CMW

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  Zoobombs

  Baitshop, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  Starting on an atypically reflective note, Zoobombs frontman Don Matsuo discussed the recent Japanese devastation, thanking Canadians for t...

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  Diemonds

  Baitshop, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  It's a shame that "wail" -- à la Wayne's World -- never entered popular vernacular. Sure, babies and banshees are constantly wailing, but n...

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  The Lytics

  Revival, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  Rather than bemoan the small turnout for their Saturday night show, the members of the Lytics -- a four-man hip-hop crew from Winnipeg -- i...

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  Kidstreet

  El Mocambo, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  This Waterloo, ON three-piece easily gave one of the fest's most energetic and least affected performances. With the brother-sister duo of...

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  Janelle Monáe

  Royal York Hotel, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  The moment CMW had been waiting for came a little late, but Indie Awards headliner Janelle Monáe had the audience mystified after taking th...

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  Shad

  Royal York Hotel, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  Shad's set at the Indies Awards relieved all in attendance of dime-a-dozen rock-band overload, with the exception of headliner Janelle Moná...

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  Maylee Todd and Pegwee Power

  The Supermarket, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  Watching Maylee Todd perform is like entering a portal into A Midsummer Night's Dream. Add a fog machine, some minor hallucinations and a b...

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  Dinosaur Bones

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  Strokes-looking rock-boy band -- albeit without Albert Hammond, Jr.'s razor sharp guitar -- with more per capita denim than an alt-country...