Hello friends. Just a quick post to let you know that our next gig is Saturday April 9th 9:00pm at The Downstairs Club at The Clocktower (575 Bank St) w/ The Soirée (Ottawa). $8 cover. Hope to see you there.
As Ottawa Magazine has kindly pointed out, this will be a great chance to hear the “Ottawa sound”, if there ever was one, in full effect.
Slow down, Molasses started over the summer of 2006, at first it was just a few quiet songs and day dreams of lost blues and ocean songs. A couple tepid attempts at solo shows were made, Neil was covered, so was Low. Between these shows and a few too many late night’s out like minded co-conspirators were found, first drums, and keyboards, soon enough bass and banjo, lap steel and violin. Now a seven piece consisting of members & ex-members of some of Saskatoon’s finest bands, there are still the same quiet melancholy songs, but now the occasional noisy excursion or anthemic build appears, letting lo-fi indie rock songs and alt-country rave ups sit nicely next to late night lullaby’s and a lazy falsetto drawl.
http://slowdownmolasses.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, March 30 at 9:00pm
Kevin will be playing a new song called ‘Christmas in Centretown’ live-in-studio on CHUO 89.1 FM this evening at 5pm, i.e. the Hop the Fence show. You are invited to tune in if you find yourself near a radio dial or an internet connection later today.
And have a merry Christmas.
Kevin and Jeff will be playing a duo set at the Manx this Sunday, December 19. Come on by for a drink at our favourite pub and hear some of the new tunes we’re working on. No cover. Music should start around 9:30.
The Manx is at 370 Elgin St.
Kevin and Matt fine-tune the setlist at sound check.
Check out Royal Ottawa: http://royalottawa.com/.
We hope to see you.
We’re looking for your help to decide where we should aim to play our next Ottawa gig. The Ethics have been playing around this town for several years now and we’ve enjoyed playing different rooms at different times, and for different reasons. Our Bluesfest gig this past summer at the Barney Danson Theatre takes the cake for best sound and lighting, but it’s a special treat to play in a soft seater theatre and gigs like that don’t come around too often. We tend to gravitate towards a few pub and club venues in Ottawa for our full-band shows, and the ones we keep coming back to are Babylon (for big shows like our two album-release parties), Irene’s (so cozy, and always a great night), The Rainbow (awesome vibe, novel second floor balcony), and the Black Sheep Inn (pretty much speaks for itself). We have also had good experiences with recent gigs at Maverick’s and the Elmdale House.
But what we really want to know is where you want to see us play. Is there somewhere we haven’t played that we should check out? Somewhere we have to revisit? Let us know using this poll, and the comments section below…
Kev and Jeff will be playing an Ethics ‘duo’ show opening for Mercury prize nominees Villagers (Ireland) at Mavericks on Sept 28. Our good friends Winchester Warm are also opening.
We recently stumbled across the NPR online feature Tiny Desk Concerts and really enjoyed this one from Villagers.
Should be a really great night.
