Last day of Megaphono 2019. The bands that I saw on Saturday were (in order): Moscow Apartment Emma Lamontagne Wolf Saga Jeremie Albino Scary Bear Soundtrack Casa Lagarto Empty Nesters Mother Tongues Tallies The Monotymes Bleu Nuit Pottery Keynes Woods Foxtrott Check out the photos.
Second day of Megaphono 2019. The bands that I saw on Friday night were (in order): Salmon Ella Inland Island Luna-Li Haley Heynderickx Andy Shauf SeiiizMikk Doxx City Fidelia R.Flex Snotty Nose Rez Kids Bad Waitress The Sorority Review for each performance will be up in a few days Check out the photos.
Fifth instalment of Megaphono 2019 kicked off on February 7, 2019. Every year the first night of the festival takes place in Hull. The bands that I saw were (in order): Corey Gulkin Sparklesaurus Marie-Clo No Mistakes In Space Teke::Teke Sate Haviah Mighty Review for each performance will be up in a few days Check …
Who knew a fog machine would set off the fire alarm at Bronson Centre on February 1, 2019. A sold out show for Cœur de pirate who is promoting her 2018 album en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé. Opening up the show was Ottawa’s Sarah Bradley. Performing a stripped down piano pop ballad …
Kid Koala stopped by Black Squirrel Books on January 30, 2019. Despite the winter vortex Ottawa is dealing with, people actually came out to this. It was to celebrate the release of ‘Music To Draw To: io’ which came out on January 25, 2019. While not really a show-show, this free show was mostly for …
It was not cold in the summer but cold in the winter. Even this record breaking snowstorm Ottawa has endured didn’t stop people from attending this wonderful concert with Dan Mangan and Matt Holubowski at Algonquin Commons Theatre. Show started off with Matt Holubowski. The Montreal musician performed a intimate folk alternative music. Kind of …
Very cold Saturday night to warm up at Irene’s Pub was a fun show with Loon Choir and Aaron Cockburn. Made it to catch parts of Aaron’s set. Performing to nice folk-pop rock set. Playing materials from his second album OK Everything and some older tracks. 7/10. Then it was Loon Choir’s turn to perform. …
Montreal musician Kallitechnis graced the NAC Fourth Stage on January 25, 2019. Currently touring the 2019 EP called Chromatic. Wonderful set filled with upbeat, high positive energy R&B/Soul and Pop music. With the well attended audience, I really enjoyed the music and was grooving to it. 8/10.
First Crush Promotion presented this great show on a Tuesday night at Black Squirrel Books. Got to the venue and caught most of this Ottawa act called Barrington Club Band. First time seeing this Lo-fi pop punk act and they were great belting out sad pop punk noise music. 7/10. The second act was Corey …
A spectacular and magical night at NAC Southam Hall with Patrick Watson on January 19, 2019. Being backed up by the NAC Orchestra was truly an emotional journey. Patrick sure knows which songs to pick that connected well with the orchestra like Wooden Arms, Beijing and Adventures in Your Own Backyard. The icing on the …