Started off the day in Pop Montreal. Went to Phonopolis to see: Markus Floats. Blending ambient, electronic-experimental, avant-garde and synth music. 7/10. Desert Bloom. Electronic and ambient music. 7/10. Joseph Shabason. The Toronto saxophonist performed a wonderful experimental jazz set. Previewing new materials from Anne and from Aytche. 7/10. Opening party! Over at Bar Le …
Month: September 2018
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, …
I’m back live on the radio. Have a listen to the September 24, 2018 edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM. Played my picks for Pop Montreal 2018 happening this Wednesday to Sunday! HOUR ONE: HOUR TWO: PLAYLIST: Frank Turner – Be More Kind Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs – Tough (Audiotree North …
Lastly to finish things off that was CityFolk Festival 2018. Here are the photos that I took of people I know and randoms who was at the festival.
Here is the last day of CityFolk Festival 2018. It was a scorching day and kicked off with Ottawa’s own MonkeyJunk. They are a staple in the Ottawa’s blues-rock music scene. This was their first time performing at CityFolk and got some people brave the heat for their music. 6/10. I will be blunt on …
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 …
It’s been a hectic week with various things happening. But here is the coverage and photos from Day 4 of CityFolk Festival 2018. Kicked off by seeing Whitney Rose performing her country music at the Ravenlaw stage. 7/10. There were some delays on the City Stage with Ben Caplan. That was because he just arrived …
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 …
Central Art Garage presented the opening for Adrian Göllner‘s All The Birds I Saw Last Year. Setting himself against famed ornithologist’s John James Audubon’s (1785-1851) declaration that he saw 10,000 birds a day. Adrian made a record of every bird he saw for a year. His daily avian observations are exhibited as large illustrated lists …