January 18, 2011 will be the drop/release date for the long awaited full-length of Native Speaker by Braids. Now they are in high demand since being signed to Kanine Records in the USA and Flemish Eye (Home to Chad VanGaalen) in Canada. I am revisiting a review from August 29, 2009 on their EP called …
This is probably my first show to attend in 2011. It was at the Avant-Garde Bar. Playing was: The Jon Cohen Experimental JF Robitaille Loon Choir It was a pretty interesting night of music. Ranging from pop-rock (Loon Choir), acoustic folk (JF Robitaille) to experimental (Jon Cohen). Here are the rest of the photos [flickr-gallery …
Long Long Long is a track on the White album by The Beatles. Now it is a Halifax band that takes the name. Not sure if they got it from that song? Anyways this band will be joining Braids on January 21st in Ottawa (Facebook Event).
Got news from Jamie who plays drums with the Ottawa band Paramedics, that they are done with the EP and released the first song off from it. The times I’ve seen them live, they play a hypnotic intense set.
After the show with Evening Hymns, Giant Hand and Jon Amor. I ran over to Raw Sugar Cafe. Caught the last song of Nat Baldwin. Nat Baldwin for those who don’t know plays in The Dirty Projectors. This time he is touring solo with an upright bass. When I was there it was just amazing. …
It was a fun night of great music at Raw Sugar Cafe on October 9, 2010 One act from Chicago USA and another coming all the way from Melbourne, Australia and one from Winnipeg. Talking about the Casiotone for the Painfully Alone with Otouto. Winnipeg’s Boats! was added for the Ottawa show. There was a …
Radar Rings #2 happened on October 7, 2010 at Club Saw For that don’t know Placemachine is a collective that does show that is not the norm in the Ottawa music scene. Playing at the show were: Daniel Francis Doyle Adam Saikaley Knifemares Clinton Machine Daniel Francois Doyle was very captivating live with his one …
This is going to be a series of reviewing the E-Tron Rec. label in Hull/Gatineau. Part one was reviewing J’Envoie. This time it is La Mort a La Mode. Someone tell me what the translation of the band name? This five track EP is released on cassette tape and only 50 have been made. But …
The first time I saw We Fled Cairo live was (coincidentally) on April 20, 2008. They opened for Woodhands at Zaphod Beeblebrox. Two years has passed for the duo of Dave Mandia who plays Guitar, Bass and sometimes Drums & Richard Monette who plays Drums. They finally released something substantial called Adult Braces. Apparently its …
Photos from Tanya Tagaq‘s set on the second day of the Ottawa Folk Festival. She played the Dance Tent and it was a exhilarating show that you shouldn’t have missed. She is one innovative artist and she almost reminds me of Bjork.