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Bloggin live from Osheaga here - I’m definitely the only nerd who brought their laptop to the fest. Just in case you were thinking of doing this: don’t. There are 10 computers hooked up to the “nets” right here on site because those in the know know that people cannot be expected to sever themselves [...]

Blogging, this labour day Monday from a flat above a bar on Kensington in Toronto where Sara Stanley and Sean Dixon and many other great Canadian theatre heros have lived and worked (but not blogged!) Elran and I had to leave Indyish for a weekend, hustle hard and far away from Friday’s Mess and now [...]

As Alanah put it in an earlier post in this contest, Ile St Helene, where Osheaga is held: “has been around for millenia - it was named by Samuel de Champlain back in 1641, in honour of his fiancée (is it just me or is there something kind of weird about referring to your girlfriend [...]

Know your Montreal bands? You can win a chance to see them play along with Indie-greats at Osheaga on September 8th and 9th.
There are 19 local band names hidden in the paragraph below. Post a comment with one of those band names and you will be entered in the raffle to win a [...]

Like most outdoor-but-not free concerts in Montreal, Osheaga will be hosted at parc Jean-Drapeau on Ile Sainte-Helene. I’ve always found that place has an unworldly 1960s sci-fi vibe. Acutally, until about 10 minutes ago, I had always believed that Ile Sainte-Helène was created in the 1960s as a dump for all the [...]

The Osheaga flyer looks a bit like an eyechart, with all 65 bands of the bands who will play at the 2-day festival squeezed in. I’ve seen the term alternative resurface to describe the lineup, which for me brings back fond memories of engaging in passionate debates over the meaning of Our Lady Peace [...]

Indyish will be raffling off a pair of tickets to the weekend-long Osheaga festival.. Fortunately, you can be entered in the draw without even budging your eyes from your computer screen….

Don’t you love seeing young people do extraordinary things? We’re not talking a six year old who can recite the names of former US president by heart here, but just 7 young folks who make good music.
4584 Papineau, March 15

Into the Dawn by The Coward and the Pelican
Multi-instrumentalist Philippe St-Louis, whom I met at [...]