Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Anyway Gang Gave Ottawa Shelter from the Storm

The Rainbow Bistro, May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2022

Still staggering from a weekend storm that left roughly 200,000 homes and businesses without electricity, a select few Ottawans made their...

Matmos Unite Polish Avant-Garde with the Present on 'Regards​ / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer'

PUBLISHED May 17, 2022

Even the most understated Matmos release requires a Robert J. Waldinger-level of research to decode its elaborate context. But what makes a...

The Joel Plaskett Emergency and TUNS in Ottawa Were More Like Vaudeville Than a Rock Show

Babs Asper Theatre, May 14

PUBLISHED May 15, 2022

An scorching mid-May evening in Ottawa found the National Arts Centre lobby intermingled with stunning gowns, stylish suits and the coolest...

Yves Jarvis's Intrepid Tunes Hit Turbulence on 'The Zug'

PUBLISHED May 13, 2022

Over the past few years, Yves Jarvis has entered a fruitful creative phase. Releasing three LPs since 2019 (one a collaboration with Tasseo...

Land of Talk Reemerged at Their Own Pace in Ottawa

Club SAW, May 8

PUBLISHED May 9, 2022

Land of Talk have been consistently plagued by a run of unforeseen disruptions since releasing their debut LP, Some Are Lakes, in 2008, suc...

Kurt Vile Further Hones His Languid Focus on '(watch my moves)'

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2022

Much has been made of Kurt Vile's venture into dusty synth Americana on his latest full-length (watch my moves). But the truth is that the...

Ibibio Sound Machine Fuse Influences to Prove Peerlessness on 'Electricity'

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2022

Within the first moments of "Protection from Evil," Hot Chip's Al Doyle delivers a rubbery synthline so badass that it establishes Ibibio S...

The Best Cover Version of Every Single Beatles Song

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2022

If you conceivably require more proof that the Beatles were, and continue to be, the most influential rock musicians, consider this: every...