Live Music Reviews

Real Cool Time: The BCASA house show + PUP @ Gabba Hey!

It was decided that Friday night was going to be a multi-venue punk marathon for me, seeing the BCASA and PUP at

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, July Talk and Billy the Kid @ Ritual Dec. 3

“Good evening Ottawa, how you fucking doing?” The sold out Ritual crowd erupted to Frank Turner’s question and it was

For your birthday we got you: Stuck Out Here, PKEW PKEW PKEW (Gunshots), Bloody Boy Blue, ROBOTS!EVERYWHERE!! @ ROBOT!HOUSE!

House shows are my favourite form of concert to begin with.  Then add 100 balloons, birthday cupcakes and sangria, living

Ruckus Warning in Effect: Slo’ Tom & Fiftymen @ The Black Sheep Inn, Nov. 30

“How do you like your winter so far?” asked Fiftymen frontman Jeff Hardill to the dancing crowd before him. A sea

Sometimes good ideas are really good – I Can’t Believe It’s Not :: The Strokes – Is This It @ The Manx

Creative people are really interesting for a number reasons. Yes, most of them are a little crazy, but that’s beside

TRUTH at Mavericks Nov. 24

On a frigid Sunday night it looked like an episode of The Walking Dead inside Mavericks, but these zombies weren’t

The End of the Fun Boy Club House

Yes, you read correctly.  Saturday November 23, 2013 marked the end of an era, the end of an institution, the

Soupcans, Ultrathin and The Yips @ Mugshots Nov. 22

Friday night was the Kichesippi and Bruised Tongue Tap(e) Takeover Over at Mugshots with Soupcans, Ultrathin and The Yips. Code

Penske File, New Elders and Cory Levesque at The Daily Grind

Penske File, New Elders and Cory Levesque showed us that Thursdays night is as good of a night as ever

Shad, We Are the City and Zoo Legacy @ Ritual Night Club

Shad was on his game as he rolled through the capital Friday night at Ritual Night Club. He is one