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  • TIFF 2017: Five things you missed at the Tragically Hip’s Long Time Running premiere

    Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier’s Long Time Running premiere might not have brought out Canadian celebrities, but it did provide fans another chance to...
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  • Gord Downie to release solo album in October

    If you thought The Tragically Hip's summer tour across Canada would be the last time you’d hear music from Gord Downie, you’re wrong. The Canadian...
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  • >>> Fresh Snow’s One finds the Toronto instrumental rockers verging into Broken Social Scene territory

    Part of the fun and the challenge of listening to Fresh Snow is figuring out how to describe them. "Kraut rock" was the term most...
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  • The Tragically Hip played seven gratifying, bittersweet mini-sets last night at the ACC

    THE TRAGICALLY HIP at the Air Canada Centre, Wednesday, August 10. Rating: NNNN We never thought this day would come. As Torontonians, we've been trained...
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  • The Tragically Hip

    On Man Machine Poem, it's almost impossible to hear the same band that wrote ragged-rock barn-burners like Courage. The Tragically Hip of 2016 are an...
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  • The Tragically Hip

    The Tragically Hip - Man Machine PoemUniversalOn Man Machine Poem, it's almost impossible to hear the same band that wrote ragged-rock barn-burners like Courage. The...
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  • Stand up, Tragically Hip fans

    The teenager stood with his friends, watching the singer and the band from the other side of the arena. “Thank you,” the singer said as they walked offstage....
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  • Five things you missed at Pearl Jam

    PEARL JAM at the Air Canada Centre, Tuesday, May 10. Rating: NNNNN When it comes to Pearl Jam shows, the element of surprise is of paramount...
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  • >>> Ra Ra Riot

    The energy on Ra Ra Riot’s fourth full-length is unmistakable. While none of the songs on the Syracuse indie-rock five-piece’s last album, 2013’s Beta Love,...
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  • Porches

    For his second record, Aaron Maine should have brought his synth-driven pop into a proper studio. As it is, his vocals have a distinctly haunting...
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  • Who knew Smiling Buddha could feel like the Guvernment circa 1997?

    ODONIS ODONIS with NEW FRIES at Smiling Buddha, Friday, January 29. Rating: NNN First things first: Smiling Buddha did not feel like Smiling Buddha at the...
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  • Sonny Smith

    Sonny Smith has the tireless work ethic so prevalent in San Francisco's modern-day garage rock scene. But if you go to bat a lot, odds...
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  • Fake Palms debut new material at Class Of 2016

    FAKE PALMS, KURT MARBLE and CASPER SKULLS as part of CLASS OF 2016 at the Silver Dollar, Saturday, January 9. Rating: NNNN “This is the band of 2016!”...
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  • Language Arts

    Language Arts - Able IslandMapleI've never been to Nova Scotia's Sable Island, but if it's half as pleasant and idiosyncratic as the latest Language Arts...
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  • Language Arts

    I've never been to Nova Scotia's Sable Island, but if it's half as pleasant and idiosyncratic as the latest Language Arts record, a tribute to...
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