BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (October 2011)
It’s hard to ignore the classics, but it’s worse to overlook the rising stars. October highlights a few up-and-coming acts changing indie pop…
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GOING LIVE: Foster The People, Cults
CONTEST: Strike Anywhere, The Copyrights
If Tony Hawk’s video game series never existed, would punk rock? Well yeah, we just wouldn’t have been exposed to such great talent and as…
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GOING LIVE: Good Old War
GOING LIVE: Band Of Skulls
No stranger to touring and sparking a crowd to get a bit energetic, English rockers Band Of Skulls returned to Toronto letting their brand…
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GOING LIVE: Counterparts, Volumes
GOING LIVE: Astronautalis
Though he’s been releasing albums since 2003, Astronautalis – otherwise known as Charles Andrew Bothwell – has figuratively “blown…
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GOING LIVE: Laura Marling
Having performed at Lee’s Palace last year in Toronto, English folk songstress Laura Marling returned to the Canadian city to play at…
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GOING LIVE: Stephen Malkmus, Holy Sons
It’s hard to argue 2011 is not the Year Of Pavement. With the group making a return – that send indie rock fans convulsing on the floor…
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GOING LIVE: Starfucker, Beat Connection
When you play music you’re bound to get a few people dancing but Portland’s Starfucker and Seattle duo Beat Connection turned Lee’s…
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