Articles by Jon Bartlett
Ben Folds Five
Quiet Riot
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
From the opening bars of "Narcolepsy," on Ben Folds Five's third full-length, it's clear that visions of sugarplums are dancing in their he...
Guided By Voices
Picture Me Big Time
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
When Guided By Voices first began to delve into bigger sounds a few years back, it proved difficult to stray too far from the faithful old...
Grandaddy Chillin' and Thrashin'
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Skateboarding is usually aligned with SoCal punk and other aggressive music. Pick up any skate or snowboard video, and I guarantee you won'...
Eric Bachmann
Musical Nomad
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"We started that band and stopped it for the same reason: boredom." Former Archers of Loaf front man Eric Bachmann isn't afraid of the chan...
Ween
The Brown Remains Insane
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
"Out of this musical vacuum came this one ray of light, and that was Ween." - Henry RollinsThis month, Ween will release its eighth or twel...
Ottawa Cisco Systems Bluesfest
Ottawa ON - July 4 to 13, 2003
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
This year's Ottawa Bluesfest was a huge triumph. Although much of the content steered far from "the blues," the addition of two new stages...
Little Bullhorn Productions
Kathleen Edwards / Jim Bryson / Wooden Stars / Kepler / Gentleman Reg / Howe Gelb
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005
Down a dead-end street, a stone's throw from Ottawa's Italian district, you'll find Dave Draves milling about in the cosy confines of Littl...
Guided By Voices
Bee Thousand: The Director's Cut
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004
Scat Records chief Robert Griffin has the collectors scrambling with this lovely triple-vinyl double-gatefold 10th Anniversary edition of G...
