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Yo La Tengo and The Horse's Ha at The Opera House in Toronto
Frank YangIn my review of Yo La Tengo’s latest Popular Songs, I lauded the New Jersey trio for their unbelievable ability to deliver excellent album after excellent album over their 25-year career, and...
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Review of Land Of Talk’s Fun And Laughter
Joseph YarmushWhen you’re Land Of Talk fan, you’ve got to keep an eye open. While any self-respecting follower of the band – or music-lover, for that matter – owns copies of their buzzsaw debut EP...
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Karkwa, Esben & The Witch, Adam & The Amethysts and more at Canadian Musicfest
Frank YangThe Friday night of Canadian Musicfest saw the only bit of club-hopping that I’d be engaging in over the weekend, but even that was just across a couple of blocks in Parkdale, and I took a...
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Review of Malajube’s La caverne and giveaway
Joseph YarmushIt’s almost certainly too much to read an excess of meaning into the title of Malajube’s last albums, but when you’ve only got a (very) rudimentary working knowledge of the French...
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Rebekah Higgs has songs, streams, shows, videos
Rob FournierFive years is no small amount of time with regards to most things of a human scale, but for an artist following up a promising debut album, as Halifax native Rebekah Higgs was for her 2006...
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Arcade Fire wins the 2011 Polaris Music Prize; people bragging about...
Frank YangExecutive summary of this post: Arcade Fires’s third album The Suburbs did what everyone kind of expected and won the 2011 Polaris Music Prize last night, and with the $30,000 giant novelty...
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CONTEST – Adam & The Amethysts @ The Piston – October 5, 2011
Frank YangWho: Adam & The Amethysts What: Montreal pop classicists with ties to the likes of Miracle Fortress and Sunset Rubdown, but who are ready to establish their own name with the release of...
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Bry Webb and Doug Tielli at The Music Gallery in Toronto
Frank YangIt probably amounts to some sort of Can-rock heresy, but I think I actually like Bry Webb on his own more than I ever did with Constantines. I fully acknowledge why many hold the Cons up as...
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Review of Chains Of Love’s Strange Grey Days
Dine AloneImpressing with a live show is one thing, but eliciting a similar positive response with a record, away from the energy the crowd and the volume of the PA, can be a good deal tougher....
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