has such misguided opinions that it makes me sick. Why be SO negative about a entire genre of music, even if you don't like it. Saying all "jam" bands are the same is as ridiculous as saying all "indie" bands are the same. MMW=Widespread Panic (STUPID), Data rock=peter bjorn and john(also stupid). To like something, anything, because someone tells you its cool and because a lot of people don't know about it is childish and shows a lot of insecurity. Please, listen to ALL music, take what you like, don't take what you don't like, but please oh please base that on MUSICAL opinion, not what is 'hip' in the ultra cool fucking brooklyn hood. OK? Thanks,
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2007 05:08 PM
Umphrey's is not a fucking jam band. Stop saying that. It is considered progressive rock and they are better than almost any rock band on the road today.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2007 04:13 PM
i'm really sorry you don't like any jam bands. The brooklynvegan comments on this are notable. there really isn't any room for haters.
i like a lot of "indie" music too, but most of it i would not want to see live. good jam bands, in my experience, have been able to bring me to a place that indie music can't. can anyone...ANYONE...honestly say that Deerhoof was good last summer? and if so, does that person know anything about music, play music, etc?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 15, 2007 10:12 PM
Gee....the hipster asshole has spoken!
Posted by: Anonymous | July 15, 2007 05:35 PM
i think your scared of this amazing musical scene because...you have a vagina the size of niagra falls. You are a retarded piece of shit. No offense to any mentally handicapped people out there, you're way cooler than this asshole.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 5, 2007 02:02 PM
How can you say these bands suck? These bands are pioneers of their time and music genres, whatever you want to call it, jam, trance, progressive... Even if you dont like Umphreys you have to admit they are amazing musicians, what other band has two dueling guitarists who work so well together on stage? You know what, fuck you man, you have no idea what good music is.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 5, 2007 08:22 AM
maybe u should just eat a (insert explitive here)
Posted by: scott | May 26, 2007 05:03 AM
Did you ever stop and think maybe you should just eat some drugs too?
Posted by: jon wade | May 18, 2007 10:18 AM
Cat Power= OVERRATED. There are a hundred female singer/songwriters in Brooklyn alone who are better and more talented than her. The reason to be at the Pool that weekend is BTS. I just hope they're head-lining so I can miss Cat Power.
Posted by: MamfeMan | May 12, 2007 06:31 PM
Obviously you havbe no taste in music. Cat power? A lady freaking out and crying on stage more entertaining than disco buiscuits and Umphrey's McGee?
Are you on the crack rock?
Posted by: Jared | May 11, 2007 02:34 PM