New Music

Review: Cold Capital – ‘The Cold Capital EP’ + Q&A with singer Erik Hertzberg

While we don’t run a whole lot of album reviews on Showbox, once in a while we like to mix

Ottawa’s ‘house-punk’ collective Silkken Laumann gear up for NYE bash & album release Dec. 31@ Babylon

After the release of three singles, two videos, and an arduous two-year wait, Ottawa’s Silkken Laumann are getting ready to

Ruckus Warning in Effect: Slo’ Tom & Fiftymen @ The Black Sheep Inn, Nov. 30

“How do you like your winter so far?” asked Fiftymen frontman Jeff Hardill to the dancing crowd before him. A sea

Ashleys, Deleted Scenes & Grounders @ Café Dekcuf

When bands play Ottawa for their first time above Mavericks‘s folk metal night, they assume Ottawa is mostly comprised of

Interview with Bassist Mike Searle from Grounders

Just before the doors opened at Cafe Dekcuf last night, I sat down with Mike Searle, bassist for Toronto’s Grounders.

Album Premiere: Pony Girl’s Show Me Your Fears

Ottawa art-rock band, Pony Girl, are poised to release their debut album, Show Me Your Fears, on September 28th. Ottawa

Single Premiere: Pony Girl’s ”Sun of the Morning”

Ottawa band Pony Girl are poised to release their debut album, Show Me Your Fears, on September 28th.  Ottawa Showbox

The Love Machine release teaser video + Vine contest details

Last weekend a bunch of us gathered at Fall Down Gallery for what was to be a hot, smoky music

New Music: Ottawa’s Antiks going strong with release of second album ‘The Thing Is’

When I first started Ottawa Showbox in May of 2012, one of the first hip hop groups in Ottawa I