All Points West Announce 2009 Line-up

The second annual All Points West festival have managed to bring a killer line-up to their 2009 festival.

The festival will take place from July 31-August 2 at Liberty State Park

Here's the line-up:

Friday, July 31: Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, Organized Konfusion, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, Seasick Steve, Telepathe, Shearwater, Heartless Bastards, Flying Lotus, College Humor Live, Arj Barker, Eugene Mirman and Bo Burnham.

Saturday, August 1: Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case, The Ting Tings, Yelle, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Tokyo Police Club, The Cool Kids, Kool Keith, Cage the Elephant, Chairlift, White Rabbits, Electric Touch, The Postelles, Black Gold, College Humor Live, Tim & Eric, Judah Friedlander and Jim Jeffries.

Sunday, August 2: Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen, MGMT, The Black Keys, Elbow, Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists, Ghostland Observatory, The Gaslight Anthem, Etienne De Crecy, Lykke Li, Akron/Family, Steel Train, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, College Humor Live, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter and Todd Barry.

Likely Looks: Coldplay - Life In Technicolor II

Coldplay got a little lazy and decided to replace themselves with puppets for their latest video "Life In Technicolor II".

The kids seem to enjoy it and Chris Martin even has the ability to crowd surf as a puppet...pretty incredible.

Santogold To Support Coldplay On Their U.S. Tour

Santogold continues her 2008 takeover of the U.S., being announced as the opening act for several of Coldplay's stops on their "Vida La Vida" tour.

She's also got a couple of live dates on her own...so if you want to skip the big arena you've got a few other options.

Here are the dates:

July
20 New York, NY Central Park SummerStage (headlining)
23 Chicago, IL United Center (supporting Coldplay)
25 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (supporting Coldplay)
29 Montreal, Bell Center (supporting Coldplay)
30 Toronto Air Canada Center (supporting Coldplay)

August
2 Hartford, CT XL Center (supporting Coldplay)
3 Washington DC Verizon Center (supporting Coldplay)
4 Boston, MA TB Banknorth Garden (supporting Coldplay)

Coldplay Postposted Their Upcoming Tour

With a U.S. tour ready to happen in just a couple of weeks, Coldplay pulled the plug on the June 29th start date due to "production delays".

The tour will now start on July 14th in Los Angeles as opposed to June 29th in Philadelphia. Fans can get refunds for the canceled shows or hold on to their tickets till the date is rescheduled.

The free shows happening in New York, London and Barcelona are still good to go though! Did you get your tickets?!

Likely Looks: Coldplay - Violet Hill

Whatever the formula Coldplay has mastered in crafting the perfect emotional pop is just mind blowing. With their third album Vida La Vida Or Death And All His Friends soon to be released, their first single Violet Hill will secure their spot as one of the biggest and best bands in the world.

The clip sees Chris Martin and co. as soldiers getting down and dirty in a desert and in front of a pretty house performing the track. Obviously, Chris Martin has no shame about his teeth as well...

Its an odd one but good none the less...

Did You Register For Your Coldplay Tickets?

Coldplay are doing the "good press" thing and taking the free route to their music and shows for their upcoming album "Vida La Vida Or Death And All His Friends". First it was a free download for their single "Violet Hill" and now its a free concert at Madison Square Garden.

To get tickets for the show go to www.coldplay.com, follow the directions and you are on your way to possibly getting a pair!

See you at the gig!

Coldplay Go Latin

Coldplay seems to be quite influenced by their surroundings according to the latest written posting on their official website. Their upcoming album (due later this year) has been partially recorded in Spain which caused the Latin influence to their new tracks. The messages states, "No maracas or castanets...but a vibrancy and colourfulness that owes much to the atmosphere of Buenos Aires and Barcelona".

Now judging that Coldplay really hasn't changed their sound much since they started, these tracks should be quite interesting.

NY Broad x

Mark Ronson - Version

Mark Ronson found his way to my heart after being a part of two of my favorite albums in the last few years, LIly Allen "Alright, Still" and Amy Winehouse "Back To Black". Therefore I care about the release of "Version" which comes out June 12th.

You can stream the full album on Mark's MySpace now. The cover of "Valerie" with Winehouse, Lily's cover of the Kaiser Chiefs "Oh My God" and Mark's cover of Coldplay's "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" all equal absolute music bliss.

The fine folks at RCA also created a spiffy ecard which you can get here

Its good shit...I promise

NY Broad x


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