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  Tanika Charles & the Wonderfuls

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Though in may feel at times that NXNE offers little for those not interested in ear-splitting guitar assaults and cramped, sweaty spaces, l...

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  Abstract Random

  Detour, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  The wee hours of a weekend morning are rarely a good time for social analysis and progressive diatribes, unless of course they are delivere...

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  DD/MM/YYYY

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Shape-shifting, math-indebted and paroxysmal, DD/MM/YYYY play like off-meds Foals, albeit without the solemnity. Sun-baked and flanked by b...

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  Ivan & Alyosha

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Harmony-drenched and acoustic-driven, Seattle's Ivan & Alyosha fall into MOR folk territory along with plenty of their Pacific Northwest br...

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  Guards

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Cults contributor and Guards mastermind Richie James Follin has a nifty knack for upper-register croons and blending Black Sabbath and the...

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  Bellewoods

  Dakota Tavern, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  The collective experience of Toronto soul folk ensemble Bellewoods pretty much guaranteed an excellent set, but just to corroborate, the ba...

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  Jennifer Castle

  Great Hall, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Jennifer Castle's silky twang is probably better suited to smaller venues for now, but she managed to catch quite a few ears at the half-ca...

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  Grimes

  Great Hall, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Onstage stumbles are common at a Grimes show, but Claire Boucher's absorbing songs and hypnotic vocal samples -- not to mention her awkward...