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ZAPHOD'S 16TH ANNUAL ALL-DAY CANADA DAY PARTAAAAAY!!!
Tuesday, July 1

Featuring:
BLAZER
THE CHEAP SEATS
KEN WORKMAN & THE UNION
ALEX R NEWMAN
THE CUTMEN
27 YORK

From Indie Rock to Hip Hop, Melodic Pop to Alt.Country, Zaphod's Annual Canada Day tradition features a stellar line-up of Ottawa's musical talent, including bands and djs. Its always a fun time, far from the madding crowd; as the laid back atmosphere of Zaphod's takes on a festive air. Locals, tourists and long-lost friends come together to celebrate arguably the best country in the universe, at the best club in the universe!...
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SARANDONGA TROPICAL BAND
Saturday, July 5

Sarandonga Tropical Band is the spirit of Latin American culture. It reflects the enthusiasm, the joy, the folklore, the dances, and the warmth that is so dear to Latin American people. These are only some, among the many reasons, that lead to the creation of Sarandonga Tropical Band and to try to bring its name to every corner of Canada and the world...
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TEA
Thursday, July 3

Related Artists: DEEP PURPLE, STATUS QUO, PAT TRAVERS, DR. FEELGOOD. Tea is a hard blues rock band that has been on the road for more than 15 years playing over 1500 live concerts in Spain and Europe. They have played on stage with world renowned bands like Deep Purple, Status Quo, Jethro Tull, Dr. Feelgood, Glenn Hughes, Pat Travers, etc...
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THE SUMMERLAD
with guests PARLOUR STEPS
Sunday, June 15

Related Artists: GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR, THE BESNARD LAKES, MY BLOODY VALENTINE
FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THIS SHOW: www.facebook.com/
event.php?
eid=15408941895. Forward this to your friends and other Ottawans, because the mainstream Ottawa media sure as hell won't tell you about it (ok maybe they will AFTER the bands achieve worldwide domination!). The Summerlad is a rock and roll group from the heart of the prairies - corn-fed, high minded and possessed by a drive to rise above their flatland surroundings. The frontman for this effort, P7, caused quite a stir in local circles when his former combo, The Primrods, signed a deal with those city slickers in LA, Geffen Records. The result was a fantastic album of wicked guitar sounds that was submerged in a sea of indifference and plain old "What the hell do we do with this, boys?" P7 got up, brushed himself off and, in the heady days of 1999, allied himself with the chaps who were to join him as The Summerlad. Why? Because he just might be too dumb to quit...
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POP OFF 1 TOUR
featuring SLIM TWIG + ELFIN SADDLE + CAROLINE KEATING
Friday, June 13

POP OFF I is set to bring you three awesome and eclectic artists from Montreal and beyond. We are delighted to present; the chameleonic and incendiary abstract psycho-billy of Slim Twig; the mythical folk duo Elfin Saddle and the poetic piano pop of Caroline Keating...
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POLITIQUE
with guests THE BALCONIES
Saturday, June 21

Politique is ready to drop their debut self-titled album!! Finally, after a long, three year wait of writing, assembling the band, and whipping everything into shape, "Politique" is done! A sordid love-triangle of bittersweet indie, synth, punk and electro conspire to wrap you up in this debut...
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TOM FUN ORCHESTRA
with guests THE JOHN PUNCH BAND
Thursday, June 12

Related Artists: TOM WAITS fronting a band made up of THE CLASH, THE POGUES, THE SADIES and GOGOL BORDELLO. The Tom Fun Orchestra is the world's premier vaudevillian-cluster-rock ensemble featuring an ambitious mix of electric and acoustic instruments and enough skilled musicians on stage to intimidate even the largest crowds. Lead by Ian Macdougall's unique and undeniable songwriting talents, the sound, the songs and the experience have refreshed impressions of what Canada's Maritime provinces have to offer musically...
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16VOLT
with guests CYANOTIC + BELLA MORTE
Tuesday, June 24

HARSH REALITY SUMMER EVENT SERIES - 4 Shows, 1 Season Pass. Buy a $40 Season Pass (includes free CD!) to all Harsh Reality summer events. Email jairus@harsh-reality.com for tickets & details. Founded in 1991 with the mission to merge the raw guitars of early punk with the heavy beats and energy of industrial dance music, coldwave legends 16volt took the industrial and alternative music scenes by storm, including a coup where they captured the coveted #1 and #2 positions on Rolling Stone’s alternative charts. Their first tour since their 2002 tour with KMFDM, the current line-up of includes members of KMFDM, Chemlab, Daniel Ash Band, and SMP; promoting their current release on Metropolis Records, "FullBlackHabit"...
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MEMMAKER
Tuesday, July 22

HARSH REALITY SUMMER EVENT SERIES - 4 Shows, 1 Season Pass. Buy a $40 Season Pass (includes free CD!) to all Harsh Reality summer events. Email jairus@harsh-reality.com for tickets & details. Attention cadets, incoming transmission! Destruction is imminent: Memmaker are here to destroy all human eardrums and interface with your women, undermining earth society forever. Comprised of Guillaume Nadon and Yann Faussurier (of Iszoloscope), Memmaker have forged a rare and explosive compound of hard-trance, driving electro grooves, and immense industrial beats against which mankind is utterly defensless...
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OHOLICS
Wednesday, June 18

Sounds Like: "Sleazeoid psychedelic Swedes, produced by the main man behind The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Ebbott Lundberg)... actually feature a live sitar player. Think the grittier end of The Beatles, The Strokes and The Stones circa 1968 and something of The Electric Prunes...." Oholics are a six-piece psychedelic electrorock band from Gothenburg,Sweden. They formed in 2005, when they discussed the lack of real rock acts in Sweden. Since then the mission has been to create mind-blowing, beer-fueled rock tunes. The line-up includes guitar, bass, drums, sitar, lots of percussion and various synthezisers. Major influences include Primal Scream, Oasis, Syd Barrett, Happy Mondays, the psychedelic 60's and the punk scene...
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