Osheaga daydreams

Andrew Potter writes of Sunday's Flaming Lips show in Montreal:

One of the best shows I’ve ever seen, period, at the coolest venue in New York. A close second, concert-wise, was the Flaming Lips two days ago, closing out Montreal’s Osheaga Festival. No one brings the pure joy like Wayne Coyne. A gorgeous end to the summer.

This is the understantement of the year. Ben Harper followed right away, but it is pretty much impossible to match the energy and fun that had just been on stage 100 feet away.

Some other Highlights:

1) Wolf Parade lives up to the hype, even after spending the first ten very frustrating minutes of their set trying to get the monitor levels right.

2) Final Fantasy shows just how much one can do with a pedal and a violin.

3) Bedouin Soundclash wisely deciding to let a Montreal Reggae artist, whose name I tragically forget, take over singing for a third of their set. He sounded way better than a Zeller's Ad.

4) Kid Koala. I missed most of his full set, but he took the mainstage before the flaming lips played. I never really appreciated DJing before, but I sure do now. Best was when he remixed an old piece- I'm guessing the title would be something like "Heartbreaker". Quiet, understated, and really, really awesome.

Dissapointments:

1) Ben Lee, who sounded good as background music on Grey's Anatomy, came off as bland but nice.

2) I've always complained about the food options at bluesfest, but atleast they are standard and the lines move quickly. Waiting in line for 25 minutes to pay 3.25 for a boiled hotdog is beyond outrageous.

I took some pictures, which I may add to this post later.