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  Paul Freeman

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  Ah, the first timeslot, where the artist is never truly on time, as each musician pines for that sudden rush of people. Singer-songwriter F...

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  The Fullblast

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  The most exciting thing about these southern Ontario pop-punkers' set was the new material they had on display, demonstrating a vast leap f...

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  Heavy Trash

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  For their debut performance, Heavy Trash's front-men, Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray, enlisted the talents of the Sadies to back them up. S...

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  Holy Fuck

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  Toronto's ever-changing, expletive-adopting improvisers tore off the roof with their versatile musical onslaught. Brian Borcherdt piloted t...

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  Hopewell

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  Anything from an ex-Mercury Rev member will always draw interest and, gleaming in his all-white ensemble, Jason Russo expertly commanded th...

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  If Man Is Five

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  Don't let the fact their name comes from a Pixies song ("Monkey Gone to Heaven”) or the fact that three-quarters of this Binghamton, NY ban...

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  Junior Pantherz

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  Once one of the hardest working and most enduring indie bands in the country, Saskatoon's Junior Pantherz played what would turn out to be...

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  K'naan

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2007

  Toronto's "dusty foot assassin,” the immigrant Somalian poet/MC K'naan set the tiny Drake stage ablaze with a solid dose of perspective, mi...