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What I Wore | Traveling To Osheaga 2012

Heading to Osheaga this morning super bright and early (seriously, 6:45am flights suck, even when you’re flying Porter), so I thought I’d rock something easy yet kinda bohemian hippie chic that I might not be able to pull off at the [...]

August 3, 2012 Fashion, Music
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SIDEWALK HUSTLE x OSHEAGA 2012

We’re heading to Montreal for the weekend to bring you full coverage of this years Osheaga Music Festival and it wouldn’t have been possible without all our partners, especially Virgin Mobile who made this all possible, and Porter Airlines who helped [...]

August 3, 2012 Live Music, Music, Travel
festival style guide

Sidewalk Hustle Exclusive | Festival Style Guide [Women]

1. Vintage Cut Off Shorts, $30-$50 CAN at 69 Vintage 2. Karen Walker Anytime Tan Sunglasses, $285 CAN at The Future of Frances Watson, Karen Walker 3a. Biko Modern Friendship Bracelet, $85 CAN at Bicyclette Boutique [...]

July 31, 2012 Fashion, Shopping
Osheaga 2012 Teaser by Moment Factory

Video | Osheaga 2012 Teaser by Moment Factory

With Osheaga eight days away, the Moment Factory in collaboration with Air France have released a very special video of a very special multimedia surprise. [...]

July 26, 2012 Live Music, Music
Cheap Monday Ex Sunglass Contest

Contest | Win a Pair of Cheap Monday Sunglasses

Osheaga Music Festival is around the corner and you’ll need to start compiling your outfits (if you haven’t already). First things first, SHADES! You can bring your fancy shmansy ones (to drop and get stepped on when you’re drunk, which [...]

July 23, 2012 Contest, Fashion
Bloc Party FOUR Album Art New Music

Bloc Party ‘Four’ Album Art

It is with great pleasure that we announce Bloc Party’s release of their fourth album, conveniently titled Four, which drops on August 21 2012 via Frenchkiss.  [...]

June 1, 2012 Music
The Walkmen We Can't Be Beat

New Music | The Walkmen “We Can’t Be Beat”

The Walkmen have released yet another track off their forthcoming record Heaven which is set to drop later this month via Fat Possum. They’ll also be on tour come this week and will make a stop off in Toronto with Florence [...]

May 10, 2012 Music
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Live at Sonic Boom

Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Live at Sonic Boom

As soon as we got back from Osheaga we remembered The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, who we had just seen on Sunday, were playing an in store at Sonic Boom. Naturally, we went out to support. [...]

August 4, 2011 Live Music, Music
Osheaga 2011 | Beirut

Osheaga 2011 | Beirut

Santa Fe natives Beirut followed Cypress Hill on Sunday at Osheaga with their brand of emotive indie folk music. We’re more recent Beirut fans, only really getting into them after hearing The Flying Club Cup about a year ago since [...]

August 3, 2011 Live Music, Music
Death From Above 1979 at Osheaga 2011 - photo by Pat Beaudry

Osheaga 2011 | Death From Above 1979

Immediate after Lupe finished his hard rocking hip hop show, Death from Above 1979 took to the stage with the now iconic backdrop of their own tombstone. Immidiately diving into “Turn It Out,”  bassist/synth player Jesse F. Keeler and drummer/singer [...]

August 2, 2011 Live Music, Music
Osheaga 2011 | Smith Westerns

Osheaga 2011 | Smith Westerns

Though this was our second time seeing Chicago’s scrawny Smith Westerns, we hadn’t really hadn’t let our love for their classic garage rock sink in till it was blasted in our face from the photo pit at Osheaga on Saturday. [...]

August 2, 2011 Live Music, Music
Osheaga 2011 | Lupe Fiasco

Osheaga 2011 | Lupe Fiasco

On Saturday, day two of Osheaga in Montreal, Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco took to the Scène de la Montagne main stage bringing with him his incredible live show. Slotted in between Karkwa and Death From Above 1979 Lupe held his [...]

August 2, 2011 Live Music, Music
Osheaga 2011 | Joseph Arthur

Osheaga 2011 | Joseph Arthur

Definitely not an artist we anticipated seeing at Osheaga on Friday, but Joseph Arthur surprised us with his one man show. His folky talent was discovered by Peter Gabriel back in the mid-nineties and he has a Dylan-esque vibe to [...]

August 1, 2011 Live Music, Music
Osheaga 2011 | Broken Social Scene

Osheaga 2011 | Broken Social Scene

In the afternoon sunset on the first of three days at Osheaga Festival in Montreal we showed support for uber popular Toronto band Broken Social Scene. They played a decent set of classics, new, and even a Modest Mouse cover [...]

July 30, 2011 Live Music, Music
Osheaga 2011

Osheaga 2011

We had a blast last year at Osheaga Festival in Montreal and the end of July’s dates are fast approaching on the 30th & 31st. The line up last year was pretty amazing with Beach House, Snoop Dogg, Arcade Fire, Major [...]

March 28, 2011 Music