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  • Tough Age’s new album Shame is a bare-bones collection of sweet hooks

    Just to get the throngs of Riverdale fans up to speed: Tough Age are the kind of cool AV club kids who don't tend to...
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  • Julie & the Wrong Guys is the right band for Julie Doiron

    JULIE & THE WRONG GUYS with CASPER SKULLS at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), September 7, doors 8:30 pm. $15. ticketfly.com, rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com. Over the past...
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  • Waxahatchee’s commitment to 90s period detail is formidable on Out In The Storm

    The first two Waxahatchee albums on Don Giovanni Records established Katie Crutchfield as a dyed-in-the-wool grunge-pop acolyte. Since signing with mega-indie label Merge, she’s added...
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  • The concert-to-cassette Summer Bootlegger show is the best idea ever

    THE SUMMER BOOTLEGGER featuring YUKA, THE SHUVS, TOO YOUNG TO GO STEADY and LIAM BETSON at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (July 22), doors...
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  • Plasmalab’s Love / Life is an act of violence against complacency

    After two tinnitus-inducing years playing shows and practicing endlessly, Plasmalab sound like they know exactly what they’re doing on their debut LP. Songs like Vancab...
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  • TOPS capture a Rumours vibe on Sugar At The Gate

    Evidently undeterred by the “Fleetwood Mac DeMarco” tag that’s been hung on them, Montreal’s TOPS relocated to L.A. to make their third album, living together...
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  • Shamir’s second album fails to give us Hope

    We love it when pop stars believe in themselves, when staying true to who they are seems to be all they need to navigate creative...
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  • Toronto’s Witch Prophet talks Seattle weed, grunge and her new remix EP

    88 DAYS OF FORTUNE AND THE MUSIC GALLERY PRESENTS COSMIC SOUL: SASSYBLACK, OBUXUM and M.I. BLUE – CURATED BY AYO LEILANI at the Music Gallery (197...
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  • Music as “disruption” is something you do, not just talk about

    Music As Disruption, a panel discussion at the Gladstone Hotel on Sunday afternoon, March 5, opened with a spirited performance by LAL. Within minutes, the...
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  • Toronto’s Century Palm talk music as hobbyism ahead of their record release show

    CENTURY PALM with VALLENS and MOON EYED at Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton), Thursday (March 2). And with FAMINES, SWEET DAVE, THE SHALLOW GRAVES and DEATHSTICKS at...
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  • New Fries aren’t afraid to fight

    NEW FRIES with PRIVATE JOY, CARL DIDUR and FOUNTAIN at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Thursday (December 1), 9 pm. $10 at the door. See...
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  • New Fries aren’t afraid to fight

    NEW FRIES with PRIVATE JOY, CARL DIDUR and FOUNTAIN at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Thursday (December 1), 9 pm. $10 at the door. See...
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  • Say goodbye to SAMO Media and hello to Precision Record Pressing

    In December, Precision Record Pressing in Burlington will go into operation with custom-built pressing technology some three decades newer than any other facility in North...
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  • Weyes Blood stunned the Baby G crowd on Halloween weekend

    WEYES BLOOD with SAHARA and DUCKS UNLIMITED at the Baby G, Saturday, October 29. Rating: NNNN At whose desk should I lay the grievance about...
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  • Mark Lewisohn’s Toronto Public Library talk attempted to restore breathless wonder about the Beatles

    Imagine a Beatles biography that combines the rigorous research of a World War II history tome with the continuously unfurling dramatic plot of a Game...
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