Mundo Musique: A Tribute to Lou Reed
I know I usually write about multiple artists each week, and try to keep you up to date on some […]
Gig Pick: Wildlife @ Zaphods on November 1
Toronto’s Wildlife are rolling their bus into town on Friday night. Sonically speaking, they live somewhere between Family of the […]
Vintage Vinyl REISSUE: Kinetic Ideals
Toronto’s Kinetic Ideals lived very much under the radar in their original 1980-1985 existence. Like a lot of darker new […]
Conversation with Luke Rathborne
If Luke Rathborne is going to achieve stardom, he’s going to do it on his terms. The 25-year old native […]
Mundo Musique: Frankie Rose, The Dig, Cotton Wine, Helen Austin, and Remembering Lou Reed
This Monday’s Mundo Musique features two New York-based musical acts making fantastic groovy, synth-pop songs; a newly formed indie duo […]
What the Hell, Wiwichu, What the Hell?
I love this. Love it. It’s weird, it’s outlandish…it’s music on instruments (mostly). It’s been called a “punk rock approach […]
Super last minute gig pick! Plants and Animals w/ Hilotrons @ The Canadian Museum of Nature, TONIGHT
The Plants and Animals show at Ritual Nightclub this past February was one of the best I’ve ever been to, […]
Mundo Musique: Ben Sollee, Julia Holter, Natureboy and Nicole Atkins
In Monday’s Mundo Musique, Ben wrote about some amazing head banging music. I figured I should slow it down a […]
Vintage Vinyl – Nick Ayoub
Music is the ultimate melting pot. In 1927, a year after the subject of this post was born, Columbia released […]
Open your eyes to Blinker the Star
While it undoubtedly comes across loud and clear in this episode, allow me to offer full disclosure: I am a […]
Vintage Vinyl REISSUE: The Hot Nasties
Don’t you just love vinyl reissues of vinyl treasures from the ancient past? Ugly Pop Records has made a business […]
UnChained Reviews: “Raccoon Dead on the Side of the Road” by Racoon Wedding
Rock and roll was originally founded under two principles: fun and rebellion. There are no true rebels left in rock […]
Conversation with Mackenzie Scott (a.k.a. TORRES)
We are in the midst of an era of a great music. And while David Byrne may be correct to […]
Gig: Elephant 12 + Sons of Pluto @ Zaphod Beeblebrox on October 24th
Our pals at Zaphod Beeblebrox are welcoming UK band Elephant 12 to the stage this Thursday along with Ottawa’s own […]
Gig: Tilda and The Flats @ Pressed on October 26
Random Orbit Records and Pressed present: Tilda with special guests The Flats play Pressed on October 26th . Its been […]
Gig pick: The Famines w/ Average Times & Finderskeepers @ Pressed, October 23rd
Wednesdays are usually pretty boring but this week the great Ottawa Explosion is putting on a super cool show at […]
Interview with Mad Anthony (check ’em out at Zaphods on October 23)
I had the opportunity to chat with Marc Sherlock from Mad Anthony, in anticipation of their upcoming Zaphod’s gig (October […]