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  Merchandise

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Merchandise frontman Carson Cox was still celebrating his birthday when the band took to the Horseshoe stage, having started the party the...

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  Dan Deacon

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Having spent the better part of the year on tour with Animal Collective, Dan Deacon was anxious to play a set on his own terms. Setting up...

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  Diana

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  It's pretty amazing to see how far locals Diana have come in just a few short months. Their eagerly anticipated performance was thrown into...

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  Nü Sensae

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  How Nü Sensae's singer-bassist Andrea Lukic remains so calm between songs is a mystery; she spits absolute fury in almost all of the Vancou...

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  Moon King

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  The most compelling rock music generally concerns the loud'n'fast pursuit of some childhood notion of perfection. It's something Moon King...

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  Braids

  Comfort Zone, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Shorn of keyboardist Katie Lee, Braids 2.0 are at first indistinguishable from singer Raph Standell-Preston's esteemed Blue Hawaii project....

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  Sean Nicholas Savage

  Comfort Zone, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Montreal's most mysterious and cultish singer-songwriter, Sean Nicholas Savage trades in mortal angst. Nothing if not emotionally naked, he...

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  Blue Hawaii

  Comfort Zone, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Raph Standell-Preston began her second set of the night (check our Braids review here) by requesting that the audience don their dancing sh...