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Kalle Mattson, Jezebels among new concerts for Ottawa clubs
The Jezebels, and buzz-worthy Ottawa act Kalle Mattson are among the new concerts announced Tuesday for Ottawa clubs. The new shows, announced by promoter Spectrasonic, are listed below. See...
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Video: Kalle Mattson continues rise with new video
Here’s another new video from an Ottawa musician, and this one has well over 100,000 views in the first week it’s been posted. It’s the video for Waterfalls, by Kalle Mattson, a local musician who...
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Best in Ottawa music 2012: 20 songs by 20 bands
The story of the year in Ottawa music is hip hop. It’s expanding in measures of quality, quantity and variety, and it dominates my year-end list of great songs from Ottawa musicians in 2012. The list...
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Great Ottawa Music Videos (part 8): Kalle Mattson
Originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Kalle Mattson has spent some time in Ottawa (and in San Francisco, CA if this video is any indication). This is very artful pop, with big rock drums and a very quiet...
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Soon to be a Household name: Kalle Mattson
I was thrilled that Mr. Big Beat himself, Peter Simpson, joined me for a coffee to chat about some local music. That conversation has been edited into two episodes, this being the second. Kalle...
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Launching TheRevue.ca (with audio and video)
So much music, so little time! Well, folks, The Capital Revue has expanded! Starting today, you can check out our new website, www.therevue.ca. There are a few goals of The Revue. First and foremost,...
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Rusty, & Balconies, Mattson CD-releases among new shows for Ottawa clubs
Rusty will play Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa on Valentine’s Day, 2014. (handout photo) Now I’ll have this song in my head all day long, as a result of new shows announced for Ottawa clubs. Rusty, the...
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Counting the memories (with video)
OTTAWA — The year 1994 was a very good year for music in the Ottawa area. It featured the very first Bluesfest, Chamberfest and Folkfest. It also saw the launch of a musical institution in the...
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Gavin Gardiner always seeking perfection
Wooden Sky With Dusted, The Wilderness Of Manitoba Where: Ritual Nightclub When: Friday, April 4, doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets: $15, ticketfly.com Gavin Gardiner remembers pulling Neil Young’s album...
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Big Beat: Free spring playlist from local bands
The National Capital Region is bursting with bands, with new albums popping up like tulips in the spring sun. Now the Citizen and seven local bands offer you free samples of their music, for one week...
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Polaris: Ottawa's Kalle Mattson makes the long list
Kalle Mattson is the lone Ottawa act on the long list for the annual $30,000 Polaris Music Prize, though at least two others among 40 acts on the list are partially from the nation’s capital. Mattson’s...
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Rock, rap, and punk jazz
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 5 p.m., July 5, Bell Take one part southern blues, one part soulful R&B, one part scuzz rock and one part punk barked in a style that hints of both James Brown...
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Bluesfest Review: The London Souls, Kalle Mattson
The London Souls Black Sheep stage Reviewed Saturday He’s doubtless used to playing this way, but more than one audience member must have wondered if Tash Neal was about to achieve a literal liftoff...
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Air Canada hits sour note after losing Polaris nominee's musical gear for...
It’s been four days since Ottawa musician Kalle Mattson strummed his Gibson J45, and his fingers are starting to itch. Mattson checked two guitars and two pedalboards with Air Canada when he boarded a...
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Big Beat: Best Ottawa music 2014
Was 2014 the greatest year in music for the Ottawa area? If the measures are quantity, diversity and overall quality, than the answer may well be yes. It’s tenable to suggest that more new music was...
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Arts scene best bets, Feb. 5 to 11
Classical Steven Mazey Pinchas Zukerman conducts the NACO today in an all-Brahms concert that includes the Double Concerto (with Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth) and the Piano Concerto No. 2, with...
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New music: Someday, the world will be Kalle Mattson's
The video for Kalle Mattson’s new single, Avalanche, is clever and fun and begs repeated viewing, so much so that I ask him, do you worry that people might focus on the video and barely notice the...
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Drake and Arcade Fire: new covers by Ottawa musicians
Two interesting covers from Ottawa musicians this week, one of Drake and the other of Arcade Fire. First up is Kalle Mattson’s version of the recent Drake hit Hotline Bling. It comes of the heel’s of...
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Concerts: 12 gigs to see this week
There’s an odd dearth of metal in venues this week, making room for almost everything else it seems — so unless one needs to headbang, there’s no excuse not to get out and enjoy. For the sweet, yet...
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Concert review: Kalle Mattson shines at the NAC Fourth Stage
Along with his usual high level of musicality, Kalle Mattson demonstrated a new measure of confidence during a wonderful, full-band performance at the National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage on Thursday,...
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