APW taps Jay-Z to replace Beastie Boys

By Alex Young on July 23rd, 2009

You read right. All Points West has tapped a fellow Brooklynite to replace the Beastie Boys.

Xavier Rudd will perform at real U.S. venues on upcoming tour

By Alex Young on June 4th, 2009

It turns out that Xavier Rudd won’t just be playing casinos and the country of Canada when he kicks off his summer tour later this month. Now included in the Australian musician’s upcoming itinerary in support of last year’s Dark Shades of Blue will be dates at venues all across the U.S. this summer, resulting [...]

All Points West returns with ’09 lineup

By Alex Young on March 30th, 2009

Call it what you want, but the All Points West Music Festival is here to stay, at least for one more year. After bursting on to the scene with a lineup featuring two nights of Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Trey Anastasio, and over 40 other acts, the three-day music festival will return to Jersey City’s Liberty [...]

Open Thread: All Points West ’09

By Alex Young on March 29th, 2009

We haven’t had one of these in a while, but then again we haven’t been hours away from the announcement of a lineup this big in some time. Here’s what we know: All Points West will announce its 2009 lineup tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. EST. At this point, Tool and Coldplay look to be [...]

All Points West ’09: Major announcement on Monday…

By Alex Young on March 27th, 2009

What better way to jump start your weekend then with a whole lot of anticipation over this year’s All Points West Music Festival. According to APW’s Twitter, the Jersey City based festival will be making a “major announcement” on Monday. What could this be about? Perhaps dates? Though thanks to the April 4th edition of [...]

Cursive shells out more tour dates

By Alex Young on March 13th, 2009

Cursive has been appearing on CoS quite a bit lately, and for good reason. After all, in just the last two weeks, the Omaha based outfit has offered up its brand new studio album, Mama, I’m Swollen, unveiled a free new tracks, and helped save us a few bucks. Next up on the agenda? How’s [...]

APW Main Event: Radiohead (8/9)

By Elizabeth Grobel on August 10th, 2008

Radiohead returned to All Points West on Saturday night for the conclusion of their epic two night headlining stint at the inaugural edition of the Jersey City based music festival. Going into the night, the question certainly on everybody’s mind was, simply put, what would Radiohead do? How would Thom Yorke and company follow up [...]

APW Main Event: Radiohead (8/8)

By Elizabeth Grobel on August 9th, 2008

Radiohead wowed the crowds gathered at Liberty State Park in New Jersey last night with a two-hour set to toast the end of Day 1 of All Points West. The band put on a stunning, quite possibly seizure-inducing light show that seemed the perfect complement to the New York-New Jersey skyline across the Hudson River. [...]