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I'll be honest: my expectations for For Those About To Love's self-titled debut were incredibly low. Based entirely on their name, I figured that they'd be some obnoxiously twee outfit with soft melodies and even softer vocals, and that just did...
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DVAS, Society (Upper Class)
WHO
Electro-dance duo from Toronto.
DISCOGRAPHY
Macho (Pop Echo, 2007)
Society (Upper Class, 2010)
IN A NUTSHELL
Society is good, cheesy fun.
THE STORY
First things first, my usual proviso: when it comes to electro...
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Tonight is the third and final night of this year's i(heart)music festival, and it's most definitely going out with a bang...
9 pm, Mavericks: Loon Choir
With a solid album and a sterling live show, Loon Choir should ensure that this biggest of...
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The second day of the fifth annual i(heart)music festival continues on tonight at Mavericks. Get your tickets here or at Vertigo Records!
9 pm: Oceans
Oceans haven't yet released a proper debut (or even a demo EP, for that matter), but their pe...
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As I've mentioned once or twice, tonight is the first night of the fifth (!!!) annual i(heart)music festival. Consequently, I figured now would be a good time to go through the line-up one more time, just to highlight how great it really is -- and...
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When my wife overheard me listening to Little Sister, the debut EP from Jessica Lanza, all she had to say was this: "It sounds like you're listening to Starbucks."
And, truth be told, she has a point. If the coffee chain somehow morphed into mu...
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After listening to PS I Love You's self-titled debut EP at least a dozen times over the last couple of hours, I've reached a conclusion: I'm really not sure that I've been listening to the same album that so many people are raving about. After a...
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Last time we checked in with Crush Buildings, they were having a bit of an identity crisis. Their debut, Surrender Sleep, was certainly good, but you could tell that the band wasn't sure who they wanted to be. One song they were rockers, the nex...
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With a name like Freedom or Death, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect from the band's self-titled debut. Something screamy for sure, likely whiny, probably with some hardcore tendencies thrown in for good measure.
Naturally, t...
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The above picture technically isn't of Long Long Long, but rather of York Redoubt...but since all three members of York Redoubt are in Long Long Long, and no pictures of Long Long Long seem to exist outside of this article, it's good enough for ...
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We Fled Cairo, Adult Braces (Self-released)
WHO
Instrumental post-rock duo from Ottawa.
DISCOGRAPHY
Adult Braces (Self-released, 2010)
IN A NUTSHELL
On Adult Braces, We Fled Cairo show that they know how to make post-rock that explores sonic t...
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To download all 36 songs in one file click here
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Hacia Dos Veranos with Alasdair MacLean - Draft Morning
Hacia Dos Veranos is one of Zonaindie's favorite bands, a four-piece instrumental psychedelic trip. This is an amazing ...
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As big a fan as I've always been of Giant Hand, I'm not going to lie: I was a little worried about how his new (soon-to-be-released) EP, Starting As People, was going to sound. After all, for the first time, Kirk Ramsay would be sharing the spot...
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In a lot of ways, The Black Fever's debut, Romanticism, sounds like it should've come out a decade or two ago. First and foremost, there's the music. As you can hear from songs like "Candy Darling" and "Highrise Lullaby, the band has the kind of...
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Wildlife, Strike Hard, Young Diamond (Easy Tiger)
WHO
Post-punk quintet from Toronto.
DISCOGRAPHY
Wildlife (Self-released, 2008)
Strike Hard, Young Diamond (Easy Tiger, 2010)
IN A NUTSHELL
Strike Hard, Young Diamond proves that the epic majest...
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