Articles by Greg Bouchard

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  Drums & Drones

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 17

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2014

  The second night of this year's X-Avant festival brought one of its most exciting and innovative performances. Drums & Drones, the project...

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  Laraaji

  The Music Gallery, Toronto ON, October 16

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2014

  The rain was pouring down outside last night (October 16) when Laraaji took the stage. He sat down on the floor between a zither and severa...

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  Electric Youth

  Innerworld

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2014

  There's some deep and intangible element of electronic dream pop that Electric Youth gets right. Maybe it comes from the lifelong romantic...

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  Eamon McGrath

  Exile

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2014

  Eamon McGrath is as restless a songwriter as they come. It shows in everything he does, from his endless discography to the urgency in his...

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  White Lung

  The Garrison, Toronto ON, June 29

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014

  Last night, White Lung played a ripping set to an audience that seemed to be there for the wrong show. Did someone mix up the sign outside...

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  GusGus

  Mexico

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2014

  In the song "Crossfade," GusGus ask, "Do you remember when we started to crossfade?" The people-as-DJ-trick metaphor invokes the emotionles...

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  Operators

  The Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, May 9

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2014

  Operators is the new project by Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, the Handsome Furs, and, most recently, Divine Fits. Anticipation ran high at l...

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  Television

  Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, May 10

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2014

  Last night, post-punk legends Television played a set at the Phoenix Concert Hall that drew equally from their three studio albums and incl...