All Points West Festival – Line Up Announced

The line-up for the first annual All Points West Festival was announced today, and all the rumors are true. Times two. Radiohead will be the headliner for the Friday and Saturday night of the festival. It looks like it is going to be an awesome weekend. Tickets are also on sale now for $89/day or $258 for all three days. It sounds like it’s worth it. I would go if I was in the area.

So here is the line-up:

Friday August 8

• Radiohead
• Underworld
• Spearhead
• The New Pornographers
• The Go! Team
• Girl Talk
• CSS
• Forro in the Dark
• Juana Molina
• Little Brother
• Andrew Bird
• Mates of State
• Nicole Atkins

Saturday August 9

• Radiohead
• Kings of Leon
• Animal Collective
• Metric
• Chromeo
• The Roots
• The Black Angels
• The Virgins
• The Felice Brothers
• Alberta Cross
• Sia
• K’Naan
• Duffy
• Your Vegas

Sunday August 10

• Jack Johnson
• Cat Power
• Rodrigo y Gabriela
• Amadou and  Mariam
• Youssou n’Dour
• Black Kids
• Jason Isbell
• Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
• Rogue Wave
• Neil Halstead

So that’s the line up. Let me know if you’re going. If you need some extra info check out the All Points West website.

Cheers!

All Points West – Jersey City, New Jersery Aug.9-11 2008

It has been announced that the producers of the Coachella festival in California, will be putting on an East Coast version of the festival in New Jersey. The All Points West Music and Arts Festival will take place from August 9-11 at Liberty State Park. It has been rumored that Radiohead will be headlining the first annual festival. The amount of acts and bands will be similar to that of Coachella and about the same amount of stages. Check out this article about what the producers of festival feel the festival will be like.

The line-up and other news will announced soon. Check the All Points West website. There isn’t much there yet, but you can sign up for their newsletter to get updates and news.

If you have heard any other news or updates about the festival let me know.