You Say Party! We Say Die! @ Babylon

Second November 14th night of shows.
This time the venue was at Babylon and it was party central.
Playing there were:
You Say Party! We Say Die!

Think About Life

The Most Serene Republic @ Zaphods + Interview

It was a first of two nights of very popular shows I went on November 14th.
The first show I went was at Zaphod Beeblebrox.
Playing there were:
The Most Serene Republic

The Wind Up Radio Sessions

The Balconies and Dinosaur Bones @ The OB

It was a wonderful November 3rd Tuesday evening to see two great bands whom I’ve seen various times when they play in Ottawa.
The bands in question are:
Dinosaur Bones from Toronto

The Balconies from Ottawa now living in Toronto.

Both bands need no introduction since I’ve covered them on this site alot.
This was the first time for myself to attend this show at Algonquin College’s The Observatory.
Its a nice place but I haven’t stepped foot in that college since I graduated in 2007.
I didn’t know the Observatory would hold shows there.
What was nice about this show was that it was free.
The only catch is that the Observatory is very picky when it comes to checking ID even if its a All Ages show.

Anyways Dinosaur Bones was first to start and they always amaze me with their blend of indie rock alternative music.
They previewed new tracks from (whenever) they are finished with their full length album.
Can’t wait for when they are finished with the album.
Great band to see live and also very rad dudes to talk to.
Here is what they sang:

• Royalty
• Sharks
• Vampires
• Life In Trees
• N.Y.E.
• My Divider
• Old New
• Highwire

Finally The Balconies came and noticed alot of people filled the floor.
I was surprised with the turnout.
They sang a new song called Tiger.
Nice hearing the songs from their debut album like The Slo, 300 Pages and Ghost Fever.
Fun set it was.

For those that don’t know The Balconies made it at #10 on i(heart)music’s Hottest Bands in Canada.
Good job for them.
Here are videos I took at the show
Dinosaur Bones with N.Y.E. (Funny what I threw something at the lead singer)

Dinosaur Bones with Highwire (Sorry for the bad audio quality)

The Balconies with 300 Pages. (Sorry for the bad audio quality)

The Balconies with The Slo (sorry for the bad audio quality)

The Balconies with Tigers (Sorry for the bad audio quality)

The Balconies with Ghost Fever

Ennuie – Halloween show at Umi Cafe

On Halloween I decided to go to Umi Cafe and support Ivana Borojevic who is Ennuie.
Sad to hear that Luca Furgiuele left the band to pursue other endeavors.
Hope someone will help fill the gap for Ennuie.
I haven’t seen Ennuie play since May which was at Avant-Garde Bar for their CD Release show.
It was the first time for Ivana to play the piano which was a surprise.
Very fun and entertaining set.
Considering Ivana was dressed up as Beetlejuice and had to be character.
Luca did show up and reenact a scene from “Phantom of The Opera” which ended abruptly.
There was a guy who played the guitar for one song.
It was a fun Halloween show at Umi Cafe.

Show Review: Julie Fader, The Love Machine and Library Voices @ LiVE Lounge

On October 30th I finally went to a “LiVE Lounge” show.
Playing at the show were:
Julie Fader

Here is a quick interview I did with her.

The Love Machine

Here is a interview with Jordan and Sean of Love Machine

Library Voices

I didn’t get time to see In-Flight Safety because of the timing.

October 22nd show

On October 22nd, went to Zaphods and saw:
Sadie Hell

Modern Boys Modern Girls

Since it was two acts the show started off at around 9pm-ish.
There was suppose to be another act but had to pull out due to a family member being sick.

Show Review: The Ghost Is Dancing with Rubik and Loon Choir

October 17th seem to be a busy night with show. Ottawa seems to be the final touring stop for some musicians and bands.
There was this show at Zaphods and there was a heavy metal show coming from Mavericks (which you can feel the ground shaking).
My alternative was to go to Cafe Dekcuf.
Playing there were:
Loon Choir

Rubik I need some clarification if they are signed to Arts & Crafts?

The Ghost Is Dancing

Running up & down Dekcuf/Mavericks: part V

After OCFF, I headed up to Cafe Dekcuf.
Hoping to see Yukon Blonde, found out that couldn’t make it because something happened to their drummer.
In last replacement, Leif Vollebekk played their set.

Its always great to see him play live as always.
The only thing missing was his violin.
Great set as always.

Next up was The Gallop.
A Ottawa band that has members of Brights and The Ethics.
Very surprised with the turnout, more like friends of the band showed their support for them.
Their music was rocking fun. Some of their music had instrumentals and some had singing.
People you should check them out.

After them was The Polytones.
Haven’t seen them play in awhile mostly because Ben Wilson has been doing his other band That’s The Spirit.
Always a fun poppy set and always bring out the fun out of a show.

Lastly, Woodpigeon played.
I was hoping for a band set I saw at NXNE.
It was mostly Mark and another member with Catriona Sturton doing harmonica.

Glad I stayed for most of their set and see Catriona play with Woodpigeon.
I liked the intimate acoustic set they did. Not sure if he was previewing new material for the upcoming album Die Stadt Muzikanten.
It was an amazing lovely set.
Hope they come back to Ottawa with a full band.
They are a band that you have to see live.

While that was happening, I went down to Mavericks to see who was playing.
They were:
Winchester Warm

The Withering Pines

It was a folk rock night happening down at Mavericks
I’ve see Winchester Warm various times, I alwasy like to called them Poorfolk -2 or acoustic Poorfolk.

Show Review: Little Girls, Centretown Cripplers and Giant Hand

On September 25th at Cafe Dekcuf it was a night of loud, acoustic and back to loud music.
Playing at the show were:
Centretown Cripplers

Giant Hand

Little Girls

Little Girls – Concepts (Review)

Hearing some buzz with this band from Toronto called Little Girls.
This band consist of two members:
Josh McIntyre and Anthony Gerace.
Their full-length debut on Paper Bag Records won’t be out until October 13th and I got sneak peek on what they sound like.
Their music is instrumental minimalist/post-punk and abit of new wave.
They remind me of the band Women (who I adore) but more of the noise, distortion and less vocals.
I like the synth beats to Youth Tunes, Concepts and Thrills.
Some parts in the album does have the dark eerie creepy sound.
While some parts has that late 80s-early 90s nostalgic guitar riffing sound.
Overall its a totally different unique sound for those that love post-punk music.
Go on a whim and say this album has a conceptual story of the bustling city of Toronto.
All eleven tracks range around the 2-3 minute mark.
Favorite tracks:

• Youth Tunes
• Tambourine
• Concepts
• Imaginary Friends
• Thrills
• Departure
• Last Call
• Growing

Here is a interview I did with the band on September 25th