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Riot Fest Day 1: The Cure, The Flaming Lips, Death From Above 1979 & More

The Cure had the right melodies and remedies to pick us all up on the damp and muddy first night

Kevin Drew, Ottawa, Arboretum Festival, Broken Social Scene, Darlings

Arboretum Festival: Kevin Drew, Hilotrons, & The Yips

Photo by Jeff Watkins The weekend portion of this year’s Arboretum Arts Festival took place in Waller Park at Arts Court, and there

Bosveld Covers a Lot of Ground: Day One of the Ontario Bike Tour

Bosveld, a.k.a. Facetown Sonic, a.k.a. Velodrones and That Other Guy, a.k.a. Jeremy Mulder & Théan Slabbert are on the open road of

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Ottawa bands showcasing at NXNE 2014

It’s that time of year again. I’ll be packing up shop  once again and heading down to NXNE in Toronto this

MTT, Utrecht, Minus the Tiger, Netherlands, Holland

Interview: From Utrecht to Canada, Holland’s MTT have just about everything we want them to have.

It’s always really cool when European bands fly over the ocean and bring their music with them. One band that

Interview: Lucas MacKenzie of New Teeth

New Teeth (glam rock/shoegaze rock) have reunited and are playing their first show in Ottawa since 2011 this Thursday April

Morning Metal: Dreamer/Deceiver Interviews & Review of “Generations”

Dreamer Deceiver – Generations Released – March 11th, 2014 Dreamer/Deceiver, based out of Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario released their debut

NXNE Second Round Announced

It’s that time of year when summer festival announcements begin pouring out the yin yang, and today NXNE announced its

Ottawa Showbox’s Favourite Canadian Albums of 2013

These days there is so much music out there in the universe, it feels overwhelming sometimes. A lot of bloggers

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