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Feist wins 2012 Polaris Music Prize to almost universal, “yeah, okay”
Frank YangA day later than I would have liked – but some things like after parties, gin and tonics, and going to bed way too late can’t be helped – here’s my official writeup of Monday night’s Polaris...
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Fucked Up dig in for a Long Winter
Frank YangOne thing I’ve never understood about the festive season: all the pop cultural gestures we use to celebrate the Winter – the songs, the movies, what have you – are invariably pegged to...
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Evening Hymns stream last Toronto show, slate next Toronto show
FacebookThe last time that Evening Hymns graced a Toronto stage, it was back in August as part of the Summerworks festival and came a few days before the official release of their gorgeously heavy...
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Spinoffs, videos, and other Can-Con miscellany, featuring L Con
Andréa de KeijzerShaking out the “Made in Canada” box to kick off the week. L Con is the sort-of but not-really pseudonym for Lisa Conway, perhaps better known as the voice of Toronto’s moody, art-orch...
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The Super Friendz and The Meligrove Band at Lee’s Palace in Toronto
Frank YangThat whole, “Halifax is the new Seattle” thing that went down in the early ’90s is better known these days for simply having happened than for much of the music that came out of it. Sloan...
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Sloan at The Phoenix in Toronto
Frank YangIt’s probably a reach to think that Sloan had some sort of master plan for the past couple years that would pull their career from the respectable but not overly remarkable holding pattern...
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club lead a pack of concert announcements
James MinchinYesterday was one of those wonderful inbox-bursting days of press releases that, rather than having to try to figure out what to write about for a post, I had to choose what to save for...
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Review of Woodpigeon’s Thumbtacks and Glue
Paolo CalamitaHe may have migrated habitats from Calgary to Vienna, but Mark Andrew Hamilton – he who is Woodpigeon – remains one of Canada’s great, underappreciated musical treasures. Though 2009’s...
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Review of Rachel Zeffira’s The Deserters
last.fmIn some ways, being introduced to British Columbia-born/London-based Rachel Zeffira by way of Cat’s Eyes did less to prepare one for her solo debut The Deserters than coming to it completely...
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She & Him, Camera Obscura, Joel Plaskett, and more at TURF 2013
Frank YangI don’t know if the troops who manned Fort York in the 18th and 19th centuries necessarily knew that they were potentially laying their lives on the line so that future generations could...
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