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White Rabbits

Mod Club, Toronto ON June 14

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

Like a limbo-dance champion, White Rabbits love the low end. Arming a secondary percussionist with floor toms and free rein, every track fr...

The Black Belles

Garrison, Toronto ON June 14

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

Explaining Wesley Snipes's behaviour on the set of Blade Trinity, Ryan Reynolds noted that the method actor never broke character, saying s...

Plaster

Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON June 14

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

Connecting even more prestige to M for Montreal's tradition of showcasing unique and impressive bands at Toronto festivals, Montreal's Plas...

Badbadnotgood

The Hoxton, Toronto ON June 14

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

With a reputation for re-imagining new-school hip-hop gems through their own blistering avant-jazz musicianship, Toronto's Badbadnotgood we...

The Hundred in the Hands

Wrongbar, Toronto ON June 14

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

Well fitted to Parkdale's late-night dance haunt Wrongbar, with its customarily long lineups of eager patrons marking the club like a beaco...

NXNE Hip-Hop Showcase Featuring Rich Kidd Shut Down Due to Concerns of Gang Violence

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2012

This spring, the Toronto hip-hop scene was met with violence when a man was gunned down at a Young Jeezy show. Now, the city's rap lovers h...

Cold Warps

The Shop @ Parts & Labour, Toronto ON June 13

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2012

With one member living in Ottawa, Halifax's Cold Warps basically exist on permanent hiatus. You'd never know it by their boisterous set, th...

Teenanger

Garrison, Toronto ON June 13

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2012

Although they've been a Toronto fixture for some time now, Teenanger's latest record, Frights, seems to have broken the band to a wider nat...