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  • Psych treatment

    The Earlies with Capital at the El Mocambo, December 12. Tickets: $10.50. Attendance: 100. Rating: NNN Rating: NNNFans of neo-psychedelia had a tough choice Monday...
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  • The Acorn

    Rating: NNNNLike a blanket, the Acorn's delicate ditties envelope you in coziness. Refined, stripped-down acoustics and blips of electro-folk combine in layered, wistful arrangements and...
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  • Calvin Johnson

    Rating: NNNN The eccentric demigod of indie-culture cool is still rockin' out after 20 years. From his DIY poster band Beat Happening to his role...
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  • The Novaks

    Rating: NNN Hailing from St. John's, Newfoundland, these good ol' boys pay close attention to the typical Canrock musical blueprint. The Novaks' sound recalls classic...
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  • Winter storm

    The Decemberists at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Saturday (May 21), 6 pm. $15. 416-323-1251. Rating: NNNNNIf Charles Dickens started an indie band, it would probably...
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  • Valery Gore

    Rating: NNNN There's nothing more potent than a gal and her piano. Tori Amos redefined how we look at the instrument, Sarah Slean made her...
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  • Sloan

    Rating: NNN Sloan, with over 13 years of success, have always been Canada's beloved indie band, and they continue to be ranked high on this...
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  • Phooey on Louis

    Louis XIV , the Futureheads and Hot Hot Heat at Kool Haus, April 23. Tickets: $23.75. Attendance: 2,100. Rating: NNN Rating: NNNNNLouis XIV named themselves...
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  • Patty Griffin

    Rating: NNNN What makes Patty Griffin's soul-searching album so beautiful is the sincerity of her words. She displays the kind of vulnerability that Aretha Franklin...
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  • Tasty Niblett

    The Kills , Scout Niblett and C'Mon at the Horseshoe, April 7. $12. Attendance: sold out. Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNNDiscovering a new band is like...
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  • A Northern Chorus

    Rating: NNNN The beautiful 20th-century Gothic prints wrapping the sophomore album from Hamilton's A Northern Chorus foreshadow the artistic accomplishment inside. Their awesome wordsmithing makes...
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  • Brooklyn beat

    Out Hud with Hella at the Horseshoe (368 Queen West), Sunday (April 10). $10. 416-598-4753. Rating: NNNNN Notice: Out Hud is not like !!!. Not...
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  • Jesse Zubot

    Rating: NN Jesse Zubot is a talented musician. But when he set aside his successful rootsy jam band, Zubot & Dawson, and plummeted into two...
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  • Minor kerfuffle

    The Soundtrack of our lives , Matt Mays & El Torpedo and American Minor at the Guvernment, March 26. Tickets: $25.75. Attendance: 800. Rating: NN...
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  • Eisley

    Rating: NNN It's always the Christian home-schooled kids who aren't allowed to listen to music who end up producing their own weird brew. So it...
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