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  Future Islands

  Tattoo, Toronto ON, June 21

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

  Future Islands appeared onstage to a big ovation from a crowd of fans lucky enough to beat the crazy line outside of Tattoo. "We're gonna g...

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  Alvvays

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 21

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

  While a sizeable share of the crowd at Yonge-Dundas Square may have been unfamiliar with East Coast transplants Alvvays (their self-titled...

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  Mac DeMarco

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 21

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

  Maybe we were all very wrong about Lena Dunham or Lorde, and a flat-brimmed-hat-wearing singer with a $30 guitar will turn out to be the ac...

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  Spoon

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 21

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

  After a surprise early-morning set at the Horseshoe Tavern the previous night, Spoon were back at it again less than 24 hours later for a s...

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  Benjamin Booker

  The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  The southern blues stylings of Benjamin Booker fit so snugly onto the Horseshoe Tavern stage that it looked like he'd been playing there al...

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  Cities Aviv

  The Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  Indefinable as always, Cities Aviv's NXNE set was possibly even more puzzling than anyone had imagined. Dressed like a punk rocker, cultiva...

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  Ryan Hemsworth

  Adelaide Hall, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  Ryan Hemsworth's set began with some outrageously colourful 8-bit tones that wouldn't have sounded out of place on a Super Mario game. Seei...

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  Jessica Mitchell

  Dakota Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  "I'm an emotional person," Mitchell announced before launching into another one of the mid-tempo country songs populating her set. "Can you...