As you must already know, Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool is out of commission for a while because of construction projects planned there. Because of this, the free concert Pool Parties, which have become a huge success in New York and are expanding to other cities this year, will now be taking place along the East River. And they’ve just released their summer ‘09 line-up. Check it out!

Find out more about The Pool Parties, here!

We know the 2009 SXSW online festival schedule has been out for a few days now, but we thought we’d point out that this year they’ve done it right.

Not only does this new Website allow you to easily plan all the different shows you’ll be rocking-out to next month, it lets you read about all of the bands from this year’s festival, as well as listen to and download tracks from most of the acts directly from their page. So instead of having to cram your way into Stubb’s to find out if a band sucks or not (or search for their Myspace page), just click the “play” button.

We hope to see you in Austin this year; the festival should be a good one. (We hear the Oak Ridge Boys are playing!)