Osheaga 2009: The Recap

45 000 people.
That’s how many showed up for this year’s festivities. Readily beating the 28 000
that showed up last year.
Coldplay had a lot to do with this number obviously and it’s probably because of
them that we may see another edition next year but I’d like to think the rest of
the schedule was enticing enough for [...]

AGDFA 102 ( Osheaga 2009 Edition )

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Kiss, Kiss” ( interscope )
Is Is EP [ amazon ]
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Vampire Weekend “Ladies Of Cambridge” ( xl recordings )
Mansard Roof (Single) [ amazon ]
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Amazing Baby “Smoke Bros” ( shangri-la music )
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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 [...]

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 [...]

Soulwax Will Never Die

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The Dewaele brothers.
Stephen (singer) and David (guitarist).
Belgians by birth but now, citizens of the world.
Started their music careers back in 1996 with Soulwax, IMHO the best
electro-rock band working it today.
They have 3 albums to their name: Leave The Story Untold (1996), Much
Against Everyone’s Advice (1998) and my favorite in the bunch, Any Minute
Now (2004) [...]