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  • Toronto’s bubbling psychedelic music scene drips online

    Over the past few years, a tightly knit pocket of Toronto psych musicians has been intermingling like tie-dye. Now, with live shows on pause, they've...
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  • Pantayo, Chippy Nonstop and more of this week’s best Toronto music

    Pantayo: Divine On Divine, Pantayo combine kulintang gong music of the Southern Philippines with soft-focus devotional R&B. Keyboardist Eirene Cloma’s tender vocals float over chiming percussion and...
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  • Toronto label Seance Centre opens retail and event space on Geary

    Friday Night Séance featuring Henry Jones (Smiling C) at the Little Jerry (418 College), Friday (February 28), 8 pm. Free. And Séance Centre Pop-Up Shop...
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  • Toronto label opens its studio for pay-what-you-can recording sessions

    When Jon Schouten and Steve Sidoli, co-founders of local record label Telephone Explosion, were searching for a headquarters, their interest was piqued by a Craigslist...
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  • In memoriam: Rush drummer Neil Peart played like no one else

    If you grew up in Canada listening to rock music, and especially if you decided to become a drummer, Neil Peart’s influence was omnipresent. The...
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  • Review: Mappe Of has no shortage of ambition on The Isle Of Ailynn

    Rating: NNN Mappe Of has no shortage of imagination. The sophomore album from Ontario songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tom Meikle is fleshed out with an orchestral...
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  • Don Pyle is Toronto’s punk rock barber

    SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET at Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton), Thursday-Saturday (November 21-23), 9 pm. $20. eventbrite.ca. Don Pyle is a punk rock renaissance...
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  • These musicians are taking a stand against Spotify

    MICHELLE SHOCKED with MAX POLLAK and NICKI DENNER at Small World Music Centre (180 Shaw, studio 101), Saturday (November 16), 6 & 9 pm, all...
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  • How Toronto’s New Chance linked up with Jamaican reggae legend Willi Williams

    WILLI WILLIAMS and NEW CHANCE with HOLY HUM at the Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst, Saturday (October 19), doors 7:30 pm. $15-$25. musicgallery.org. Some pairings...
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  • A Bradley Cooper-inspired comic book explores middlebrow Hollywood

    KOYAMA PRESS FALL 2019 LAUNCH PARTY with Connor Willumsen, Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle and Ben Passmore at The Beguiling (319 College), Thursday (October 17). Doors...
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  • Venus Fest gives women and non-binary musicians the tools to do it themselves

    VENUS FEST featuring The Vaselines, Charlotte Cardin, Tei Shi, Han Han, Fiver, The Weather Station, Dorothea Paas and others, Friday-Sunday (September 20-22) at the Opera House (735 Queen...
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  • Toronto’s online public access TV channel is hosting a telethon

    BUMP TV FUND RUN SPECTACULAR at the Toronto Media Arts Centre (32 Lisgar). Sunday (August 25), 1 to 7 pm. Free admission. bumptelevision.com. Crammed inside...
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  • In memoriam: David Berman of Silver Jews and Purple Mountains we loved him to the max

    David Berman was a friend to many, even if we never met him in person. That’s clear from the outpouring of adoration shown by fans, critics and fellow musicians arriving...
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  • Review: Purple Mountains is a stunning comeback from Silver Jews’ David Berman

    Rating: NNNNN One of the most brilliantly sardonic voices in indie rock has risen like a phoenix from the ashtray.  David Berman hung up his...
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  • Best Toronto music of the week: Pacer, New Chance, Scott Hardware and more

    Pacer: Rapture Since moving to Toronto from Sudbury, Shawn Kosmo has made his mark with videos for Twist, Casper Skulls and Sam Coffey. He’s also the frontman of hyperactive...
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