National Capital Rock
Monday, February 16, 2009

Half awake

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Sunday doesn't usually draw a big crowd, but it was not a surprise to see Zaphod's dancefloor quite full as I walked in around 9 p.m...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

Light and dark

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Time to start clearing out my backlog ... here are a couple of pictures from Matt Ouimet's CD release show of opener Steve Durand. Neith...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Black love

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Happy Valentine's Day! And what could be more romantic than taking in the sweet sounds of woo courtesy of Shanker and Romps, along with ...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Merciful Jesus

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It was a night of familiar faces at Zaphod's last night, starting with openers The DeadZone . That's Nials Everett from Radiodazed o...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

House of praise

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There's some heavy sounds going down at Zaphod Beeblebrox tonight, with The Mercy Now , Jesus Mullet and Dead Zone. I haven't had th...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cottage industry

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There I was wondering what I would be doing with my Monday evening when I noticed an e-mail in my inbox from Jon Bartlett of Kelp Records po...
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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Coffee nerves

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Raw Sugar is a relatively new coffee shop at 692 Somerset Street (at Cambridge Avenue). It's hosting musical acts in addition to the usu...
Saturday, February 07, 2009

Saturday night fever

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Marie-Josee Houle has shown up frequently in this blog, performing as part of the Centrtown Music Club or, as below, with Glenn Nuotio. But...
Friday, February 06, 2009

Regular guys

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Hollerado have conceived a brilliant (or crazy) plan to perform at seven different venues in Canada and the U.S. - and then they're goi...
Thursday, February 05, 2009

Keep it quiet

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Matt Ouimet finished the night off with some folky pop. On his just-released new CD Silently Matt evinces a melancholy streak; live everyt...
Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Your neck of the woods

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Back to Zaphod's on January 29. I'm going to bypass my few remaining photos of Steve Durand for now and throw up some Meredith Luce ...

Raise another glass

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I've just returned from the inaugural Boozeday at Babylon. Not a bad turnout - two dozen or so people turned out for a hot set from Ukra...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Two steps from the booze

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Babylon has decided to spice up its Tuesdays with a new alcohol-themed evening. Hey, it worked for pizza! Thus Boozedays is born. There'...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Back in a flash

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Yet another upcoming show, this one worth the attention of boogie-rock fans: Flash Lightnin , last seen passing through town on the coattail...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Look busy

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I've seen Matt Ouimet a few times playing drums for Sarah Hallman and once for Eric Vieweg, he's also got a resume boasting a dozen ...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

The unstationary Arkells

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If you're quite recovered from Hollerado's February 13 show at Cafe DeKcuf, you might want to head over to Zaphod's on the follo...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Winter cycling

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I just got the word that the other act on the bill with Black Boot Trio this Valentine's Day at The Rainbow is going to be Shanker and R...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Blanket coverage

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No sooner do I post my highly abridged list of shows of interest then a new one comes down the pipe courtesy of Mark Mcintyre of Cold Coffee...
Monday, January 26, 2009

The shape of things to come

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The January doldrums seem to be fading away, and there's a host of stuff emerging on the horizon. So here's a rundown of interesting...
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