All Points West ’09 Photo Recap

July 31– All Points West, a music festival that takes place at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, has been compared to the Coachella Music Festival and other indie music festivals. This year’s festival, which took place between July 31-August 1, featured an impressive line-up ranging from Jay-Z to Coldplay.

I was fortunate enough to cover the first day of this year’s festival, and in doing so, I have garnered many photos throughout the day. You can view some of these photos after the jump. This post is photo-intensive, so it may take some time to load for people with slower connections.

Bo Burnham

Ra Ra Riot

Fleet Foxes

The National

Vampire Weekend

Jay-Z

All in all, All Points West was a very interesting day. Although I never listened to the bands and musicians that performed prior to the show, I had a great time. All of these bands were absolutely outstanding live, and I was very impressed.

My two personal favorites of the entire day were Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend. They played equally great sets, and they were extremely fun to photograph.

The day was plagued with the occasional downpour of rain. It wasn’t too bad until just prior to Vampire Weekend’s performance, and lasted throughout their set, as demonstrated by the photos of them. The rain caused many mud pools to form, which led to a messy way to end the night. The rain stopped prior to Jay-Z’s set.

Jay-Z filled in as the headliner after The Beastie Boys had to drop off the line-up due to Adam Yauch’s throat cancer scare. Although he wasn’t originally planned as the headliner, he did a great job with his performance.

I hope you enjoy these photos, and I hope that I will be able to photograph the All Points West festival once more in 2010.