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TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ THE PARADISE
What, is the tap water in Toronto tainted by runoff from the Good Band Name Factory or something? The giggly gaunt types behind Tokyo Police Club really know the value of a bitchin’ moniker. It’s a...
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SUMMER PREVIEW: NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE)
SHADOW OF SXSW IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH 6.11.12-6.17.12 | TORONTO, ONTARIO MUSIC. FILM. INTERACTIVE. Sounds a bit like South By Southwest, doesn’t it? That’s because SXSW was the original template for...
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REPORTING LIVE: NXNE DAY I
Loonies and tunes: Lauren Metter and Dimitri Kouri of 18% Productions embark on a quest, facing more than 650 bands playing in over 50 venues all across Toronto. Bringing you clips and stories about...
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REPORTING LIVE: NXNE DAY II
Day II at NXNE gets off to a rough start. I wake up remembering first that I’m in Canada. Second, that I’ve been meeting and writing about rock stars, and third, that my laptop was stolen. Then I have...
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REPORTING LIVE: NXNE DAY III
I’m flowing with a sea of drenched kids out of The Garrison. My clothes are soaked with sweat. My moccasins torn to threads. There’s confetti all over me and a purple glow stick clutched in my hand. I...
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FOTOBOM: NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE)
I know a girl who thinks of ghosts She’ll make ya breakfast She’ll make ya toast But she don’t use butter She don’t use cheese She don’t use jelly Or any of these She uses vaseline. “This unspeakable...
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INTERVIEW: CRYSTAL CASTLES
For a group that continues to defy every label thrown at them, Toronto duo Crystal Castles can, at the very least, be defined by contradictions: They’re a part of the electronic music community, but...
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DEADMAU5: > ALBUM TITLE GOES HERE
GENRE | GLO-HOUSE VERDICT | KEEP ‘EM DANCING LABEL | ULTRA RELEASE | 9.25.12 No one will take away all that Joel Zimmerman has accomplished: going from his Toronto bedroom to the world’s biggest...
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EATS INTERVIEW: CHEF SUSUR LEE AT EMPIRE
Photos of Chinois in Singapore via jinhojiak.blogspot.com Story time with Chef Lee Chef Susur Lee is a busy man. Besides maintaining an expanding celebrity chef empire, he runs restaurants in two...
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DIG THIS: F-CKED UP @ THE SINCLAIR
it certainly is Postmodern concept albums and hardcore punk are pretty much hand-in-hand these days, aren’t they? 2011’s unlikeliest album was David Comes To Life, a rip-roaring, metafictional rock...
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RUN FOR COVER: EARL SWEATSHIRT VS. BADBADNOTGOOD: “EARL”
Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether...
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#BOSMAYOR: THE BEST OF TWITTER DURING THE MAYORAL ELECTION
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the past few election cycles, it’s that we can always count on Twitter to bring us some Election Day LULZ. Boston-based tweeters were on-point during the primary,...
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2013 YEAR IN REVIEW: NAMES, FACES, & NUTCASES
2013 was a pretty wild year to be a human living on planet Earth–right, geese? Many profound achievements occurred this year–namely, Dina Lohan did her family proud and finally received her very first...
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LOWELL: “I KILLED SARA V. EP”
GENRE | MELODIC EXPERIMENTAL ROCK VERDICT | INSPIRATION FOR INTERIOR DECORATORS LABEL | ARTS & CRAFTS If you like the new St. Vincent album, it’s time you listen to Lowell. Her new EP is a sassy...
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NO THOUGHTS MAGAZINE, BOOK ELEVEN
Founded in August of 2009 by Michael J. DeMeo, No Thoughts Magazine is a high quality, limited print, boutique photozine that aims to highlight photo talent from around the world. It’s printed two...
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DANCING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE WITH STARS
When Torquil Campbell, the frontman of Stars, picks up the phone, he apologies. He was listening to R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction and almost missed the call. “My wife and I live in Ontario for...
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BADBAD AS IN GOOD
Photo By Connor Olthuis Since forming in 2010, Toronto-based jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD have released three albums, played international festival stages, helped score RZA’s kung fu flick The Man With the...
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"People who fell in love with Funeral and You Forgot It In People were having sex for the first time and getting stoned for the first time and wanting to move out of their house and realizing that life...
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Photo By Connor Olthuis Since forming in 2010, Toronto-based jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD have released three albums, played international festival stages, helped score RZA’s kung fu flick The Man With...
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WHEEL OF TUNES: ALVVAYS
Photo by Arden Wray For a sizeable chunk of indie rock, saccharine melodies and lightly strummed riffs become indistinguishable, the type of songs one learns by rote without even trying to. A few...
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