Osheaga Day 3: Electro Day!

Osheaga Day 3: Electro Day!

Finally the last day of Osheaga 2016!

This year was probably the best A list Osheaga lineup since it had most of the top bands that were touring this year including Radiohead!

Melanie Martinez

I didn't know anything about Melanie Martinez other than what I read on Osheaga's site.

The stage was really impressive!

They had decorated the whole stage like a baby room with a huge crib in the middle.

She was really entertaining by dancing a lot on stage while singing.

A lot of girls were present singing with her all of the lyrics.

The songs were good enough and perfect as the first act of the day.

M0

Mo started late but it was worth the wait... I knew of her music but I'd never seen her live.

She was dancing a lot on stage sometimes in a unusual way and it was great to watch her perform.

The songs she played were good and catchy.

She had a great style overall.

There was something about her that you couldn't look away from the whole spectacle. I would say some kind of magnetism.

I bought tickets to her next show in Montreal right about her performance.

Great to watch.

Paper Kites

I knew of them from their single, but I didn't know much else from the Paper Kites so that's why I wanted to see them.

They had good songs.

They were captivating to watch and most people seemed to enjoy the show.

It was a good time slot for them as more people were showing up.

The background kept changing and it was fun to watch it too.

The Struts

The Struts were one of the most entertaining band we saw during the weekend and at that point on Sunday it was the best so far!

I didn't know anything about them, I just read their bio to decide where to go next.

They were excellent in every way.

The singer was very charismatic and people were responding really well to him.

My son and I danced the whole set.

It was some good 80s rock pushed to the extreme :)

The singer was dressed up and face painted.

He was really entertaining the crowd and interacting a lot with everyone.

He created a few competition such as the side with the most women on other people's shoulders.

Made the crowd jump on multiple occasions.

Dilly Dally

Grunge at its best, would be a way to describe Dilly Dally!

It was great to see this band live!!

The singer had a grungy voice (a la Kurt Cobain) and the sound was also reminiscent of the Grunge era.

When the singer was screaming, she was really good to keep it controlled.

She had great looking glasses.

The crowd was intense during the show and induced in some heavy mosh pit dancing.

Strumbellas

I only watch a few minutes of their performance since other shows were conflicting, but I liked their latest album so I wanted to take a peek at what they did live.

They seemed to have a relaxed, cool, friendly attitude and music.

The violin playing was great.

The whole set I saw was like a folk party in many ways.

Good single!

Rufus du Sol

First time at the piknic Electronic stage of the weekend to watch Rufus du Sol while taking a break to eat.

It was just like a huge party that everyone was invited to!

Everyone was dancing to the great beats and the good rhythm of the songs.

Grimes



Grimes was really sick and had 2 twisted ankles when she walked on stage.

She puked in the backstage between songs BUT she gave everything she had during her performance...she was dancing around when she could while holding her stomach and sang her heart out.

I thought the songs she played were really entertaining.

Her dancers did a great job to cover for her.

I had never heard a singer scream has intensely has Grimes during a song...impressive and surprising!

Good show even though she kept being sorry for her current state.

M83

I don't have much to say about their performance as I thought they were good, but not to be remembered.

Grammatik live

Grammatik had the big task of replacing Disclosure who couldn't make it due to traveling issues.

Everyone was surprised that Disclosure couldn't be there and people were kinda angry too.

Grammatik was great though!

It was the "full band" experience since he added a guitar player.

The duo of Dj + guitar gave actually a great result.

The beats and songs were good.

The background videos were super fun to watch and well made too.

During one of the songs, the video playing was an Anonymous hacking style video and that was really interesting to watch.

RADIOHEAD!

Everyone was waiting for this show to start for so long.

It was the most packed moment of the weekend for me as I was right in the middle of the crowd and as close as I could be.

It was going to be more than 2 hours (2h20) of Radiohead music and I was excited!

During the first hour of the show there were a lot of new songs.

There were 6 screens over the stage showing each member of the band playing in different angles.

Thom was dancing on the stage during most of the show.

Everything was well executed even the changes from style to style as Radiohead reinvents themselves for each albums well the shows have that too.

The classics started coming in at half show and it was just a lot of perfect moments.

All old classics even Creep was played during the show.

The concert was simple not too extravagant, but everything was perfect, the sound, the performance being played, the atmosphere, Thom's voice.

When the crowd was singing in unison the calmer songs it was like experiencing a wave ending on a beach.

The songs that started slow and start to change in the middle to become rock songs were amazing moments to share with everyone there.

As the lighting of the stage changed the mood changed so drastically it was magical.

Not artifice this time just music and windows into each member's little bubble!

It was Radiohead!

And so Osheaga 2016 ended on the best note possible ... the end of Creep.