Lawnya Vawnya

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  Julie Doiron

  Quidi Vidi Village Plantation, St. John's NL, May 7

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2016

  Julie Doiron is fucking hilarious. A record of her between-song spiels should come out someday because these stream-of-self-consciousness r...

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  Punch Table

  The Ship, St. John's NL, May 7

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2016

  After witnessing so much hometown virtuosity, it was actually refreshing to see a scrappy, fun local band at the Ship. Punch Table features...

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  Psychic Fair

  The Ship, St. John's NL, May 7

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2016

  By the end of Psychic Fair's set, vocalist Josh Salter and guitarist Charles Austin were trading solos by tossing the same Stratocaster thr...

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  Trailercamp

  The Rock House, St. John's NL, May 7

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2016

  There's a rich vein of punk and post-punk in St. John's and the band Trailercamp are integral to that legacy. Broken up since 2010, they re...

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  Dame Nature

  The Rock House, St. John's NL, May 6

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2016

  Lawnya Vawnya is notable for opening its programming up to many up-and-coming local acts and virtually all of them consist of some aces. Da...

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  Braids

  The Rock House, St. John's NL, May 6

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2016

  There never really was but now there's definitely no precedent to Braids' style. They play familiar instruments like guitars and drums, and...

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  Peter Willie Youngtree & the Blooms

  The Rocket Room, St. John's NL, May 5

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2016

  Filling the Rocket Room with a late '60s Dylan vibe, Youngtree and his band played well-rehearsed, earnest country-folk whose guiding princ...

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  ​Zachary Lucky

  The Rocket Room, St. John's NL, May 5

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2016

  Saskatoon's Zachary Lucky is unapologetically old-school country, armed with a husky, bass-heavy voice and a command of virtually every fol...