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  Courtney Barnett / Vagabon

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, July 9

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2018

  On record, Courtney Barnett is first and foremost a lyricist. Live, on the other hand, she and her band channel pure and unbridled rock'n'r...

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  Beck

  Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON, July 7

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2018

  Beck has been promising since 2014 that his latest (then next) album Colors would feature "high-energy songs, designed for live shows," and...

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  Code Orange

  Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 26

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2018

  On Tuesday night at the Mod Club, a man jumped off the stage and smacked his head. Wiping sweat and blood out of his eyes, he proceeded to...

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  Bettye LaVette

  TD Toronto Jazz Fest, Toronto ON, June 25

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2018

  The Toronto Jazz Festival had termed this evening a Blues Revue. That was a mite misleading, given that it was headlined by veteran U.S. so...

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  The Magnetic Fields: '50 Song Memoir' (Part Two)

  Luminato, Toronto ON, June 23

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2018

  To bring his 50 Song Memoir to the stage, Magnetic Fields architect Stephin Merritt split the album in two, performing all tracks in order...

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  The Magnetic Fields: '50 Song Memoir' (Part One)

  Luminato, Toronto ON, June 22

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2018

  Stephin Merritt is no stranger to ambitious undertakings. The driving force behind experimental pop outfit the Magnetic Fields, among other...

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  Jennifer Castle

  Drake Underground, Toronto ON, June 1

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2018

  Jennifer Castle's latest record Angels of Death is, among other things, about death. Death was also part of Castle's stage setup for the al...

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  Harry Styles / Kacey Musgraves

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2018

  Before Harry Styles took the stage for a headlining appearance at the Air Canada Centre, his audience was already hysterical. A tongue-in-c...