Thursday night I went down to the 27 Club for a packed show to see Geoffroy and ren perform. You can read the review from Exclaim! Opening up was Toronto’s ren She was very impressive this being her first Ottawa show. Mix of alt-pop is like a cross between Jessie Reyez, Lorde and Billie Eilish. …
Monday night at Canadian Tire Centre with City and Colour, Jacob Banks & Ben Rogers. Starting off with singer-songwriter from BC Ben Rogers with some Americana rock set. Who happens to be on Dallas Green’s record label called Still Records. Second was Soul, R&B and hip-hop artist Jacob Banks who hails from the UK. Headlining …
Was having high expectation with this concert and boy was I not disappointed. With so many things happening on Saturday, I decided to go to the NAC and attend Dan Mangan. This time he was accompanied by the NAC Orchestra. Just Dan and his guitar and the orchestra behind him (who he really wanted to …
New Swears went through the ups and downs in 2019. With their release of Night Mirror which came out in June and other things along the way. They decided to end 2019 with a repeat from their LP Release show at Babylon Nightclub. Not calling it quits (Let’s hope not and no official statement), more …
Saturday night at Cinqhole with four rocking power popping bands performing. They were Pony, Pretty Matty, Sad Baxter and Stoby. Arrived for the last few songs by Ottawa’s Stoby. No hazmat suits this time but more of straight up rock set. Second time this year seeing Nashville’s Sad Baxter. Great heavy grungey rock set and …
Friday night at the 27 Club with Owen Pallett and Carmen Elle. The show started off with Diana lead singer Carmen Elle. Far different from the synth-pop where it was just Carmen and her guitar. Can’t wait to hear what Carmen has in store with her own music. It has been a long time since …
Another show on Thursday night was at Pressed. Caught most of Rayannah and L CON but missed out on Orchidae. Arrived when Rayannah was performing and was accompanied by Orchidae. Lovely visual projection and great electro-pop music. She did a electro cover of Joni Mitchell’s A Case of You. Then caught most of L CON’s …
Evan J. Cartwright is one those musicians you see perform with other bands like U.S Girls, Andy Shauf, Tasseomancy or Luka. He stopped by in Ottawa to do a free intimate show at Cinqhole. Performing tracks from the EP DON’t which came out in August. It was nice and lovely singer/songwriter set of music.
Man it was a wild and exciting Saturday night! While I get to the XO Ball photos, I am going to mention this great show I attended at Club Saw. Debaser presented Doomsquad and Backxwash. Caught parts of Backxwash who started off the show. Surely gaining some new fans with a blend of experimental and …
Friday night at the NAC Fourth Stage with Scattered Clouds and Ice Cream on November 8, 2019. It was a different approach for the NAC to book these two unique acts, you know to diversify in their genre of live music. Starting off was the Toronto duo Ice Cream. They sounded really good with their …