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Going Live: Single Mothers, Dead Tired

Single Mothers, Truckfighters, and George Pettit’s Dead Tired pulled off a DIY set at Toronto’s BATL Grounds (aka Backyard Axe Throwing League).

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Toronto’s A&C Field Trip closed with a nostalgic thud, tying the old (Fucked Up, Broken Social Scene) to the new (BadBadNotGood, CHVRCHES).

Interviews

A true creative, Tom Krell talks to Elyse Hill about his body of work, his artistic visions, and his forthcoming effort “What Is This Heart?”.

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Armed with Etsy tents and juice bars, the Arts & Crafts Field Trip festival intro’d its second year with Austra, Shad, Kevin Drew, and The Kills.

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The Menzingers, Lemuria, PUP, and Cayetana toured over to Toronto’s Opera House and regulated a night full of sad songs and euphoria.

Interviews

Vocalist Keith Buckley talks to Leah Beresford about Every Time I Die’s intentions, their new LP, “Game Of Thrones”, and creating “honest music”.

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Summer = basement shows, right? Hank Wood and Destruction Unit kept it DIY last weekend and produced another reference for “pure bliss”.

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In one fell swoop, Manchester Orchestra, Balance And Composure, and Kevin Devine obliterated The Opera House with grit, heartache, and magic.

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In short, the Louisville noise trio sludged it up at Toronto’s Hard Luck Bar and gave a weekend lecture on how music can induce nosebleeds.

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Philly noise bashers Nothing made an appearance at Toronto’s Adelaide Hall over the weekend and laid down one of the year’s best sets.