spectra sonic sound

ottawa based concert promoters - est. 2009

an ottawa based record label - est. 1996

Box 57043, RPO Gladstone, Ottawa ON, K1R 1A1, Canada

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we are an Ottawa based concert production company specializing in punk-rock-hardcore-ska-indie-electronic-experimental-folk-whatever



just announced

new shows, on sale now, more info in full listings below

Thursday June 14 - Matt Mays and more @ Mavericks
Saturday June 16 - Kim Churchill, Benjalu @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
Saturday June 23 - Siskiyou, Her Harbour @ Raw Sugar Cafe

changes to existing shows, more info in listings below

Sunday July 22 - This Hell, Hollow Earth and more @ Mavericks - POSTPONED, refunds at point of purchase!
Thursday May 17 - Ad Rock Acoustic added to Daniel Wesley @ Mavericks
Tuesday June 5 - Of Reverie, All Fallen Angels, Colour Me Crimson added to Like Moths To Flames, Ice Nine Kills @ Mavericks
Tuesday June 12 - The Junction added to Larry And His Flask @ Cafe Dekcuf
Tuesday June 26 - Brandon Allan added to Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers @ Raw Sugar Cafe



full listings



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Thursday May 17 @ Mavericks

Daniel Wesley (Vancouver reggae/rock, 604 recs)
Dane Hartsell (Toronto soul/rock, 21 Music recs)
Ad Rock Acoustic (Ottawa reggae/folk)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $13 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page


Saturday May 19 @ Cafe Dekcuf

Tyler Hilton (California pop-rock)
Dion Roy (New York pop/rock)

Licensed 19+ - 9pm doors - SOLD OUT!

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Sunday May 20 @ Mavericks

SECOND SHOW ADDED - by overwhelming demand!

Tyler Hilton (California pop-rock)
Dion Roy (New York pop/rock)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $12 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Wednesday May 23 @ Cafe Dekcuf

Purity Ring (Edmonton electro/dream-pop)
AGOR (Montreal electro/experimental)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $12 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap or www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Friday May 25 @ Mavericks

Kalle Mattson (Ottawa indie, "Lives in Between EP Release show!)
Dan Griffin (of Arkells, Hamilton folk/indie)
The Elwins (Keswick indie-pop)
Josef Pollock (Ottawa folk/indie)

Licensed 19+ - 9pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap or www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Friday May 25 @ Club Saw

Ron Pope (New York pop-rock)
Josiah Leming (Los Angeles pop-rock)
Zach Berkman (New York pop-rock)

All Ages - 7pm doors - $12 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap or www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Sunday May 27 @ Mavericks

Joe Pug (Chicago indie-folk, Lightning Rod recs)
David Wax Museum (Boston folk/indie)
Black Dogs (Ottawa folk/indie)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $12 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Ottawa Folklore Centre and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Sunday May 27 @ Cafe Dekcuf

Useless ID (Tel Aviv pop-punk, Fat Wreck Chords recs)
Fortune Cookie Club (Montreal pop-punk)
Rydell (Ottawa pop-punk)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Tuesday May 29 @ Mavericks

Volumes (Los Angeles metal, Mediaskare recs)
The Contortionist (Indianapolis metal, Good Fight recs)
The Plot in You (Ohio metal, Rise recs)
Your Memorial (Minnesota metal/hardcore, Facedown recs)
Denounced (last show, Ottawa death-metal)
Wolves In Stride (Ottawa metal/hardcore)

All ages/Licensed 19+ - 6pm doors - $14 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Tuesday May 29 @ Cafe Dekcuf

Xerxes (Louisville post-punk, No Sleep recs)
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) (Michigan indie/emo, Count Your Lucky Stars, Top Shelf recs)
Warren Franklin (Illinois emo/acoustic, Count Your Lucky Stars recs)
Sartre (Ottawa screamo)

Licensed 19+ - 7pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Thursday May 31 @ Ritual

The Black Dahlia Murder (Detroit death metal, Metal Blade recs)
Exhumed (San Jose death metal/grind, Relapse recs)
Fuck The Facts (Gatineau grindcore/metal, Relapse recs)

16+ to get in/19+ to drink - 6:30pm doors - $19 advance
under 16 admitted with parent or guardian

tickets available at Vertigo Records and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Friday June 1 @ Raw Sugar Cafe

Jonathan Becker and the White Devils (debut full-band performance, Ottawa folk/indie)
Nick Sherman (Sioux Lookout folk)
Downside Kid (Gatineau folk)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $5 at the door

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Tuesday June 5 @ Mavericks

Like Moths To Flames (Columbus metalcore, Rise recs)
Ice Nine Kills (Boston metalcore, Red Blue recs)
Of Reverie (Ottawa metalcore)
All Fallen Angels (Ottawa metalcore)
Colour Me Crimson (first show, Ottawa metalcore)

All ages/Licensed 19+ - 6pm doors - $12 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, www.ticketweb.ca or from the local bands

facebook event page



Friday June 8 @ Mavericks

PS I Love You (Kingston indie/rock, Paper Bag recs)
Army Girls (Toronto garage/pop)
and more

Licensed 19+ - 9pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Tuesday June 12 @ Mavericks

Deer Tick (Rhode Island alt-country/rock, Dine Alone/Partisan recs)
Turbo Fruits (Nashville garage/rock, Fat Possum recs)
The Novaks (St. John's rock, Sonic recs)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $17.50 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Tuesday June 12 @ Cafe Dekcuf

Larry And His Flask (Oregon bluegrass/punk, Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club recs)
The Schomberg Fair (Toronto blues/roots)
The Junction (Toronto indie/rock, Fontana North recs)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap or www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Wednesday June 13 @ Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Henry Rollins (ex-Black Flag/Rollins Band, DC spoken word, 2.13.61 recs)

All Ages - 7pm doors - $27.50 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Wednesday June 13 @ Mavericks

Rah Rah (Regina indie-pop, Young Soul recs)
Parlovr (Montreal indie/rock, Dine Alone)
and more

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Thursday June 14 @ Mavericks

Matt Mays (Halifax rock, Sonic recs)
and more

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $20 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page


Saturday June 16 @ Zaphod Beeblebrox

Kim Churchill (Australia indie/folk/rock, Indica recs)
Benjalu (Australia folk/rock)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $11 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap, the Ottawa Folklore Centre and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Sunday June 17 @ Cafe Dekcuf

Something You Whisper (Cambridge rock)
Of Reverie (Ottawa metalcore)
Terrified And Alive (Toronto post-hardcore)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 6pm doors - $11 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Sunday June 17 @ Raw Sugar Cafe

Austin Lucas (Indiana folk/punk, Last Chance/Hometown Caravan recs)
PJ Bond (New Jersey folk/indie, Black Numbers recs)
Cory Levesque (Ottawa folk/punk)
Rob Moir (of Dead Letter Dept, Toronto folk/punk, Northern Americas recs)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $8 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and Raw Sugar Cafe

facebook event page



Sunday June 20 @ Mavericks

Brasstronaut (Vancouver orchestral-indie/pop, Unfamiliar recs)
Utidur (Iceland folk/indie, The Good Stuff/Dreifing recs)
Phantom Shores (Ottawa indie/folk)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap, Ottawa Folklore Centre and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Saturday June 23 @ Raw Sugar Cafe

Siskiyou (mbrs of Great Lake Swimmers, Vancouver indie/folk, Constellation recs)
Her Harbour (Ottawa folk/indie)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and Raw Sugar Cafe

facebook event page



Tuesday June 26 @ Raw Sugar Cafe

Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers (Halifax roots/indie)
Brandon Allan (Ottawa folk/indie)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $10 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and Raw Sugar Cafe

facebook event page



Wednesday June 27 @ Mavericks

Death By Stereo (Los Angeles punk/hardcore, Viking Funeral/Concrete Jungle recs)
Black Souls (Gatineau hardcore)
Sidelines (ex-Contrabandit/Gusto Fiasco/Snatchback, Ottawa punk/hardcore)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $13 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Tuesday July 10 @ Mavericks

Living With Lions (Vancouver pop-punk/rock, Black Box recs)
The Swellers (Flint punk/rock, Side One Dummy recs)
Daytrader (New York punk/rock, Rise/Run For Cover recs)
Major League (New Jersey pop-punk)
Landslider (Ottawa punk/rock)
Old Rules (mbrs of Constraints/Carry Yourself, Ottawa punk/rock)

All Ages/Licensed 19+ - 6pm doors - $13 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, www.ticketweb.ca or from the local bands

facebook event page



Sunday July 22 @ Mavericks

POSTPONED - refunds at point of purchase!

This Is Hell (Long Island hardcore, Rise recs)
Hollow Earth (Detroit hardcore, Panic recs)
War Nerve (ex-Think Twice/Substance, Ottawa hardcore)
Spilt Guts (Ottawa hardcore)
Black Souls (Gatineau hardcore)

POSTPONED - refunds at point of purchase!

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Monday July 23 @ Mavericks

Chad VanGaalen (Calgary indie/folk, Sub Pop/Flemish Eye recs)
and more

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $15 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Monday July 30 @ Mavericks

Sharon Van Etten (New York indie/folk, Jagjaguar recs)
Landon A. R. Coleman (Ottawa folk/indie)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $12 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Wednesday August 1 @ Mavericks

The Jezabels (Australia indie-pop)
and more

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $15 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

facebook event page



Thursday August 2 @ Mavericks

The Aggrolites (Los Angeles reggae/soul, Young Cub/Brixton recs)
The Sentries (Ottawa ska/reggae/dub)

Licensed 19+ - 8pm doors - $15 advance

tickets available at Vertigo Records, the Record Shaap and www.ticketweb.ca

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Venues:

babylon - 317 Bank St.
The Blacksheep Inn - 753 Riverside Dr., Wakefield
Bronson Centre - 211 Bronson Ave.
Cafe Dekcuf - 221 Rideau St. (upstairs)
Club SAW - 67 Nicholas St. (downstairs)
First Baptist Church - 140 Laurier Ave. W (at Elgin)
Mavericks - 221 Rideau St. (downstairs)
National Arts Centre - 53 Elgin St.
Ottawa Civic Centre - 1015 Bank St.
Raw Sugar Cafe Cafe - 692 Somerset St. W - 613-216-2850
Ritual - 137 Besserer St.
Time To Laugh - 394 Princess St., Kingston
Zaphod Beeblebrox - 27 York St.



Ticket Locations:

Vertigo Records - 193 Rideau St. - 613-241-1011
Ottawa Folklore Centre - 1111 Bank St. - 613-730-2887
The Record Shaap - 209 Gilmour, downstairs - 613-321-0564

Birdman Sound - 593-B Bank St. - 613-233-0999
Distoshop - 3 Dalpé, Gatineau - 819-205-2522
Long & McQuade - 2631 Alta Vista Dr. - 613-521-5909
Norml - 184 Rideau St. - 613-562-2043
Raw Sugar Cafe - 692 Somerset St. W - 613-216-2850
Reap And Sew - 401 Dalhousie St. - 613-562-4545
Venus Envy - 320 Lisgar St. - 613-789-4646
Veteran Tattoo - 825 Maloney E, Gatineau - 819-893-1904

(all our tickets available at Vertigo, most indie/rock tix available at Shaap, folk/blues tix at OFC, other outlets please check indivisdual show listings above)

if a show is listed as SOLD OUT, please don't call the outlets as they won't have any tickets!



advance tickets are non-refundable.

all bills, venues, times, dates and ticket prices subject to change without notice.

a service charge is usually added to each ticket.

door prices are usually a buck or three more, please buy in advance.


R.I.D.N.O.U.



email: info[at]spectrasonic[dot]com