For the current issue of Guerilla Magazine, Sylvie interviews Dan Allaston, tattooist and owner of New Moon Tattoo.
He’s been a jack of all trades and a free bird on the open road, he calls himself a procrastinator and a bad employee, but tattoo artist Dan Allaston has combined artistic talent with sound business sense to […]
Read more »The Ottawa XPress │ March 6, 2008
Private faces, public places
Local photographer Ian Flynn McDonald gets up-close and personal with Ottawa’s indie rock scene
Ottawa’s indie rockers and their fans are the focus of Indie 613, an exhibit by photographer Ian Flynn McDonald.
At one time a perennial fixture on the Ottawa music scene, McDonald […]
Read more »In the upcoming March issue of Guerilla Magazine, I team up with Up Front and Tokyo Sex Whale drummer, JP Sadek, to interview Andrew Tweedy from Buried Inside (Relapse Records).
We’re looking at how this talented musician goes from creating the most aggressive hardcore music with a band to retreating to create Glass Fingers, a […]
The Ottawa XPress │ February 7, 2008
Howe to make Maki roll
Howe Gelb takes Kate Maki’s music to new heights
If her stagger-to-the-saloon groove and parlour-blues tunes weren’t enough to grab your attention, Sudbury’s Kate Maki has enlisted the help of eccentric Arizona singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist Howe Gelb to produce her latest album, On High, […]
The Ottawa XPress│January 24, 2008
This Is Your Dad’s Oldsmobile
The Brothers Chaffey are brave old souls in a brave new world
The Brothers Chaffey - Matthew (rhythm guitar) and Curtis (lead guitar) - play the sexiest country-soul music with a blues-rock swagger that one university rag called “your dad’s kinda music.” Rather than take issue with the […]
Around this time of year since 2005, Mustaches for Kids’ Ottawa Chapter has been raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Eastern Ontario Chapter).
Each year, the growing campaign culminates in a beauty pageant-style event called the “Sweetest Stache Bash” where growers dress up in costumes and compete in a variety of events (the […]
The Ottawa XPress│ November 29, 2007
Jingle Sells:
Jingles Are the Way for Toronto’s Major Maker
Not all musicians lending their voice to television commercials sound as off-key as the Ontario Freshness Guy. There’s Feist for iPod. Bedouin Soundclash for Zellers. Ottawa’s Andrew Vincent for Old Navy. And now, with spots for Chevy, Telus and Maynards Candy, Toronto’s […]
The Ottawa XPress │ September 27, 2007
The Watters Brothers Rise High
When it comes to rock and roll, many bands play it but few can stage it. “Some guys may sound good, but do they look cool on stage?” asks Watters Brothers Rebellion frontman Muddy.
“Do they stand still on stage? Do they look like nerds? […]
The Ottawa XPress │ September 6, 2007
The Bible All-Stars can go all night long
“I challenge you to find a drummer who will go like that for an entire show,” says lead singer/guitarist Morgan Friend. He’s boasting of his bandmate’s (Tim Connolly) fiery and fervent drum frenzy for Ottawa’s high-octane, alt-country/punk band The Bible All-Stars. Read […]
The Ottawa XPress │ August 16, 2007
High Times
The Grass’s third album channels ’60s spirit
If Value Village had a house band, The Grass would be it. The band’s third album, Report All Ghosts, is a throwback to the ’60s, which could surely score regular rotation on classic rock station CHEZ 106.1’s Psychedelic Rock Weekends.
Still in their […]