( link ) This week in Ottawa will be up by Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, Zaphod's has 4 local acts on its weekly nocoverMondays bill, headlined by Stereovision , so drop by if you're able. Also, that benefit CD from the Feed The Homeless Benefit at Zaphod's which was released this past Saturday night is available for sale at Zunior . Again, the album is a fundraising effort for getting a few more Xmas meals served at the local Shepherds Of Good Hope homeless shelter, and doubles [...]
Saturday night: Be a good person and hear some local music at the same time tonight, by going to Zaphod's for the 3rd annual Feed The Homeless Benefit, hosted by CBC's Alan Neal and featuring performances by F!ghtF!ghtF!ght , Ana Miura , and more. The event raises money for providing Xmas dinner to the Shepherds Of Good Hope homeless shelter. Cover is a $5 donation that, on its own, buys 3 homeless people a holiday meal (and you're welcome to offer more), and things get started at 7. (There will also be [...]
Don't expect to see a fight with My Dad vs. Yours . Before we get to next week, pats on the back and gold stars are in order for both Department Of Foreign Affairs and Jetplanes Of Abraham , who each released their records Saturday night with realdandy shows and well-populated dance floors. They each deserve your money, but if you have to pick one, dial613 suggests you choose both of them . This week kicks off nicely with a sweaty night of funk and soul courtesy [...]
Two shows featuring 2 of dial613's favourite local bands finally come around on Saturday. How anticipated are these shows? Anticipated enough to each get their own bullet point. Yeah, dial613 is crazy like that . Department Of Foreign Affairs release their long-awaited third LP, Northern Living Northern Lights , which is the band's first record since 2004. dial613 featured them back in June , but reading won't do you any good; go see them debut their new material at Babylon, with local openers Eastborough and [...]
"Eff Gadget, I've got a corporation city to run!" Two local album releases on Saturday highlight this week in Ottawa: kindofaltcountry foot-stomp-instigators Department Of Foreign Affairs finally get around to releasing their 3rd album at Babylon (with the added bonus of dandy locals The Soft Disaster and Eastborough ), and upstart conglomerate Jetplanes Of Abraham shill their debut at Zaphod's. The Acorn also supplement the local content this week, and will likely play a good deal of new material [...]
(Spotted in the West End) OK Ottawa, so just for today, there is something more important than local music. No, it's not family, money, food, or even reruns of Degrassi; it's votin' time . Exercise your democratic right and civic duty and head to the polls to choose who you would like to figure out how you get around town, how your money is handled, how you will be kept safe, etc. etc. If you haven't heard, it's really close, so your vote probably matters. Haven't made up your mind yet? Choose in [...]
Sunday night show reminder: Julie Doiron , currently on the Jagjaguwar label (mates include Okkervil River , Swan Lake , Black Mountain ) and former member of Canadian alt-rock band Eric's Trip , plays acoustic-y indiefolk at The Rainbow with Sackville buddies and Sappy Records residents Shotgun & Jaybird , Constantines offshoot Woolly Leaves , and local muthafolkers Poorfolk . Some mp3s to supplement this week's post: --> Julie Doiron - Snow Falls [...]
A great line-up of shows tonight (aka Saturday): Elliott Brood highlights dial613's schedule. Come for the "death-country", but come earlier for the sweet country tunes (which are, in fact, very much alive) courtesy of locals The Centretown Wilderness Club and Vancouver's Blood Meridian . A very 'cohesive' bill altogether, should be a rootin'-tootin' barnburner. Of death. Country. At Babylon, local punk act Harshey release their new album, but that may not really be the main storyline of the night. While postering for [...]
Elliott Brood continue their pictoral reign of terror on >Dial 6-1-3_, and play Barrymore's on Saturday. 11.08.06 Peter Elkas with Lindy and Paper Moon, at Zaphod's --> Peter Elkas - Party Of One ( website , myspace ) My Dad vs. Yours * with Acres* and Books On Books*, at Babylon --> My Dad vs. Yours - Tang Mit Uns ( website , myspace ) --> [...]
Nothing doing til Wednesday, everything will be filled in by then. Meantime, go see two brand new Hilotrons videos, for Oh My (also featuring local singer/songwriter Sarah Hallman) and Born A Dancer. After that: Crap stuntman Baby vs. Baby!
On your marks... get set... Because of the shortened 'this week in Ottawa', dial613 didn't even get to pump up the fact that Bob Dylan is in the city on Sunday night at Scotiabank Place. What more is there to say? Highly recommended for fans of The Moffatts . ( full text ) --> Bob Dylan - Everybody Must Get Stoned PS wtf?? PPS b-side for [...]
The Soirée should be sounding Mountain Fresh™ at their CD release Saturday. Ottawa's The Soirée took their name from the slang term for a night out, but they might fit in best sometime afterwards, when you're slouching on a sofa at an unfamiliar place, in a comfortable daze and eating warm pizza. Their first LP, Birds , is being released to a slew of media attention: dial613 has spotted them in three print sources and heard them on the radio, and have [...]
A quick note to let you know that Ottawa-based i (heart) music has put out its second annual list of the "Hottest" bands in Canada... quotation marks because, as the poll demonstrates, the word "hottest" looks like it might just be among the most subjective terms in the English language. Right up there with "no I will not make out with you." Oh, right, like you would have figured that one out. Anyway, dial613 did the patriotic duty of contributing to [...]
The laser pointer: good clean fun, but only for 119 days. Very quickly: 120 Days are from Norway. Their name references the amount of time it takes for a laser pointer to cause complete blindness in an eye when being directed straight at the pupil.** Greg Keelor is the guy who sings but is not Jim Cuddy in Blue Rodeo . André Ethier fronted the dearly departed [...]
"(To) all the sniffling indie kids: Hold Steady !" This week, the $75 000 dollar men play what will arguably be one of the biggest 'indie' shows this city has ever seen. No no, not The Soft Disaster , but rather Death Cab For Cutie , that band indie kids everywhere love to hate to love. And though the band has been constantly accused of playing too large a part in the increasing commodification of indie-rock , it's just pretty much impossible to ever be/stay mad at Ben Gibbard... [...]
The Bridegroom are all about the ladies. Friday night, consider going over to Babylon to see Ottawa's experimental-indie noisemakers The Bridegroom . The band, who've been around the scene for a few years now, includes members who do double-duty in other local acts such as For The Mathematics and Relief Maps . It's a benefit show for a women's abuse group, so you can see good local music and be a good person at the same time, how convenient. Listen for some new material, too. The Ether [...]
The Cape May be really happy to see you at the show. Quick hits: It's Calgarian tag-team action at the Black Sheep Inn tonight, featuring city- and label-mates Chad VanGaalen and The Cape May . $10 advance, doors at 9. --> Chad VanGaalen - Graveyards (sweet and haunting, just a beautiful mixture) --> The Cape May - Spring Flight To The Land Of Fire (dark and sprawling indie folk) Also, some [...]
Henri Faberge & The Adorables wrestle their way into Zaphod's on Tuesday. (credit: Andrew Carver, NatCapRock ) This week in Ottawa, the dial613 Factory computer is broken. But what do you care? Well, it means you're going to have to find those Xavier Rudd and k-os mp3's all by yourself. So sorry. Next time, dial613 will be sure to use one that is capable of withstanding the pressure that comes with being a blogging computer. Like maybe one with Grillz or something. Make computers tougher, is [...]
...will be up Monday night/Tuesday (no shows on Monday). Meanwhile, Drag The Dot .
"And then the penguin said, 'No, you give me your hand!!' lol" Local indie-alt outfit For The Mathematics release their shiny new EP We Impend at Barrymore's tonight, which serves as the follow-up to their 2004 debut The New Science , which got major campus radio play and put the band on the map. Though touring for three years and playing 100+ shows probably helped that, too. You can go preview the first single off the EP, "A Versus", on their myspace ; the play [...]
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Bison - Quill
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Mr Fogg - Eleven
