Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Calvin Johnson

  A Wonderful Beast

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2018

  In 2016, Calvin Johnson released The Party Is Just Getting Started (under the alias Selector Dub Narcotic), a bonkers dance album that work...

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  Phosphorescent

  C'est La Vie

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2018

  Fifteen years and seven albums into his career, Matthew Houck (aka Phosphorescent) still sounds like he has something new to say. It's not...

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  Jlin

  Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor's Autobiography)

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2018

  It's practically canon that Jlin's first two LPs are stone-cold masterpieces. So it's impressive that the Gary, IN musician managed to keep...

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  Blitzen Trapper / Candace

  27 Club, Ottawa ON, September 28

  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2018

  Just eight weeks since they wrapped up a nine-month tour for their latest LP, Wild and Reckless, Blitzen Trapper got back on the road to tr...

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  Zola Jesus / Townes

  The 27 Club, Ottawa ON, September 25

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2018

  A full year since the release of her fifth LP, the well-received Okovi, Nika Roza Danilova (aka Zola Jesus) used the tail end of her ambiti...

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  The Field

  Infinite Moment

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2018

  For the 12 shimmering minutes that kick off Infinite Moment, Axel Willner (aka the Field) moves away from his archetypal snipped-beat loops...

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  The Decemberists

  CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 16

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2018

  Two years after the Decemberists played a co-headlining slot at Ottawa's Bluesfest, and five years since the band's frontman, Colin Meloy,...

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  David Byrne

  CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 13

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  Although David Byrne gave Ottawa a taste of his wonderfully wacked-out stage show during his 2013 appearance with St. Vincent, absolutely n...