Osheaga 2010: The Recap

Posted on | August 7, 2010 | 1 Comment

A week ago today, 53 000 people showed up on Île-Sainte-Hélène, making this year’s festivities their most well attended edition yet.

Killer lineup of bands + perfect Summer weather, there was no way this edition
would fail.

Highlights for me included hearing songs from the new Walkmen album “Lisbon”.
they were the first band I caught on Satuday and really defined what made of
awesome the rest of my weekend would be like.

The Walkmen – “Victory”

Vancouver twosome Japandroids rocked it pretty hard on the Green Stage as
expected.

Japandroids – “Rockers East Vancouver”

Seeing Pavement for the first and probably last time was something I never
thought I get a chance to. They were one of those indie bands I missed out
on seeing live during their height of popularity in the 90’s. Except for
one  douche who threw his full cup of beer straight on the Malkmus
(who credit to him, took it pretty well) it all went down pretty easy.

Pavement – “Grounded”


Pavement – “Cut Your Hair”

Seeing little Tweens rocking to Sexagenerians Devo like they were the next
Justin Bieber or someone of that ilk, put a smile on this old, jaded face.

Their whole set was pretty much made of silliness.


Devo – “Don’t Shoot (I’m A Man)”


Devo – “Girl U Want”

Devo – “Whip It”

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion … witness the greatness.


The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – “Burn It Off”

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – “She Said”

Haven’t lost a step. Hoping for a new record soon.

The pictures I managed to take sans my DSLR is up on Flickr.

And the full list of videos I shot during the weekend is up on YouTube.

Saturday, July 31st

Arcade Fire – “Haiti”
Jimmy Cliff – “Wild World” (Cat Stevens Cover)
Edward Sharpe &  The Magnetic Zeros – “Home”
Final Flash – “Chosen Generation”
Japandroids – “Heart Sweats”
The National – “Mistaken For Strangers”
Owen Pallett – “That’s When The Audience Died”

Sunday, August 1st

The Black Keys – “Everlasting Light” ( 2 )
Blitzen Trapper
Hannah Georgas – “Chit Chat”
Hannah Georgas – “Dancefloor”
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ( 1 ) ( 2 )
Seu Jorge & Almaz – “Ziggy Stardust” (David Bowie Cover)
Major Lazer
The Morning Benders
Snoop Dogg – “Gin & Juice”
Sonic Youth ( 1 ) ( 2 )
Still Life Still
Weezer – “Say It Ain’t So”

I wasn’t able to look up song titles of some of those performances
so if you can identify them, lemme know in the comments section.

See ya next year Osheaga, you beautiful bastard you.

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Autolux “Transit Transit” Out Today

Posted on | August 3, 2010 | No Comments

At long last!

After delays upon delays upon delays, this sucker is finally in
stores.

To be honest, I didn’t think I would still be alive to witness
this momentous event but here it is.

Now, Let’s hope the third album gets a 2012 release and not 2016.

You can stream the whole album on their Myspace page.

Buy the digital version of the album for 5.99$ on Amazon.

The single “Supertoys” is out now in the UK with the non-album track
(i.e. the b-side) titled “Curtains” which you can sample here.

Come witness my college radio debut as my bud Omar Goodness and I will
yack about the album in length on a very special episode of “Hooked On
Sonics”, his weekly radio show on CJLO Thursday nights @ 6pm ET.

You can live stream it here.

The whole record will be played in it’s entirety and also rare tracks
will be featured, songs that were performed live but never recorded in
studio and cool covers and collaborations aswell.

Do not miss their Montreal show @ La Sala Rossa August 25th.

Tickets can be purchased here.

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A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 118 ( Osheaga 2010 )

Posted on | July 26, 2010 | No Comments

73 Mins : 28 Secs

Pavement “Cut Your Hair” ( matador )
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain [ amazon ]
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Sonic Youth “Sugar Kane” ( geffen )
Dirty [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Talk About The Blues” (matador)
Acme [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Devo “Mind Games” ( warner bros )
Something For Everybody [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Weezer “Tired Of Sex” ( geffen )
Pinkerton [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Robyn “Cry When You Get Older” ( konichiwa records )
Body Talk Pt. 1 [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Mansion Feat. Isis Salam “Tight As A clutch” ( independent release )
N/A [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Major Lazer Feat. Jovi Rockwell “Can’t Stop Now” ( interscope )
Guns Don’t Kill People … Lazers Do [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Metric “Stadium Love” ( metric music )
Fantasies [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Hannah Georgas “Dancefloor” ( hidden pony records )
This Is Good [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Stars “Fixed” ( soft revolution )
The Five Ghosts [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Beach House “Zebra” ( sub pop )
Teen Dream [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

The Walkmen “Stranded” ( fat possum )
Lisbon [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Fran Healy “Buttercups” ( rykodisc )
Wreckorder [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “40 Day Dream” ( vagrant )
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

Arcade Fire “Empty Room” ( merge records )
The Suburbs [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

The National “England” ( 4ad )
High Violet [ amazon ]
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New Tron: Legacy Trailer

Posted on | July 22, 2010 | No Comments

Was unveiled today at Comic-Con and it is made of even more pure awesome-ness
than the first trailer we got back in March.

In this one, you get to see Jeff Bridges working with his younger
self circa 1982. Some crazy Hollywood wizardry went into it to achieve
this (think Benjamin Button) which you can learn how they did it here.

December 17, 2010 … You’ll know where I’ll be.

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Autolux : “Transit Transit” Album Pre-Order

Posted on | July 21, 2010 | No Comments

Is now ONLINE.

Someone buys me the Deluxe Edition package pretty please.

This is what it gets you:

The album on 180 gram vinyl.
Limited edition 12″ x 12″ silk-screened poster which looks awesome.
Limited edition Supertoys white 180 gram vinyl 10″.
Exclusive Transit Transit T-Shirt.
Digital release in 320kps MP3, Apple Lossless or FLAC files.

“Transit Transit” out in 13 days.

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