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Osheaga: Bloc Party Keep The Beat, Montreal Bands Score Big Points

Montreal has never had a shortage of social events during the summer, so a large, corporate outdoor weekend fest was never an absolute necessity. With the increasingly diverse and relevant Jazzfest still present in the rearview mirror and Pop Montreal less than a month away, Gillette Entertainment's second annual Osheaga festival has a decidedly...
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Osheaga Festival 2007

I Read The News Today... For July 20, 2011

Austra's Katie Stelmanis will appear on Trans Love Energies, the first album in seven years from U.K. psych rockers Death In Vegas. It comes out Sept. 12, and Stelmanis sings on two tracks. Moby's announced a North American tour that'll take place this fall to support his recently released Destroyed album. Go see him... y'know... if you still like...
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Austra's Katie Stelmanis

I Read The News Today... For April 20, 2011

If you've been waiting over three years to hear some falsetto folk crooning, you won't have to much longer: Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore album is out June 21. First Rusty reunited... now SIANspheric have reunited. Or will reunite on May 14 to play a show with stoner rockers Quest For Fire in Hamilton, Ont. —Facebook Diamond Rings has signed...
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Eminem, Flaming Lips, Death Cab Playing Osheaga

A few weeks ago, it was revealed that Eels and Death From Above 1979 would play this year's Osheaga Music And Arts Festival in Montreal. Now the entire lineup's been released and should do a lot to please enthusiastic indie rock fans in La Belle Province.Eminem will headline a day at the festival, which has been extended to a three-day format this...
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Death From Above 1979 Confirmed For Osheaga 2011

Facial hair already looks to be in abundance at this year's Osheaga Music & Arts Festival in Montreal.Eels announced yesterday that they were playing the July 30 and 31 festival. After a bunch of whisperings on the interwebs (and maybe partly because of this story), organizers have now confirmed that, yes, Death From Above 1979 will perform at...
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Death From Above 1979

YYY Added To Osheaga Festival Lineup

The lineup for Montreal's Osheaga Festival just got better. Gentleman Reg, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Chinatown and Flash Lightnin' are now scheduled to the stage on Aug. 1 at Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arkells, Hey Rosetta!, Ladies Of The Canyon, The Beatnuts, Heartless Bastards, Lanan and Li'l Andy will perform the...
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Osheaga Returns And Heavy MTL Debuts On Montreal's Festival Calendar

The third annual Osheaga Music And Arts Festival will move up by a month, while Gillett Entertainment Group will introduce a second major festival to Montreal this summer. Osheaga will take place on Aug. 3 and 4 at Parc Jean Drapeau, while the new Heavy MTL fest will be staged at the same location on June 21 and 22. Jack Johnson will make his...
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Smashing Pumpkins To Headline Montreal's Second Osheaga Festival

MONTREAL — Last year's Labour Day shindig in Montreal, the Osheaga Music And Arts Festival, was such a grand ol' time that organizers have decided that a repeat is in order. The newly and partially reunited Smashing Pumpkins will headline the outdoor fest, taking place at Jean Drapeau Park on Sept. 8 and 9. Other artists already scheduled to...
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