Osheaga festival is two thirds over, and already im wishing it was gonna last longer than it is. Never thought id say it, but im a little nostalgic for a two week-long Bluesfest experience, know what i mean?
Here, now, thoughts and observations from Day 2.
- great tatoo on the underside of a guy's arm: "Build a better ____"
- Great set by Plants & Animals, i was very impressed - great version of Good Friend that had the crowd going nuts and with the lyrics, "it takes a good friend to say you've got your head up your ass," you could hear people in the crowd going, "ya, thats true!"
- it was so hot they broke out the water canons, but they werent strong enough to reach the majority of the crowd so the front, right corner of the crowd was getting drenched! it was refreshing at first, but then it was getting repeatedly soaked over and over again. Moral of the story: variable-jet water canons.
- P&A seems like a great quarter-life crisis band with their contemporary style and existencial yet down-to-earth lyrics
- They remind me of Wilco, if i had to compare
- Young the Giant had a better, though less psychedelic set than the one i saw three weeks ago in Ottawa - it was a smokin hot afternoon under the sun so they couldnt be as lightshow focused, and they rocked a bit more. One song reminded me of Pearl Jam's Given to Fly, but i maintain my My Morning Jacket comparison.
- YtG also has a sort of Spoon-style simplicity combined with the soaring, ethereal arcs Coldplay style oooh-oooooh-ooooooh reverb
- overheard during the fest - "They want to get rid of our health care!"
- "We should all just fuckin' use gold anyway, man."
- Rockin set by the Arkells, who continue to win converts with every show. Nice tease of the Black Keys "Lonely Boy" - "We've had this weekend circled on our calendar for a long time," said lead singer Max Kerman.
- shout out to 2005-Bonnaroo-tshirt-wearing Will, Colin and their group from Fredericton on their festival tour, who got to see Iron Maiden for the first time last week and were Arkells virgins
- British DJ duo SUBTRKT was really good, mixing elements of classical and dubstep, and as a charming twist they were so typically British
- when he said, very understatedly to the crowd between "scenes," "it's hot up here, (sigh)" it was so typically british i cant even describe why it made me laugh so much
- sorta like, "this is gonna be our last scene of the night, i fink"
- Feist was great, very bluesy and much harder than expecting, but with some very uplifting, operatic sections to it with a female-power liberation Dixie Chicks feel at times. Interesting set. - Someone brought a palm tree and passed it through the crowd up to the stage.
- "it does kinda feel like Coachella out here today," she said in the heat
- "Thanks you doe bringing a palm tree, which i only ever dreamt would happen."
- overheard at the Sheepdogs: "Not going to Snoop Dogg?"
- "Bah no, and it's Snoop Lion now..."
- "Snoop Lion!"
- "Sheep Lion!"
- Sheepdogs were absolutely awesome, they are the best jam band to come out of Canada in a long time. they honestly sounded like the Allman Brothers, and were teasing Jessica throughout the whole show
- "That shirt is really rad man, i didnt know the bears could board!"
- spontaneous applause in the metro station on the way home for Canada when the medal count was flashed on the screens in the tunnel. Gotta love it.
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