Osheaga 2018 (Aug 3rd-5th)

Getting there a little before noname. Would be down to meet at that stage before. Wearing an oversized Cardinals jersey and khaki shorts

Shoutout to the Perrier house. Killa Jewel was actually spinning some great classic hip hop with amazing air conditioning.

Getting off the Island yesterday was completely unacceptable. Tonight I'm just bulldozing my way through the main exit. I'm going to be as obnoxiously American as possible. Also the Mountain stage is really pisssing me off I don't know who thought it was a good idea to put it up on a plateau, but sightlines suck so bad. Future Islands are the only set I've seen there where I feel like I actually attended the set. Water situation is still not great, and I thought sound was across the board quiet. Sorry for bitching but I'm a lil disappointed at the logistics of this fest considering how good it was in '16. But the music has still been great for the most part.

Alvvays - Freaking awesome. Third time seeing them, and my experiences thus far have been mixed, but they were on their A game yesterday and the crowd was very good.

Kali Uchis - Her sound was TERRIBLE. she sounded like there was a muffin between her in the microphone so so muffled.

Blondie - I saw them last year with Garbage and was prepared for the new arrangements and Debbie's compromised vocals, but I thought the show was still great. I think Debbie for 67 is still a great front woman and it was very cool seeing her right after seeing Karen O, there is a very obvious influence.

Future Islands - Saw them at P4K in '15 and hated them, this was much improved. I still think their beats are all exactly the same, but the show they put on is undeniable irresistible. And the screaming is choice.

Khalid - My group wanted to check them out. Talk about Vanilla. Couldn't be more boring, atleast the crowd was relatively well behaved. Though I found a used condom before Monkeys....

Paak - bummed I only caught half to get a good spot for Monkeys, he was great. So high energy and his catalogue is already surprisingly deep.

AM - Saw them in '14 on a 105 degree day at sunset and wasn't feeling it. Much better this go around. I love the new stuff it has a Shadow Puppets vibe which is my preferred Alex Turner project. And the old stuff sounded great on a big main stage. The opening 4 jams were fucking sick, my face melted.

1)Arctic Monkeys
2) Alvvays
3) Paak
4) Blondie (this is bias they're one of my favorite bands)
5)Future Islands
6)Khalid
7) Kali

Florence + The Machine today. I will cry. I have every other time I assume the same today. Loved watching her dance side stage last night.

When you guys coming

I’ll head back now

Damn, I just left! I may head back over in a bit, actually really digging the DJ on the Island stage right now (Julia Govor)

I miss the old layout...these crowds are insane

1 more year, grasshopper. 

Glad I'm watching james bay and waiting for the national

Kali was goddamn great. She was my third favorite set on Saturday after Arctic Monkeys and Anderson Paak.

And I passed out/slept in the middle of the floor of the philly airport. Feeling a little better. Why is this airport so cold

I feel like I am getting bruises just looking at this crowd

I had no issues with the layout, I liked it once we got down the logistics. Yesterday was the best day for me. Trombone Shorty put on the performance of the weekend along with Paak. I was really impressed with Goldlink too, I didn’t like his Coach set but this was really good. We got within a few rows for just about everyone pretty easily. Franz and Jungle were also awesome and thinking about it now most of my top sets came from the green stage. 100% would come back for this but I’m not buying blind tix for a fest anymore so as long as they continue with another strong lineup I’ll try to come back.

I think my top sets would look like:

1a Anderson.Paak
1b Trombone Shorty
3 Franz Ferdinand
4 Jungle
5 Sylvan Esso

HM: De La Soul, Ron Gallo, GoldLink

Yesterday was great. There are logistical issues with this site (trying to get all 40,000 or whatever people out an 8 ft exit is laughable, but this lineup was just so fucking good. Yesterday was my favorite day for sure

Lewis Capaldi - Solid not vanilla pop songs, the world needs more of this

Alex Lahey - I think she's going places, a more pop/punk version of Courtney Barnett, really really solid.

A R I Z O N A - I fear they may be the next Twenty One Pilots or Imagine Dragons because the world needs more generic alt rock

Noname - I had issues all weekend with the mics at the Valley stage they were very fuzzy and not clear Whatever channel they were going through was not working well. I couldn't understand a word she says and I know her songs pretty well.

The Neighborhood - I think they were kind of brushed off early in their career as a one hit wonder, but the truth is the hip hop/ rock fusion thing they're doing is interesting IMO

Borns - It was an awesome setlist got pretty much everything I wanted except for "Fool" and "Dopamine". And I actually thought the new stuff sounded way better live than I thought it would. I got SOAKED my clothes I wore yesterday are still wet by the water cannons at this set, but in this scenario it was fun.

Jungle - They need to cover the BeeGees. I love some good Disco, this was VERY good Disco.

Blood Orange - A little underwhelmed, but I think that has more to do with following Jungle and Borns which were so in my wheelhouse rather than anything that was happening on stage.

Franz Ferdinand - Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Alex Kappanos was the best male front person I saw all weekend (Including Alex Turner)

The National - Shit their crowd was small. I cannot believe that facial tattooed orangutan can pull the crowd he does and the National couldn't even fill back to the soundboard. That being said they were great, "Day I Die" was the set stand out to me. Whenever Matt howls it makes me very very happy.

Florence - I cried the first 3 songs but she could go out there and cover the YMCA and I'd probably cry. That being said there were some weak spots in her set. I understand why she opened with Between Two Lungs, but it was a weak opener. I really do not like Only If For A Night, I wish she hadn't played it, and Big God felt weird as part of the encore. That being said getting the live debut of South London Forever was very cool, and Cosmic Love was a very welcome very appreciated surprise.

Sunday sets
1) Florence
2) Borns
3) Jungle
4)Franz Ferdinand
5) The National
6)Alex Lahey
7) Blood Orange
8) Lewis Capaldi
9)Noname
10)Arizona

Top Ten for Weekend

1) YYY
2) Florence
3) Borns
4) Jungle
5) Arctic Monkeys
6) St Vincent
7) Sylvan Esso
8) Alvvays
9) Future Islands
10) Franz Ferdinand