Articles by Scott Tavener

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  The Horrors

  Skying

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2011

  When The Horrors first arrived, with a glut of UK fanfare, the quintet's neo-goth look and spooky pseudonyms overshadowed their respectable...

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  The Tragically Hip / Weezer / Broken Social Scene / Hey Rosetta!

  Downsview Park, Toronto ON July 1

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2011

  Outside of Mounties eating poutine in a canoe, you can't get much more Canadian than a Canada Day show from the Tragically Hip. Thus, the b...

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  Glastonbury Day 3 featuring TV on the Radio, Robyn, Beyoncé

  Worthy Farm, Pilton UK June 26

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2011

  Despite all of those Glastonbury spirits, Peter Venkman et al. were conspicuously absent from the festival. Sure, the occasional Ghostbust...

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  Glastonbury Day 2 featuring Pulp, the Horrors, Gaslight Anthem, Janelle Monáe

  Worthy Farm, Pilton UK June 25

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

  Ghosts abound at Glastonbury 2011. On day one, Method Man and the rest of Wu-Tang eulogized Ol' Dirty Bastard at every turn. The next day,...

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  Glastonbury Day 1 featuring Radiohead, Wu-Tang Clan, Crystal Castles

  Worthy Farm, Pilton UK June 24

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2011

  Like dining in the dark, draping a taster plate of acts in mud yields surprising results. Case in point: Glastonbury, the UK's foremost fes...

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  DD/MM/YYYY

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Shape-shifting, math-indebted and paroxysmal, DD/MM/YYYY play like off-meds Foals, albeit without the solemnity. Sun-baked and flanked by b...

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  Ivan & Alyosha

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Harmony-drenched and acoustic-driven, Seattle's Ivan & Alyosha fall into MOR folk territory along with plenty of their Pacific Northwest br...

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  Guards

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Cults contributor and Guards mastermind Richie James Follin has a nifty knack for upper-register croons and blending Black Sabbath and the...