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Osheaga Festival 2012, Day Three: Passion Pit, Metric and the Black Keys Rock On, Despite Rain

Frank Yang There was a festival storm roaming from city to city this past weekend, from the ... Read More »

Osheaga Festival 2012, Day Two: Garbage Proves Timeless, Snoop Plays Dogg and Lion + More

At day two of the 2012 Osheaga Festival, Garbage, Snoop Lion and Little Dragon were among the highlights. ... Read More »

Osheaga Festival 2012, Day One: Sigur Ros Get Emotional, Franz Ferdinand Bring the Fun + More

The Osheaga Festival kicked off Friday with sets by Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, Florence and the Machine and more. ... Read More »

Summer Music Festival Guide: Lollapalooza! Edgefest! Pitchfork! Pop Montreal! More!

Summer is here and that means some of the best and biggest music festivals are here, too. ... Read More »

Osheaga Lineup: Black Keys, Florence + the Machine and More Announced

Big name acts Black Keys, Florence + the Machine, Metric and Sigur Ros will perform at this year's 3-day Osheaga festival in Montreal. ... Read More »

Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne Marries Couple Onstage to Close Osheaga Festival

Shirlaine Forrest, WireImage Moments before the last song, on the last day of Osheaga (July ... Read More »

Elvis Costello Can't Compete With DFA1979 and Ratatat on Day Two of Osheaga

While Eminem brought a record-shattering 38,000 people to their knees with a swaggering set on July 30, Saturday headliner Elvis Costello managed to sway only 2,000 to stick around. ... Read More »

Eminem Draws Record Crowd on First Day of Montreal's Osheaga Music Festival

Though the ticket read Osheaga, it could just as easily have been called the Eminem Show as a record 38,000 people packed Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau July 29 to watch the rapper. ... Read More »

Eminem, Death Cab for Cutie and Flaming Lips to Play Montreal's Osheaga Festival

Eminem, Death Cab for Cutie and the Flaming Lips are some of the bigger names confirmed for this year's Osheaga Music and Arts Festival in Montreal. ... Read More »

Osheaga Festival 2010 Pictures

This year's Osheaga Festival certainly wasn't without its hiccups -- Owen Pallett fled the stage ... Read More »

Weezer Get Post-Ironic, Play Most Rock Star Show Ever at Osheaga

Weezer was a band that entered the mainstream by defying it -- they repped the nerdy underdog in a pop world ruled by the cool kids. ... Read More »

Ra Ra Riot Plant 'Orchard' Seeds, Praise Food at Oshega Festival

Though most folks at Montreal's Osheaga Festival saw either Metric or Devo perform in the second-last slot of the fest's final day, a minority were on hand to watch Syracuse, NY's Ra Ra Riot ... Read More »

Snoop Dogg Covers House of Pain at Osheaga

In the fifteen years since his gangsta-rap debut, Snoop Dogg has become more of a celebrity than a musician. The iconic, laid-back rapper easily stirred the audience at Montreal's Osheaga festival, but spent more time playing hype man over his own beats than actually rapping. ... Read More »

Metric's Emily Haines Gets Nostalgic at Osheaga

The sight of Metric lead singer Emily Haines bopping behind her keyboard has become synonymous with Canadian music festivals, though in the past they've often been on smaller stages. ... Read More »

Major Lazer Incite Nudity at Osheaga

With all the big name rock acts taking over the Osheaga festival's two main stages, it can be easy to forget about the dance-friendly talent on display on the side stages. ... Read More »

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 »