With the news of Zaphod Beeblebrox closing on May 14th. I have decided to go back into the archives of photos that I have taken at the venue. Starting off on the year: 2008. Included is the very first I went to which was José González on December 6, 2007! NOTE: Forgive me if the …
This happened on October 2, 2008 at Zaphod Beeblebrox. This was the first time I actually got to see and appreciate Chad VanGaalen in all his glory and music. Back then Chad was promoting his third album Soft Airplane to buzz and critical acclaim. Also on the bill was the now defunct band Women. That …
Sister Suvi is a band that no longer exist. I still can’t believe I caught them at The Blacksheep Inn. But you may see someone familiar in this band. You got it! Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YaRds. The band also consisted of Patrick Gregoire of Pat Jordace and Nico Dann. I can’t remember what their music …
Back on March 20th 2009, I went to see this show. Review of the show is here. There was this band from Montreal called Broadcast Radio. Members are: Nick Backovic Nino Menard Luca Fantigrossi Wolf Hackel Hoping this band is still together? I got their album Hallways of the Twenty-First Floor. Listening to the whole …
Today I will review Jim Bryson’s Where The Bungalows Roam from Kelp Records. The album was released on March 27, 2007. Jim Bryson is the reigning Ottawa King of Folk-Rock at the moment. Usually he plays the keyboards for Kathleen Edwards and the Weakerthans. First time I heard his music was CBC Radio 3 when …
There is about three days left until Kelp Records starts their 15th Anniversary. Starting off with the Acorn and Jim Bryson at the Mayfair Theatre on April 30th. In part with this I am going to review three Kelp records (I have in my CD/vinyl collection) and they are: Today – Hilotron‘s Happymatic Tomorrow – …
Yes we know about selling out with artists is a water cooler discussion but companies need to make the point across in selling stuff and music is one of them. On the weekend I went to see The World’s Best Commercials 2008 (aka The London International Awards) at the Bytowne Theatre. There were two ads …
I finally got a chance to listen to this album. The Gales are a Ottawa band and all the members are still in high school, how crazy is that? The members are: Nick Frosst Bailey Stanutz Everett Claridge Ryan Tansley On their Myspace, their music style is folk rock and Jpop (How is that possible …
I finally got the album by the Ottawa band Relief Maps after their show on Friday night.. Relief Maps consist of: Luke Duross Katie Duross Nic Comeau Dusty Dewan Kevin Regan Here is my review on the album. You might call me a newbie fan since I just started knowing their music and style. Their …
There is an album that kind of went unnoticed and “under my music radar” in 2008. Girl Talk’s album Feed The Animals. A friend was telling me about it during the late summer/early fall but I was kind of clueless about it. Or when I am at a venue they sometimes played the album. Have …