Osheaga 2009: Beastie Boys Out, Vampire Weekend In

It’s fair to say that the most talked about news in the music world this
week was Beastie Boys’s Adam Yauch announcing to the world that he had
cancer. A tumor was found in one of his Parotid Glands which is located
in the back of his throat.
“luckily it was caught early and is localized in one [...]

Osheaga 2009: The Schedule

The peeps at Osheaga finally revealed the schedule with the band
line-up for each days and set times.
Surprisingly, I only have one conflict on my schedule for the whole
weekend and that’s between The Roots and Lykke Li but really, The Roots
got the upper hand on this one.
As the Osheaga organizers likes pointing out, “Line-up subject to [...]

MVs Collection #07

St. Vincent - “Actor Out Of Work”

St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) sitting in a big, empty hangar, actors all
lined up to audition for her. She stares them down one by one as they cry
into submission. Directed by Terri Timely.
Miss Clark will be in town August 7th playing @ La Sala Rossa.

Emiliana Torrini - “Jungle Drum”

A [...]

Osheaga 2009: Some More bands Added to The Lineup

As the day of reckoning approaches.
only a month away.

Satuday, August 1st
Montreal band The Stills, Toronto’s electro synth lovers Woodhands and quirky
chanteuse Jesca Hoop have been added to the the lineup.
Sunday, August 2nd
Brooklyn’s Amazing Baby who recently were in town opening for Phoenix and
Manotick, Ontario’s own Hollerado have been added to the lineup.

As for the “In [...]

Osheaga 2009: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Added to The Lineup

Osheaga organizers aren’t f’ing around.
This year’s edition is believed to be a make or brake situation for the festival
and if this year’s attendance is not up to their desired number it could be all
done for and we would have only ourselves to blame.
I believe this year’s lineup matches up quite well with the other big [...]

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