This is the last show to cover and photograph in Ottawa’s music scene for now due to the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). The musicians of Shhh! Ensemble who are Zac Pulak on percussion and Edana Higham on piano asked to take photos from their show at University of Ottawa’s Freiman Hall. Both performed 6 pieces …
Friday night at Cinqhole with Alex Nicol and Winchester Warm. The show started off with Winchester Warm aka Jonathan Pearce. Felt like more like Winchester Warm since they were playing mostly their materials from their 2014 record. Nice indie folk rock set. Then it was Alex Nicol turn to perform. The Montreal musician played tracks …
Attended the launch of the 2020 edition of See/Hear multimedia series. About the series (Taken from the Ottawa Citizen): “The idea for the series grew out of a pilot program called Listen/Hear that was presented at city hall last summer, supported by funding from the city, as a response to one of the recommendations of …
Leap Year show at Black Squirrel Books with Delta Will, Year of Glad and Keturah Johnson. Could never get sick and tired of seeing Keturah Johnson perform. Not sure how many times I’ve seen her play in 2020 but it was a lovely intense old soul gut-wrenching psych-folk music. Second was Montreal’s Year of Glad, …
Michael C. Duguay, Isaac Vallentin and mal/aimé @ Cinqhole
Great Saturday night show at Live on Elgin with Mushy Gushy, Kiwi Jr. and Expanda Fuzz. First band was Expanda Fuzz who did a wonderful indie noisy alternative-garage music. Mix from their album/EP Cotton Candy Jet Engine and Bleuets. Second band was Toronto’s Kiwi Jr. They were the band I really wanted to see since …
Spent my birthday which was on February 20th at Pressed. While I have recovered from that crazy night. I totally had a blast with Backxwash, Hua Li 化力 and LonelyBoyXXO. Started off with Ottawa’s LonelyBoyXXO performing nice R&B music. Did a few covers here and there. Great way to kick off before the big fun …
There was no way of missing out this show on February 7, 2020 at Club Saw (Galerie Saw Gallery). It was a year ago I saw Jeremie Albino perform at Megaphono during an afternoon showcase in Elmdale Tavern. After dropping his debut album Hard Times last year, the wait was over for Ottawa audiences to …
Friday night at Cinqhole with Material Girls and Siberian Breaks. Miraculously the Atlanta band Material Girls made their way to Ottawa because from Toronto their van broke down and had to get a replacement van. There is a GoFundMe page to help them with their cost. So the show was running a little late. I …
Another night at Pressed and this time the bands that performed on January 30, 2020 was really good! The show was presented by Debaser and Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival which had Whoop-Szo, No Mistakes In Space and Zoon. First band to play was Zoon from Hamilton. They are signed to Paper Bag Records, …