Outside chances

by MORGAN STEIKER

This week is packed with more goodies than a rich kid’s basket on Halloween. Osheaga and MEG are joining forces again to bladow! your face. Tonight, we got electro-crunky trio Omnikrom at l’Olympia taking the stage to give us a taste of their new album, Comme à la télévision. Same venue, same time, musical wiz-kids Misteur Valaire take you into another world of half-acoustic, half-digital creations that are sure to get those heads nodding. Keep an eye out for these guys.

Friday, the fourth edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival is kicking off its two-day celebrations with a jam at Mackenzie King Park in NDG, featuring a performance from legendary MC Buckshot alongside live sets from other young artists from the Côte-des-Neiges/NDG area. Buck will also be giving an open seminar about his professional experience and involvement with the youth. Day two will focus on graffiti, featuring a seminar with pioneer graf writer JonOne, who made his name on NYC’s subway cars in the ’80s and is now a painter in New York and Paris.

Saturday, Piknic Électronik is once again the place to be during its Osheaga edition, with a wicked line-up starting at 2 p.m. with Slipmat, followed by Mofomatronix, Bonjay and Poirier with his frequent MC, Face-T. While you’re on Île Ste-Hélène, you should take a loop around Osheaga and peep K’naan at 5 p.m., the Roots at 7:30 p.m. and Girl Talk at 9:30 p.m., but that’s just your homie’s picks. Definitely finish the night at the SAT with local mascot A-Trak rocking the party with Peanut Butter Wolf, Treasure

Fingers and Mayday, who also won herself a spot on the MEG boat during the Diesel Music competition, so shout out to her. The Beatnuts are rocking Osheaga on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., BTW, and post-weekend, the Bell Centre gets warmed up on Wednesday with Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Drake and Soulja Boy.

DURACELL BUNNY THIS WEEK… DABEATSEEKER@GMAIL.COM