Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Rich Kidd

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON, June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2013

  Faced with a pushed-back time slot due to earlier tardiness, local rap luminary Rich Kidd wasted little time in lighting off a fiery set th...

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  The Falling Androids

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  An offhand quip by frontman Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll that the atmosphere inside the Gladstone Ballroom felt a lot like a casino lounge was a...

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  The Peptides

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  It was hard to know what to expect based on the row of animal tail-dangling microphones that lined the front of the stage as Ottawa-based n...

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  Unbuttoned

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  The clenched expressions on faces of singers Casey MQ and Kamilah Apong were telling of the emotion they and their Unbuttoned cohorts poure...

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  Reese Renee

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  Displaying a collected confidence far beyond the mere two years she professed to have dedicated to her musical craft, DC-area singer Reese...

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  Wordburglar

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Easing into his set with a slow and steady verbal calisthenics routine, Toronto lyricist Wordburglar demonstrated pretty much from the drop...

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  The Pelts

  Cameron House, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  This year may feel a lot closer to flying cars than it does to clean-cut love songs about runaway dream girls, but the latter was on full d...

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  Madagascar Slim

  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 12

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

  Holding down the middle portion of a showcase celebrating a quarter-century of Afrofest inside the Gladstone Ballroom, Juno Award-winning s...