Beast of the East: All Points West Returns
The Beastie Boys, Tool and Coldplay have been tapped to headline the second annual All Points West festival in Jersey City on July 31 – August 2 2009. READ ON for the full lineup which includes no jambands…
Akron/Family, Arctic Monkeys, Beastie Boys, Black Gold, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, Chairlift, Coldplay, The Cool Kids, Crystal Castles, Echo & the Bunnymen, Elbow, Electric Touch, Etienne De Crecy, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, The Gaslight Anthem, Ghostland Observatory, Gogol Bordello, Heartless Bastards, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Kool Keith, The Knux, Lykke Li, MGMT, Mogwai, MSTRKRFT, My Bloody Valentine, The National, Neko Case, Organized Konfusion, The Pharcyde, The Postelles, Q-Tip, Ra Ra Riot, Seasick Steve, Shearwater, Silversun Pickups, St. Vincent, Steel Train, Telepathe, The Ting Tings, Tokyo Police Club, Tool, Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, White Rabbits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yelle
Comedy: Arj Barker, Bo Burnham, College Humor Live, Eugene Mirman, Janeane Garofalo, Jim Jeffries, Judah Friedlander, Michael Showalter, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Todd Barry
Head over to Consequence of Sound for much more.
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 10:44 am
May have to go back just for Friday, but unfortunately this fest seems to have no soul.
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 10:47 am
wow – thoroughly unimpressed with that lineup
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:57 am
I don’t own tight enough jeans for this year’s APW fest. Oh well.
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:59 am
Unfortunately, I don’t own tight enough jeans for this year’s APW fest. Oh well.
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 12:25 pm
this shit sucks
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Yes hipster jokes abound but:
Akron/Beasties/Black Keys/Chair Lift/Cool kids/fleet foxes/flying lotus/Ghostland/kool kieth/knux/mgmt/national/pharcyde/ra ra riot/silversun/steel train/telepathe/v weekend/white rabbits/yyys –
all sound good to me regardless of how tight or patchworky my pants may be.
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 4:16 pm
the comedy lineup is good.
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Brutal. If a judge said Option A is the clink, Option B is ATP 09, I’d have to think it over.