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Matthew Good @ Yonge/Dundas Square (NXNE 2012)
. : : June 15th, 2012 : : . I don’t make it out to NXNE every year. My interest in the festival is directly relative to the amount of bands I…
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Bahamas @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
. : : June 19th, 2012 : : . I have developed this weird, reverse way of discovering bands through their various side projects. I didn’t get into Cursive, for example, until after…
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Jonathan Coulton @ Mod Club
. : : June 6th, 2012 : : . I’m not a Jonathan Coulton fan. Not that it’s a bad thing to be. In fact, based on the show I witnessed at Toronto’s Mod Club…
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John Roderick @ Mod Club
. : : June 6th, 2012 : : . It occurs to me that many readers of this blog might not be familiar with it’s top domain, HaterHigh.com. I don’t blame you;…
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Rocky Votolato @ Drake Underground
. : : May 19th, 2012 : : . Rocky Votolato, like so many other independent artists with the accumulated fan base that comes with just the right mixture of hard work…
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Amelia Curran @ Glenn Gould Studio
. : : May 15th, 2012 : : . Amelia Curran is my constant reminder for giving second chances. The first time I saw her perform, I gave her performance the sole negative…
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Pearl and the Beard @ Drake Underground
. : : May 10th, 2012 : : . I’ve long admired Wesley Verhoeve‘s business model for his New York City-based record label, Family Records. One of my favourite practices is a process called…
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Kathleen Edwards @ NBC TV Studios
. : : May 4th, 2012 : : . Sorry for the quiet last few weeks, chums. I recently started a new job that requires more time and attention — especially since…
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Death Cab For Cutie @ Massey Hall
. : : April 19th, 2012 : : . Is it still too early to be nostalgic for Death Cab For Cutie? I’d been a fan of the band for years before they…
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Steven Page @ Winter Garden Theatre
. : : April 13th, 2012 : : . The odds are fairly high, if you’re under the age of 50 and have spent any of the last twenty years in North…