Comments on: Festival Review: Hillside 2010, July 23-25

By: Brian’s Best of 2010 | The Panic Manual

Brian’s Best of 2010 | The Panic Manual — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:46:18 +0000

[...] Horse Feathers played a great set at the Drake last month and they were my favourite band at this year’s Hillside Music Festival, where I purchased their new album. It’s pretty terrific, the sort of album that demands [...]

By: Concert Review: Horse Feathers, November 8, Drake Underground | The Panic Manual

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:36:03 +0000

[...] a string on nearly every guitar on stage. You may or may not recall that Horse Feathers were my favourite of the 2010 Hillside Music Festival, and while their Hillside set impressed me partly for the novelty of seeing a band feature four [...]

By: Richard Mann

Richard Mann — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:06:57 +0000

Nice writeup and photos. If anyone is interested, I’ve got some recordings (short clips, one to three songs) of Hillside on my website above.

Richard

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:54:45 +0000

Oh, I agree – your own face emblazoned on a drumkit would be cool, but it’s definitely a bit weird. perhaps even weirder than anything Gord Downie did or said onstage

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:34:22 +0000

Hmm, good point, I didn’t see Chris Trapper but Royal Wood was definitely similarly well dressed.

If I had a drumkit, I would totally have my own face on it too.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:24:17 +0000

Other highlights for me: Young Rival, Calexico, Easy Star All Stars, Chris Trapper and Braids

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:17:21 +0000

I think Corb Lund might have to share his best dressed title with both Royal Wood and Chris Trapper, who also rocked the vest and tie combo. Also, I think the singer for Horse Feathers should win the “looks like Ron Howard” award and Alex Cuba should get the “why do you have a picture of your own face on your drumkit” award.