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Brandon Paris Band is a Canadian band from Vancouver that was started in 2002 by Brandon Paris. They play a fusion of pop, rock, and reggae with a touch of punk and name they name their unique style, “Aggressive Pop Reggae”. They are currently on their Canadian summer tour to promote their new album, Pocket Full of Holes and will be stopping in at The Ottoman Lounge on Friday, August 14th. More information and a video below:
Date/Time: Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:30pm
Location: The Ottoman Lounge, 502 South Railway St. SE
Brandon Paris Band @ MySpace
Brand Paris Band Official Website
Newest single, “Can’t Hate You”
Sean Ashby is a Toronto-based (formerly of Vancouver, formerly of Hamilton) singer, songwriter, composer, producer , guitarist , programmer and engineer. He has won several awards including: two 4 times platinum U.S. records and one diamond record in Canada for work with Sarah McLachlan.
He will be playing Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 9:30PM at The Ottoman Lounge which is located at 502 South Railway St. SE.
Don’t miss this show everyone! Thanks for supporting the live music.
Sean Ashby @ MySpace
Sean Ashby’s Official Website
Scatterheart via MySpace
Scatterheart are a high-energy rock band coming out of Vancouver and will be playing at The Ottoman Lounge tomorrow night (July 17th) at 10PM. The cover, $5, seems pretty cheap for an act like this. Scatterheart usually performs with a crazy stage presence act which includes dancing and costumes. They were recently touring with Bif Naked but are stopping by Medicine Hat again for this show (and many other cities across Canada). Much of their music reminds me of another Canadian rock band, Robin Black – they share that certain “glam rock” sound. View their new video single, “Beautiful” after the jump.
Location: The Ottoman Lounge
Where: 502 South Railway St. SE.
Cover: $5
When: Friday, July 17th
Start Time: 10PM
Auresia, Canadian Reggae musician will be playing Saturday night, June 11th, 9:30 at the Ottoman Lounge. She is currently touring to promote her self-produced and self-titled debut album and has gigs all over Canada.
Excerpt from MySpace:
Auresia has just released her self-produced Debut Album! She is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, artist from Montreal and has performed her original roots compositions for the last 7 years. Hers is a new urban blend of contemporary island roots music. With words, melody, meditative riddims and her hauntingly angelic voice, she continues the tradition of raising consciousness with song, part of the musical/spiritual movement of raising consciousness with music.
Rob Hudec Live at the Silver Buckle - Photo via MySpace
Rob Hudec will be playing live tomorrow night, July 10th at 9:30. You can check out Rob at his MySpace or his official site, www.robhudec.com.
Some of his influences include: Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Sue Foley, Blue Rodeo, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, The Eagles, Steve Miller, and Tom Waits to name a few. Rob Hudec is a local blues and rock musician that constantly plays at various bars, pubs and lounges around town including The Ottoman Lounge, My Office Pub, Jigger’s Pub and many others. You can see his full upcoming shows via MySpace.
Thank you everyone for supporting The Live Music at The Ottoman Lounge!!
James Murdoch Band will be playing Live at The Ottoman Lounge tonight on Friday, July 3rd starting at 9:30pm. Thank you to everyone for supporting the Live Music at The Ottoman Lounge.
Check out James Murdoch at www.myspace.com/jamesmurdoch
A little bit about James Murdoch:
Western Canadian Music Award winner and four time nominee, James Murdoch has performed across North America. His forthcoming CD, “Wondering Where The Rush Has Gone”, will be released June 9th, 2009. Murdoch’s previous release, “In Transit”, which was produced by Hawksley Workman, won Best Album Design and was nominated for Album of the Year and Video of the Year at the 2008 WCMA’s.
Mr. Chi Pig - Photography from CBC.ca (Jess Watt)
Just got a Facebook message alerting me that SNFU, the popular Canadian skate punk band is returning to play in Medicine Hat. They were last in the city nearly a year ago, a little bit after we first started this site, although we didn’t write about it at the time even though Sean and I both went. They played in the now late Doghouse, which burnt down shortly after they played there.
This time they will be playing at The Ottoman Lounge which means you we get to see first hand the weird and twisted, gross-out humour displayed by the band’s lead singer, Ken Chinn (Mr. Chi Pig) up close and personal. They have a weird assortment of stage props and masks that Mr. Chi Pig just loves to sing with.
I also shouldn’t state that they are a “skate punk” band because they do tend to delve into more hardcore or melodic punk as well. SNFU, as a band have recently (2007) reassembled after several previous break-ups and have been touring and playing quite steadily since, even though they haven’t released a new CD since 2004. However, according to some articles, they are gearing up to begin recording their new album this year.
Location: The Ottoman Lounge
Where: 502 South Railway St. SE.
Tickets: $15 (available now)
When: Saturday, June 20th
Start Time: Show will start around 10PM
Kirby, also known as John Kirby, is a talented Canadian folk artist and will be playing at The Ottoman Lounge, March 19th, and again on April 17th. Kirby has toured Canada solo three times in 2008 in support of his second release “The Good Fight EP”. Now, on this tour, he has 32 separate dates all across Canada.
The Good Fight EP Cover
Listening through some of his online stuff and even downloading his full set of releases; yes that’s right, you can legally grab all of his music (including demos and other stuff) in good ol’ MP3 form right off of his website here – he seems to be a very talented folk artist in the traditional acoustic singer-songwriter fashion, reminding me of John Mayer in my limited scope. Lots of his music seems depressing or more introspective on a basic level, but as one commenter put it, Craig Webster, on his blog,
“On the surface, you might think songs like “Defeat” and “Lost Loved Ones” are songs of sorrow and despair, but you’d be wrong. Instead, they are songs about overcoming your obstacles, and they show the listener that no matter how bleak life and its situations might look, there is an optimistic way to look at it.”
I think I would tend to agree with him, especially when viewing his first video single “The Good Fight” (shown below).
Videos and links after the jump!
Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 10th, 2009) The Ottoman Lounge will feature CD releases from renowned local musician, Brett Nelson and Thomas DiNinno’s new project entitled “Funs”. There will be DJ sets by The Overtone Documents, Chocolate Blake and Capital RRR’s. On top of all this, Thomas will also be launching the new Medicine Hat local music zine called “Fan Club Music Club”. Admission is $5 as usual but you will also be getting a free copy of the new 32-page Fan Club Music Club zine.
Fan Club Music Club
Show Poster
We’ll have more information about the zine in a later post.
The Ottoman Lounge
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
8:00pm – 11:00pm
502 South Railway Street SE
Brett Nelson @ MySpace
Funs (Thomas DiNinno) @ MySpace
Fan Club Music Club @ MySpace
Blake Jones, Thee Hoolies, and The Stolen Organ Family Band will be playing Tuesday (February 17th) night at The Ottoman Lounge starting at 8:00PM. Collectively they will be bringing you a mix of indie and acoustic rock, while The Stolen Organ Family Band pushes more into the more experimental/psychedelic side of things. There is a $5 cover charge as per usual.
Blake Jones, Thee Hoolies, The Stolen Organ Family Band - Poster
Blake Jones @ MySpace
Thee Hoolies @ MySpace
The Stolen Organ Family Band @ MySpace
Thee Hoolies Live at The Exchange (September 2008)
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