Toronto

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  ​Kaytranada / Lou Phelps

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, May 20

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2016

  Everybody loves the sunshine. It seems as though this enduring Roy Ayers classic was the unofficial theme for Kaytranada's luminescent perf...

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  ​Justin Bieber

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, May 18

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2016

  In case the dick pics, the GQ cover, the excessive tattooing and the blunted lothario lifestyle wasn't already enough of a reminder, Justin...

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  Royce 5'9"

  Mod Club, Toronto ON, May 17

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2016

  Royce 5'9" (formerly Royce Da 5'9") wasn't supposed to hit his peak now. Not when he's nearing 40 and going bald and recovering from alcoho...

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  La Luz

  The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, May 17

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2016

  "Can we please dim the stage lights? It's so hot," said La Luz frontwoman Shana Cleveland. It certainly felt like a summer's eve, what wit...

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  Vicky Chow performing Tristan Perich's 'Surface Image'

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, May 14

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2016

  When Tristan Perich composed Surface Image for Bang on a Can All-Stars ensemble pianist and increasingly marquee draw Vicky Chow in 2013, h...

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  Trump vs. Bernie: The Debate

  The Opera House, Toronto ON, May 12

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2016

  This farcical yet biting mock debate between the two remaining men in the American presidential election was undoubtedly the best political...

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  King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

  Velvet Underground, Toronto ON, May 10

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2016

  "How do they do it?"   That had to be the question on the mind of each and every person with their eyes on the Velvet Underground stage las...

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  Bad Channels / Nicole Dollanganger / STUKA / Straight Truth

  Smiling Buddha, Toronto ON, May 9

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2016

  What happens when you bill a hardcore punk band, a cold-wave outfit, a dream-pop artist and an electronic duo all on a Monday night at Toro...