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Coldplay Closes Big
Coldplay closed out the All Points West Festival in style, giving the audience a light show, an encore, and a tip of the hat for enduring all the mud and rain.
The fans were in full frenetic force while waiting for the band to come out onto the ... -
Elbow Brings Their Genuine Soul to APW
The alternative rock band Elbow hails from Manchester UK. Lead vocalist and lyricist Guy Garvey, guitarist Mark Potter, keyboardist Craig Potter, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Richard Jupp brought their unique styling to APW on Sunday after the rain had ... -
Mogwai Sets the Tone for a Beautiful Night
On Sunday, music fans waited hours to gain entrance to Liberty State Park, during which time it rained in torrents, creating mud and puddles where thousands would soon gather for the final day of All Points West. This didn't stop a couple of thousand people ... -
Going to the Pharcyde
The Pharcyde has been busting rhymes for nearly two decades. In that time, they've garnered a long and tangled history and the respect and admiration of their peers despite that history, which includes drug use on behalf of their original producer J ... -
Kitty, Daisy & Louis
The best musicians have a profound appreciation for music; and, especially, for the music that came before them. If that is the case, then Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, the sibling team from the UK, are pretty darned good. You can hear their utter fandom in ... -
The Arctic Monkeys Play for a Stoked Crowd
The Arctic Monkeys took the stage at five o'clock during a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The Manhattan skyline occupied the background as ferries, yachts and sailboats floated along the harbor directly next to the stage. Although the festival grounds were ... -
Jennifer Tabor Brings Her Souldier to All Points West
The amount of preparation and production involved in executing a smooth music festival involves more schematics than the average mind can process. One thing is definitely true, music festivals are about so much more than music. When you add in the ... -
No One's Got a Swagger Like Z
Jay Z, a last minute replacement for the Beastie Boys, electrified the APW crowd from the moment he stepped on stage. The rapper started his 90-minute set in homage to the Beastie Boys with a cover of their hit "No Sleep till Brooklyn." The song lifted the ... -
Steel Train Arrives
The only thing more fun than listening to Steel Train has got to be playing in the band. These guys look like they're having such genuine fun that they remind you of a couple of teenagers in a garage, living out their rock n' roll dreams. Only these are ... -
Black Gold Makes Music You'll Love
Black Gold is a synth-rock band from Brooklyn, NY that plays terrifically accessible pop. The kind of pop you loved as a teenager; the kind that still makes it to the radio. Which is not the say that Black Gold has made it to the radio. Not yet ... -
Vamped and Amped
The rain fell in sheets during Vampire Weekend's 50-minute set. It fell on the band, the crowd, the security, cameramen, and technicians. It fell on the Statue of Liberty. It fell on Manhattan. It fell on the boroughs. It fell on New Jersey and the old train ... -
The Postelles Bring it Back
When you think of indie rock a certain darkness comes to mind. A certain rugged truth. Not so with the Postelles – they're too busy channeling the '50s with delightfully sincere pop-sensible tunes you could dance to, so long as that dance includes a hip ... -
The National Unties with the Crowd
The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Led by Matt Berninger (and his distinctive deep monotone voice,) the rest of the band is comprised of two pairs of brothers: Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Scott and Bryan ... -
O Yeah
The NYC-based indie band Yeah Yeah Yeahs played APW's Blue Comet Stage on Friday at 7:30. They were the first band to play without the threat of and/or down pouring rain, so the air was electric with positive energy. The crowd did their usual ... -
A Visit from the World Champion
Judah Friedlander lives his shtick. The slightly gross, trucker hat-wearing comedy writer on 30 Rock is a slightly gross trucker hat-wearing stand up comedian, is a slightly gross trucker hat-wearing guy? It's too hard to tell. Thankfully, we don't have ... -
The Cool Kids Kick it Old School
The Cool Kids could be a case study for how talent finds its way into the ether in the Internet age, when the only thing that matters less than a established music label is radio play. That's because The Cool Kids have done everything largely on their own. ... -
Ra Ra Riot Sings in the Rain
Despite being young, Ra Ra Riot is a band that comes with a history. Formed in 2006, the group began playing gigs around Syracuse before making an appearance at CMJ a mere six months after their formation. They went on to receive a bunch of coverage and ... -
Fleet Foxes Gets it Started
Fleet Foxes was one of the first bands to play at this year's All Points West, beginning their set at 3:35 Friday afternoon. Setting up their own instruments without much ceremony, it took me a few minutes to realize that these men were not roadies but in ... -
Cage the Elephant Tells a Story or Two
Fresh off of their appearance on David Letterman, Cage the Elephant made their way out to All Points West, where they played a terrific, high-energy show. It was just another day and just another fest for the band, who's been touring steadily for the ... -
Rain, Mud and Music at All Points West '09
All Points West 2009 was a memorable fest to be sure. There was rain, rain and more rain, which led to mud, which led to mud slipping and mud sliding. But before that, there was waiting. New Yorkers who had come over to Liberty State Park on the ...
