Local Music

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Festival Preview: House of PainT Festival of Urban Arts & Culture

It’s that time of year again as the masses gather to celebrate urban hip hop arts and culture in Ottawa.

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New Music: I’m Not Here, I’m Not Real by Elementals

Ottawa’s Elementals just released a doozie of a first album with I’m Not Here, I’m Not Real. The new album

Weekend Music Roundup: Sept. 3 – 6

Ottawa event listings: Looking for live music this weekend? Ottawa Showbox has you covered this long weekend with the Weekend

New Video: “Nowhere Road” by Kings of Lowertown

Kings of Lowetown recently dropped a new video for their song “Nowhere Road.” The video by the self-proclaimed dirt blues

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Premiere: Lost To The River – Oh Brother, the Line

Sometimes you need to destroy something to create something fresh and new. That’s the mentality that the new Ottawa band

Weekend Music Roundup: Aug. 27 – 30

Ottawa event listings: Looking for live music this weekend? Ottawa Showbox has you covered with the Weekend Music Roundup. Thursday,

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Arboretum Festival – Day 4: Austra, Weights & Measures, Fet.Nat, & Saxyndrum

Since its inception in 2012, Arboretum Festival has increasingly become a seminal part of Ottawa’s cultural identity. Its organizers –

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Marvest: Strengthening Ottawa music through partnerships

CityFolk is expanding its programming this year to include more local artists from the Ottawa/Gatineau region. Musical Harvest  – dubbed

The Valveenus unleash Catalyst at Mavericks

Ottawa punk rockers, The Valveenus, released their new album Catalyst in style Friday, August 21 at Mavericks. The local four-piece with

Arboretum Festival – Day 3: Tweens, New Swears, Milk Lines, The Sadies and Nightshades

Tweens, New Swears, Milk Lines, The Sadies, and Nightshades rocked Albert Island Friday, the third night of Arboretum Festival 2015. It