It’s that time of month where Canadian music fans anticipate the Polaris Music Prize long list. There’s always complaints about certain artists or bands not making it to the list and then when it get whittled down to the top …
Read more →On Thursday night, a new band, AquaAlta played at Zaphod Beeblebrox. The band consists of Charles Austin, Jenn Grant and Graeme Campbell. It’s a side project and a collaboration of the three artists. The Halifax band released their debut LP, …
Read more →It was an eventful weekend to end a cold and miserable month of February. On Friday night, it was Dan Mangan + Blacksmith at NAC and Saturday, it was meeting people at Ottawa Radio Club. Saturday night was going to …
Read more →There were so many events happening on Thursday night. I decided to go to A Thing For Chocolate as Trish Murray, who’s a radio host at a station and also runs RedLeaf Music has created a series called Sounds Simple. It’s …
Read more →A new music showcase festival has started in Ottawa and it’s called Megaphono. The showcase festival is give the Ottawa music scene a way to shine and show that the city is striving in the arts and cultural scene. It’s to …
Read more →Thursday night at Babylon Nightclub was The Mix 3rd Year Anniversary and it was hosted by the creator of the radio show, DJ 2 Creamz. The Mix has been on the radio airwaves for 3 years and was originally an …
Read more →I’m not done with 2014 just yet. There were some notable musicians and bands that came out with album in 2014 as well as going through some of the Ottawa bands that released materials last year. My year end countdown …
Read more →As promised, the second part to my best of 2014 countdown. This list is from #20 to #1 and it’s the best part of the year ender to Canadian independent music. The countdown for the past few years has no …
Read more →It’s back for another year but in a slightly shorter list as I had issues from the radio station in early 2014. I didn’t pay attention to a lot of Canadian independent music due to the problems stemming from the …
Read more →I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. On Tuesday, it was a privilege to be a guest co-host for Friends With Benefits, which is hosted by Tonya Price. It was an impromptu appearance as I decided to give …
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