A taste of the Illinois metal scene at the Brass Monkey in Ottawa Tuesday night. Making their way across Southern Ontario on the North American leg of their tour in support of The Simulation, Born of Osiris stopped off in Ottawa at the Brass Monkey Bar & Billiards with Oceano, The Last Ten Seconds of … Continue reading Born of Osiris & Oceano @ The Brass Monkey, Ottawa
THE LAZYS CANADIAN HALF MAST BLUES TOUR A lot of Ottawans were heartbroken when The Bear left the airwaves, but what they didn’t know was that it was going to make way for a brand new ‘real rock’ radio station – Rebel 101.7. The independent station has taken over the airwaves in the nation’s capital … Continue reading The Lazys, Inire & Taming Sari @ The Brass Monkey
Full review can be found here. The Lazys Inire
Putting on a music festival in a small town in Ontario is quite the challenge. To do so as gracefully as Kemptville Live Music Festival has is also quite the feat. George Thorogood The fifth year of this ever-growing festival brought in top-tier acts George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Steve Earle and the Dukes. Past … Continue reading Kemptville Live turns five!
Full catalog of photos from the festival can be found here. Alexisonfire The last days of a festival always leave the attendees with a bittersweet feeling, especially when the lineup is jam-packed with an eclectic mix of acts throughout its 14-day run. The final weekend of RBC Bluesfest 2019 was truly varied, genre-wise. There was … Continue reading Bluesfest 2019 – Closing Weekend
Having worked with both Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie, he’s well known sonically as a guitarist, but most people don’t recognize the name John 5 when they hear it. John 5 and the Creatures have been around for quite some time though, and they’re just as heavy and just as theatrical as both Manson and … Continue reading John 5 w/Dead Girls Academy & Jared James Nichols @ Brass Monkey, Ottawa
Winston McCall of Parkway Drive performing @ Montebello Rockfest, 2017 Though they’ve played large Canadian festivals like Montebello Rockfest, Parkway Drive’s vocalist, Winston McCall, was beside himself to be playing a sold-out show in Toronto at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto – exclaiming that it was the biggest show they had ever played in Canada. They … Continue reading Parkway Drive w/August Burns Red @ Rebel, Toronto
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