Friday, September 19, 2008

Babylon Night Club, 317 Bank St.
We regret the venue is not wheelchair accessible
9:00PM
Tickets at door, sliding scale $5-$10

Northern State
http://northernstate.net
Critically-acclaimed female hip-hop trio from New York. They have collaborated with such notable acts as the Beastie Boys and ?uestlove, and have shared the stage with bands such as Tegan and Sara, Le Tigre, De La Soul, and The Gossip.

Eternia
http://www.eternia.ca/index_flash.html
For a decade, hip-hop artist Eternia has been a formidable presence in the Canadian and international urban music industry. This lyrical powerhouse has tightened her skills on street corners, stages, and in studios across Canada, the US, and Australia. Her debut album, “It’s Called Life” was nominated for the 2005 Juno Best Rap Recording.

Dinah Thorpe
http://www.myspace.com/dinahthorpe
If she weren’t so damn tall, Dinah Thorpe would be the proverbial small package: composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, and sound engineer all in one. Her style marries the acoustic with the electronic, and the personal with the political.

Luna Allison
http://www.lunaallison.com/
A poet and spoken-word artist recently transplanted from Montreal to Ottawa, Luna is known for her ability to engage the audience with her soulful songspeak, splicing personal experience with more universal themes.

Jas Nasty
Jas Nasty loves dirty beats. Driven by heavy bass, you can expect to get down when she drops banging tracks that will bust through the genre barriers of booty bass, baltimore club, dubstep, grime, and electro.

A relative newcomer to Ottawa, Jas made a name for herself as a founder of Women on Wax Montreal in 2005, and spinning at both Under Pressure 2006 and 2007.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Bytown Tavern, 292 Elgin St.
We regret the venue is not wheelchair accessible
8:00PM
Tickets at door, sliding scale $5-$10

E.S.L.
www.eslband.com
E.S.L. are a band of gypsies, performing uniquely orchestrated songs. Their chemistry translates into magical live performances that range from roaring gypsy-punk dance numbers to heartbreaking ballads. “If Charlie Chaplin wrote songs with Bjork to be the soundtrack for a Tim Burton film, their collective musical result would come close to resembling the goodness, timelessness and otherworldliness of e.s.l.”

Flotilla
http://www.myspace.com/flotillamontreal
Lugging a concert harp all the way from Montreal... "Imagine Stereolab (circa Dots and Loops) as accompanied by Joanna Newsom, and you'll get an idea... " (Twilight Music)

The Weathermakers
http://www.myspace.com/theweathermakers
Born out of the flames of the crashing comets of smashed up bands, incubated for nine months in a cozy basement, mulled in the spices of punk rock and sweet pop, here comes The Weathermakers.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield QC.
4:20PM, All ages matinee
Tickets at door: sliding scale $5 - $10

Rae Spoon
http://www.raespoon.com/
In his early twenties he hit the road as one of the world’s only transgendered country singers and toured Canada, Europe, Australia and the USA. Being in Europe influenced him to trade his banjo for a computer and his acoustic guitar for an electric. Musically he traverses new territories from art folk, to indie-rock, to electronic/experimental and noise.

Andrea Simms-Karp
http://www.andreasimmskarp.com/
An indie roots powerhouse with a stellar debut album under her belt. Sleeper has already scooped up airplay across the country on CBC radio, and has powered through the album charts at many campus and community radio stations. This is one award winning voice you do not want to miss.

Krista Muir
http://www.myspace.com/kristallmuir
Montreal resident Krista L. L. Muir has been composing, recording and touring her original music locally and internationally for over 12 years. Formerly known as "Lederhosen Lucil", Krista’s new sound is a stark contrast from the infectiously danceable Lederhosen days, as the keyboards have been replaced with a ukulele. She is currently learning the Greek language and music for a future recording project.