Toronto

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  Diet Cig / Daddy Issues

  The Drake Hotel Underground, Toronto ON, April 11

  PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2017

  "Emotions are radical," said Alex Luciano just before launching into "Sixteen," the first song of Diet Cig's recent Toronto appearance. Tho...

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  Aparna Nancherla

  Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, April 6

  PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2017

  Aparna Nancherla's lifelong anxiety has inadvertently given her a comedic superpower: the ability to overanalyze anything until its compone...

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  Allison Crutchfield and the Fizz / Vagabon

  The Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, April 5

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2017

  Both with her sister Katie (in PS Eliot and Waxahatchee) and on her own (Swearin'), Allison Crutchfield has made herself a staple of the Am...

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  Maggie Rogers

  The Mod Club, Toronto ON, April 4

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

  Moving Pharrell Williams to tears is about as good a starting point to a career as you can get. Besides making a pretty compelling origin s...

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  ​Big Sean

  Rebel, Toronto ON, April 2

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2017

  Big Sean strolled onstage Sunday night (April 2) still riding high off what he called "one of the highest honours a person can receive." Ju...

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  Sleaford Mods / Not Of

  Opera House, Toronto ON, April 1

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2017

  Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn are used to the shit, piss and stench of British pubs, but for their first-ever Toronto show, the minimal...

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  Gevurah / Sortilegia

  Smiling Buddha, Toronto ON, April 1

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2017

  The air was thick with fog when Toronto duo Sortilegia began their performance at the Smiling Buddha. With a table sitting front centre ado...

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  At the Drive-In

  Rebel, Toronto ON, March 29

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2017

  At the Drive-In were not built to last. Watching old performance footage of the El Paso, TX group, it's a wonder they managed to make it th...