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Shred Kelly
Dakota Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
A band composed of ski town skids from Fernie, British Columbia, Shred Kelly walked onstage looking for all the world like… a band of...
Crystal Stilts
The Garrison, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
Three records into their career, Brooklyn's innovative post-punk band Crystal Stilts should have long ago hit their stride as a live act. T...
The Barr Brothers
Massey Hall, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
Opening for Spiritualized at Massey Hall is a pretty tall order, but the accidentally-Montreal-based Barr Brothers had the chops and elabor...
Spiritualized
Massey Hall, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
Aside from the CN Tower, which he played in 1997, Massey Hall felt like the perfect Toronto venue for Jason Pierce's Spiritualized to lift...
Viet Cong
The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
However you frame them — former members of Women, previous Chad VanGaalen collaborators, one-time members of a Sabbath cover band ...
Speedy Ortiz
The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
On their records, Northampton, MA crew Speedy Ortiz present themselves as heirs to the '90s indie slacker throne. But live, the band's musi...
Swearin'
The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
Swearin's rise was quick and deserved. After cutting her teeth in PS Eliot with her sister Katie, Allison Crutchfield wasted no time hammer...
Perfect Pussy
The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
It's rare to see a band play a handful of songs, freak out, trash their gear, subject their audience to ten minutes of noise and spoken wor...
