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40 at 40: Remember when Barenaked Ladies were indie rock trailblazers?
Barenaked Ladies really wanted to be on the cover of NOW Magazine. “You know, we were 20-year-old kids from Toronto,” says singer/guitarist Ed Robertson. “Getting... -
40 at 40: Sook-Yin Lee has flown her freak flag for decades
Sook-Yin Lee has been a creative presence in Canada for decades. If you’re of a certain generation, she might be your paragon of cool –... -
I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane
Rating: NNNNNApart from the reliable "mind your Ps and Qs," no kernel of wisdom has been repeated more often by my precious 90-year-old grandmother than,... -
New Deal Raise House
THE NEW DEAL at the Opera House, May 11. Tickets: $12. Attendance: 700. Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNNthe new deal are easy to like but tough... -
Classy, not Classic, Rock
TRICKY WOO with NASHVILLE PUSSY and TUULI at Lee's Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (May 18). $20. 416-532-1598. Rating: NNNNNwith no fewer than three classic... -
Lateralus
Rating: NNNThe epic sweep and high drama of Tool's first release in five years suggest they mean business about reclaiming their audience -- and that... -
God Bless The Go-Gos
Rating: NNNRecruiting Fort Apache dandies Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie to produce a set of brand new songs was a shrewd move on the part... -
Exciter
Rating: NNA mature, mellow Depeche Mode? Seems so, judging by the misleadingly named Exciter, which, although powered both by electronica and acoustic pop, never gets... -
Trip Do Brasil
Rating: NNNHiring a bunch of producers to commit their house and techno visions of Brazilian music to CD reeks of cultural tourism -- and no... -
Tasty Cookies
COOKIE DUSTER at the Rivoli, May 4. Tickets: $7. Attendance: 150. Rating: NNN Rating: NNNwhen leslie feist and jose con- treras commandeered the mike and... -
Kurt’s Obsession
KURT SWINGHAMMER at C'est What (19 Church) every Sunday in May. $7, or $20/including CD. 416-867-9499. Rating: NNNNNrecord stores are bought and sold on broken... -
Black The Sun
Rating: NNNNSinger/songwriter Alex Lloyd may be Australian, but he shares with his British cousins -- and maybe the Finn brothers as well -- a fondness... -
Peripatetic Black Metal
Rating: NNNNNDIMMU BORGIR with CANNIBAL CORPSE, the haunted and LAMB OF GOD at the Opera House (735 Queen East) Saturday (May 5). $23-$30. 416-466-0313. with... -
Plasma Pumped
Plasma pumped PLASMA BLAST along with BLURTONIA at the Rivoli, April 28. Tickets: $5. Attendance: 25. Rating: NNN Rating: NNNguided by voices was fun, but... -
Mechanical Wonder
Rating: NNNNIf the problem with Ocean Colour Scene was separating them from heaps of other Britpop combos making strummy, upbeat pop, then Mechanical Wonder is...
