Posts Tagged ‘ Osheaga ’

Osheaga 2016 lineup announced: Radiohead, Lana Del Rey, RHCP

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February 23, 2016

The 2016 Osheaga lineup has been announced and its headliners stack high the musical cards. And there is lots of talent under those big names too. Some bands you may have heard of or listened to and enjoyed or could imagine them sounding good and others you may not even notice...
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Osheaga 2015 weekend preview – Montreal festival turns 10 this year

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June 1, 2015
Nas

Nas will headline Saturday night at Osheaga 2015 Osheaga is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year! With 117 headliners of a variety of genres, it promises to be a wicked mid-summer festival for all different types of people. Let’s hope the sun shines bright all the way through! Where? Osheaga is...
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Osheaga announces full 2015 line up

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May 31, 2015
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performing at Osheaga music festival, 1 August 2010 - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

Weezer at Osheaga 2010 Celebrating 10 great years this summer, the Osheaga Music and Arts festival has released the full 2015 line up and there’s a little bit of something for everyone. Alvvays, Alt-J, The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, The Creator, Weezer, Nas and Bahamas are some of the more commonly...
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Osheaga teaser game gives line-up clues including Jack White, Queens of the Stone Age, Portugal The Man, Lorde, July Talk, Band of Horses and AFI

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March 6, 2014
Osheaga 2014 line-up teaser

Osheaga festival in Montreal has released a special interactive teaser image, with clues to this year’s festival line-up. Fans can enter a contest by guessing as many bands as they can find using the clues in the mural. Three winners will win passes to Osheaga 2014 before tickets go on on Tuesday,...
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Osheaga’s Brit-packed 2013 line-up revealed – tickets and pricing info

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March 11, 2013
Osheaga 2013

 Claps all round!  New Order will headline Osheaga with The Cure Montreal called… She’s asking to party. Yes, here it is, the line-up for Osheaga 2013 in Montreal: It’s all looking a bit Brit-packed! The Cure and New Order are joined by stadium sell-outs Mumford and Sons, plus three of the...
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Osheaga 2011 – Sunday photo gallery with The Flaming Lips, Crystal Castles, Cypress Hill

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August 7, 2011
The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne at Osheaga music festival 2011, Montreal - photo by Liz Keith, Music Vice

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips at Osheaga 2011 MAGIQUE! The Gig: Osheaga 2011 When: 31 July 2011 Where: Jean Drapeau Parc, Montreal, Quebec In One Word: Magic Full photo gallery from Sunday at Osheaga 2011, featuring Beirut, The Luyas, The Low Anthem, Cypress Hill, Crystal Castles and The Flaming Lips…...
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Osheaga 2011 – Saturday review with Death from Above 1979, Karkwa, Ratatat

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August 7, 2011
Osheaga 2011 – Saturday review with Death from Above 1979, Karkwa, Ratatat

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal – site of Osheaga The Gig: Osheaga 2011 When: 30 July 2011 Where: Jean Drapeau Parc, Montreal, Quebec In One Word: Enthralling It is impossible not to notice the flux of visitors who have traveled to Montreal for the fest. The city’s main subway terminal is full of...
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Ra Ra Riot interview – RRR talk about their forthcoming new record The Orchard; “album leaks are inevitable”

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August 9, 2010
Ra Ra Riot's Milo Bonacci and Rebecca Zeller at a picnic table behind the scenes at Osheaga 2010, Montreal - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

Ra Ra Riot from Syracuse, New York are set to release their sophomore record The Orchard on 24 August 2010 on Barsuk Records in the US, and via Arts & Crafts in Canada. Last weekend on Sunday at Osheaga music festival in Montreal, I sat down with guitarist Milo Bonacci and...
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Osheaga 2010 review and pictures – Sunday round-up with photos of Weezer, Devo, Metric and Sonic Youth

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August 5, 2010
Emily Haines of Metric at Osheaga music festival, 1 August 2010 - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

The Gig: Osheaga music festival Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada When: Sunday 1 August 2010 In One Word: Special Saturday at Osheaga was incredible but Sunday was a lot more of the same – and then some! Sure, Arcade Fire’s performance was not  bettered, but the atmosphere and fun times  had been...
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Osheaga 2010 pictures – Saturday round-up with photos of Arcade Fire, Pavement, Japandroids and Rich Aucoin

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August 3, 2010
Pavement at Osheaga music festival 2010, Montreal, Quebec - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

The Gig: Osheaga music festival Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada When: Saturday 31 July 2010 In One Word: Incredible My pilgrimage to Osheaga began at precisely one minute past midnight on Saturday morning, as I took an eight hour Greyhound ride from Toronto to Montreal via Ottawa. Coaches and couch surfing –...
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