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    Formerly NOW’s music editor, Carla continues to write for the music section about the health of Toronto and Canada’s music scenes, DIY communities and issues related to race and gender.

  • Bonnie Burstow’s The Other Mrs. Smith is an idealized account of a woman recovering from electroshock

    Bonnie Burstow’s new novel, The Other Mrs. Smith (Inanna), provides her the opportunity to set her anti-psychiatry ideas into motion via the fictional world of...
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  • Andy Shauf played a dense, dramatic set with a 10-piece band at Massey Hall

    ANDY SHAUF and JENNIFER CASTLE at Massey Hall, Thursday, November 23. Rating: NNNN Who knew soft-spoken singer/songwriter Andy Shauf, with his mumblecore tendencies, modest demeanor...
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  • Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile’s collaboration at Massey Hall made so much sense

    COURTNEY BARNETT AND KURT VILE at Massey Hall, Tuesday, October 31. Rating: NNNN So much about a Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile collaboration makes sense: musically,...
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  • How DIY festivals stay strong while mega-events falter

    TRAPPED UNDER ICE, LEBENDEN TOTEN, HARLEY FLANAGAN, BOOJI BOYS, GLUE, LUST FOR YOUTH, L.O.T.I.O.N. and others as part of NOT DEAD YET at D-Beatstro (1292...
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  • Emily Haines’s second Soft Skeleton album was worth waiting a decade for

    Yes, it took some time, but Emily Haines’s follow-up to 2006’s exquisite Knives Don’t Have Your Back (which made our 50 Best Toronto albums list)...
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  • October’s Very Own opens a flagship Toronto store in time for OVO Fest

    Drake has topped the pop-up-shop game by opening a flagship store in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre on Saturday (August 5) to coincide with OVO Fest this weekend.  The news...
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  • Spoon brought rock star charisma to Massey Hall

    SPOON at Massey Hall, Tuesday, July 25. Rating: NNNN Spoon frontman Britt Daniel said in an interview earlier this year that once he realized there was...
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  • Exclusive album premiere of DATU’s High Blood

    Toronto electronic-soul duo DATU are making some seriously strong music with a message. Their debut album, High Blood (out July 25), blends electronic, hip-hop, pop,...
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  • Polyphonic Ground initiative aims to make Toronto a global music city

    Twelve live music presenters have come together to help Toronto build and sustain itself as a global music city.  The new initiative, Polyphonic Ground, is taking...
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  • Festival d’ete de Quebec is Canada’s most eclectic music festival

    FESTIVAL D'ETE DE QUEBEC on the Plains of Abraham, Imperial Bell and other venues, Friday, July 7 to Sunday, July 9. Rating: NNNN A good...
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  • Camp Wavelength gets kicked off Toronto Islands

    Camping and indie music enthusiasts will be bummed by today's news that annual summer blowout Camp Wavelength is losing its most unique aspect this year: camping. ...
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  • OVO Fest 2017 is a go

    It was looking like OVO Fest might not happen this year. Last year's edition was folded into Drake's Summer Sixteen tour, which moved it to the...
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  • Four Toronto music curators fill a void with TONE Festival

    TONE FESTIVAL with HAILU MERGIA, DKV, MARILYN LERNER & NICOLE RAMPERSAUD, GRUNEN, PERCH, HEN BROCK & RAIN, JOE MORRIS, SOOK-YIN LEE & ADAM LITOVITZ, ANNE BOURNE...
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  • Toronto recording studio Union Sound Company turns two

    On Saturday, May 13, a steady stream of Toronto music-scene-makers filtered through the acoustically treated, beautifully lit rooms of Union Sound Company for over eight...
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  • A book about the Horseshoe Tavern is on the way

    The average concert-going Toronto rock fan has a story or two about the Horseshoe, which opened in 1947 and has hosted everyone from Etta James...
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