Debaser presented this insane loud show at Pressed on June 20th. Performing that night were Lungbutter, H. de Heutz and Deathsticks. Deathsticks started off the show with their usual loud noisy thrashing garage punk rocking music and previewing some new materials. 7/10. Second was H. de Heutz to perform. Congrats to Olivier who plays in …
Here goes and say what you will to what went on June 15th at Babylon Nightclub. It was the long awaited LP release for New Swear‘s Night Mirror. Arrived like at around 10:30pm thinking I would be there during the Thrill‘s set. But I got there when Cole Sauve was performing. I will be honest …
Friday night at Glowfair 2019. At the mainstage which was behind the parking lot of Staples. There was an opening ceremony by Turtle Island group and caught the last song by Andrew Cassara. I was more excited to see Stars and Land of Talk. Land of Talk last time played Ottawa was in 2017. It …
Corey Hart stopped in Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on June 12, 2019. Embarking his Never Surrender Tour 2019. The Sunglasses at Night singer and recently Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee wowed the audience when he hit the stage. Wasn’t familiar with the first three song but it was a 80s flashback! Been decades since …
First Crush Promotion & CKCU-FM presented Winona Forever, Jack Moss and Maybelleen at Babylon Nightclub on June 8, 2019. Sadly I missed the first band Maybelleen but made it when Jack Moss was playing. The Ottawa musician was performing tracks from his new upcoming EP “Pearl Diver” which is out on June 21st. Sound very …
Westfest 2019 kicked off at Tom Brown Areana on June 7, 2019. Hadn’t been attending the festival in recent years. I was more excited for the first night’s line-up which had Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, Bonnie Doon, Novusolis, Salmon Ella and Tina Sol. A7G Youth Drummers and Amanda Fox kicked off the festival with a Indigenous ceremony. …
Packed and hot sweaty show at Pressed with Jonathan Pearce and Giant Hand on June 1, 2019. It was the debut album release show for Jonathan Pearce of Winchester Warm‘s solo LP called Systems. Starting off the show was Giant Hand. The Ottawa ex-pat living Toronto hadn’t been performing in quite some time. Nice homecoming …
Ottawa’s Slack Bridges performed a hot sizzling show at Queen St. Fare on the last day of May. This was their last hometown before the fall plus with the release on the second album. It was a way to kick off summer (sort of). Fun times getting R&B, funky and soul to their music. Great …
Wonderful Saturday night show at Pressed with Language Arts and Cedric Noel. Great video installation by Hard Science. Cedric Noel started off the show with his own blend of melodic pop. Wanting the audience to feel very comfortable during his set. 8/10. Language Arts performed a nice dreamy art pop music. Preview tracks from the …
Check out the photos from the May 18, 2019 show at House of Targ. Performing that night was Max, Tongue Helmet and Jesse Dangerously.