Posts by Eric Thompson

Monster Truck crashes into Bronson Centre

Monster Truck is bringing its classic rock sound and a batch of new songs along when they visit Ottawa’s Bronson Centre on Dec. 6. Fresh off a tour through Europe opening for Slash feat Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, the Hamilton, Ont. natives are playing a string of five shows around Ontario to close out […]

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Tokyo Police Club returns to Ottawa with a sold out show at Ritual

Tokyo Police Club once again visited the nation’s capital, stopping in at Ritual on Nov. 28th to play for a packed house. The foursome from Newmarket just played Ottawa this summer as a part of Bluesfest and returned as part of month-long tour across Canada to promote their newest album Forcefield, which came out in […]

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Verse the Sun coming to Cafe Dekcuf July 19th

Known for its lighter, folk-style music, Canada’s east coast is a difficult place for an alternative metal band to cut it. But that is the path New Brunswick’s Verse the Sun is trying to navigate. “We kind of write for ourselves and not for other people so our singles are a little harder for radio,” […]

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Vancouver’s Bend Sinister to play the Raw Sugar Cafe

If you’re searching for a unique blend of energy and taxidermy, then Bend Sinister’s latest album meets that need. The British Columbia prog-rockers newest release Animals is due out March 11, and will certainly deviate from the band’s previous records. “We all sort of conceived it together and hashed it out in jam sessions, brought […]

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The Lucky Ron Show – 28 years and counting

The Chateau Lafayette is an unassuming watering hole in the heart of downtown Ottawa. Roughly the size of a living room, the cozy bar is filled with small tables scattered around in no particular order, roughly aimed at the lone flat screen TV that hangs on the far wall. The bathroom door has about a […]

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