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  No Age

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  No Age have significantly upped their live game since last gracing the stage at Lee's Palace. The duo were far more confident and displayed...

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  The Novaks

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  At the Horseshoe, the Novaks imported rock from 'the Rock' (i.e. St. John's, Newfoundland), delivering bar-room riffs short on frills but e...

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  PARLOVR

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  "Val Kilmer? Dude, too soon." Okay, so PARLOVR's Alex Cooper admonished a fan, thinking that Val Kilmer was Heath Ledger, which adds a whol...

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  Pirate Love

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  At the Musebox showcase at the El Mocambo, the evening's most entertaining set came from Pirate Love, who made their Canadian debut. The No...

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  Ruby Coast

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  Though hungry for a record deal, Ruby Coast began tentatively, building a drone-y, mostly instrumental tune up, layer by layer before diggi...

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  So So Glos

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  Brooklyn's So So Glos (they were all actually born there) kicked off Thursday night with the first of three performances that evening &ndas...

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  The Sonics

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  Watching the Sonics walk onstage was like sitting in the showroom of a casino – a group of 60 year-old men sauntering on stage, sport...

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  Spiral Beach

  NXNE, Toronto, ON June 17 to 21, 2009

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2009

  Airick Woodhead couldn't help but laugh upon discovering that he and Spiral Beach had burned through most of their set with the Whippersnap...