When it comes to finding cool R&B/Soul and funk groups or act in Ottawa. One band comes to mind which happens to be Souljazz Orchestra who are renowned outside of Canada. But when it comes to an indie or coming up the ranks levels, there isn’t any to list on my radar. It wasn’t until …
Split EP can be a good way to get newer audiences from two different bands. Case in point with Ottawa’s Kings Quest and Heavy Bedroom. Earlier in June they put out a split cassette with two songs each. One side you get the noisy lo-fi dream pop-rock sound of Kings Quest. On the flip-side, things …
As with Facebook friend’s newsfeed, I couldn’t help but be curious to this band called Century Egg. They are a multi-cultural band from Halifax whose members are Shane Keyu Song, Robert Drisdelle, Tri Le and Nick Dourado! I was really impressed with this EP since 3/4s are in Mandarin. It is unheard of with Canadian …
Finally the long awaited Adam Saikaley rock project has been shown the light of day. Supposedly his band was supposed to be called Nohwave but looks like they are called Telecomo. Here is a description: Telecomo is a new three-piece garage rock outfit from Canada. The group is high energy and the music is earnest. …
N-A-R-C which stands for New Age Real Change whose debut EP drops on February 26th. It is the latest project by Pepi Ginsberg and with the help with Martin Crane (Brazos) started a label called Inscape Records. These four tracks are mostly synth-pop electro-dance music. Reminds me of Tei Shi, Nenneh Cherry and Mozart’s Sister. Best …
Massive Attack we have missed you so much! Since their last release which was 2010’s Heligoland, the trip-hop act has been pushing the boundaries and creating dark and twisted electronic trip-hop music. With the surprise release of Ritual Spirit which is a first of two EP coming out before their long-awaited sixth album dropping later …
Audrey Ann and Kyle Jukka who make up She-Devils is a band act that you need to check out in 2016. I have seen them live a few times when I am in the lovely city of Montreal. The duo released their long awaited self-titled EP. Three tracks of cool summer beach-surf retro-60s pop music. …
Start your Friday with this loud rock banger by Hamilton’s The Dirty Nil. Zombie Eyed is taken from their “finally” long awaited debut album Higher Album drops on February 26, 2016 via Dine Alone Records. Have a listen to the song.
Posting this review for curiosity sake. I am probably a year too late and not sure if this act is still active but wouldn’t hurt to give a spin. Los Echo is a duo from Ottawa/Toronto and the members are Connor MacFadyen and Kaitlin Thatcher. Their music is a mix of electro-synthpop music which has …
Toronto’s punk rockers Greys will drop their EP “Repulsion” (available to stream now) on October 30th to a limited 300 physical copies via Buzz Records and Carpark. I’ve been playing the lead single I’d Hate To Be An Actor on my radio show. They released their music video for The Voyeur. Here is the info …