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By: Calum Slingerland – On the fifth and final day of the Ottawa Folk Festival, the crowd was treated to a variety of esteemed performers in reggae band The Wailers, who performed with reggae icon Bob Marley until his death in 1981, Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot, along with North Carolina-based old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, … Continue reading
By: Calum Slingerland – The city of Ottawa’s annual Folk Festival kicked off its 2013 edition Wednesday night with a double bill lending many a nod to both folk and punk music. Canadian music icons and festival headliners Neil Young and Crazy Horse were scheduled to perform in the headlining slot to open the festival, … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Los Angeles-based death/metalcore quintet The Faceless performed a sold-out show at Mavericks in Ottawa, along with Massachusetts-based deathcore/metalcore quartet Within the Ruins, local metal sextet Today I Caught The Plauge, which was their final show under that name as they are now officaly known as The Kindred, and Bay Area-based deathcore quintet … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Burlington-based post-hardcore quintet Silverstein began their eight-date Canadian headlining tour last night at Mavericks in Ottawa with support from Ottawa-based metalcore sextet Of Reverie, Ottawa-based pop-punk band Remember The Fire, and Ottawa-based hardcore band Hemispheres.
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Athens, Ohio-based metal band Skeletonwitch performed at Mavericks in Ottawa last night with Collider, A Scar for the Wicked, and Regret.
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Horror punk group Wednesday 13, which features the eponymous lead singer and former frontman of supergroup Murderdolls, played at Mavericks Bar in Ottawa last night with Los Angeles-based metal trio Vampires Everywhere, Ottawa-based horror punk quartet Patron Saints of Plague, and Ottawa-based metal band Creeping Beauty.
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – French technical death metal band Gorod performed at Mavericks in Ottawa, in what was their first ever Canadian show, last night with support from California-based progressive death metal quintet Inanimate Existence, local band Deformatory, who lacked a vocalist, and Pittsburgh-based quintet Kamikabe.
By: Calum Slingerland (@C_Slingerland) – With their NHL hockey team beginning a playoff series in Pittsburgh, Ottawa played host to a different kind of spectacle on Tuesday night with 80’s hair metal bad-boys Mötley Crüe, who performed at Scotiabank Place as part of their ongoing Canadian tour, their biggest excursion within the country to date. As it was their final show … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) and Words by: Curtis Sindrey (@Aesthetic_Mag) – Rock legends Fleetwood Mac performed at Ottawa’s Scotiabank Place last night as part of their Fleetwood Mac Live Tour, their first full-fledged tour since the Unleashed Tour in 2009. Apart of playing their hits from their six-decade-long career including “Don’t Stop,” “Go Your … Continue reading
By: Luke Ottenhof – The ska/reggae genre has been the apple of the public’s eye since Bob Marley burst onto North American charts in the 1970s. The conception of ska-punk is a storied one, and illScarlett has endeavored through blood, sweat and beers for the past decade to keep the tradition alive. The ska-punk lovechildren … Continue reading
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