Ottawa’s ‘house-punk’ collective Silkken Laumann gear up for NYE bash & album release Dec. 31@ Babylon

After the release of three singles, two videos, and an arduous two-year wait, Ottawa’s Silkken Laumann are getting ready to

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

Record Store Day in Ottawa – Participants + Special Releases

We here at Ottawa Showbox cannot think of a better way to take part in Support Local Month than walking

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

Weekend Music Roundup: Nov. 29 – Dec. 2

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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

Pith and the Parenchymas, Dusted, and The Elwins @ Ritual Nightclub – Nov. 21

Once in a while, a bill pops up on the calendar and makes you do a double take. “$10 for