Articles by Scott Tavener

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  Wild Nothing

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Like many a recent songsmith, Wild Nothing mastermind Jack Tatum has an '80s fascination. Thus, his Lee's show came with a checklist of per...

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  Twin Shadow

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

  Ask pre-coronation Henry V: low expectations make it easy to astonish. Coasting into Lee's on a tsunami of hype, Twin Shadow didn't have th...

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  Dirty Beaches

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2011

  Steeped in old-school garage and rock'n'roll tropes, Alex Zhang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches has an innate throwback feel, only slightly belied...

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  Dum Dum Girls

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2011

  Full of jangly melodies, all-hands harmonies and steely expressions, California foursome Dum Dum Girls need constituent parts to get their...

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  Cults

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2011

  On their self-titled debut, New York duo Cults constructed a deceptively sophisticated sound, led by singer Madeline Follin's coquettish vo...

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  Diamond Rings

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2011

  Recently, John O'Regan (aka Diamond Rings) scored a slot on the Polaris Music Prize long list, opened for Robyn, and reintroduced his post-...

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  METZ

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2011

  To bemused post-work passersby, METZ's early-evening outdoor slot must have been more than a bit jarring. Blending Hayden Menzies's raw jac...

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  Rusty

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 16

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2011

  "Really takes you back, doesn't it?" asked Rusty frontman Ken MacNeil after finishing the group's early hit -- well, "hit" by mid-1990s Can...