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Osheaga 2014: Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, Skrillex, OutKast, Half Moon...
The web has been exploding with rumours about the lineup for Osheaga, Aug, 1-2-3, 2014, but we have the real deal – Jack White, OutKast, Skrillex, Lorde, Arctic Monkeys, Half Moon Run and more, at...
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Many reasons to like Osheaga 2014 line-up but let’s start with The Replacements
New Order’s Bernard Sumner at the 2013 Osheaga Music Festival on Sunday, August 4, 2013. (Dario Ayala / THE GAZETTE) Someone buy Nick Farkas a beer. The Evenko executive and founder of Osheaga is...
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Coachella, Weekend Two: updated, frustrated
Update April 19: With apologies, looks like the promise of a second weekend live stream were greatly exaggerated, at least up here in Canada. What looked like an easily accessible live stream, via...
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#mtlfest at Osheaga: Let’s get you caught up with songs by Replacements,...
My Osheaga bracelet is perched on my desk, just waiting for me to hit the métro Friday for the start of the three-day music festival at Montreal’s Parc Jean Drapeau. One of the things that has built...
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#mtlfest at Osheaga: What’s your Osheaga exit plan? (poll)
What is the easiest, best and least painful way to get oneself out to Osheaga at Montreal’s Parc Jean Drapeau, the site of the three-day music and arts festival that starts Friday, Aug. 1 and includes...
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#mtlfest: Mick’s Osheaga diary — Day 1
Here’s the first instalment of my Osheaga diary. I’ll be writing short reviews of the bands I watch each day and talking to people in the audience to see what they think. I want to hear your thoughts...
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Osheaga Day 1 Diary, by T’Cha Dunlevy
As darkness set in, white-boy DJ hero Skrillex (looking like a goth, sporting a Metallica T-shirt and hopping up and down like a one-man cheerleading team) neared set’s end, shouting hip-hop-inspired...
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Osheaga Day 1 Diary, by Erik Leijon
Of the handful of rap acts on day one, headliners Outkast drew the most eyes, and with good reason. If you had been waiting patiently your whole adult life to see B.O.B. or Hey Ya live, you left Parc...
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The Gazette’s photos of the week: July 27 – August 2, 2014
Canadian musician Serena Ryder performs for the 2014 Osheaga Music Festival at Jean-Drapeau Park in Montreal on Saturday, August 2, 2014. (Dario Ayala / THE GAZETTE) André 3000, of the American hip hop...
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Osheaga in video: Day 1 – Outkast, Foster the People, Childish Gambino
Gazette photographer Allen McInnis headed out to the Osheaga Music & Arts festival on Day 1. Here’s his video from a day that included Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover), Outkast and Foster the...
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Locals loom large at Osheaga
Sam Roberts Band (Friday, 4:35 p.m., River Stage). Fresh from afrobeat excursion Collider, Roberts and his band reached out to Killing Joke member and Macca collaborator Youth to guide them in the...
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Dunlevy: Osheaga goes super sonic
Sitting at his desk, in the eye of the hurricane, Nick Farkas seemed to be wondering just what he had created. It was 11 days from the ninth edition of the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival,...
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Lots of work behind the scenes as Osheaga continues to grow
MONTREAL — Before dozens of bands take to the stage Friday, before throngs twentysomethings invade Île-Ste-Hélène and before the shows start, there’s the small matter of building six massive concert...
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Video: Osheaga Day 1 with Outkast, Childish Gambino, Foster the People
MONTREAL - Outkast, Childish Gambino and Foster the People are among the performers on Day 1 of the 2014 edition of the Osheaga Music & Arts festival on Montreal’s Parc Jean...
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