Sylvie Hill

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Ottawa XPress – July 19, 2007 Tokyo Sex Whale: INSIDE THE MEATLOCKER “The only thing that will fuck us up is a bad sound guy,” blurts Tokyo Sex Whale drummer J-P Sadek, confidently attesting the explosive potency of his new band’s live act. Less than a year old and Ottawa’s stoner-rock trio is already [...]

The Ottawa XPress – May 24, 2007 The unapologetic Mr. Menzies Artist and former member of The Grey defends his decision to move They say all good things come to an end. But for some, the end is just the beginning. Multimedia artist and musician Hayden Menzies has got everything it takes to conquer the [...]

BAM ~ eXplosion As part of Quebec Scene, April 20-May 5, BAM!, the trio of comedic and talented percussion performers, were stunning with their amazing drumming! The Ottawa XPress (April 26, 2007) featured my article and interview with Jean-Sebastien Dallaire (below, left). Friday, April 27, 2007 at 10:15 PM National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage $5 [...]

The Ottawa XPress – April 5, 2007 Jenn Farr is a hot wax mamma In the April 5, 2007 issue of The Ottawa XPress, Sylvie boasted the buzz around Jenn Farr’s beeswax encaustic paintings. You can see them at The Manx Pub (370 Elgin Street, Ottawa) from April 3 to May 3, 2007 XXX After [...]

The Ottawa XPress– March 8, 2007 Anvil’s power tools: Lips, licks and live shows What do a sober woman and Toronto’s heavy metal legends Anvil have in common? Both turned down Lemmy from Motörhead! Mid-tour in Toronto, 1983, Motörhead’s guitarist Eddie Clarke quit the band and Lemmy asked Lips (Steve Kudlow), Anvil’s frontman, to fill [...]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – March 1, 2007 I scream, you scream, we all go to extremes to score the one we want to tease and please. Well, okay, some more than others, and the rest of us only sometimes. Folks trek vast physical distances or make large leaps in logic to win the ones [...]

The Ottawa XPress – January 18, 2007 The Setbacks’ nod to rock gods If male rockers pushing 40 could get pregnant, I’d believe that Ottawa’s The Setbacks were the product of a three-way shag in the back of a van between Tricky Woo, C’mon and Maximum RNR. Baptized with Labatt’s 50 and weaned on MC5 [...]