Thursday, February 21, 2008

All Points West lineup announced

Well, another indie festival, and yet another inexplicable notch in Jack Johnson's surf-washed belt. The sandal-clad crooner will be singing all four of the notes he knows how to sing at the All Points West festival this year; his headlining is a black mark on an otherwise quite agreeable lineup:

Radiohead, Jack Johnson
Underworld, Kings of Leon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Youssou N'Dour, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Metric, CSS, Girl Talk, Chromeo, The Go! Team, Amadou and Mariam, The Black Angels, Sia, The Felice Brothers, K'Naan, Jason Isbell, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Alberta Cross, The Virgins, Black Kids, Mates of State, Duffy, Forro in the Dark, Nicole Atkins, Juana Molina, Little Brother, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead, and Your Vegas

Not a bad haul, given that this year will mark the maiden voyage of Coachella's counterpart. The only question that remains is why the people who plan these two festivals insist on holding them in the shittiest cities on their respective coasts.

For more information, you can visit the festival website:
http://www.apwfestival.com

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