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Fresh Snow, Data Romance, Del Bel, and more at NXNE
Frank YangI’m sure some would look at the last full day/night of a music festival as an opportunity to go hard or go home, I took NXNE’s Saturday schedule as an opportunity to go small and go...
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Fresh Snow and Mimico at The Boat in Toronto
Frank YangI don’t spend nearly as much time in the clubs scouting out new local acts as I used to – and relative to some who do this, I never spent that much time on that beat anyways – but last...
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While I was out… featuring The Darcys and things of a Canadian nature
Zach SlootskyConsidering how much of the narrative around The Darcys’ first two records were focused squarely on the past – the band’s self-title inexorably tied to the band’s own turbulent history and...
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor win 2013 Polaris Music Prize; speechless seems an...
Frank YangWell I certainly didn’t expect that. Even though Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s surprise comeback record‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! was high on my own ballot and certainly a worthy record...
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Basia Bulat and Casey Mecija at The Polish Combatants Hall in Toronto
Frank YangWhen you reach a certain age and/or have blogged for a certain amount of time, the years do tend to blur together some. For example, I couldn’t believe that it was just four years between...
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Review of Yamantaka//Sonic Titan’s Uzu
Derek BelchanIf you thought that unclassifiable Montreal-Toronto outfit Yamantaka//Sonic Titan would have difficulty following up their utterly 2011 debut YT//ST, that their blend of prog-rock,...
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The Belle Game and Bear Mountain at The Drake Underground in Toronto
Frank YangI’d mentioned back in April that Vancouver’s Belle Game – purveyors of soulful, atmospheric pop – had taken their own sweet time in releasing their debut album Ritual Tradition Habit, and...
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A CanCon post, since there’s absolutely nothing newsworthy happening in...
Ted BoisYup, quiet as hell up here. Though I heard from somewhere that people have been waiting for a video of some kind to surface…? Well here’s five new ones. Stereogum has premiered the new chicken...
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Yamantaka//Sonic Titan and Jef Barbara at The Garrison in Toronto
Frank YangEven though I was able to wax effusive about UZU, the second album from Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, a few weeks ago, the fact is that was only half the story. Because for Yamantaka, arguably more...
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Chromewaves’ favourite albums of 2013
Christine Kwan If it’s the year’s end and this is a list, then this must be a year-end list. You should all know the drill by now: ten albums released this year, listed alphabetically and not in order...
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