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Guide to Osheaga 2010: Day 1
We’ve gone on and on about how good this year’s Osheaga Festival is promising to be. The initial lineup boasted some incredible acts like Arcade Fire, Stars, Pavement and The National. Over the ensuing months the Osheaga team went above and beyond in booking new acts to make the lineup even better. We are now only 11 sleeps away from day 1 of this year’s Osheaga Festival and all that’s left to decide is who to see at what time. That’s where we come in. The following is a comprehensive guide to this year’s Osheaga Festival which will hopefully make some very difficult decisions a little bit easier.
Saturday Video Parade!
Our latest Saturday Video Parade just may be our best one yet! Not only do we have some brand new videos by some Canadian favourites, including The New Pornographers, Stars and Metric but we’ve even got some new ones from albums that haven’t even been released yet. Read more…
This Week in Montreal
So it appears that summer has arrived in Montreal, bringing with it enough ice cream, cold brews, picnics and BBQs to liven up your weekends. As much as we all love lounging in parks and terasses across town, we can’t forget that summer is not complete without its requisite tunes. So for a brief moment, drop that frisbee and come check out some of the bands that will visiting Montreal this week. If there is one show not to miss it would be LCD Soundsystem, whose new LP This Is Happening is sure to become part of your summer soundtrack. Keep on reading for a small sampling of Montreal shows this week such as Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Mono and The Twilight Sad, and Stars.
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Stars Release Another New Song, Play Montreal Apple Store
Are you ready for the return of everyone’s favourite Canadian pop group? Well maybe not everyone’s, but Stars are certainly favourites of ours. Not too long ago Stars released “Fixed“; a first taste from the band’s forthcoming LP, entitled The Five Ghosts (Out June 22nd on Soft Revolution/Vagrant). Well just today the band has offered up another track (via Pfork) for our listening pleasure.
Stars Release New Single: “Fixed”
Well they are at it again. Canadian indie-rock band Stars have recently released the details for their fifth studio album, which will be called The Five Ghosts, and will be released on June 22nd, but now they are giving us a sneak peak at what the album will sound by offering up the first single as a free download.
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