reviews
Butcher Brown Were Loose and Authentic at Ottawa Jazz Festival
OLG Stage, June 28
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024
After the laid-back, Mediterranean breeziness of Gabi Hartmann on Thursday, it was a whole different kind of melting pot in the OLG tent ...
Camila Cabello's 'C,XOXO' Nearly Sticks the Landing
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024
It would be easy to pick on Camila Cabello. The painfully obvious rebrand she underwent for her fourth solo album conjures images of ...
Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone Captures Otherworldly Enigma on 'Sweetheart' Solo Album
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2024
The first time I played Vivian Girls' self-titled 2008 album on vinyl, I listened to the entire thing at the wrong speed before I realized...
Gabi Hartmann Glowed with Careful Sophistication at Ottawa Jazz Fest
OLG Stage, June 27
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2024
Sponsored by the French Embassy here in Ottawa, it was an hour of official Francophonia in the OLG tent's 7:30 slot on Thursday...
'A Quiet Place: Day One' Is a Muted, Meditative Spin on the Series
Directed by Michael Sarnoski
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2024
Michael Sarnoski's directorial debut, 'Pig', cleverly hid a meditation on grief beneath a 'John Wick'-ian veneer, creating a deeply felt...
Guided by Voices' 'Strut of Kings' Is a Little Wobbly
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2024
Like sands in an hourglass, so are the albums of Guided by Voices. While a handful of their 25 albums released since their reformation ...
Al Di Meola Faced the Rain at Ottawa Jazz Fest
Confederation Park Stage, June 26
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2024
It was the wrong day to forsake the tented OLG stage (see you another time Commotions) for Confederation Park's open-air setup: it poured ...
Hiatus Kaiyote's 'Love Heart Cheat Code' Is the Future Soul JavaScript
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2024
I don't know how much 'Love Heart Cheat Code' — the fourth studio album from Australian quartet Hiatus Kaiyote — is actually meant to take ...