Articles by Ian Gormely

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  Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2012

  Rumours of a secret performance by Radiohead proved greatly exaggerated, but those who stuck around for local crew Yamantaka//Sonic Titan's...

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  METZ

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2012

  Although not the evening's actual headliners, the announcement earlier in the day that the local noise rockers METZ had signed to Sub Pop g...

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  Army Girls

  El Mocambo, Toronto ON June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

  Part of what makes Army Girls' live sets so appealing is the sense that you've dropped in on one of the duo's rehearsals. Despite attractin...

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  Cousins

  The Velvet Underground, Toronto ON June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

  Anyone put off by the questionable production employed on Cousins' LP, The Palm at the End of the Mind, should check out the Halifax duo li...

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  Unknown Mortal Orchestra

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

  It's hard to believe all the wonderful sounds on Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 2011 debut came from just three dudes. It's harder still to bel...

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  Bran Van 3000

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2012

  Let's get one thing straight: reducing Bran Van 3000 to their 1998 hit "Drinking in L.A." does both the Montreal collective and you a great...

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  Cold Warps

  The Shop @ Parts & Labour, Toronto ON June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2012

  With one member living in Ottawa, Halifax's Cold Warps basically exist on permanent hiatus. You'd never know it by their boisterous set, th...

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  Teenanger

  Garrison, Toronto ON June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2012

  Although they've been a Toronto fixture for some time now, Teenanger's latest record, Frights, seems to have broken the band to a wider nat...