Capital Idea! was a nine-day music
festival
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in
Ottawa, Ontario
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, Canada, organized by music blogger and concert promoter Calum Marsh. The festival took place from 21 to 30 June 2007, and featured high-profile indie acts. Despite a great deal of media attention in television, print and internet outlets, the festival failed to attract a large number of attendees.
Festival lineup
The 2007 edition of Capital Idea! included over 30 musical acts across a wide range of genres. A partial list follows.
The Walkmen
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,
The Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces are an United States, American indie rock band, formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York.. - ''In 2000 they moved Brooklyn... and began playing as the Fiery Furnaces late in the year''. - Allmusic The band's primary members are Matt ...
,
Destroyer,
Damo Suzuki
, better known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), is a Japanese musician who has been living in Germany since the early 1970s and is best known as the former lead singer of the krautrock group Can.
Biography
As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 196 ...
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The Wrens,
Sunset Rubdown
Sunset Rubdown is a Canadian art rock music group from Montreal. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, ''Snake's Got a Leg'', in early 2005. By the next year the project expanded to become a f ...
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Girl Talk,
Russian Futurists,
Born Ruffians
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,
Frog Eyes
Frog Eyes are an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada fronted by Carey Mercer. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. They have released eight albums and two EPs and ...
,
Crystal Castles
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and
Montag.
See also
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Pop Montreal
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Rock festivals in Canada
Music festivals in Ottawa
Music festivals established in 2007
Indie rock festivals
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