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Shout Out Louds get back to Work
MergeLast week, I was complaining that with the US holiday season, there wasn’t nearly enough blog fodder trickling out of the interwebs. This week, it’s like a deluge. We begin wading through it all...
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Joanna Newsom prepares new album; will at least drive through Toronto
Paul O’ValleBefore the passing of Jay Reatard on Wednesday – condolences to his friends, family and fans – the topic du jour in the indie nation was what was up with Joanna Newsom. Everyone’s favourite...
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Phantogram at The Drake Underground in Toronto
Frank YangFor solo artists, it’s easy. Either play alone and keep things stripped down and simple (or, as is becoming more fashionable, looped) or gather up a band. Duos, however, are more and more...
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Joanna Newsom at The Phoenix in Toronto
Frank YangI don’t know exactly when I became a Joanna Newsom fan. Though I’d certainly heard people talk about her, my first exposure to her music wasn’t through either of her first two records but by...
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Miles Kurosky, Frightened Rabbit, Basia Bulat and more at SxSW
Frank YangWith every passing year as the middle of March approaches, I feel more and more like Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon. Clearly the sensible thing to do would be to buy a boat and sail around the...
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SxSW 2010 Day One A/V
Frank YangFull writeup of the day over here. Basia Bulat – Toronto-based singer-songwriter released her sophomore album Heart Of My Own back in January. Prefix has an interview, she recorded a Camera...
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Megafaun and Sharon Van Etten at The Horseshoe in Toronto
Frank YangAnd to think, I almost stayed home to watch The Pacific. What can I say? Some nights I’m just lazy. But thankfully, I managed to haul my ass out of the apartment on Monday night to head down...
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Drive-By Truckers and Langhorne Slim at Lee’s Palace in Toronto
Frank YangThe word around The Big To-Do – the latest album from Drive-By Truckers – is that it’s the band’s best since their generally-acknowledged high-water mark, Southern Rock Opera. I have trouble...
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Azure Ray return from hiatus with album, tour
Saddle CreekMany little bits and pieces to get through before I head out to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival, and any randomness in this post was compounded by the fact that I became an uncle...
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Review of Miles Kurosky’s The Desert Of Shallow Effects
Brandon ShowersThe final week of the year – a time for reminiscences, reflections and regrets. And leading the pack in the regrets department, at least as far as the blog goes, is not giving more...
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