Articles by Daniel Sylvester

The Soft Pink Truth

On the Edge of Aesthetics and Ethics

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2014

Drew Daniel is a perfect example of a 21st century polymath. One half of San Francisco glitch experimentalists Matmos, Daniel also fancies...

Violent Femmes

Claridge Stage, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa ON, July 6

PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2014

Overlapping performances by Mac DeMarco and St. Vincent did little to stop fans of Violent Femmes from coming out in droves to witness thei...

Andrew Bird

River Stage, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa ON, July 5

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2014

As Lady Gaga brought her monolith circus to the Ottawa Bluesfest's main stage, Andrew Bird headlined the quaint River Stage with a performa...

Jeff Tweedy

Blacksheep Stage, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa ON, July 4

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2014

Earlier this year, Jeff Tweedy recorded an album with his 18-year old son Spencer under the fitting moniker Tweedy. Assembling a small band...

Wolfgang Voigt

Rückverzauberung 9 / Musik für Kulturinstitutionen

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2014

As the co-founder of seminal German record label Kompakt and architect of what is now known as microhouse, Wolfgang Voigt has never been on...

Danny Brown

Claridge Stage, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa ON, July 3

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2014

When Danny Brown began gaining traction in 2011, many lauded his workmanlike approach to the otherwise bloated hip-hop genre. So when Brown...

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Gamel

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2014

That Boredoms were able to advance from novel noise pranksters to vibrant musical wizards has much to do with the fluid and inventive drumm...

Martyn Explains the Increased "Character" and Collaborative Nature of 'The Air Between Words'

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014

Released just two weeks after The Forgiveness EP, Washington, DC-via-Eindhoven, Netherlands producer Martyn's third full-length, The Air Be...