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New Music: Stoby’s “Shark Girl Shark Shark”

Ottawa’s alt-rock four-piece band, Stoby, started the year with the release of Shark Girl Shark Shark. The opening track, “Gibberish,” starts with a

Show Me The Body, Urochromes, Ultra Love @ 27 Club

Ev has synesthesia, and they incorporate their sensory experiences into music reviews. Synesthesia is a condition in which the brain

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Bluesfest Day 8: Alexisonfire Rises Again

Since they parted ways back in 2011 to chase peripheral passion projects—including a firefighting career for lead singer George Pettit—the

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New Music: Compassion Fatigue by Ornaments

Compassion Fatigue, the first album released in eight years by Ottawa three-piece Ornaments, is an early candidate for album of

GALLERY: SOTO FEST Day 3 + 4

Ev was on hand to shoot the last couple days of the local DIY punk fest Sitting on the Outside

SOTO FEST Day 3: Spacers, Piper Maru & more

Spacers, Piper Maru, Piss Face and more sliced into day three of this year’s Sitting On The Outside Fest. The

SOTO FEST Day 2: Decisions, Church Clothes, & more

Review Day two of SOTO FEST III began to come together as punks, weirdos, and everything in between piled into

Tiny Moving Parts, Free Throw + Worlds Greatest Dad

Review On Saturday night, the place to be was The 27 Club.  The lineup was stacked, the crowd was pumped,

Megaphono: Monobrow, Dead Centuries & Destroy Clocks

Day three of Megaphono at House of Targ hosted three fierce Ottawa bands, leading the crowd through the late night

Lonely Parade, BBQT, Sad Baxter at Black Squirrel

Photo by Ming Wu/Photogmusic On a humid and muggy day like this one, arriving early to a show at Black