News
Best Coast, First Aid Kit, SBTRKT, and More
Aug 12, 2012
By Julia Underwood
From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway hosted the Øya Festival. We sent social media editor Laura Studarus over to cover the action. Check out her shots of Highasakite, Best Coast, Heyerdahl, Philco Fiction, First Aid Kit, Jessie Ware, Charles Bradley, SBTRKT, and Bon Iver. More
Metronomy, Black Keys, Refused, Young Dreams, and More
Aug 11, 2012
By Julia Underwood
From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway hosted the Øya Festival. Check out our day three shots of Siri Nilsen, Young Dreams, Metronomy, DāM-FunK, Odd Future, Refused, Chromatics, and The Black Keys. More
Frank Ocean, St. Vincent, Philco Fiction and More
Aug 10, 2012
By Julia Underwood
From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway is hosting the Øya Festival. We sent social media editor Laura Studarus over to cover the action. Check out her shots of Ane Brun, St. Vincent, Frank Ocean, Baroness, and Philco Fiction. More
Feist, Sondre Lerche, Florence and the Machine and More
Aug 09, 2012
By Julia Underwood
From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway is hosting the Øya Festival. We sent social media editor Laura Studarus over to cover the action. Check out her shots of Sondre Lerche,Willis Earl Beal, Mathias Eick, Oberhofer, Friends, Bob Mould, Thurston Moore, Florence and the Machine, Feist, The Stone Roses, and Purity Ring. More
Reviews
Aug 13, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Øya, day four. The best way to avoid jet lag is to never sleep—but by this point I was experiencing a new sensation: festival lag. On the way to the day’s events, I passed a man in the hotel lobby, sleeping soundly in a small nest of beanbag chairs. He is my spirit animal. More
Aug 13, 2012
By Laura Studarus
On day three of Øya my logical side took over. Sure, the festival grounds still felt like the Mecca of rock (and pop), but why was I so ready to swap my American passport for a Norwegian one? More
Aug 10, 2012
By Laura Studarus
I had a thought while eating dinner last night: it’s nice to cover a festival with food options that involve something other than eating a pile of grease. Among other such deep revelations I also saw Philco Fiction, Baroness, John Maus, Frank Ocean, St. Vincent, Ane Brun, and Björk. More
Aug 09, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Welcome to the first official day of the Øya Festival—or as I like to call it: shock the American. Check out reviews from the day including: Sondre Lerche, Willis Earl Beal, Oberhofer, Thurston Moore, Friends, Florence and The Machine, Feist, Stone Roses, and Purity Ring. More