It's Electric City Live here, back after an epic two-week absence from the site. It's been so long... I hardly recognize the place. I missed it. But we've been busy, going to shows and posting reviews and talking to artists and whatnot. We posted a review of a great show by The Burning Hell at the Montreal House. And we also posted the first in a monthly feature, "New And Local," discussing all the new releases by Peterborough artists. And damn, there's been a lot of them. April brought us new albums by Charming Ruins, Levon, Meteor Empire, and Rikers, and new tracks from a bunch more artists. Go productive Peterborians!

This week in music: It may be hard this week to go to any other live shows, barely containing your excitement for Canadian metal legends ANVIL, who are coming here on Friday, but, shockingly, there's a bunch of other shows going on, running the gamut from country to hip hop to singer-songwriters to rock, then to Whistle Stop for some poutine. Check out all the details, and more of our weekly live music highlights, over at Electric City Live.

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Hey friends, what have you been doing this week? Electric City Live's been busy reviewing. Well, it's been busy being a website, which takes up most of its time, but I've been busy reviewing. First there was a review of The Wooden Sky show at the Red Dog (featuring Sunparlour Players and Michael Duguay... I know, holy crap awesome line-up, right?). Then it was a review of The Wire Awards, the only award show I know of that's devoted exclusively to honouring local Peterborough music. And coming up this week, we got a review of this past Sunday's show by The Burning Hell, which I'll write as soon as I can stop yelling "I LOVE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAKE!!" at random people I pass on the street.

This week in music: It's a bit of a quiet week, in that there's not a lot of big concerts in town (well, there is Nashville Pussy), but there's still a number of great smaller bands coming to town, and fantastic local bands playing. Strumbellas, anyone? Silver Hearts? Petunia Trio? Melissa Payne? Yessss. Check out all the details, and way more shows, at Electric City Live.

This week at Electric City Live, we visited The Spill on a lonely Tuesday night for an acoustic show, and found Manitoba Hal, a truly interesting blues ukulele player, and three talented Peterborians (Robyn Cunningham, and Josh and Dan Fewings) as well. We also posted videos ofall five 24-Hour Music Project performances, available in their entirety, for free! And this past weekend, we went to see The Wooden Sky, The Sunparlour Players, and Michael Duguay at the Red Dog on Saturday, and we went to The Wire Awards on Sunday. Keep an eye out for reviews of both shows, coming up later this week on Electric City Live.

This week in music: I feel like I should say this is a quiet week for music – that time between semesters at Trent always is – but a quiet week in Peterborough still means there’s good music every night, and fantastic music on several of them. A couple big groups are in town this week, including Cuff The Duke, Ottmar Liebert, and, yes, Dayglo Abortions; and there’s a whole bunch of great local acts too, such as The Muddy Hack, Sean Conway And The Shiners, The Express and Co., The Kindness Killers, The Weber Bros, oh and did I mention the return of The Burning Hell? Because I’m super-excited for that one. Check out all the details, and see more of our picks for the week, at Electric City Live.

This week at Electric City Live, we checked out a very strange concert at The Spill by local experimental electro act Paulabulus and some others. We also announced our first contest - which is still open until Thursday, April 19th! Enter now to win 2 tickets to this Saturday's show by The Wooden Sky, Sunparlour Players, and Michael Duguay, plus a DVD of last month's 24-Hour Music Project! woo! (we're very excited)

This week in music: Lots of great shows this week, including The Wooden Sky and The Sunparlour Players at Red Dog, The Magic and The Skeletones Four at Red Garnet, and album releases by local groups Levon and Charming Ruins. And lots more shows. Plus, this week brings the 20th day of the 4th month, which seems significant for some reason I can't seem to remember at the moment... Find out more by hitting up Electric City Live's weekly preview.

This week at Electric City Live, we posted a review of The Avenues' homecoming show at the Pig's Ear, and an interview with Peterborough's musical jack-of-all-trades, Michael Duguay.

This week in music: It's a bit of a quiet week - what with Trent students writing exams and all - but there's still lots of interesting music in Peterborough, including a number of small, interesting-looking shows at The Spill and Red Garnet, a fantastic charity show at the Red Dog on Saturday, Artspace’s annual 50/50 charity ball, and Yukon Blonde featuring Library Voices on Sunday. Check it out, and more of Electric City Live’s recommendations for the best of live music and events going on this week, in Electric City Live's weekly preview.

This past week at Electric City Live, we posted an extensive review of The 24-Hour Music Project, including mini-reviews of each band and a large gallery of photos. It was a truly great show, and it's got us all kinds of excited about Peterborough's music scene. We've also been preparing a bunch of new content to appear early this week, including a review of The Avenues' show on Saturday at the Pig's Ear, and an interview with local singer-songwriter/jack-of-all-trades Michael Duguay. Watch out for it!

This week in music: It looks like the whole Easter thing this week is putting a little bit of a damper on the weekend's live shows (in that we could only find 4 awesome shows this weekend, which is still kind of a lot), but the rest of the week more than makes up for it. We got some singer-songwriters, some rock, some punk, some celtic, some country, a drag show, and some B.A. Johnston, whatever the hell he is. Check out all the details, and see more of our picks for the week, at Electric City Live.

It's been a busy week over at Electric City Live. We reviewed a great show by The Unquiet Dead and The Express and Co. at Red Garnet, and we also wrote an article about this very website, Radio Free Peterborough, talking a bit about what it does and why it's an amazing resource for people interested in local music. Saturday night, we checked out the 24-Hour Project at Red Dog, which was an incredible showcase of local talent. Later this week, we'll be posting a review of that show, but for now you can check out the preview we wrote about the show before it happened.

This week in music: This week brings a ton of great shows to Peterborough. Among the local bands playing are Birthday Boys, The Avenues, Lindsay Barr, Colour TV In Every Room, Dub Trinity, and way more. Then there's shows by Our Lady Peace, Rebel Emergency, and Jordan Klassen, plus a pajama party at The Venue, a Save PCVS concert, a Tom Waits tribute show, an electro rock evening, and on and on and on. Check out all the details, and see more of our picks for the week, at Electric City Live.

Hi there.

My name is Gabe Pollock, and I'd like to invite you to check out Electric City Live, a new online magazine devoted to all things related to music in Peterborough, ON, that a friend and I created. There's such a wonderful and diverse group of musicians in this town, and so many great live shows ever night, and we want to celebrate that. We'll be posting news, reviews, interviews, and anything else we can think of related to local artists and live shows.

You can check out the site to find out more about what we do, including reviews of shows by Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, Ubiquitous Synergy Seekers, B.A. Johnston, and Rococode; a review of the debut EP from The Express and Co.; and a bio of Peterborough music legends The Silver Hearts. (Lots more, too. Check it out.)

This week in music: Every week, we write a post with our selections for the best of live shows that week. This week, there are a couple big shows in Peterborough, including My Darkest Days and Down With Webster. There are also a number of fantastic local bands doing shows, including The Venisons, Andrew Shedden, Bears Beats, The Muddy Hack, and way more. And this Saturday brings us the 24-Hour Music Project, which looks like it could be a great event. Find out more details, and check out our full weekly preview.

As of the Trent Radio Annual General Meeting last weekend, RFP has now been pumped out to the lovely people of Peterborough and area for over 50,000 hours thanks to the fine folks over at Trent Radio - 92.7 CFFF FM.

We look forward to our next 50,000 and we very much appreciate the support we get from everyone at Trent Radio, and in the Peterborough community at large.