2007 Brampton Indie Arts Festival

Brampton Indie Arts Festival Report #3: Mark Mothersbaugh, Ghost Is Dancing

Saturday at the Brampton Indie Arts Festival was an all-day affair, but I was forced to miss most of the daytime festivities due to less than exemplary health. I strolled in at 7:30 p.m. to find Toronto DJ duo InsideAmind setting up their gear on the second stage. The first half of the set started tentatively, as the two DJs felt out their...
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The Ghost Is Dancing

Brampton Indie Arts Festival Report #2: Ohbijou, Baby Eagle

I began my second day at the festival on the main stage, where Ohbijou got things started. Their brand of smooth chamber pop was perfectly suited to the venue, and Ohbijou pulled out all the stops. All seven members were present, with a couple of guest violinists thrown in for good measure. The small army on stage gave their music a full, rich...
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Ohbijou

Brampton Indie Arts Festival Report #1: Final Fantasy, The Meligrove Band

To many, seeing "indie arts" and "Brampton" in the same sentence together will come across as strange. After all, how much appetite can there be for independent art in this thoroughly suburban strip-mall community? Clearly, there's a healthy demand though, as the Brampton Indie Arts Festival just wrapped its seventh year. As...
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The Meligrove Band

Final Fantasy, Meligrove Band Headline Brampton Indie Fest

I'll tell you what the world needs more of: indoor winter festivals with good music. Organizers of the Brampton Indie Arts Festival are savvy to this fact, and their 2007 edition, which has been curated by the always-weird Friendly Rich, features a lineup as diverse and wonderfully weird as ever. It takes place from Feb. 14-17. In addition to...
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