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  • Hail to the thief

    GIRL TALK at Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Wednesday (November 12), 8 pm. $20. 416-870-8000.Gregg Gillis is the biggest thief in popular music today....
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  • PINK

    Rating: NNNThe otherwise likeably raunchy and bratty Pink is now officially walking a fine line, leaning dangerously close to the humdrum. While her writing talents...
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  • Les freaks, tres chic!

    OF MONTREAL with GANG GANG DANCE at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Exhibition Place), Tuesday (October 28), 7 pm. $25. 416-870-8000.Maybe it's the wonky phone connection...
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  • Gym Class Heroes

    Rating: NNNThe hip-hop-meets-rock hybrid so poorly milked during the earlier part of the decade has, for the most part, hobbled away from the spotlight, all...
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  • Horrorpops

    Rating: NNNMaybe because they maintain such a committed fan base, all the various "-billy" sub-genres (rocka-, horror-, psycho-) are subject to those cranky old dogmatic...
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  • The Sea and Cake

    Rating: NNNI know they've been around forever, so this may not be apt, but, man, every time I listen to this album all I can...
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  • Mogwai

    Rating: NNNAs an instrumental band, Scottish post-rockers Mogwai have always relied on a certain depth and dynamic to elevate their music above pretty background noise....
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  • Early Man

    Rating: NNNAs far as pretensions go, it's safe to say that Brooklyn's more than earnest thrash-meets-NWOBHM revivalists have just about none. On their latest four-song...
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  • Viking myth?

    AMON AMARTH with BELPHEGOR and ENSIFERUM at the Phoenix (410 Sher­bourne), Wednesday (October 15), 7 pm. $28. 416-870-8000.Thanks to the rousing, fist-pumping rage in their...
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  • Okkervil surge forth

    OKKERVIL RIVER with CROOKED FINGERS at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Sunday (October 12), 6:30 pm. $15.50. 416-870-8000.By his estimate, Will Sheff, leader of Austin indie...
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  • GRAILS

    Rating: NNNNThe engineers of Doomsdayer's Holiday - the latest from mostly instrumental psychedelic avant-metal band Grails - are know for their collaborations with Earth and...
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  • Slipknot

    Rating: NNAfter taking four years to release their latest "opus," the one thing that's clear is that the Des Moines nine-piece's sound is the victim...
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  • PUSSYCAT DOLLS

    Rating: NYou can't help but think that had lead Doll Nicole Scherzinger's recent solo attempt not totally tanked, we wouldn't be subjected to another record...
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  • METALLICA

    Rating: NNNMetallica's relationship with their fans is akin to that of a prodigious son who's slid into a mediocre adulthood while the parents refuse to...
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  • Fleas folky fling

    STARS LIKE FLEAS with SAFRON SECT at the Music Gallery (197 John), Friday (September 12), 8 pm. $15, advance $10. 416-?204-?1080.Right now he's in the...
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