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Monday, December 20 2010

My Chemical Romance – 18 December 2010 - Toronto

Inside, the atmosphere was buzzing as opener Dearly Beloved finished their set and radio host Fearless Fred from 102.1 The Edge appeared to announce the imminent appearance of My Chemical Romance.


Wednesday, July 7 2010

Silversun Pickups: 29.June.2010 - Toronto

In town for the second time in less than a year to promote their newest release, the Los Angeles quartet made it clear they love Toronto.


Tuesday, July 6 2010

Mr. Something Something: Shine Your Face

Shine Your Face gets a vote for Surprise Excellent Album Discovery of the Year.


Wednesday, May 12 2010

Holy Fuck: Latin

Three albums into the Canadian electro-rockers career and their name still makes for the best lede.


Thursday, April 22 2010

Blood Ties: The Complete Series

My postmortem on Blood Ties: the series ended less because Lifetime executives didn't understand what they had.


Tuesday, January 26 2010

Fucked Up: Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009

Toronto hardcore heroes collect some of their long out-of-print singles on this stopgap release.


Friday, November 13 2009

DD/MM/YYYY: Black Circle

Toronto five-piece continue to submit their two cents into the the post of noisy, jagged post-punk with their second full-length.


Monday, November 10 2008

Forty-Nine Hours at T-Dot Town’s Annual Small World Music Festival

Today's global music is an extension of the culture that has been emerging over the last century, when airplanes and vinyl recordings made social exchanges possible to an extent previously undreamed.


Monday, April 2 2007

Of Montreal

A friend of mine complains that his students draw dark, depressing images. I suggested they start listening to Of Montreal...


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