Tuesday, March 19, 2013

OTTAWA EXPLOSION WEEKEND 2013!

OTTAWA EXPLOSION WEEKEND 2013 is happening June 20th to 23rd!



OTTAWA EXPLOSION WEEKEND 2013 is happening on June 19th to 23rd 2013!

We'll be doing multiple shows every night and will be having Saturday and Sunday day shows! Bracelets are only $60!

Here's the first 75 or so bands that we are announcing! They are from all over North American and we even have our first bands from outside of the continent playing this year. The line-up is subject to change so  expect to see more bands added to the list as time goes on so keep checking back!

ALASKAN (Ottawa, ON) http://alaskan.bandcamp.com

ASILE (Ottawa, ON) http://www.purevolume.com/ASILE94858 

ASTRAL GUNK (Sackville, NB) http://astralgunk.bandcamp.com

ATTENTION! (Toronto, ON) http://42069.org 

AVERAGE TIMES (Ottawa, ON) http://averagetimes.bandcamp.com

BABYSITTER (Victoria, BC) http://babysitter.bandcamp.com 

BIG DICK (Ottawa, ON) http://big-dick.bandcamp.com 

BIIPIIGWAN (Ottawa, ON) http://biipiigwan.bandcamp.com 

BLACK TOWER (Ottawa, ON) http://blacktowergates.blogspot.ca/ 

BOYHOOD (Ottawa, ON) http://boyhoodsongs.bandcamp.com

CAMP RADIO (Ottawa, ON) http://campradio.bandcamp.com

CHIT CHAT (Detroit, MI) http://chitchatband.bandcamp.com/ 

CHLOROFORM (Ottawa, ON) http://chloroforming.bandcamp.com

CORPORATE GHOST (Oklahoma City, OK) https://soundcloud.com/corporateghost 

THE CREEPS (Ottawa, ON) http://thecreeps.bandcamp.com

CRUSADES (Ottawa, ON) http://crusades.ca 

DEAD WEIGHTS (Ottawa, ON) http://deadweights.bandcamp.com/

DEECRACKS (Klagenfurt, Austria) http://deecracks.bandcamp.com

DIG IT UP (Montreal, QC) http://digitup.bandcamp.com/

DIRECT HIT! (Milwaukee, WI) http://directhit.bandcamp.com

DUMB TALK (Beekman, NY) http://dumbtalk.bandcamp.com

FERAL TRASH (Moncton, NB) https://www.facebook.com/FeralTrash

FOUR-STROKE (Ottawa, ON) http://www.myspace.com/fourstroke

GRIME KINGS (Belleville, ON) http://somethingugly.bandcamp.com

HOLY COBRAS (Montreal, QC) http://www.myspace.com/holycobras

THE ISOTOPES (Vancouver, BC) http://theisotopes.bandcamp.com

JETTY BOYS (Sheboygan, WI) http://jettyboys.bandcamp.com

THE KIDNAPPERS (Hamburg, GER) http://www.reverbnation.com/thekidnappers

KINGDOM SHORE (Ottawa, ON) http://kingdomshore.bandcamp.com/ 

KLOVENHOOFS (Ottawa, ON) http://klovenhoofs.bandcamp.com

LE KRAKEN (Montreal, ON) http://lekraken.bandcamp.com

KREMLIN (Toronto, ON) http://kremlinpunk.bandcamp.com

THE MANDATES (Calgary, AB) http://mandates.bandcamp.com

MANNEQUIN (Ottawa/Montreal) http://www.myspace.com/mannequintown

METAL FEATHERS (Portland, ME) http://metalfeathers.bandcamp.com

MILANKU (Montreal) http://milanku.bandcamp.com

MOTHER’S CHILDREN (Ottawa, ON) http://motherschildren.bandcamp.com

THE MOUTHBREATHERS (Sackville. NB) http://themouthbreathers.bandcamp.com

NEEDLES//PINS (VANCOUVER, BC) http://needlesxpins.bandcamp.com

NERVOSAS (Columbus, OH) http://nervosas.bandcamp.com

NEW SWEARS (Ottawa, ON) http://newswears.bandcamp.com

NOISE HOUNDS (Sackville, NB) http://noisehounds.bandcamp.com

NUDE BEACH (Brooklyn, NY) http://nudebeach.bandcamp.com

ORGAN EYES (Ottawa, ON) http://bruisedtongue.bandcamp.com/album/multibody

PANIC ATTACK (Quebec City, QC) http://panicattack.bandcamp.com

THE PINK NOISE (Montreal, QC) http://www.myspace.com/thepinknoise2

PREVENGE (Montreal, QC) https://www.facebook.com/prevengemtl

PRIMITIVE HEARTS (Oakland, CA) http://primitivehearts.bandcamp.com

THE RAGING NATHANS (Dayton, OH) http://radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com

ROBERTA BONDAR (Ottawa, ON) http://www.robertabondarband.com

ROBOTS EVERYWHERE! (Ottawa, ON) http://everywhererobots.tumblr.com

SILVER DAPPLE (Montreal, QC) http://silverdapple.bandcamp.com

SOLIDS (Montreal, QC) http://solids.bandcamp.com

SONIC AVENUES (Montreal, QC) http://sonicavenues.bandcamp.com

THE SOUPCANS (Toronto, ON) http://thesoupcans.bandcamp.com

STAY HERE (Ottawa/Toronto) https://www.facebook.com/stayhereband

STEVE ADAMYK BAND (Ottawa, ON) http://steveadamykband.com

STRANGE ATTRACTOR (Sudbury, ON) http://strangeattractor.bandcamp.com

STRAIT As (Minneapolis MN) - http://thestraitas.bandcamp.com

SUGAR STEMS (Milwaukee, WI) http://sugarstems.bandcamp.com

SWARM OF SPHERES (Ottawa, ON) http://swarmofspheres.bandcamp.com

SWOLLEN EYES (Ottawa, ON) http://theswolleneyes.bandcamp.com

TEENANGER (Toronto, ON) http://teenangerrr.bandcamp.com

THALIDOMY KIDS (Moncton, NB) http://thalidomykids.bandcamp.com

THEE NODES (Montreal, QC) http://theenodes.bandcamp.com

THE TOUGH SHITS (Philadelphia, PA) https://soundcloud.com/thetoughshits

TYVEK (Detroit, MI) http://tyvek.bandcamp.com

ULTRATHIN (Montreal, QC) http://ultrathin.bandcamp.com

VACATION (Cincinatti, OH) http://vacation.bandcamp.com

VALLEY BOYS (Toronto, ON) http://vboys666.bandcamp.com

VOICEMAIL (Ottawa, ON)

WHITE PAGES (Cambridge, MA) http://whitepages.bandcamp.com

WYLDLIFE (New York City, NY) http://wyldlife.bandcamp.com

YELLOWTEETH (Sackville, NB) http://yellow-teeth.bandcamp.com

THE YIPS (Ottawa, ON) http://yips613.bandcamp.com

Shows will be happening at Club Saw, Mugshots, Mavericks, Dekcuf, Avant-Garde Bar & more!

BRACELETS: $60 gets you access to all of the shows happening over the 5 days of the festival!
http://bit.ly/BUYOXW2013

We'll be putting up more information soon so keep checking back!

We'll have a sweet deal for you to stay at the Ottawa Jail Hostel which is literally right in the middle of the action. You'll be a five minute walk from pretty much everything!


http://www.ottawaexplosion.com/
Buy bracelets: http://bit.ly/BUYOXW2013
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instagram: @ottawaexplosion
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If you have any questions or comments or want to give us a bunch of money,  email us ottawaexplosion@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

New Swears on City Slang!

NEW SWEARS came by the CHUO studios last night at 9 pm to play some tracks and talk some smack on CITY SLANG!

You can hear it here!


Check out their new video for Two Darts!


Come see them play on Thursday!
More details here!

Friday, February 15, 2013

City Slang Radio!

Don't forget to listen to City Slang every Monday at 9 pm on CHUO 89.1 FM.

You missed an episode? You can listen to it HERE!

Here's a recap of all of the shows.

EPISODE 1
Emmanuel and Travis talk to Aaron and Marie of weirdcanada.com, a website archiving the weirdest and best Canadian music. 

Aaron shares some bizarre tales of private press treasures, including the story of alleged murderer and extreme soft-rocker Lewis!

Plus tunes from S.H.I.T., Big Dick, Merchandise, The Soupcans, Teledrome, and Lewis.

EPISODE 2


Emmanuel and Travis talk to Chris Mason of Dirt Cult records about punks in Los Cruces, New Mexico. Chris reveals how his mom feels about the new Misfits (it’s not good).

Hear tracks from Chris’ band Low Culture. Plus, tracks from The Sediment Club, Alex Calder, Fuzz, Open Channels, Chloroform, Rational Animals, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Total Crush, and a Valley Boys song that might BLOW TRAVIS’ MIND.

EPISODE 3

Pierre Richardson and Craig Proulx from tape label Bruised Tongue take over the airwaves to play some of the finest tunes from the Bruised Tongue catalogue. What a couple’a jerks!

Pierre and Craig talk about the origins of the label, how the cassette game has changed in Canada, and what kind of biker trouble you get into wearing a back patch.

Hear tunes from Blue Cross, Black Train, Monomyth, Boyhood, Mannequin, Red Mass, Organ Eyes, plus a preview of upcoming releases from The Yips, New Swears, and J.S. Odette.

EPISODE 4

All star after all star! Raymond Biesinger of The Famines gives us some style pointers and a history lesson on WWI TANKS! Plus, Alex Calder of Makeout Videotape takes a RAPID FIRE INTERVIEW, and we learn about near-death tour experiences, and where the best drug-front restaurants are in Montreal.

And hear tunes from The Famines, Tweens, Pretty Pretty, Vacation, Alex Calder, Makeout Videotape, Dirty Beaches, Whore Paint, and Rough Kids.


EPISODE 5

Steve Adamyk of THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND joins Emmanuel and Travis in studio! We almost kick him out, but then the gang talks about punk rock karaoke, debauchery in hospitals, and how not to get arrested in Spain. 

Hear tracks from The Steve Adamyk Band, Sonic Avenues, The Shooting Guns, TV Freaks, Red Dons, Absolutely Free, Camel Heads, Inservibles, and more.


Follow the show on Twitter if you're into that kind of thing.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Ottawa Explosion Weekend 2012: A visual retrospective.

David Forcier, photographer and drummer extraordinaire, just unearthed all his pictures from Ottawa Explosion Weekend 2012.






See the rest here!

Don't be too impatient. We'll be announcing bands for OXW 2013 later this month!

The Yips - EP - stream!



To finish off the week we're posting the fourth stream of the week! THE YIPS will be releasing their debut cassette on BRUISED TONGUE next month but you can get a sneak peak of the tape now by listening to it HERE!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Hilotrons "At Least There's Commotion" stream


You can stream the new HILOTRONS lp "At Least There's Commotion" HERE.

It's an amazing record that completely blew my mind when I heard it.

There's an awesome interactive map with videos for a bunch of the tracks from the record HERE.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

New Swears "Funny Isn't Real" stream!

NEW SWEARS just put up a stream of their "Funny Isn't Real" tape. Check it out here!

BRUISED TONGUE will be releasing the tape on March 7th at Pressed with NEW SWEARS playing with COLD WARPS! More info here!