Going Live: Television, Brendan Canning (CMW 2014)
Post-punk idols Television and A&C rep Brendan Canning lived up to their marquee at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre.
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Going Live: Woods, Quilt (CMW 2014)
As true CMW 2014 undercards, Woods and Quilt made a trip to The Great Hall and destroyed in their own laid-back, indie folk way.
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Going Live: The Dirty Nil (CMW 2014)
Hamilton trio The Dirty Nil smited Queen West’s Bovine Sex Club with some hefty helpings of “punk rawk, riff rock”.
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Going Live: SXSW 2014 (Saturday)
SXSW Music inevitably closed out with a blur of a Saturday that featured The 1975, Washed Out, Speedy Ortiz, Each Other, and The Preatures.
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Going Live: SXSW 2014 (Wednesday)
Day One of SXSW Music went for jugular with Perfect Pussy, Against Me!, Pusha T, Touché Amoré, Isaiah Rashad, and John Dwyer’s Coachwhips.
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Going Live: Childish Gambino
Heavy on the Internet,, Donald Glover’s sold-out show at Toronto’s Sound Academy ditched what’s popular to focus on that “new new”.
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Noms On Noms: The Best Eats + Drinks At SXSW
Our mini-guide doesn’t profile SXSW food trends but these bars/eateries will bear hug your senses and make your liver feel like “Johnny Football”.
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Going Live: James Blake
Crooning through all the faves (including “A Wilhelm Scream”), James Blake’s gig at the Kool Haus was full of covers, intimacy, and digital soul.
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Going Live: NXNE 2013 (Friday)
Clawing at everyone in Toronto, Friday’s schedule clashed a few decades of music as The Beaches, Moon King and FLAG took to the streets.
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Going Live: The Shins, Ra Ra Riot
With sets that were eclectic and “hella’ jazzy”, tourmates from different mothers turned a gig at the Sound Academy into one bittersweet memory.
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