Posts tagged Osheaga
Sonic Youth Reprise 'Daydream Nation' at Osheaga
Like Pavement the night before, Sonic Youth were indie elders amongst a more current crop of rock bands. ... Read More »
Black Keys Get Bigger at Osheaga Festival
If Jack White has taught the Black Keys anything, it's that you can't stick to a limited set-up forever. ... Read More »
Jimmy Cliff Provides Uplifting Diversion at Osheaga Festival
A festival loaded with indie rock talent like Arcade Fire and the National may have seemed like an odd setting for 62-year-old reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, but Cliff's Osheaga Festival set proved to be an uplifting diversion from the festival norm as Cliff led his 10-piece band through a career-spanning set. ... Read More »
Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Perry Joins the National at Osheaga
It's not a far stretch to say that Brooklyn-via-Cincinnati band the National and Montreal-via-Texas group the Arcade Fire are musical blood brothers. ... Read More »
Walkmen Dedicate Song to Canadian Border Guard at Osheaga
It took the Brooklyn/Philadelphia-based Walkmen over half a day to drive to Montreal for their Osheaga Festival set and nearly a couple of seconds for it to have almost been for naught. ... Read More »
Owen Pallett Storms Offstage During Osheaga Set
The troubles began early on when Pallett stopped the show's opening number to berate his sound man. ... Read More »
Deadmau5 Cancels Gigs After Collapsing at D.C. Concert
Charley Gallay, Activision / Getty Images Anyone planning on seeing Deadmau5 perform on the ... Read More »
K'naan Joins Keane Onstage at Osheaga Festival
The great thing about festivals is that sometimes it reproduces unlikely collaborations. Such was the case in Montreal last night, when K'naan was called upon by British rock band Keane for a guest appearance during their Osheaga Festival set. ... Read More »
Arcade Fire Burns Bright at Osheaga Homecoming
Back for the first time as headliners at their hometown festival, it felt like fate was conspiring to turn it into a special show. ... Read More »
Pavement Welcomes Osheaga Crowd Back to 1996
"We're Pavement, welcome. It's 1996 all over again," announced Stephen Malkmus to Montreal's Osheaga Festival crowd. ... Read More »
Beach House Shines at Osheaga Festival Despite Delay
Many festivalgoers couldn't help but wonder if issues with that stage were the reason Beach House's set, which was scheduled to occur thirty minutes after Jamie Lidell's -- also delayed -- set, was beset by myriad technical difficulties. ... Read More »
Major Lazer's Switch Brings Underground Music to the Masses
If one were to compile a list of music's most in-demand producers, there's no doubt Dave 'Switch' ... Read More »
Tiga, Crystal Castles Rave Through Osheaga Thunderstorms
Crowd surfing took on a whole new meaning at Day 2 of Osheaga as Crystal Castles' frontwoman Alice ... Read More »
Coldplay Covers 'Billie Jean,' Outshines Fireworks at Osheaga
You know a band are pros when they don't get thrown off by surprises. At Montreal's outdoor Osheaga ... Read More »
