Title: Total Life Forever Artist: The Foals Label: Transgressive Released: 10 May 2010 In one word: Stirring This is exactly what all sophomore albums should be, or at least aspire to being:  A second album that manages to capture many of the qualities that earned the band fans the first time around, without simply...
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Gig/Concert: Root! Venue: Spenserslive, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date: 29 May 2010 In One Word: Punk! I actually had no plan to review this particular show, seeing how hot it was on the heels of the last Root! review I did, but as usual the band made the fateful “mistake” of impressing the pants off...
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Gig/Concert: Fucked Up with One Hundred Dollars Venue: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 28 May 2010 In one word: Unorthodox It probably doesn’t surprise you that the Toronto Public Library is the largest public library in this fair nation. It has 99 branches, and has a catalogue of 11 million different items...
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Gig/Concert: Zeus with Danielle Duval and Matt Murphy Venue: Mod Club Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 27 May 2010 In one word: Special Sometimes you really have to see a band live to see what the fuss is all about. This show started well, both Danielle Duval and Matt Murphy and their ensembles were...
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Title: Latin Artist: Holy Fuck Label: XL Recordings Released: 11 May In one word: Sensual Want to know how to get the most out of the new Holy Fuck recording Latin? Crank it up loud. It’s almost impossible to get anything out of it at polite listening levels, but when the music’s turned up...
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Gig/Concert: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Venue: Sound Academy, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 25 May 2010 In one word: Unrestrained Last Tuesday night was one of the first dog days of summer in this city, so it’s appropriate enough that the best concerts of the night were happening all along the lakeshore. At the...
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Title: Under Cover Of Brightness Artist: Fjord Rowboat Label: Independent Released: 15 June 2010 In one word: Subliminal This record serves up a subliminal hit – and a hit that didn’t strike me at first. Initially I was dismissive of this album; I listened once and thought it middling, lacking punch, straining to be...
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Liz Keith next to her winning image of Flaming Lips flaming lead singer Wayne Coyne On Thursday night, 2...
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The Machine Room Happy Robbie Burns day! In celebration of Scotland’s national literary hero, here are five new bands...
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RHCP… by an Oshawa backyard? The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced new dates to their forthcoming I’m With...
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