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  • Local Hero: Kritty Uranowski is a champion of young women in Toronto’s music scene

    KRITTY URANOWSKI with RYLAND DINNEEN as part of PIANO FEST at Burdock (1184 Bloor West), Monday (January 29), doors 6 pm. $8-$10. burdockto.com. See listing. Kritty Uranowski,...
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  • LCD Soundsystem were a sentimental gut punch at the Air Canada Centre

    LCD SOUNDSYSTEM at the Air Canada Centre, Sunday, December 3. Rating: NNNNN Before LCD Soundsystem took the stage at the Air Canada Centre, disparate voices...
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  • Is the tide turning on how the music industry handles sexual assault?

    I can’t shake the feeling that maybe something evil is starting to crumble. The response to Harvey Weinstein, and the many other Weinsteins since, has...
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  • Venus Fest is a balm for Toronto’s ailing festival culture

    VENUS FEST featuring LIDO PIMIENTA, GROUPER, WEAVES, DIANA, WITCH PROPHET, MADAME GANDHI, THE HIGHEST ORDER, PHEDRE, QUEEN OF SWORDS, HEX and EMEL MATHLOUTHI at Daniels Spectrum, Saturday, September...
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  • CBC’s historic Glenn Gould Studio shifts away from recording sessions to hosting events

    When local musician Robbie Grunwald recently applied for an Ontario Arts Council recording grant in May, the CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio was at the top...
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  • Is sexual violence the bedrock of the Western rock canon?

    I got to the Smiling Buddha a little late that Monday night, so PWR BTTM’s opening set was already in full, raucous swing: Liv Bruce and...
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  • Toronto’s new Venus Fest offers an alternative to male-dominated music festivals

    This September, local musician Aerin Fogel hopes to follow in the footsteps of Lilith Fair and Ladyfest by launching Venus Fest. A one-day festival on September 30 with...
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  • The Antlers’ Peter Silberman wants us to let in a little silence

    PETER SILBERMAN (of the Antlers) as part of the Living Room tour at an undisclosed location, Saturday (March 25), 7 pm. Sold out. One quiet...
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  • How a Craigslist plea turned into an It’s Always Sunny finale viewing party

    Last Saturday, in a spasm of desperation, I posted an ad in the uncharted hinterland that is Craigslist’s Women Seeking Women section. I wasn’t looking...
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  • Inside Girls Rock Camp For Grown-ups

    It’s exactly the way I always imagined my first brush with rock stardom. I’m perched behind an imposing drum set, moving from floor tom to...
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