Osheaga 2010: The Recap

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 [...]

AGDFA 118 ( Osheaga 2010 Edition )

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Pavement “Cut Your Hair” ( matador )
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain [ amazon ]
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Sonic Youth “Sugar Kane” ( geffen )
Dirty [ amazon ]
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Talk About The Blues” (matador)
Acme [ amazon ]
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Osheaga 2010: Even More Additions To The Lineup

The Latest:
Fran Healy (Travis lead singer)
Galactic w/ Cyril Neville
Ariel
Horse Feathers
K’naan
Had a chance to see Fran Healy’s show last Fall and it was quite fun.
Just him and Travis band member Andy Dunlop performing songs from the
Travis catalog and telling tales from bygone days.
Here’s how the schedule is shaping up day wise:
Saturday, July 31st:
Arcade Fire
Pavement
The Antlers
Avi Buffalo
Bahamas
Beach [...]

2010 Osheaga Music Festival ( Lineup Announced )

Now that I’m back from SXSW, It’s time to think about other music
festivals I get to look forward in the coming Summer season.
First up, the 5th edition of our own local little slice of the Summer
music festival pie, I speak of course of Osheaga, which is held
each and every year @ Parc Jean-Drapeau on île [...]

Coachella 2010: Lineup Announced

The 11th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival lineup was unveiled today and
it’s a doozy folks!
You got big ass names like Jay-Z, Faith No More, Muse, Gorillaz, Pavement
and Thom Yorke and his “Eraser” band he put together last fall for his
solo performances.
On the oldies front, a very 80’s heavy lineup of old schoolers like Echo [...]