all points west

The final day of the first annual(?) All Points West festival featured a much different vibe than the more indie-tastic Friday and Saturday. The big name on the bill was Jack Johnson, whose set featured sit-ins from both Trey Anastasio and Matt Costa, who had both performed with their own bands earlier in the day. Other performers during the jam-friendly Sunday included Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power and Amadou and Mariam on the main stage, and The Secret Machines, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, and Rogue Wave holding down the other two. We wish we could have made it up to NYC for this event, but thankfully a whole bunch of other folks did.

Saturday, August 9th brought about another batch of bands to see how well they could hold the attention of the crowd who was mostly there to see Radiohead headline their second night of the All Points West festival. Kings Of Leon, Animal Collective, Metric and Chromeo held down the "Blue Comet" stage, while The Roots, Sia, The Black Angels, and Nicole Atkins spotlighted both the "Bullet" and "Queen Of The Valley" stages. Once again, take the time to enjoy the videos and coverage of the people who were actually there.

Yesterday - Friday, August 8th - finally brought a true-blue music festival to the New York area. After years of trying by many different groups to host a festival near NYC (we all remember the ill-fated Bonnaroo NE), the folks at Goldenvoice (Coachella) and AEG Live (Rothbury, Mile High) finally found the right spot, and, by the looks of it, haven't created a complete disaster. Radiohead was friday's big ticket at the All Points West festival, bringing out a host of NY's finest hipsters to gather at the massive Liberty State Park in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. While waiting for Radiohead, they were treated to a bunch of other great bands and musicians including Andrew Bird, Grizzly Bear, Girl Tak, Underworld and CSS. We're not in NYC for this event, but plenty of people are, so we'll let you read their coverage. Also, people have been posting some brilliant videos from the event, including pretty much every Radiohead song performed.

Well, we have another line-up for you summer festival goers. This one comes to us from the AEG/Goldenvoice produced All Points West festival. The rumors about Radiohead and Jack Johnson headlining were true. The thing about it is that nobody told us that we'd be getting a double dose of those body-snatching Brit-rockers. The line-up is quite diverse bringing in many current indie sensations like Animal Collective and Cat Power. Summer festival troopers Michael Franti and Spearhead and The Roots are also featured, while some of my favorite new acts like the Black Kids and Rogue Wave are thrown in towards the bottom.

Full line-up after the jump