Hadn’t been to the Blacksheep Inn in a long time. When I heard that Rich Aucoin was going to perform, there was no way I wouldn’t want to miss it. Thank goodness I found a friend who was willing to drive up and totally have a blast with his music! Taylor Knox started off the …
Check out the photos from Rae Spoon, respectfulchild and Fire Queen @ The 27 Club. Fire Queen – 8/10. respectfulchild – 8/10. Rae Spoon – 8/10.
Royal Canoe and Begonia stopped by The 27 Club on October 3, 2018. Part of their RAYZ tour and promote their split cassette single of Rayz/The Light. Begonia was first to perform. This was my first time seeing the band play. Alex Dirk of Begonia just had that amazing vocal when she sang. Reminds me …
It’s been a long time waiting, I finally got a chance to see Zola Jesus. Not sure if this was her first Ottawa show? Having missed out in festivals like NXNE, CMW and Pop Montreal. I was totally excited to see her perform live. It was just her and her guitarist Alex DeGroot. The whole …
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls stopped by Ottawa for a kick-ass concert at the Bronson Centre. Part of the Be More Kind World Tour which is from the album of the same name that came out this year. High energy folk-rock punk music that had the audience waving their arms, singing to his music, …
A show I forgot to post last week due to various things happening in Ottawa. After CityFolk, I had to rush up to Black Squirrel Books for the LP Release show of Lonely Parade. Made it and caught the first band performing which was Sad Baxter from Nashville, Texas. Enjoyed their heavy sludge pop rock …
The power didn’t go out at the 27 Club on September 21, 2018. Arrived just as Vancouver’s Land Line was performing. Great post-punk alternative music. 7/10. I was most excited to see Hamilton’s Basement Revolver play. Hadn’t seen them since last year and missed out their show in February of this year. The band is …
September 19th, Montreal’s La Force and Murray A. Lightburn performed a great show at the 27 Club. Ottawa was the first night of La Force’s mini East Coast tour. Ariel Engle who plays with Broken Social Scene and was in Arora is going out on her own with her own project. Currently promoting her self-titled …
Sorry for the delay. Here are the photos that I took of people I know and randoms who was at the Polaris Music Prize Gala on September 17, 2018.
This is my third year attending the Polaris Music Prize 2018 Gala. Congratulations to Jeremy Dutcher on winning this year’s prize for his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. Here is what went down this year. Weaves was the first band to perform. Playing the songs Law and Panda and Wide Open. Absolute wonderful performance considering they were …