Every year, NYC's music blogger coalition After the Jump calls on all of its resources to put together a giant music festival on the first day of summer. This year, The Musebox was proud to promote and be a part of After the Jump Fest 2008.

This year's festival turned out to be tremendous success, an amazing day filled with music, free ice cream, and fun in the sun. Referred to by Brooklyn Radio as a “proverbial spice cabinet,” After the Jump Fest 2008, the effort 20 New York City music bloggers to help new bands gain exposure, featured a multitude of bands at their best. Among the performers were Health, Titus Andronicus, and The Musebox’s own Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears.

After the Jump Fest 2008 was able to raise more than $3,000 for Donors Choose and Education Through Music, charities that provide New York City schools with funding and programming.

Spin Magazine
"After the Jump Fest Invades Brooklyn: Pela, the Forms, Ponytail, and many more hit the streets on summer's boiling solstice and stir a welcomed commotion."

Brooklyn Radio
"At the end of the night, I felt like I had seen 16 different shows in one day, but somehow they all possessed a certain cohesion that I can't explain. Variety, as they say, is the spice of life, and After the Jump Fest was the proverbial spice cabinet."

Baeble Music
"All in all the festival was a fantastic success; a multitude of bands got exposure, and tons of fans came out to enjoy music on the streets and inside MHOW"

Metromix.com
Check out their ATJ photo gallery of bands and fans mingling in the crowd.

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