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  Rituals

  Parts & Labour, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Toronto's Rituals unassumingly slinked onto the small stage and began playing with no introduction. But the low-key beginning belied the sw...

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  Calexico

  Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Over the course of two hours, Arizonian rockers Calexico skilfully brought their signature musical blend, equal parts Americana and mariach...

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  The Antiheroes

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  "My car broke down today. That's real rap shit," remarks Sha Prince, one-half of hip-hop duo the Antiheroes. But the show must go on and fo...

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  Alright Alright

  Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Alright Alright make zippy, anthemic pop music, sometimes resembling a less catchy take on the Fratellis. Fortunately they're not the types...

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  Camera

  Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Camera, a dapper Welsh five-piece of all shapes and sizes, allured the Rivoli's impressive attendance with dark, punchy folk-infused rock....

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  Mozart's Sister

  Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Things are looking good for Mozart's Sister, aka Montreal's Caila Thompson-Hannant. Her Rivoli set drew the venue's biggest crowd of the ni...

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  The Pelts

  Cameron House, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  This year may feel a lot closer to flying cars than it does to clean-cut love songs about runaway dream girls, but the latter was on full d...

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  Madagascar Slim

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Holding down the middle portion of a showcase celebrating a quarter-century of Afrofest inside the Gladstone Ballroom, Juno Award-winning s...