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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...

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  Bombay Bicycle Club

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  Ostensibly, Bombay Bicycle Club should fall into the UK's nouveau folk/Americana movement with outfits like Noah and the Whale, Mumford and...

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  Gentlemen Husbands

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  In "El Scorcho," Rivers Cuomo admitted, "god damn you half-Japanese girls, you do it to me every time." I have a similar relationship with...

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  Humans

  Rivoli, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2011

  Technical glitches and sound problems seriously hampered Vancouver duo Humans from living up to their party-starting rep. Not that the pair...

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  Carey Ott

  Neutral, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2011

  Singer-songwriter Carey Ott rarely makes it up north from his home-base in Nashville, TN so any appearance is a treat. Making his debut wit...

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  Winter Gloves

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2011

  Montreal's Winter Gloves managed to score a coveted 11 p.m. slot at the always-packed Horseshoe and the quartet took full advantage. Tearin...

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  Olenka & the Autumn Lovers

  The Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music, Toronto, ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2011

  To a room of infatuated early birds sitting cross-legged on the floor and latecomers squished contently into a hallway, Olenka & the Autumn...

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  Pick a Piper

  Rancho Relaxo, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2011

  Having four sets of hands play drums at once with only five musicians on stage may sound complicated, and it is. But Pick a Piper are a ban...