Articles by Michael Rancic

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  Cedric Noel

  Bar Robo, Ottawa ON, February 2

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2017

  There's a vast amount of singer songwriters who play stripped-down sets armed only with an electric guitar. The approach is well-worn, and...

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  Scattered Clouds

  Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa ON, February 2

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2017

  One of the most interesting characteristics of the Megaphono festival, and Ottawa's music scene in general, is its relationship to the scen...

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  Best Fern

  Bar Robo, Ottawa ON, February 2

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2017

  When artists use loops live onstage, it gives listeners a glimpse into their creative process, essentially making the building of a song, b...

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  Pippa

  Le Temporaire, Hull QC, February 1

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2017

  Billed last year as Pipahauntas, Ottawa-based act Pippa once again had the duty of opening up Megaphono festival, but with none of the issu...

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  Lido Pimienta

  Le Temporaire, Hull QC, February 1

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2017

  It was evident from the outset of Lido Pimienta's set at Le Temporaire on Wednesday night (February 1) that she overflows with talent and p...

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  Un Blonde

  Le Temporaire, Hull QC, February 1

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2017

  Few performers command the kind of respect that Jean-Sebastien Audet does with Un Blonde. Wednesday (February 1), the chattering room at Le...

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  Austra

  Future Politics

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2017

  For the most part, both of Austra's first two records, 2011's Feel It Break and 2013's Olympia, were concerned with the past and present, b...

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  ​What I Play

  Ice Cream

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2016

  Where others see limitations, Ice Cream see opportunity. Listening to the duo laugh about the time they forgot one of their synthesizers be...