Osheaga 2017: Day 1: Lorde, Justice, Rag N Bone Man, Tove Lo, The Shins, Belle and Sebastian and more - Concert Photos

The fine folks at Canadian Beats asked me to come along and cover Osheaga with them. The chance to attend and photograph the biggest festival of my experience was one I couldn't turn down. In spite of the rain, I had a great time and would cover the festival again in a heartbeat. I loved the overall vibe of the festival, the amazing performers and I always love Montreal.

The full coverage is over at Canadian Beats. Their recap of the festival is here, the day one post is here and the full Facebook album is here.

Here's a collection of other photos that I took on Day 1 of Osheaga 2017.

Click through for my Day 2 and Day 3 coverage posts.

Lorde:

Justice:

Rag N Bone Man:

Tove Lo:

Belle and Sebastian:

The Shins:

From around Parc Jean Drapeau:

Wayhome Line-Up - My Picks

Wayhome Music & Arts Festival has announced their 2017 line-up. Headlined by Imagine Dragons, Frank Ocean, Flume, Justice, Solange, Marshmello, Vance Joy, Schoolboy Q, Tegan and Sara and The Shins, plus a cool list of others and more TBA, it looks like another great festival.

Festival passes go on sale this Friday February 17! Don't miss this summer festival highlight!

Who would I most like to see from this stacked list of artists? Thought you'd never ask.

Click on the artist names for my shots of these artists from past shows!

Solange

Vance Joy

Tegan and Sara

The Shins

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires

Constantines

Darcys

Death from Above 1979

Jagwar Ma

Magic Giant

Phantogram

Pup

Royal Blood

Tanya Tagaq

The Dirty Nil

The Drums

The Naked and Famous

Five by Five: from pop to alternative

In 2004, Jem put out an album called Finally Woken. That's exactly how it felt to listen to these perfectly formed pop songs, with the icing of Jem's vocals on top. Check out "24".

It was back in 2006 when I first heard The Sounds. Dying To Say This To You is an incredibly strong pop album. One that they probably can't be faulted for not being able to top. This tune is "Tony the Beat". It's only the beginning.

I've never posted this old favourite from The Shins. It's "Kissing the Lipless" from 2003's Chutes Too Narrow.

Let's go back to the 90's. 1993 to be exact. Belly featured Tanya Donelly and Fred Abong of Throwing Muses. Their début album Star was packed with great tunes. "Feed the Tree" was the most popular.

I've posted songs by The Posies before, but never this one. It's "Definite Door" from one of the best albums of all time, in my humble opinion, Frosting on the Beater.

New Shins on the way

The Shins have a new album, Point of Morrow, coming out March 20.  You can check out the track "Simple Song" right here.  Sounds like The Shins.  And it's good.



Here's "New Slang" from Oh, Inverted World.  As Natalie Portman's character in Garden State said, "You gotta hear this one song. It'll change your life, I swear."