Olivier Fairfield

Partnering with Ottawa Riverkeeper, Mia Kelly has pledged to donate all proceeds from Bandcamp to fund initiatives to preserve Kitchissippi.

Watch the Capital Music Awards show on May 7 via YouTube or Rogers TV, Channel 22 in Ottawa.

Two hours of fresh local music. Updated weekly by apt613.ca music writers. New releases and greatest hits. Subscribe on Spotify. “only you” by summersets // The Ottawa via Sault Ste. Marie folk duo of Kalle Mattson and Andrew Sowka are releasing new music prolifically, with this their sixth feature in the #ottmusic weekly playlist since […]

Their 2019 album Le Mal is nominated for the annual Canadian music prize. Watch tonight as FET.NAT performs in the Gala lineup. A live stream starts at 8:45pm on CBC Music.

La danse d’une heure a été créée par Sylvie Desrosiers, chorégraphe primée de Gatineau.

The one-hour dance piece was created by Sylvie Desrosiers, an award-winning choreographer based in Gatineau.

CRABE sera en concert le 15 mai 2019 au Minotaure.

Travis Facette: “It’s a phenomenal, hilarious show… that you shouldn’t be scared of it.”

FET.NAT is performing at Le Petit Chicago at 9pm on Saturday March 2, 2019.

This featured column presents a slideshow of Ming’s favourite shots from the many events around town he’s recently attended. These images were taken at Le Temporaire last Saturday: Image 1: 3/4 of Ottawa’s own post-punk band Bonnie Doon kicked things off. Image 2: Montreal’s CRABE added more noise to the evening. Images 3-10: Fet. Nat. […]

It’s been almost two years since we’ve heard new recordings from Fet.Nat, a band that has cut itself a niche in Gatineau’s music scene with its raw, experimental, jammy sound. Poule Mange Poule, the band’s last album, was characterized by a mix of rock drums, echo-pedaled guitar, brass, and strange, off-kilter sounds. It showed the […]

Ce vendredi 11 mars, le projet de musique Last Ex viendra hanter le studio DAÏMON du côté de Hull. Les instigateurs, Olivier Fairfield et Simon Trottier – aussi membres de Timber Timbre – seront en mode quatuor. Le spectacle sera exceptionnellement interprété par les quatre membres de la formation Timber Timbre. Une soirée qui s’annonce […]

Those that live on the Gatineau side of the river and like to dance party probably already know about Mehdi Cayenne Club. There’s a party groove to their sound but there’s also sentiment in their prose. This is how they describe themselves, in French, on their site: Punky Funk POW-WOW. Pour rêver, danser et réfléchir. MCC, c’est […]

Song: “Plymouth” written and performed by FET.NAT Fet. Nat. is something of an oddity. Actually, it may be enough to just leave the description at that. Their music is jammy, experimental, and loud. Their lyrics are French, though the band doesn’t necessarily sound like a French band. It’s very original, very odd, yet somehow quite […]