Rifflandia Recap in Pictures : Saturday Night

CHAR2D2

Jon & Roy

Jets Overhead

Hey Rosetta!

Pink Mountaintops

For the complete set of photos, click here. Also photos from Thursday and Friday nights on my Flickr.

Rifflandia Recap in Pictures : Friday Night

Aidan Knight

Tegan and Sara

Zeus

The Most Serene Republic

Click here for the complete set of photos, as well as Thursday night's set on my Flickr.

Raw Sugar Cafe: September 2, 2009

On August 2nd I went to see three acts at Raw Sugar Cafe
They were:
Tissø Lake from the UK

Brooke Manning from Toronto

The Wilderness of Manitoba from Toronto

It was a nice intimate acoustic show for all three acts playing.
Full review is on here.
Listen to the interviews I did with each musicians.
Full review is on here.
Tissø Lake

Brooke Manning with Erin Lang

The Wilderness of Manitoba
The Wilderness of Manitoba: Interview by blurasis

The Wooden Sky: Bedrooms and Backstreet Tour in Ottawa

August 17th, the band Wooden Sky made a stop in Ottawa for their Bedrooms and Backstreet tour.
They played at a nice small store called Canteen.
Here are the photos from the show.
The first band was Ottawa's Old Crowns.

Here is a interview I did with them before their show.
Interview: Old Crowns by blurasis
Here is a photo of Wooden Sky.

After their set I got a chance to do a quick interview.
Interview: The Wooden Sky by blurasis
Overall it was a nice set they put despite being a hot humid summer day.

Arietta in Ottawa

I went to see Arietta play at Zaphod Beeblebrox on July 25th.
Apparently they were suppose to open up for Black Diamond Bay but the drummer fell ill.
So it was just a solo show for Arietta.
Here are some photos.

Also I did a interview with the band.
Its about 20 minutes.
Sorry if the waitress happens to come in part of the interview.

Bear Claps: Interview

On July 23rd (same night as the Bruce Peninsula show).
I interview the Ottawa band Bear Claps.
The members consist of:
Derek Ledoux

Jenna Johnson

Tyson Everitt

I interview them at the chinese restuarant Imperial Palace on Dalhousie St.
Derek: Pop music, more nitty gritty which is more electronic music and pull in folk and rock
Who are your influences?
Derek: Radiohead, Pavement, Modest Mouse
Jenna: Blur
Tyson: Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, My Bloody Valentine
Favorite venues in Ottawa?
All three:Babylon
Derek: Blacksheep Inn
Tyson: Dekcuf used to do webcast shows.
Who have you played with local or out of town musicians?
Locally: New Teeth, Silver Birch Society, Ennuie, Adam Saikaley
Out of town: Mina May, Bruce Peninsula
What's coming up for Bear Claps?
Going into the studio to make an official EP
Here is the audio part.

Bruce Peninsula: Interview

Lately I bought this digital recorder and try to get my hands into interviewing musicians/bands.
My first try was interviewing the members of Bruce Peninsula.
Interviewed them on July 23rd where they played a show at Cafe Dekcuf.
I talked to them after their sound check and did it at the corner of Rideau and Cumberland St.
Members I interviewed were:
Neil Haverty
Matt Cully
Misha Bower
Andrew Barker
Steven McKay
Kari Peddle
Daniel Geshundheit
I was thinking of typing it down but here is the audio part.

Vancouver Folk Fest Preview

As the Vancouver Folk Music Festival is taking place next weekend (July 17-19th), let's cover three of the reasons why you should start getting excited if you are going, and reconsider if you're not.

At the Railway Club on June 3, three artists took to the stage to fundraise for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival as part of the VFMF Revue -- Veda Hille, Dan Mangan and Geoff Berner. Each put on a phenomenal set, and if this is any indication of things to come, this year's festival will be a treat for those living in/near Metro Vancouver.


First to play a set is the quirky Veda Hille. She opened with Lucklucky, which was accompanied by the clacking noises of the toy train overhead at the Railway, to good effect. The song, which included a short ode to the Hockey Night in Canada theme, demonstrated Hille's playful theatrical voice well. She played a couple of covers, which included Neil Young's Transformer Man. Grab an early demo version of Lucklucky below.

MP3: Veda Hille - LuckLucky


Second on the stage is Dan Mangan, who announced that his new full-length record Nice, Nice, Very Nice will be released August 11th, 2009. He took the time to thank two local Vancouver stations who have given his infectious hit Robots much deserved airtime.

Mangan played an eight song set, which included several songs from his upcoming album such as Tina's Glorious Comeback, The Indie Queens Are Coming (which brought Veda Hille back on stage), You Silly Git (a song inspired by his girlfriend), as well as Basket, which is written for his grandfather. Of course, Mangan wrapped up his set with the catchier-than-herpes Robots, which ended with him holding his guitar aloft while walking through the audience, encouraging a sing-a-long. He looked visibly surprised that half the audience already knew the words; it was very endearing. He also spent a considerable amount of time bantering and speaking with a couple of fans who were right up against the stage. The man emanates warmth.


The final performer of the night was Geoff Berner. He plays frequently at the Railway and states that it's one of his favourite venues. However, it was my first time seeing him. When he entered, accordion-clad and unassuming-looking, and started screaming as an introduction to his song Shut In, the shift in the room was likely a collective startled jump. The song also included a small shout-out to In My Life by the Beatles.

The best way to describe Berner and his set that night would be "perpetually intoxicated, irreverent drinking songs," demonstrated by such songs as The Way That Girl Drinks Beer. However, in more than a few occasions, his meandering voice sharpened their focus towards specific points that he wanted to make. The best example is his song The Dead Children Were Worth It, which criticizes the upcoming Vancouver Olympics in 2010. So while his voice (and mind) may wander and drawl, it does once in a while come back and sucker punch you into paying attention. Below is the download for the aforementioned Olympic theme, which previously got him in trouble with concert sponsors. Take a listen and hear why.

MP3: Geoff Berner - The Dead Children Were Worth It!

Once again, if you haven't gotten your Vancouver Folk Music Festival tickets yet,
you can find them here. The venue is the beautiful Jericho Beach in downtown Vancouver.
The full line-up, which includes Canadian artists such as the Weakerthans, Basia Bulat, Great Lake Swimmers, among many international acts such as Iron & Wine, is here.
The full schedule is here.
And you can also follow VFMF on Twitter.

And don't forget to check back here at NxEW for more VFMF updates by AlexOfAnders and I! You can also find us on Twitter at AlexOfAnders and kn0ttyn3rb, respectively.

See you at the show!

Bluesfest: Day 2

July 9th was my favorite night of Ottawa Bluesfest.
It was better than Day 1 mostly because I knew the bands/musicians that were playing on Day 2.
I had a great time running over from stage to stage.

The acts that I got to see:
Kyrie Kristmanson
Kyrie was totally amazing live. She wore her famous white fuzzy hat during Song X but took it off after it.
Nice to see her back from France for the summer.


Holy Fuck
Loved hearing Milkshakes and some new tracks.
They were absolutely amazing live and I was happy to catch Lovely Allen at the end.


Metric
Seen them alot of times now. Glad that they sang "Help! I'm Alive" live.


Iron & Wine
I wish I got to stay longer for his set.
Sad that I missed out on Such Great Heights


Ben Harper and Relentless7
All I have to say that he was totally loud.

Bluesfest: Day 1

July 8th was the start of the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest.

Highlights that I covered:
Amanda Rheaume

Flash Lightnin'

Amos The Transparent


MonkeyJunk

Jon & Roy

Jeff Beck

Sled Island Organizer Speaks to NxEW

Sled Island, as previously reported, is Calgary’s mammoth multi-venue music and arts festival and it’s less than two weeks away! In anticipation of the festival, NxEW was able to line up an interview with festival founder Zak Pashak.

When asked why he continues to choose Calgary as ground-zero for Sled Island, Zak Pashak says, “I think the festival encourages open-mindedness and has a larger political purpose in bringing smart people in Alberta together.”

Now in its third year, Sled Island has garnered lots of attention locally, abroad, and online as the premier showcase for Western Canadian bands and visual artists. After witnessing thousands of music fans flock to Sled Island two years in a row, the City of Calgary’s Mayor’s Office has started to play an active role in supporting the organizer’s desire to promote emerging artists and youth culture.

“More people are getting involved and people are putting a lot of love into making [the festival] work,” says Zak. “Teresa Byrne in Arts and Culture [at the City of Calgary] has been amazing. If you see her and you like Sled Island, please give her a hug!”

The biggest difference in store for this year’s festival is the selection of Olympic Plaza as the main outdoor all-ages venue. On Friday evening, there is a stunning line-up, including The Summerlad (Calgary), Malajube (Montreal), Biz Markie (NYC), M5 (Calgary), Anvil (Toronto), Holy Fuck (Toronto), Liars (NYC) and The Breeders (Dayton). This will no doubt be among the noisiest night in downtown Calgary’s recent history. Zak highlights Liars as being a potentially difficult band to book:

“Maybe Liars would have been really hard to get except they are huge fans of Colin Newman's so they wanted to come. They are going to blow people away.”

Colin Newman, front man for Wire, an influential post-punk band that rocked the festival in 2008, was chosen as this year’s guest curator. For the past year, he has been helping with the “big picture” strategy for the festival in an effort to make it as good as it can be for the city. According to Zak, Colin fell in love with Calgary and the fans that enthusiastically supported his band last year. He will also be performing with his new project, Githead.

As for great local showcases, Zak points to the shows at the Bamboo on Thursday and at The Lord Nelson throughout the festival. A remarkable feature about Sled Island is its unique ability to host shows in unusual venues. This year boasts the addition of the local hipster hotdog stand, Tubby Dog, unique, posh art spaces like TrépanierBaer, the John Dutton auditorium at the central branch of the Calgary Public Library and the Higher Ground coffee shop to the list of innovative spaces from past festivals.

To grace the stage of these myriad venues, there are over 250 bands scheduled to appear (including 50 from Vancouver alone!) If all this seems overwhelming, Zak noted some key changes to the festival website that are designed to help navigate the line-up. One of the main challenges in organizing this kind of event is that many bands are virtually unknown outside “music geek” circles, but he ensures that, “the website is less cluttered and a pretty powerful tool. With a little digging, you can start to find out some very interesting things about the bands we booked.”

The addition of a regular podcasts on the website has also made the discovery of new artists much more approachable.

The main festival runs from Wednesday June 24th to Saturday the 27th, but there are related events, parties, and screenings scheduled from Tuesday to Sunday.

If you are thinking of making the trek to Calgary for Sled Island, Zak says, “please do.”

Sled Island - Full Band List

All 251 bands from A to Z:

40 Thieves

a relative distance

Adam Power

Adelaide

Aerosol Constellations

Agnostic Mountain Gospel

ahna

Analog Bell Service

Andrew WK

Anvil

Axis of Conversation

Azeda Booth

Backbone of Science, The

Band Name

BATTLE SNAKES

Bayonets!!!

Bebop Cortez

Before Dawn

Beija Flor

Bell Tower

Bend Sinister

Benath These Idle Tides

Better Off Dead

Bikeland

Biz Markie

Black Death Boners

Black Dicks

Black Mold

Blind Shake, The

Blist

BLOOO BOI

Blue Violets, The

Bob Quaschnick

Boogie Monster

Book of Black Earth

Bownesians, The

BRAIDS

Brain Fever

Brasstronaut

Breeders, The

Brenda Vaqueros, The

Bronx, The

Calum Graham

Cam Penner

Cam the Wizzard

Chris Gheran & the Graveyard Gang

Christian Hansen & The Autistics!

Clea Anais

Coathangers, The

Colin Decker Free Fall, The

Colourbook

Cool dad

Cripple Creek Fairies

Crosstown Rivals

Curtis Santiago

Cut Off Your Hands

Darcys, The

Dead Science, The

Deformer

Desert Boots

Desiderata

Dieselboy

Doer and the Doddler, The

Dragon Fli Empire

E.L.E.V.E.N.

Eamon McGrath

Endangered Ape

Envelopes Filled with Cash, The

Evaporators, The

Evidence, The

Ex-Boyfriends, The

Excision

extra happy ghost !!!

Famines, The

Final Fantasy

Fine Mist

Fond Of Tigers

foonyap

Fox Opera

Francis Cheer

Frantic Artillery Featuring Bijaan Lalani and Grady Welbourne

Friendo

Get Down, The

Get Through Summer

Ghostkeeper

Gift Eaters

Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious)

Githead

GOBBLE GOBBLE

Good Luck Assembly, The

Grass featuring Erin Thrall and the Lily Quartet

Great Orbax Freak Show, The

Grim Beat, The

Hamas

Hank and Lily

Hazard Lights

HEALTH

heat-ray

Hobophobes

Hollerado

Holy Fuck

Homage (Dustin Lee)

Hot Little Rocket

Hot Panda

Hours, The

INDIENSOCI

Instinct

Japandroids

Japanther

Jenny

Jezibelle

Jim Brown as Rank Nubah

JJ Shiplett

Jody Glenham

Joe Nice

Joel Fraser

Joel Learoyd

Jon-Rae Fletcher

Jonathan Toubin

Jupes, Les

Keser

Kilbourne

King Khan & BBQ Show, The

Kirby Criddle

Kisses of Fire

Knots

Knucklehead

Kris Ellestad

Ladyhawk

Last Plague

Lauren Mann

LAZERTAG

Liars

Library Voices

lint

Lucas Chaisson

Lucid 44

M5

Madcowboys

Main Drag, The

Malajube

Mark Sultan

Matthew Skopyk & The Future

MC Juakali

Meat Draw

Medicine People, The

Meggido

Michael Rault

miesha & the spanks

Mikey Mmmuscles (aka Mike B)

Moby Dicks

Mohawk Lodge, The

Monotonix

Morgan Greenwood

Mothfight!

Mount Analogue

Mount Eerie

Mt. Royal

Myelin Sheaths

Neckbeards, The

Neckers, The

New Danger Kids, The

NEW FIGHT SCENE

No Gold

No Horses

Noah York

Novillero

Nu Sensae

O'Death

Obits

Octoberman

Oldfolks Home

Outlaws of Ravenhurst, The

Oye!

Pack A.D., The

Paperbacks, The

Passenger Action

Pete Samples

Pine Tarts

Press Gang, The

Priya Thomas

Puberty

Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Racoon

Ramblin' Ambassadors

Random Task Collective

Re-Mains, The

Rebel Spell

Reuben Bullock + Ben Bullock

Ricca Razor Sharp

Rio Bent

Robin Hunter and the Six Foot Bullies

ROCKET REDUCERS

Rub, The

Ruben Young

RUDE CITY RIOT

Rural Alberta Advantage

Sabretooth

Sadlier-Brown and the Sound

Sarah Clark

Sean Nicholas Savage

Secret Brothers

Seven Story Redhead

Sex Party

SEX WITH STRANGERS

Shagbots, The

Sharar

Sharp Ends

Shearing Pinx

Sheepdogs, The

Sit Still!

Sleepyhead

Slim Pickins

Slim Twig

SNFU

SONS OF YORK

Sounds Like BS

Space Rabies

Square Waves, The

SSRIs, The

Stamina Mantis

Stolen Organ Family Band, The

Sub-linguals

Superfantastics, The

Susie Forsyth

Swank

swwords

Team Building

Thank Magnets

That's the Spirit

These Arms are Snakes

Thighs

Tricky Woo

Twin Crystals

Up in Smoke

Von Zippers, The

Walk Off The Earth

Warbird

Warbrides, The

Whitey Houston

Whitsundays, The

Wicked Awesomes!, The

Women

Woodhands

Woodpigeon

X-Ray Cat

Yells, The

Yes Nice

York Redoubt

Yukon Blonde

Zebra Pulse

Whew! More info about scheduling and tickets available at www.sledisland.com. If I missed any, feel free to add to the comments section below.

Skate4Cancer in Ottawa

It was a very cold Sunday evening down at Confederation Park.
The free all ages event was called Skate4Cancer, where it was organized by Rob Dyer.
To bring awareness about cancer and how it has affected in people's lives.
Also there was music and playing there was:
Steve St.Pierre (who usually plays in the band Anchors)
The Love Machine
Brighter Brightest
Photo of Rob Dyer.


First up was Steve and he sang some of his solo.
It was a nice settling with him and his guitar.
He sang a cover of MGMT's Kids which was amazing to listen to.

After him was the Love Machine.
I never got to hear them live acoustically.
They were amazing doing it without the electric instruments and drums.
Shows that they can really belt out their own tunes acoustically.
Sang Squirrels, Love Is On Your Side, Amos the Transparent cover and a new song.
Great performance.

Finally it was the Brighter Brightest from Aurora.
It was only two members that played acoustically.
Sang mostly from their EP.
They were great live with just their guitars.
If they come back to Ottawa, I would like to see the whole band play live.


Overall it was nice intimate and cold event in the park.

Oh No Forest Fires, Dinosaur Bones and Arietta at Mavericks in Ottawa

Last night it was a triple bill of Toronto acts at Ottawa's Mavericks.
It was Oh No Forest Fires,Dinosaur Bones and Arietta.
It was a fun show.
Here are some photos.

Polaris Music Prize 2009 Announcements

POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE ANNOUNCES SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO CANADA AS PRESENTING SPONSOR, AND LONG LIST, SHORT LIST AND GALA DATES FOR 2009.

Steve Jordan, Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, today announced SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada as the new presenting sponsor for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. SIRIUS has been a supporting sponsor of Polaris since 2007 and has broadcast the event live to a North American audience on satellite radio for the past two years.

“With their unwavering support for Canadian talent in general and specifically the Polaris Music Prize, we feel having SIRIUS as our number one sponsor is not only a natural progression but a perfect fit. We are excited to be working together to bring the music of our nominees and winner to an even wider audience,” said Jordan.

The Polaris Music Prize awards $20,000 to the artist who creates the Canadian album of the year. It is judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration of genre or record sales. Past winners have been Final Fantasy for He Poos Clouds (2006), Patrick Watson for Close To Paradise (2007) and Caribou for Andorra (2008).

Jordan also revealed the key dates for the coveted award’s 4th annual celebration. The Long List of 40 titles, which is sponsored by The Canada Council for the Arts, will be announced June 15. The Short List of 10 nominees will be revealed at a July 7 media conference at The Drake Hotel in Toronto. This year’s gala will be held on Monday, September 21 at a Toronto location to be announced. The Long List and Short List are determined by an independent jury of 190 Canadian music journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers from across Canada. Eleven people are selected from the larger jury pool to serve on the grand jury. The grand jury will convene the night of the 21st during the gala to select the 2009 Polaris Music Prize winner.

The eligibility period for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize runs from June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009.

About the Polaris Music Prize:

The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected music critics.

Follow Polaris Music Prize on Twitter & MySpace.

Coverters & Black Hat Brigade at Cafe Dekcuf

On May 22nd i(heart)music got Black Hat Brigade to Ottawa.
It is their third time in Ottawa.
I was happy to see them again.
I guess you can say "Third times a charm"??

The first band to play was an Ottawa band called Converters.
From what I was told from Matt of i(heart)music was that it was either their second or third show meaning that they are new band.
They were great, rocking it up.
The lead singer sound very much like Roy Orbinson.
Maybe they will get to play more show in Ottawa and beyond.


Waiting a few more minutes for Black Hat Brigade to set up.
They have alot of equipment to put up on the stage and it was crazy.
They were very amazing and love their high energy sound.
They are a band you have to see live. Why? Because each members (minus the drummer) alternate turns in playing a different instrument and vocals.
Its great to see the dynamic of the band and never gets boring if its the same old routine.
I recommend that seeing them live.

Get their new CD called "Fathers"

Ennuie @ Avant Garde Bar

The Ottawa indie-duo Ennuie had their CD Release party.
It was a fun night of indie pop-dance at the Avant Garde Bar.
They finally released their full length album called "The Lady and the Unicorn".

Rich Aucoin @ Cafe Dekcuf

Rich Aucoin was in Ottawa on May 7th.
He played at Cafe Dekcuf.
I was there for about 4 songs.

He did abit of Dr.Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Previewed a few new tracks.
It was a fun set.
Can't wait for his album.

The City Above/Opopo/Politique at Zaphods

On Friday night (May 1) I went to see three bands at Zaphod Beeblebrox.
It was a nice show.
The City Above


Opopo


Politique

Kelp 15

Last night was the beginning of Kelp Records 15th Anniversary.
It will be three days of six different events to celebrate the works of this Ottawa-based record label.

To kick things off they held a show at the Mayfair Theatre.
Playing there was Anders Parker, Jim Bryson and The Acorn.
Here are some photos from last night.
Anders Parker:


Amanda Putz introducing Jim Bryson on stage:


Jim Bryson:


The Acorn:


During the intermission, I was looking for whoever was around and ask them this question.
I didn't know I gave them such a hard question but here are the answers and sorry for my spelling mistakes.
"One word to describe Kelp Records perfectly?"

Jim Bryson: Eventuality

The Acorn:
Jeff Debutte - Family
Rolf Klausener - Relentlessly
Howie Tsui - Geezerbag
Jeffrey Malecki - Love
Pat Johnson - Amazing
Mike Dubue (Also from the Hilotrons) - Shayne-Cox

Andy Swan: Lycanthropy (I need to actual spelling for that word)

I asked two people from CBC Radio (Hope someone will like this one?).
Amanda Putz: Sexitude
Alan Neale: Scumdelicious

Here's to Kelp being 15!

Said The Whale/Hey Ocean! at Zaphods

Last night I went to see Said The Whale and Hey Ocean! at Zaphod Beeblebrox.
It was due in part with the BC Scene happening in Ottawa.

I had a fun time seeing both bands.
Said The Whale played some new songs.
Can't wait for the new album in the fall.
Of course played the older stuff from the Howe Sounds album.
Said The Whale:


Hey Ocean! put on a wild and fun show.
Hey Ocean!:

Hooded Fang @ Zaphods

Here is a photo from Hooded Fang on April 15th in Ottawa's Zaphods.
They opened up with the Whitsundays.

Show review on here

Torngat at Zaphods video

Video from the Ottawa show on April 9th.

Torngat @ Zaphods from Ming Wu on Vimeo.

Kyrie Kristmans at Compact Music

Kyrie Kristmanson is a Ottawa singer.
Right now she is in France studying abroad.
Yesterday she was in Ottawa, promoting her album Pagan Love at Compact Music.
Also she will be opening up for Buck 65 at the Black Sheep Inn on April 11th.

Here is a video clip of her singing a new song.
Sorry if you hear the motoring sound on my digicam.

Kyrie Kristmanson @ Compact Music from Ming Wu on Vimeo.

Hello world! : Reaching across the musical expanse

Greetings reader! My name is Brenda. I would shake your hand if the chance of me reaching it wasn't so improbable. Welcome to my first post on nxew.

When I was a kid, I always had grandeur dreams of reaching out to a wide audience and impacting as much of the world as I possibly could. Well, blogging on a semi-legit Canadian indie music blog on the internet(s) will certainly reach a larger audience on my path to world domination!

So, tying that back to music, some artists have certainly achieved that stage of dreaming grandly and reaching an even grander audience. My Metallica-obsessed friend and I watched their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame streamed online this weekend. The amount of people worldwide that they have touched with their music is evident in the immensely large stadium in which the ceremony was held. In fact, one of their most memorable performances was in 1991 at Tushino Air Field in Moscow after the Iron Curtain came down. If you have the army trying to control the crowd at your concert, you're a pretty big deal.

On another note, I have the ungodly task of attempting to snatch up U2 tickets for a group of friends tomorrow morning at 10am. I've been told that this is an impossible task, so good luck to me. Looking on the Ticketmaster website, it appears that individual U2.com members have individualized presale codes. What. That's just insane. Once again, if you have to give your fan club members individualized presale codes, you're a pretty big deal.

To wrap that all up, what Canadian artists/bands do you think have the potential to become a pretty big deal? Metallica mentioned Rush during their induction speech. Loverboy recently got honoured at the Junos for their musical career. Who else do you think has the enduring relevance and popularity in the music scene up North... perhaps even in the independent scene?

Patrick Watson's Wooden Arms

Check out the new Partick Watson song on http://wooden-arms.com/ I love the new song and can't wait for long await sophomore album on April 28th

Ottawa: Howie Beck @ Cafe Dekcuf Mar 26th

For those in Ottawa Howie Beck will be in Ottawa on March 26th at Cafe Dekcuf 

Opening up will be Angela Desveaux and For The Fairest.
Its also going to be taped for CBC Radio 2's Canada Live program.
So I am just spreading the word out and get people to check out this show.

Single Review: Through & Through & Through

Loving the new Joel Plaskett song Through & Through & Through.
From his album called "3".
This song has that groovy rock feel.
Love the upbeatness and just feel like dancing to this song.
I am really excited for this new album.

Its going to be three disc and great rocking tracks.

Heard him play this song CBC's Q was totally amazing.

It was the Free Single Of The Week from iTunes but now its $.99 for the song.