and Chris La Putt
"Hip-hop gets odd treatment at festivals like All Points West, where most of the lineup leans toward indie-rock. The rock acts, beyond the name-brand headliners, are current: darlings of the club and college circuit and the blogs that support it...
Jay-Z @ APW in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ - 7/31/09 (photo)
Brooklyn's own Jay-Z opened up his headlining set at All Points West on Friday night with a cover of the Beastie Boys classic "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"...
The Cool Kids @ Highline Ballroom (More by Leia Jospe)On some level, yes, perhaps this was inevitable. But after many locals realizing it for some time now, it seems that the Chicago-based hip-hop duo The Cool Kids--or more likely, the people who represent them--have finally been hipped to the fact that, here in , there exists a lo-fi punk outfit by the name of the Teenage Cool Kids...