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Gallery: No Aloha, Bonnie Doon, & Nightshades @ Mugshots, Feb. 20

It has only been four months since we started presenting monthly shows at Mugshots and the momentum just keeps building.

Bars & Breakbeats ft. Alex Silas & The Subterraneans, CrooKid Bass, Spitten Image, & Lost Kids

Photography by Andrew Lessard & Jason Champagne Some might think that Wednesday nights are pretty boring in Ottawa, with not

Diatonic Degustation: Celebration Ramen

Food. Music. Recipes. By Adam Berkelmans It’s cold outside. Looking out the window, I see my neighbourhood draped in snow.

MEGAPHONO: Sights (Photo Gallery)

MEGAPHONO in Pictures Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

MEGAPHONO: Cold War Adventures in the Diefenbunker with Steve Adamyk Band, Boyhood & More

The snow storm that hit Ottawa Wednesday night seemed appropriate as we drove out to the Diefenbunker, an underground artifact

Mugshots 2.0: The re-emergence of an Ottawa staple

Those who have lived in Ottawa for any amount of time might have heard of the haunted tours around downtown.

Throwback Thursday: Growing Up Punk in Ottawa

By Matthew Gilmour As an overly polite, 13-year-old, third-culture kid who had just spent his puberty in Singapore, I knew nothing

Video Premiere: “Medicine Man” by Owen Davies

The video for Owen Davies‘ “Medicine Man” off his forthcoming LP Mystic is hereby released! The first single of the new folk

Ottawa Showbox’s Favourite Shows of 2014

It’s been another crazy 52 weeks in the nation’s capital and it’s coming to a close. How did we get

Ottawa Showbox’s Favourite Local Releases of 2014

Again, 2014 was quite the year for music in Ottawa. We realize that it’s next to impossible to say which