Review: Spectacular sets from Arcade Fire and Pavement top Montreal music festival.
Montreal’s Osheaga Festival is so quintessentially Canadian.
The crowds are respectful and polite, the surroundings are calm and peaceful, and the lineup is filled with Canadian musicians.
Staged in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island, the festival effectively mixes the urban and natural world. I was only able to attend one day (Saturday) of the two-day weekend festival, but the homeyness and simple charm of Osheaga made the trek up north well worth it
Canada is quickly becoming the next great country for hot music, like Sweden has proven over the years, and Parlovr is Canada's latest contender.
With gust-busting drumming, seismic crashing hooks and addictive melodies, Parlovr is my latest Canadian crush.
So many great bands are bursting out of Canada now and have been for years, like Tokyo Police Club, Crystal Castles and Metric, just to name a few. It's also no wonder Parlovr sounds a lot like the next coming of Canada-great, Arcade Fire...