Øya is coming up later this week. The four-day festival is held at the Medieval Park (Middelalderparken) in Oslo and its main focus is around rock and indie. As usual it is all sold out. My favourites this year are José Gonzales, Lykke Li, Lindstrøm, Dengu Fever, Lightspeed Champion, Sigur Rós, N.E.R.D, and a live performance from my friend Diskjokke.

The clubs in Oslo is also putting on some good nights, with Booka Shade, the Presents, Metronomy, LA Riots, Pilooski, the Whitest Boy Alive, Andrew Weatherall, David E. Sugar, Jaywalkers, and Claude von Stroke some of the names worth checking out. 

Full lineup can be found here: Øyafestivalen

I was attending the Lovebox Weekender in London’s Victoria Park a few weeks ago. The people behind the event is Tom Findlay and Andy Cato from Groove Armada, and I wanted to share some videos and pictures from the festival I have found online. Flaming Lips and the crowd singing “Yoshimi battles the pink robots” still gives me the shivers – what a performance.

YouTube:
Flaming Lips – Race for the prize 
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi battles the pink robots | 2 |
Inside the Stockade area
Roni Size
Wayne Coyne’s bubble intro
Dandy Warhols – Bohemian like you
Stanton Warriors – “Chemical brothers – Saturate”
Groove Armada – I see you baby
Goldfrapp – Number One
Flaming Lips – She don’s use jelly
Human League – Don’t you want me
Pnau – Unknown
Beardyman beatboxing

Flickr:
Annie Mole’s photos
Smartiepant’s photos
Amy Gooch’s photos
Pauljmuk’s photos
Megnmog’s photos

Do you know about more videos or pictures from the Weekender? Please leave a comment and I’ll update the post.