Here is the February 27th edition of No Fitler on CHUO FM. In the first hour, I had a phone interview with Ben Shemie of Suuns. THe band will be in Ottawa this Thursday. Details are on here. The interview is in hour one around the 35 minute mark. In the second hour, I had …
Month: February 2017
It was the debut of A Night Called Best at Shanghai Restaurant on February 24, 2017. A Hip-hop & R&B dance party featuring DJs from the Acorn‘s PJ and Palm D’Or (aka Rolf Klausener). This was co-presented by Arboretum Festival, House of Paint, CHUO 89.1 FM and KingSackeyMGMT. Really had a fun time dancing to …
Went to a house show called Off Peak Green Barn on February 24th Performing at the show was Intervention from Montreal, Shhh from London (ON) and Lovecraft who I sadly missed out. I was really impressed with Shhh, who performed an electro-lo-fi moody pop set. Show started off with Montreal duo Intervention who has no …
So today is my birthday and I did my radio show No Filter. In case you were wondering, I turn 37. Have a listen to the show. HOUR ONE: HOUR TWO: PLAYLIST: The Luyas – All of Everything Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Pure Morning Sam Patch – 100 Decibels Suuns – Mortise and Tenon The …
I’ve been covering live shows in and around Ottawa for 10 years now. So I’m going to take a stab on what you need to know for first-time or seasoned musicians/bands when performing live. These are my opinions, take it or leave it or you have probably heard them already. When getting the opening slot, …
Kid Koala held his first of four shows at the NAC Backstage. It was part of Kid Koala’s Satellite Concert and promoting the album Music to Draw: Satellite. The first night of the show sold out and it was quite an experience! Sadly Emiliana Torinni wasn’t available since she is touring in Europe at the …
No Filter for February 13, 2017. Had an interview with Rishi Dhir of Elephant Stone. The band will be playing at Zaphod Beeblebrox on February 17th. The interview is on hour two at the 30 minute mark. Have a listen to the show. HOUR ONE: HOUR TWO: PLAYLIST: Arkells – Oh, The Boss Is Coming …
True music fans know of the power and complexities of metal. What might just sound like dissonant noise to some is profound and moving to many. Here are the ten most influential metal albums by guest contributor Jason Phillip. Black Sabbath – Paranoid Black Sabbath’s second album was a revolution for the band and music. …
It was the day before Valentine’s Day and Ottawa was definitely in a rocking mood at TD Place for a Monday night. Performing was Arkells and opening up for them was Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls. While I almost didn’t get a chance to photograph this show due to some miscommunication since I wasn’t …
Very surprising packed sold out show on February 10th Montreal’s No Joy stopped by Ottawa’s Pressed for a rocking shoe-gazey show. The band is currently touring in support of their upcoming EP Creep which sadly wasn’t available to purchase. It was a great set and loved being hypnotized with their noise shoe-gaze rock music. Starting …