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  Braids

  Great Hall, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Braids occupy a much-hyped and well-respected position in Canadian indie music, especially for a band with only one full-length to their na...

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  Wild Nothing

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Like many a recent songsmith, Wild Nothing mastermind Jack Tatum has an '80s fascination. Thus, his Lee's show came with a checklist of per...

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  Chad VanGaalen

  Great Hall, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Oh, Chad. Calgary's most beloved indie export puts on as idiosyncratic a show live as he does on record, times ten. Wielding some sort of h...

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  Twin Shadow

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Ask pre-coronation Henry V: low expectations make it easy to astonish. Coasting into Lee's on a tsunami of hype, Twin Shadow didn't have th...

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  Devo

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Even though this Akron, OH collective first made their mark in the late '70s as conceptual artists and new wave originals, Devo's resurgenc...

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  The Pharcyde

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 19

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  "Y'all ready to go to the Pharcyde?" queried Imani of the crowd amassed at a packed Yonge-Dundas Square. They were, for the most part. The...

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  Dirty Beaches

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2011

  Steeped in old-school garage and rock'n'roll tropes, Alex Zhang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches has an innate throwback feel, only slightly belied...

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  Dum Dum Girls

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2011

  Full of jangly melodies, all-hands harmonies and steely expressions, California foursome Dum Dum Girls need constituent parts to get their...