![Atherton – No Threat [Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4267255_lg.jpg)
Rap and hip-hop doesn't get featured alot on this site. When I was contacted to check out this album by Ottawa's Hip-Hop, MC and musician Atherton . I was like why not check it out. No Threat (An anagram of his name), drops on May 22, 2012 with two free tracks to download on Bandcamp . No Threat is his third full-length album. He pull no stops on this album. As I read this about Atherton who goes by Devin Atherton: Atherton is [...]
![JUNOfest @ Dom Polski [March 30, 2012]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4169367_lg.jpg)
After the remarkable and insane show at Babylon. I headed to Dom Polski for something different. I got there and saw two acts playing. Playing at the show were: • Socalled • Sound of Lions I arrived and already Ottawa's Sound of Lions was into their set. I got there for the last 2-3 songs. They never disappoint live and the audience was loving [...]

Here is the last category of the poll. As stated on part one of the results. With the votes tallied up. Narrowed it down with the Top 5 plus three honorable mentions. So here are the results for Hottest Drummers. Hopefully for next year, I will be prepared on who should be nominated. Sorry if I couldn't find the right photos. Lastly I want to thank Emma from Now Playing Radio , Craig from Ottawa Voice Box , Ska Jeff & Latitude 45 for listing the names of acts. [...]

As stated on part one of the results. With the 11 songs listed in this category. With the votes tallied up. Narrowed it down with the Top 5 plus three honorable mentions. So here are the results for Hottest Bands. HOTTEST SONGS: 11:44 by Sound of Lions On The Mend by Silkken Laumann [...]

As stated on part one of the results. With the votes tallied up. It was a neck and neck battle with the four bands each beating by 1 votes each in the Top 5. So here are the results for Hottest Bands. HOTTEST BANDS: Three Little Birds Sound of Lions [...]

As stated on part one of the results. With the votes tallied up. So here are the results for Hottest Female Musician. (Sorry if the photos aren't flattering ) HOTTEST FEMALE MUSICIANS: Whitney Delion of Sound of Lions DeeDee Butters of The Peptides Keturah Johnson [...]
![Who's Hot In Ottawa's Music Scene 2012 [POLL]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4106835_lg.jpg)
Aren't Ottawa folks pretty wild? Couldn't think of photo to use for this post. Don't we all love (or dislike) polls and surveys? I am doing this for "fun", see if this experiment works and not to be taken very seriously. This will show that Ottawa is not a boring city. Here is the first annual "Who's Hot In Ottawa's Music Scene 20123. There is a good and interesting music scene happening here. So why not showcase these Ottawa bands and musicians. [...]
![Who's Hot In Ottawa's Music Scene 2012 [POLL]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4098598_lg.jpg)
Aren't Ottawa folks pretty wild? Couldn't think of photo to use for this post. Don't we all love polls and surveys? I am doing this for fun and see if this experiment works. Also shows that Ottawa is not a boring city. Here is the first annual "Who's Hot In Ottawa's Music Scene 20123. There is a good and interesting music scene happening here. So why not showcase these Ottawa bands and musicians. Hope you like the nominees listed? That is [...]
![Dinosaur Bones, Prussia, Sound Of Lions @ Cafe Dekcuf [February 1, 2012]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4032052_lg.jpg)
Its already February!! Playing at Cafe Dekcuf were: • Dinosaur Bones • Prussia • Sound of Lions This is the first Dinosaur Bones and Sound of Lions show of 2012. I wonder how many times will I see them this year? At first I thought this line up would be somewhat [...]

Here is part four of the Best of 2011 Canadian albums. We are almost getting to the Top 10. These albums that are still worthy to check out. Here is the ranking from #20-11. 20. Sound of Lions - 11.44 Listen to Blue , Counting Eights , One and Passive Attack . 19. Mother Mother - Eureka [...]
![GuerillaLIVE #30 @ NAC 4th Stage [December 17, 2011]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3937441_lg.jpg)
This was the first of three events of the night on December 17, 2011. Guerilla is a Ottawa based magazine that focuses on Ottawa culture. They celebrated issue #30 at the NAC 's 4th and it was the final quarterly edition before they step up to a national stage beginning March 2012. With that there was a great set of acts playing at the venue. Performances by: • DJ Adam Saikaley • [...]
![Sound of Lions & Zoo Legacy @ Babylon Nightclub [November 25, 2011]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3889130_lg.jpg)
With various shows happening, I decided to go to Babylon Nightclub and support two Ottawa acts on November 25, 2011. The show was a celebration and thank you to the fans for Sound of Lions who recently won Best New Act and Best Album from the Ottawa Xpress Readers Poll 2011 . The show started off with Zoo Legacy . This was my first time to see them live. Since I reviewed their music in [...]
![Sound of Lions – 11.44 [Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3862099_lg.jpg)
Sound of Lions is not your typical band from Ottawa that makes the usual indie pop-rock music. Their music is filled with indie pop, rock and trip-hop beats and sounds. 11.44 their debut full-length album was dropped on September 9, 2011. This is another slow burning albums to get me focused on the albums that need to be reviewed on here. For those not familiar, Sound Of Lions started out as a duo with vocalist Whitney Delion and keyboardist/ turntablist/sampler Christian Awad. Now the band has expanded with [...]

Ya es hora de una nueva versión del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop , que compila canciones destacadas de músicos locales de más de 30 países, y de la cual Super45 forma parte desde hace más de 2 años. Nuestros destacados de este mes son Nuevacosta, cuarteto que este año publicó su muy bien recibido Costabrava EP. Para descargar las 34 canciones click aquí . CHILE : Super 45 [...]

РОССИЯ : Big Echo InWhite - Sea В этом месяце для международного сборника Music Alliance Pact я выбрал одну из самых милых русских песен, вышедших за последнее время. И пускай она выглядит «радиоформатом» , у неё есть сильная мелодия и важная эмоциональная часть в конце. Скачать все 35 песен одним архивом можно здесь ARGENTINA : [...]
![Live Music from Ottawa Fashion Week 2011 S/S 2012 Collection [Sept 29 - Oct 1]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3798668_lg.jpg)
I didn't get around to these photos from Ottawa Fashion Week 2011 's Spring/Summer 2012 Collection. Live music was happening during the intermission of the event. This year there was a load of acts that played. One I missed was Orphan Pool (aka Lidija from Roberta Bondar). September 30th: May-Jun Samantha Chan September 30th: Sound of Lions [...]

Evelinn Trouble - Switzerland's MAP representative this month Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks a large number of music bloggers across the world to pick a track to represent their country. The results are posted on all of those blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. Ireland is represented by Tieranniesaur and a download of their song 'In The Sargasso'. Click the play button icon to listen [...]

Halo! bulan ini kita bisa berbangga dengan memastikan BRNDLS (the Brandals) dimention di 34 negara dan semoga lagu mereka bisa berbicara disetiap sudut bumi. Selain itu juga silahkan kamu bisa mendownload lagu-lagu dari mancanegara di postingan edisi Oktober Music Alliance Pact ini. Selamat menikmati. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a .zip file of the whole 34-track compilation via MediaFire . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie [...]

With this month's Music Alliance act, I give you powerpop group 140 along with over 30 other dectable delights for your download pleasure. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a .zip file of the whole 34-track compilation via MediaFire . Enjoy! SOUTH AFRICA : Musical Mover & Shaker! 140 - Say It Better [...]