Williamsburg's 'Pool Parties' Debut
The consensus is in: the new Williamsburg waterfront venue is far superior to McCarren Park Pool. It’s more spacious, there’s a breeze, the view is better, the sound far superior, and yesterday, even the weather behaved.
Still, we must confess to one major gripe. Namely, what’s up with the fence? Those who decided to drink found themselves cordoned off, away from the music like protesters at a peace rally. (While we’re complaining, why no Brooklyn beers or veggie food options?) Still, we didn’t let these minor grievances ruin our day.
The weather was perfect and, though we missed the opening act, Ponytail, Fucked Up, and Mission of Burma all delivered the goods. Our personal highlight was hearing Marty Markowitz forgo cursing by thanking “Effed Up” for performing. Also, we were happy to see the indie icons David Cross and Ira Kaplan enjoying the show.
It was a great kick-off party for the new venue and we are looking forward to next week’s show featuring Dirty Projectors and Magnolia Electric Co. It finally feels like summer has arrived in Williamsburg!
More pix after the jump.
Fucked Up
Ew
Yo la Tengo’s Ira Kaplan
I was under the impression the drinking area was a rule from the Parks Dept. since its a state park. I thought they did the same thing at BoaDrum 88.
The drinking area/cattle pen may be a rule, but there’s no rule that says it has to be miles from the stage. At least reconfigure the thing so that you can at least be within earshot of the stage while drinking.
From my vantage point I could barely make out whether the lead singer of Fucked Up was a man or wildebeast (although it appears from the above pictures that being any closer wouldn’t have cleared things up much).