CMW

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  Grand Pocket Orchestra

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  Kicking off an impressive showcase of varied rock talent from Ireland, Grand Pocket Orchestra poured their spastic young hearts into a set...

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  Valery Gore

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  Quite a fawning crowd has grown for Valery Gore since the release of her wonderful Avalanche for a Wandering Bear. She delighted a packed h...

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  Give Us the Daggers

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  Going on after 3:00 a.m. on the last night of CMW, embryonic four-piece Give Us the Daggers facilitated the most raucous Silver Dollar show...

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  The Ghost is Dancing

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  If you like generic indie rock that'll make you dance, then the Ghost is Dancing are the band for you. There aren't too many compelling thi...

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  Gentleman Reg

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  One of Arts & Crafts' newest offerings, Gentleman Reg had a well deserved midnight set at the first ever sold out Thursday showcase at the...

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  Duchess Says

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  Duchess Says played CMW's most confrontational gig. Lead singer Annie-Claude Deschene regularly waded into the crowd, standing inside perso...

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  The Disraelis

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  When nu-gaze displaced post-punk revival as the faux-genre du jour (you didn't know?), someone thankfully forgot to tell the Disraelis. Ta...

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  Tanya Davis

  Toronto ON, March 11 to 14

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

  Adorable, witty, talented and from Halifax, Tanya Davis played a gorgeous set of low-key jazzy confessional poetic folk to a woefully unde...