Folkfest Day 2: Serena Ryder, Lorde & The Noisy Locomotive

Photo: Eric Scharf On a cold, damp night Serena Ryder, Lorde and The Noisy Locomotive had thousands stomping their feet,

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

Throwback Thursday: MxPx at the Civic Center in 2001

Today we throwback to when I was 13 and loved me some pop punk. It was the summer of 2001, the

New Music: See You At 7 by The Stringers

Ottawa alternative rock four-piece The Stringers recently dropped their debut EP, See You at 7. The album begins by building

Throwback Thursday: The Replacements and Goo Goo Dolls @ Barrymore’s in 1991

By Steven Scharf On February 18, 1991, I finally got to see The Replacements live.  Ever since reading a review

Arboretum Festival: Constantines Shine on the Final Day

Photo by Jeff Watkins Constantines capped off an amazing week of shows Saturday night on the final day of Arboretum

Arboretum Festival: Ought, Fresh Snow, Blue Angel and Freelove Fenner @ House of TARG

Photo by Jeff Watkins From a church at the last show to a pinball and pierogi-filled punk basement venue, Arboretum

New Music: Junkfood Forever, Bedtime Whatever by New Swears

Ottawa premiere party animals, New Swears, are at it again with a new full-length album called Junkfood Forever, Bedtime Whatever. Once

Arboretum Festival: Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars, Evening Hymns & Bosveld

Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars capped off an awe-inspiring lineup at St. Albans Church last night, which also featured

Throwback Thursday: Timber Timbre @ First Baptist Church in 2011

Timber Timbre playing at the First Baptist Church. Photo by Ming Wu. Last night, Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars delivered