On their Bandcamp page, Coveter lists some of the artists that influenced them, and I understand the desire to do this: After all, attaching your work to your inspirations is an homage to the music that brought you into town in the first place, and it serves as a handy identifier. Coveter’s tunery, however is […]
Jessica Pearson and the East Wind released their latest EP “Grave and Garden Songs” a couple weeks ago, offering a beautifully written and brilliantly executed collection of songs that blend folk, roots, and East Coast bluegrass. Although this group is a trio, their sound is so full as to create the aural illusion that there’s […]
Oasis: Standing On the Shoulder of Giants Format: CD Purchased: Sam the Record Man, 1999 Key Tracks: F@!#in’ in the Bushes, Go Let It Out, Who Feels Love?, Gas Panic!, Sunday Morning Call, Roll it Over This little bluey, huey gem was released in the aftermath of the collapse of Oasis-mania and Britpop, in the […]
With the ever-growing synth scene in Ottawa, industrious artists like Hard Science (pseudonym of local artist Arturo Brisindi) are starting to make real waves in the city’s continuously evolving music pool. “Dreaming In Stereo” is Hard Science’s debut LP and consists of 11 brilliantly crafted synth pop tracks. It features several Ottawa-based artists who lend […]
How can a band from Ottawa Ont. sound so Kentucky fried, double wide and Bonnie Clyde? This rock outfit beats the tin can of blooze as they choose, playing with boldness, assurance, and panache that is at the same time urgent and lazy boned. You can feel the hours of rehearsal that have carved this […]
Sly and the Family Stone: There’s A Riot Goin’ On Format: CD Purchased: Records on Wheels Key Tracks: Luv N’ Haight, Just Like a Baby, Family Affair, Africa Talks to You, (You Caught Me) Smilin’, Spaced Cowboy, Thank You for Talkin’ To Me Africa And you thought Axl Rose had rock’n roll madman all signed, […]
Enter: The Voice of God “Hear ye, oh silenced voices of thrashed doomery! Yonder comes a sound, nay; a great rushing of cacophonies! Hark your ears and turn your chin to the heavens. Know the dread power of what is known, unknown and all that pretends to exist within.” Exeunt: The Voice of God Existing […]
The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Format: CD (originally purchased on cassette) Purchased: Sam the Record Man Key Tracks: Tonight, Tonight, Jellybelly, Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, Tales of A Scorched Earth, By Starlight, Farewell and Goodnight…and so many more Billy and the Amazing Technicolor Screamcoat. There is something to be said […]
Back in Familiar Waters: Tim Nast’s Return to the Ottawa Music Scene November 14, 2019
The Celtic Kitchen Party Bakes A Fresh Batch Of New Tunes October 4, 2019
Justin Duhaime & Friends @ Grill 41 February 28, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - December 27, 2030 @ 11:00 pm