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  The Falling Androids

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  An offhand quip by frontman Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll that the atmosphere inside the Gladstone Ballroom felt a lot like a casino lounge was a...

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  The Peptides

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  It was hard to know what to expect based on the row of animal tail-dangling microphones that lined the front of the stage as Ottawa-based n...

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  Unbuttoned

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  The clenched expressions on faces of singers Casey MQ and Kamilah Apong were telling of the emotion they and their Unbuttoned cohorts poure...

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  Reese Renee

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  Displaying a collected confidence far beyond the mere two years she professed to have dedicated to her musical craft, DC-area singer Reese...

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  Michael Rault

  The Great Hall, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Like extracting the bread basket in Operation, musical homage makes for tricky business; just ask the influx of British faux-Americana acts...

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  Coeur de Pirate

  The Great Hall, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Montreal's Coeur de Pirate (aka Béatrice Martin) has plenty of gumption. For her Great Hall show she faced down an airy — albeit pack...

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  Girlfriends and Boyfriends

  Handlebar, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  I feel bad for Girlfriends and Boyfriends, I really do. On the one hand, no one wants to play a 1 a.m. set at NXNE, especially at a tiny ba...

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  Fine Times

  Handlebar, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  You probably don't have to be a psychologist to diagnose that lead singer and Fine Times songwriter Matthew Moldowan may have a bad case of...