I've never figured out why there seemed to be a mainstream backlash against Quiet Riot. When Quiet Riot last came though New York (they played the St. George Theatre in Staten Island in 2006), I asked some of my friends who have mainstream musical tastes (i.e. Nickelback and Poison fans) if they wanted to go with me to the show and they gave me looks like I asked them if they wanted to see (i.e.) The Wiggles open for Miley Cyrus. My friends missed a fabulous show – Rehab (which the band was touring behind at [...]
In case you missed the news last week, there's about zero chance that we'll see another All Points West music festival. Similarly, it doesn't look like AEG will revive its All Points West festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. "We're probably going to kill it," says Phillips of APW, "mostly because the site. [...] Related posts: All Points West Festival May Be Dead for 2010 All Points West 2008 | Day Two in Brief Radiohead @ [...]
While sometimes it feels like the first half of year is dedicated to festival announcements, it's looking like we won't have to do much more reporting on the much maligned All Points West. According to the New York Times, APW may be heading to the great big festie graveyard in the sky. The AEG Live-booked fest, which had made its home at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ the last two summers and had featured the likes of Radiohead, Jay Z, Jack Johnson and Ernie Anastasio, is [...]
In truth, the fate of Liberty State Park's two year old All Points West festival has been in doubt ever since the first drop of rain fell on Fleet Foxes sometime on Friday afternoon, early on da... Continue reading "Farewell, All Points West?" >
Lineup announcements for the 2010's Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Bumbershoot festivals have come and gone, but we've only got radio silence from the All Points West camp. The three-day fest in Liberty State Park, New Jersey, was founded two years ago by AEG Live, promoters of the California-based Coachella in an attempt to nail down the elusive New York City festival market. Unfortunately, when you have an outdoor concert featuring only a handful of the gajillion amazing artists who play in New York every year and then add a sl0w-moving ferry, New Jersey, and New Jersey's [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Don't count on a third annual All Points West festival this summer. While the 2009 event, which counted Jay-Z , Tool and Coldplay as headliners, seemed like a success despite the heavy rains, executives at AEG Live have told the New York Times that they still haven't decided on whether the event will return to New Jersey's Liberty State Park in Jersey City. "There is no question that our biggest challenge is finding [...]
Per report from the New York Times , it looks like the All Points West Festival may not happen this year. Another one bites the dust? And just when I got into the neighborhood too. Damn, meng! Related posts: All Points West 2008 | Day Two in Brief Radiohead @ All Points West All Points West 2008 | Day One in Brief
New York Times have just put out an article on All Points West not so certain future. Excerpt below. Full article here . It may be only February, but for the concert industry the summer is already here, with artists completing their tour schedules and festivals releasing their lineups. Bonnaroo , in Tennessee in June, has announced most of its 100-plus acts, and blogs have been buzzing for weeks about who is expected for Lollapalooza in Chicago in August. One name, however, has been conspicuously absent from the [...]
The Black Keys at All Points West (08/02/09) Photo : D. Caplan Tickets for The Black Keys July 27, 2010 show at Central Park Summerstage go on Amex and venue presale starting today ( Feb 3 ) at 11AM ( Buy Tickets ). There is also a fan club presale happening over here right now (ends Feb 4 at 4PM EST). Regular on sale commences Feb 5 at 11AM. More Black Keys APW pics coming soon.
10. Phoenix + Passion Pit @ Central Park Summerstage (Sept. 26th) ; Prior to this year and these ears hearing the inescapable "1901" we hadn't really ever paid attention to Phoenix and we're pretty sure most Americans would echo that sentiment. But this year the band was everywhere! On TV, on the radio, and most wonderfully in cities around the U.S., quite often with the blowing up Boston band Passion Pit. For two nights in September the two bands dominated the stage in Central Park, ushering in the early autumn days with a perfect set mixing their upbeat, catchy [...]
Chris Martin of Coldplay at All Points West (08/02/09) Guy Berryman of Coldplay Photos : D. Caplan Apparatjik consists of Coldplay's Guy Berryman , A-ha's Magne Furuholmen , Mew's Jonas Bjerre and producer Martin Terefe . The band's previous output includes a single song entitled "Ferreting" which appeared on the album, Amazon Tribe: Songs For Survival , a soundtrack for Bruce Parry's BBC2 TV [...]
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Fountain The Fountain is the forthcoming eleventh studio album by British band Echo & the Bunnymen . The album is being produced by John McLaughlin , and Coldplay singer Chris Martin has collaborated with the band on one of the album's tracks. The first single from the album, "Think I Need It Too", was due to be released in August 2008,[1] but is now scheduled for release on September 28th 2009. The Fountain will [...]
This week, Jay-Z released the artwork and track listing for his eleventh solo album, The Blueprint 3 . Kanye West produced most tracks on the album, which features collaborations with Pharell (on the N.E.R.D.-produced track "So Ambitious"), Kid Cudi, Drake, and Alicia Keys. The buzzworthy contribution by MGMT comes in the form of "Venus vs. Mars", which they produced. The Blueprint 3 will be released on September 11, 2009 by Atlantic Records. View the full track list after the jump, and click here to see photos by Oliver Correa from Jay-Z's recent headlining performance [...]
Neko Case at All Points West (08/01/09) Photos : G! Alt-country chanteuse Neko Case closed out the schedule on the second stage here at All Points West with a mellow, melodic set of ballads (one, "That Teenage Feeling," was about her "first imaginary boyfriend") and gentle rockers. Set highlights included swaying renditions of "Hold On, Hold On" and the title track from her most recent album, "Middle Cyclone." ... As Case closed her set and the skies grew dark, the squishy grounds [...]
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead at All Points West (08/01/09) Photos : G! -Few bands have been through the hot'n'cold internet hype machine wringer quite like …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead . But if weathering major label headaches, hipster backlash and line-up changes has taken a toll on the group, you wouldn't know it from watching their early afternoon onslaught. Showing a shocking amount of energy for a 2 o' clock performance, Trail tore [...]
MUSIC NEWS - NJ's The Gaslight Anthem have announced additional tour dates on their upcoming Fall 2009 North American headline tour , including stops in NYC (thankfully, since the band was cut at the last minute from NJ's ALL POINTS WEST Fest), Boston, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Rochester and a second show in L.A. (full itinerary below). The Gaslight Anthem have been become one of rock music's most celebrated acts, thanks to their heartfelt soul-inflected rock that revealss influences as diverse as Tom Petty, The Clash and [...]
Cage The Elephant at All Points West (08/01/09) Photos : G! I wasn't really familiar with the Bowling Kentucky's Cage The Elephant before All Points West , but I liked what I heard on MySpace enough to send Greg out to snap some photos on Saturday. Apparently the folks from Dave Letterman liked what they heard too, because the band was invited to make their network television on The Late Show just a couple of days before the festival. [...]
Day three we were back to All Points Wet, with lightning warnings so bad they didn't let people in until four. That meant Steel Train, Kitty Daisy and Lewis and my personal faves the Gaslight Anthem were all cut. Disappointing for many, but the remaining sets made up for it. I should note that I've already written a review in a best/worst format of day three that you can read over at SPIN.com . The first act to get going once the gates were opened was PT Walkley [...]
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