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Shutters
Artists mentioned:Thursday, July 31, 2008 Shutters Photo by David WaldmanYou couldn't have picked a more perfect place to be introduced to the gothic gospel spirituals of Toronto's Bruce Peninsula than under an open sky as the sun began to set across a farmer's field, as I did last August at the...(read full post)
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Excuse Me, I Believe You Have My Stapler
Artists mentioned:Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Excuse Me, I Believe You Have My Stapler Photo from Office SpaceApologies for the mid-week housecleaning post, but real life is winning the battle for my brain right now and I can't really think at the moment. Billboard has details on the eighth volume of Bob...(read full post)
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Bring On The Waves
Artists mentioned:Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Bring On The Waves Photo via MySpaceWhen it comes to multi-day, acronym-ed, club-hopping music festivals I think that coming away with one new discovery that genuinely excites is a pretty good return for all the pavement pounding that inevitably goes into it. I'm not talking about...(read full post)
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Whats Yr Rupture?
Artists mentioned:Monday, July 28, 2008 Whats Yr Rupture? Photo by Frank YangCall it a bait and switch of the best kind. Saturday night's soiree at Sneaky Dee's was billed as a Miracle Fortress show - perfectly logical, considering last year's Polaris finalist had the highest profile of the four bands on...(read full post)
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Sunday Cleaning - Volume 96
Artists mentioned:Sunday, July 27, 2008 Sunday Cleaning - Volume 96 The Ruby Suns / Sea Lion (Sub Pop) It's a long way from Auckland, New Zealand to Brooklyn, USA - possibly as long a way as is geographically possible - but listening to the second album from Kiwis The Ruby Suns,...(read full post)
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Dog Day
Artists mentioned:Friday, July 25, 2008 Dog Day Photo by Paul HammondTitle holder of the most laid-back festival in existence, Dog Day Afternoon celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and will be held on August 17 at a top-secret, undisclosed location somewhere outside of Guelph. I had the pleasure of attending the...(read full post)
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A Rock & Roll Romance
Artists mentioned:Thursday, July 24, 2008 A Rock & Roll Romance Photo by Frank YangIt may have sat on my bookshelf for almost three months before I even cracked the spine, Dean Wareham's memoirs Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance barely took me a day to finish reading. No doubt my...(read full post)
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Artists mentioned:Wednesday, July 23, 2008 The Seldom Seen Kid Photo via MySpaceUltimately, I think it might just be a matter of size. Elbow frontman Guy Garvey is a big guy. The one time I saw them live, he was confined to a chair due to a leg injury but even seated,...(read full post)
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The Rogers Picnic
Artists mentioned:Tuesday, July 22, 2008 The Rogers Picnic Photo by Frank YangThe Rogers Picnic, the little one-day festival held on the grounds of Historic Fort York, was supposed to be a low-impact affair - hang out, shoot some bands, check out some acts I'm not too familiar with, just chill, y'know?...(read full post)
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Feel The Love
Artists mentioned:Monday, July 21, 2008 Feel The Love Photo via ModularWhen tickets for Cut Copy's show at Lee's Palace this past May turned into some of the hottest ducats in town, first forcing the show to be moved to the twice-as-large Phoenix and still selling out completely, I attributed it as...(read full post)
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Sunday Cleaning - Volume 95
Artists mentioned:Sunday, July 20, 2008 Sunday Cleaning - Volume 95 Adam & The Amethysts / Amethyst Amulet (Pome) Adam Waito, as in "& The Amethysts", might be best known to people as the keyboardist in Miracle Fortress - which is to say that he's probably not known to people at all....(read full post)
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Dot Dash
Artists mentioned:Friday, July 18, 2008 Dot Dash Photo by Adam ScottIt's already been a good year for veteran acts touring through town, and the few weeks around the end of September and start of October just got that much more legendary with the announcement that influential-on-pretty-much-everyone British post-punk band Wire will...(read full post)
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Live Fast Die Strong
Artists mentioned:Thursday, July 17, 2008 Live Fast Die Strong Photo by Natasha Papadopoulou"You have to see them live". Now don't get me wrong, I like seeing bands live. I should think that much is obvious by now. But when that's used as a response to my voicing a lack of interest...(read full post)
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Leave The Light On
Artists mentioned:Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Leave The Light On Photo by Frank YangFirst thing I did when I got home on Monday night was hit up eMusic for Silkworm's Firewater, which had just been recommended to me most emphatically, but as it turns out, I didn't have enough downloads left so...(read full post)
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Constructive Summer
Artists mentioned:Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Constructive Summer Photo via Rough TradeSome bands make concept records. The Hold Steady are making a concept career. With their debut Almost Killed Me, it seemed they were just writing about what they knew - adolescence, religion, rebellion and partying in Minneapolis - and they returned...(read full post)
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The Trouble With Men
Artists mentioned:Monday, July 14, 2008 The Trouble With Men Photo by Catherine WygalIt's understandable if you lumped the return of The Wedding Present a few years ago as part of the ongoing series of '80s band reunions, though as I pointed out they never really went away, just changed their name...(read full post)
