Tag Archive for the term: smashing pumpkins

Osheaga, 10 pm: The bulk of the festival-goers were making a beeline from the instrumental music-box-meets-jack-in-the-box set of Explosions in the Sky, to the rock-is-dead wailings of Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins.
But a few of us were drawn off the beaten track towards the Tree Stage, where we sat cross-legged like children at story-time, [...]

Sun sets and suddenly we’re at summer camp. The bathrooms are full of girls fixing their hair and people juggle beers as they migrate from stage to stage. I feel like exploring the woods with a flashlight, but I wonder if the trees are just a facade that ends after the requisite 5 or 6. [...]

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 [...]