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Stills Former Guitarist Rejoins Band in Time for Kings of Leon Tour

Janice, Flickr At their recent jam-packed club gig at Toronto's legendary Horseshoe Tavern, the ... Read More »

The Thermals Feel Like a Band Again on New Album 'Personal Life'

Alicia J. Rose As much as he stands behind the Thermals' last few albums, singer-guitarist Hutch ... Read More »

Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Released From Hospital After Attack in Japan

Lisa Johnson Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley had already been released from the hospital by the ... Read More »

Kid Koala Recruits Mike Patton and Jon Spencer for New Slew Record

SekondHandProjects Kid Koala's thirst for rock hasn't been quenched just yet. Last September, ... Read More »

Weezer Get Post-Ironic, Play Most Rock Star Show Ever at Osheaga

Weezer was a band that entered the mainstream by defying it -- they repped the nerdy underdog in a pop world ruled by the cool kids. ... Read More »

Devo Play Dress Up, Tell Tales of Michael Jackson at Osheaga

Most people tend to mellow with time, but the members of Devo just seem to be getting stranger. Through a full set of hits, the New Wave veterans indulged in their sillier tendencies to great effect. ... Read More »

Ra Ra Riot Plant 'Orchard' Seeds, Praise Food at Oshega Festival

Though most folks at Montreal's Osheaga Festival saw either Metric or Devo perform in the second-last slot of the fest's final day, a minority were on hand to watch Syracuse, NY's Ra Ra Riot ... Read More »

Snoop Dogg Covers House of Pain at Osheaga

In the fifteen years since his gangsta-rap debut, Snoop Dogg has become more of a celebrity than a musician. The iconic, laid-back rapper easily stirred the audience at Montreal's Osheaga festival, but spent more time playing hype man over his own beats than actually rapping. ... Read More »

Metric's Emily Haines Gets Nostalgic at Osheaga

The sight of Metric lead singer Emily Haines bopping behind her keyboard has become synonymous with Canadian music festivals, though in the past they've often been on smaller stages. ... Read More »

Major Lazer Incite Nudity at Osheaga

With all the big name rock acts taking over the Osheaga festival's two main stages, it can be easy to forget about the dance-friendly talent on display on the side stages. ... Read More »

Sonic Youth Reprise 'Daydream Nation' at Osheaga

Like Pavement the night before, Sonic Youth were indie elders amongst a more current crop of rock bands. ... Read More »

Black Keys Get Bigger at Osheaga Festival

If Jack White has taught the Black Keys anything, it's that you can't stick to a limited set-up forever. ... Read More »

Jimmy Cliff Provides Uplifting Diversion at Osheaga Festival

A festival loaded with indie rock talent like Arcade Fire and the National may have seemed like an odd setting for 62-year-old reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, but Cliff's Osheaga Festival set proved to be an uplifting diversion from the festival norm as Cliff led his 10-piece band through a career-spanning set. ... Read More »

Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Perry Joins the National at Osheaga

It's not a far stretch to say that Brooklyn-via-Cincinnati band the National and Montreal-via-Texas group the Arcade Fire are musical blood brothers. ... Read More »

Walkmen Dedicate Song to Canadian Border Guard at Osheaga

It took the Brooklyn/Philadelphia-based Walkmen over half a day to drive to Montreal for their Osheaga Festival set and nearly a couple of seconds for it to have almost been for naught. ... Read More »

Owen Pallett Storms Offstage During Osheaga Set

The troubles began early on when Pallett stopped the show's opening number to berate his sound man. ... Read More »