Reading Time: 5 minutesHannah Vig has made the Ottawa music scene inviting to students.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Elixir, Pacheco leans fully into the acoustic singer-songwriter sounds he honed at open mics. The album has an overarching theme of growth and life changes, which came out of Pacheco graduating and thinking about his life post-school.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBudding musicians are spoiled for choice in Ottawa, with plenty of major venues hosting popular open mic nights. University of Ottawa students don’t even have to leave campus, with Café Nostalgica hosting its own open mic every Thursday night.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Music has always been a cool way, if I’m feeling down, to take my mind of it or get some of those feelings out.” — Maxime Trippenbach aka maxime.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“When they performed the pieces in the camp, that was probably the highlight of the day or the week—(it is) when they were able to escape the reality (of the Holocaust).”—Ulrike Anton, the flautist at the concert.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday June 1, Ottawa-based indie rock band Fools of Love released their first full-length album,The Howl and the Whisper.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTownes sticks out a bit in the Ottawa music scene. Inundated with punk, hardcore, and metal, there aren’t a lot of pop or synthpop artists.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEach track manages to be shockingly unique, and all of them blur the lines between traditional music genres. Rhythm and riffs combine to create a sense of excitement and mystery that is not often seen in metal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBarr came from ska and Gilmour from punk, as just two examples, adding an element to the music that allows them to sound different than your typical soul band.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal band Potential Red released their self-titled debut album earlier this month, which is a fast, raw, post-punk experience heavily influenced by the band’s love of the 1980s.
