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Once summer (a.k.a. festival season) comes along, you tend to feel very grateful for living in La Métropole. I don't know what it is about Montreal, but the city has a real faculty for attracting fantastic bands. Not only do you have big names like Radiohead, Beck and Feist coming to town, but you've also got two top notch summer festivals to choose from in Pop Montreal and Osheaga. Where Pop Montreal takes the form of a venue crawl, Osheaga is more of a standard outdoor festival. Taking place this Sunday and Monday at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Hélène Island (NASCAR has got Saturday locked up), the lineup reads like a who's who of current bands. The headliners of the two days, The Killers and Jack Johnson, leave something to be desired, but nearly everything underneath is top notch talent. From seasoned veterans like Iggy and the Stooges, Cat Power and Broken Social Scene to up and comers like Plants and Animals, Chromeo and MGMT, it's just quality from start to finish. Also be sure to catch the Black Keys, Spiritualized, Gogol Bordello, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Jamie Lidell and the Weakerthans. And there's plenty more where that came from. Full Story