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[FEST PREVIEW] Montreal’s Osheaga Festival Revealed An Extensive Lineup, Here’s The Top 10 Acts Not To Miss

The word Osheaga is said to have originated when Jacques Cartier met the Mohawks near present day Montreal. The Mohawks meaning of the word, which they pronounced, “O she ha ga”, meant people of shaking hands, and was how they described the French. From the meeting, Cartier transcribed the word as meaning large rapids, while the Mohawks went on […]

[FEST NEWS] Sasquatch! Festival Is A Beautiful Weekend; Is LiveNation Hell-bent On Ruining it?

It was winter of 2013, a particularly cold and brutal time to be in Minnesota; I was in a serious rut. Tired of my job, and rapidly losing interest in my political science degree, I reached out to the social media hive mind for an escape from the monotony (and the freezing temperatures) of St. […]

[NEWS] 2012 Lollapalooza Lineup Leaked

Chicago’s biggest music festival, Lollapalooza, is still more than five months away, but we now have part of the leaked 2012 lineup thanks to one festival insider. Over the weekend, someone in Lollapalooza’s camp took to Twitter under the handle @LollaLeaks and began sharing information that was supposed to be kept under wraps until Spring. […]

[ALT/ROCK] The Shins – “September”

New material from The Shins has been circulating around the blogosphere lately. They just released their latest track “Simple Song” and are now following it up with it’s B-side, “September;” a down tempo, acoustic driven track that fans should enjoy. The Shins begin touring in mid-April and their latest album, Port of Morrow, will be […]