Ottawa Folk Festival : Adventures In Folkland Day 2
Well, as I entered the ground on day two of the Ottawa Folk festival there was a buzz in the air with the pending Ottawa debut of Vampire Weekend. Though that was still a couple hours away, and I as...
View ArticleOTTAWA FOLK FESTIVAL : ADVENTURES IN FOLKLAND DAY 3
Day 3 at the Ottawa folk festival was a cultural trip across American for me, spending equal time in Tennessee and California but my first stop was still here in here in Canada , to check out London...
View ArticleOTTAWA FOLK FESTIVAL : ADVENTURES IN FOLKLAND DAY 4
It’s Day 4 at the Ottawa Folk festival and as I arrive, The Belle Game are rocking the CUPE stage. The Belle Game are a power pop sextuplet, with origins that lie in Vancouver and Montreal. Though I...
View ArticleOTTAWA FOLK FESTIVAL : ADVENTURES IN FOLKLAND FINAL DAY
Well it’s the final day of the Ottawa Folk Festival and I show up to the Ravenlaw Stage at the same time as Kat Edmonson. “It’s wonderful to be at your festival,” she declared early on in the set “my...
View ArticlePlanet Telus: An open eye view of the Moderat/Hopkins show
Opening act Prison Garde was none other than Halifax transplant, Montreal expat, and Vancouver resident Rob Squire (aka Sixtoo, Megasoid, etc.). In his latest incarnation he treated the crowd to a...
View ArticleRed City Radio Tears It Up At Ritual
Red City Radio came to Ottawa recently, and I was ecstatic. I caught wind of the Oklahoma City punk rock foursome while checking out a YouTube list of top 10 punk albums for 2011. The list included...
View ArticleSpike Slawson Brings Uke-Hunt to Ottawa
Uke-Hunt played Ottawa recently, and if you weren’t there, you missed out. In case you’re unfamiliar with the band, it is the latest project of Sean “Spike” Slawson, of Swingin’ Utters and Me First and...
View ArticleAmnesia Rockfest Day 2
The second day of the Amnesia Rockfest was incredible. It’s unfortunate that I couldn’t be in two places at once, as there were a lot of great bands playing. With such a diverse lineup, fans of all...
View ArticleGood Riddance in Ottawa!
It’s not that often that you go to a show to see a certain band and one of the openers steals the show. It is even more rare that two of the openers do so. But, such was the case in this situation. Not...
View ArticleEverything Will Work Out!
The Get Up Kids are a band that I often cite as my favourite of all time. I was introduced to The Get Up Kids through a friend. I can still recall sitting in 9th grade Math class and my friend turning...
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