Live Music Reviews

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Review: Coeur de Pirate, Amanda Lowe perform enchanting sets at the Bronson Centre

Photos and words by Maitland Shaheen/Ottawa Showbox On Friday evening, Spectrasonic presented Montreal-born Béatrice Martin, known as Coeur de Pirate, for

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Megaphono Day 2: Andy Shauf, Merganzer and Fiver @ St. Albans

Photo by Elizabeth Durnford/Ottawa Showbox Setting Wednesday’s Megaphono stage at St Alban’s, a relatively dark room with a single blue

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Megaphono Day 1: The Acorn, Emilie & Ogden, & Pipahauntas at St. Alban’s Church

Photos by Ming Wu/Photogmusic The evening of February 2nd saw the launch of Ottawa’s greatest mid-winter festival, Megaphono. Following an

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Nature Nocturne continues to impress, ringing in the Lunar New Year

Photos by Ming Wu/Photogmusic After years of those big eyes, peering into my soul every time I drive down Argyle

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Young Rival Bring The Chemistry to House Of Targ

Photos by Owen Maxwell/Ottawa Showbox Few bands manage to evolve so completely album to album, but Hamilton’s Young Rival seems

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BadBadNotGood take over Algonquin Commons Theatre

This past Friday, the Algonquin Commons Theatre boasted a sold out show headlined by Toronto’s jazz-hip hop trio BADBADNOTGOOD. Earlier

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Ottawa’s Got Soul: Slack Bridges premiere new music at Dekcuf

Yes, believe it or not – Ottawa’s got soul. On a chilly Friday in January, many of us braved the

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Twist, So Young, & Trails @ Pressed

On Friday evening, three bands performed in front of the pair of welcoming café windows at Pressed for a fittingly full

Buck n’ Nice Close Killer Hip Hop Showcase at Zaphod’s

“You guys thought it was going to be exciting and it’s fucking depressing AGAIN!” Sawbuck looks into the crowd with

Prevenge’s Ottawa Send Off with Dig It Up, Panic Attack and Dead Weights at Funeral Home

Featured Image by Darryl Andrew Reid Bob Barker encouraged us to neuter our pets, Nardwuar has his doot doola doot doo and