Author Topic: All Points West Music & Arts Festival 2009 - July 31 to Aug 2 at LSP (Read 11590 times)

elgoodo · « **Reply #49 on:** 07-23-2009, 08:42am »

Wow...I agree. That's a more than fair trade.

Soshin · « **Reply #48 on:** 07-23-2009, 08:37am »

99 Problems but APW ain't one of them

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/jay-z-to-replace-beastie-boys-at-all-points-west/?hp

This actually sounds like a pretty good deal to me

bdlaw · « **Reply #47 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:27pm »

Quote from: shahaggy on 07-20-2009, 01:13pm

oh no, devestating, I was so excited to see them

Yeah, because it's all about YOU.

jehu · « **Reply #46 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:15pm »

Sad to hear....

shahaggy · « **Reply #45 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:13pm »

oh no, devestating, I was so excited to see them

elgoodo · « **Reply #44 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:07pm »

wow, that sucks. all the best to the OTHER mca.

PuddinPop · « **Reply #43 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:06pm »

whoa, it appears GG and I just posted the same message. SAD JINX!

Quote from: gungirl_newyork on 07-20-2009, 01:04pm

It looks like The Beastie Boys may have to cancel their appearance. Adam Yauch announced he has cancer.

Hang in there Yauch, feel better.

PuddinPop · « **Reply #42 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:05pm »

Just saw that the Beastie Boys are cancelling their summer tour because (their) MCA has cancer. Sad news

ChairWomanMay · « **Reply #41 on:** 07-20-2009, 01:04pm »

It looks like The Beastie Boys may have to cancel their appearance. Adam Yauch announced he has cancer.

Hang in there Yauch, feel better.

MCA™ · « **Reply #40 on:** 07-17-2009, 01:40pm »

Examiner.com has a basic guide to APW: The All Points West outdoor music festival returns to New York Harbor for its second year.

elgoodo · « **Reply #39 on:** 07-12-2009, 01:33am »

Quote from: RB on 07-11-2009, 06:40pm

Quote from: TheFang on 07-10-2009, 02:08pm

Saturday:
Mea- Nico Case

Mea?

+1

TheFang · « **Reply #38 on:** 07-11-2009, 07:30pm »

Quote from: RB on 07-11-2009, 06:40pm

Quote from: TheFang on 07-10-2009, 02:08pm

Saturday:
Mea- Nico Case

Mea?

I figured that might get a bit of that around here.

RB · « **Reply #37 on:** 07-11-2009, 06:40pm »

Quote from: TheFang on 07-10-2009, 02:08pm

Saturday:
Mea- Nico Case

Mea?

TheFang · « **Reply #36 on:** 07-11-2009, 03:27pm »

Quote from: mouse on 07-10-2009, 02:08pm

So, are any of these bands any good (please don't say "Coldplay")?

Seriously, could one of our resident guru's (I'm lookin' at you Goodo) come up with a "lazy person's listening guide to APW?"

This way, I can stroll down the boardwalk (or, more likely, sneak in) when the good bands are playing. The rest of the time I can carouse in the park.

Thanks in advance,
-M

In my humble opinion, these are the bands worth seeing each day, and surprisingly, there's a good amount of them. Oh and the APW website has clips of each band.

Friday:
Yea- Shearwater, Fleet Foxes and the Pharcyde
Mea- Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, The National and Beastie Boys
Nea- Vampire Weekend, and the rest.

Saturday:
Yea- Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Artic Monkeys, Ting Tings, ....Trail of Dead, White Rabbits.
Mea- Nico Case
Nea- No one really seems like not worth seeing, the best night all around I'd say.

Sunday:
Yea- Echo and the Bunnymen, Black Keys, Elbow, and Mogwai
Mea- Silversun Pickups, We Are Scientist, the Gaslight Anthem.
Nea- Coldplay.

Soshin · « **Reply #35 on:** 07-11-2009, 08:38am »

+1 on The Black Keys, I am a fairly recent convert as I figured they were just a White Stripes clone, boy was I wrong. Their last two albums have been melting my earwax for the last couple of months.

I am going Sunday, so I've only really paid attention to Sunday's line-up. If you take the vaginal discharge known as Coldplay out of the line-up it is actually not that bad at all. Mogwai, the Scottish depressionists are a great festival band but I fear the will be on whilst it is still light out which means they may sound and look a little out of place. Usually they have a killer light show and their music suits the dark corners of many a bad acid trip quite nicely.

Elbow's last album was really good, which coming from me is a helluva statement as I am not known for my love of bands from Manchester. It has an orchestral-rock thing going on that reminds me of the Cocteau Twins or Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips.

Echo and the Bunnymen are one of those bands that I only own a "greatest hits" by since I have never really felt the need to check 'em that much deeper, however what I know I like better now than I did when it first came out. Ian McCullough is one of the best singers out there and I think he'll probably be well worth watching.

Gaslight Anthem are the new local boys on the bill but I bet they go down a storm as they basically sound like Born to Run-era Springsteen, and if the audience has a large NJ contingent they will lap it up.

During the Coldplay set you will find me downing my last mandated 7th beer of the day and burning myself alive in a port-a-potty. All in all should be a good day.

getgarbs · « **Reply #34 on:** 07-10-2009, 03:35pm »

Quote from: mouse on 07-10-2009, 02:08pm

So, are any of these bands any good (please don't say "Coldplay")?

Seriously, could one of our resident guru's (I'm lookin' at you Goodo) come up with a "lazy person's listening guide to APW?"

This way, I can stroll down the boardwalk (or, more likely, sneak in) when the good bands are playing. The rest of the time I can carouse in the park.

Thanks in advance,
-M

The Black Keys are the reason I'm going....they are sick! blues infused rock with an edge.

getgarbs · « **Reply #33 on:** 07-10-2009, 03:33pm »

Quote from: elgoodo on 07-10-2009, 12:44pm

It certainly did NOT work like that last year. It would be great if it did. Last year they basically treated the paying audience as if they were children (only 3 beers allowed per person for a 12 hour concert, etc.)

I sent about 4 emails to the info at APW a couple months ago, never heard back....

I also did not know about the ridiculous beer rule until after I bought my tickets. Now I am starting to think I should have opted for making the trip to Chi-town again, where it is laid back and the beer and wine flow freely (as long as you have the cash) from 20 different locations and you can come and go as you please....

mouse · « **Reply #32 on:** 07-10-2009, 02:08pm »

So, are any of these bands any good (please don't say "Coldplay")?

Seriously, could one of our resident guru's (I'm lookin' at you Goodo) come up with a "lazy person's listening guide to APW?"

This way, I can stroll down the boardwalk (or, more likely, sneak in) when the good bands are playing. The rest of the time I can carouse in the park.

Thanks in advance,
-M

elgoodo · « **Reply #31 on:** 07-10-2009, 12:44pm »

It certainly did NOT work like that last year. It would be great if it did. Last year they basically treated the paying audience as if they were children (only 3 beers allowed per person for a 12 hour concert, etc.)

getgarbs · « **Reply #30 on:** 07-10-2009, 12:32pm »

Do you get a wristband, so you can enter and exit the park throughout the day? Do you have the option to leave and come back in the same day?

That's how Lollapalooza works and I'm hoping that is how APW works as well.

EasyRidersJC · « **Reply #29 on:** 07-10-2009, 11:41am »

All Points West festival daily and weekend specials are now available for July 31st, August 1st and the 2nd.

Rent a bike for the whole day to the festival. Easily accessible to Liberty State Park, only 10 minutes away from pick up point on 8th street down Jersey Ave. We provide the bike, lock, helmet and map.

Go green, cruise the city, avoid the traffic and public transport. Think global, live local.

Easy Riders JC
contact@easyridersjc.com
201.377.9771
www.EasyRidersJC.com

shahaggy · « **Reply #28 on:** 07-09-2009, 02:36pm »

Quote from: Rodney on 07-09-2009, 01:56pm

They should all come check out Grove Street Bicycles

good plug Rodney

Rodney · « **Reply #27 on:** 07-09-2009, 01:56pm »

They should all come check out Grove Street Bicycles

skwirrlking · « **Reply #26 on:** 07-09-2009, 06:36am »

I checked yesterday, and you could still get tix for all days.

elgoodo · « **Reply #25 on:** 07-08-2009, 05:07pm »

What Soshin said.

Jersey City, NJ Community Forums · « **Reply #25 on:** 07-08-2009, 05:07pm »

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