Finally got a chance to listen to this lovely album by Dan Mangan. I didn’t get to see him play in Ottawa during the summer because it was the same night as The Stills. So my brother took my place and see him with Said The Whale. Dan Mangan is a Indie folk rock singer-songwriter …
The Ottawa/Toronto band Videotape finally released their 2008 album “My Favorite Thing” on Bandcamp and iTunes. Which I listened to the album again and I think was great in 2008. If you don’t know who this band is (Since I put them on my list for 2008 or photographed them at shows). The members are …
The past two nights which I saw Basia Bulat. The opener is from Ottawa native Leif Vollebekk. What is interesting enough is that I met Leif around 2002 or 2003 at a friend’s house party. Not knowing enough that he is a musician. But you know when you are at a house party, you just …
Listened to the recent Handsome Furs album “Face Control“. The album came out on March 10, 2009. Glad to see them for the first time in August. At the show they were singing tracks from Face Control. They are such nice people (to my surprise) and mentioning that the new album would be out in …
Listened to Smothered In Hugs album “The Healing Power of Injury”. The album will be officially drop on Feb 10, 2009.
Its been a slow first week of January 2009. Still having that holiday blues. So I am going to review this album by Said The Whale. It kind of fall off my radar when picking the best of 2008. I saw them play on October 17, 2008 at Zaphods. They are so amazing when they …
Another Ottawa band that I noticed this year and went to their CD Release show in September. The dictionary defines soiree as a party or reception held in the evening. Sorry to be cheesy with the definition. They are the Soiree (Soirée, needed to get that french E) and the members are: Matthew Arnold Mike …
December 12, 2008 was a memorable night at Barrymore’s. Besides the buses being on strike, that couldn’t ruin a great show. It was a home welcoming show for Ottawa’s favorite band The Acorn. Also playing was Sleeping Pilot and Ohbijou.
I was stumbling through my e-mail. Killbeat music sent me a e-mail about this artist named Geoff Berner. He is a klezmer (whatever that is and lazy to look it up) artist. Heard the upcoming album Klezmer Mongrels which comes out on January 27, 2008. He plays the accordian and its a different style of …
I was unexpected to attend Jim Bryson‘s show at the Blacksheep Inn. Thanks to a nice person who gave me a ride. It was a sold out show which was packed with alot of excited Jim Bryson fans. What a show it was and probably a tradition for Jim. It is the ninth year that …