Articles by Scott Tavener

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  Cold War Kids

  Phoenix, Toronto ON March 18

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2011

  On St. Patrick's Day, DJs everywhere played plenty of U2. Evidently, all of that radio rock rubbed off on California four-piece Cold War Ki...

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  Mean Tangerine!

  Garrison, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  Do they still make Frosh records? For Mean Tangerine!'s sake, I hope that they do. The London, ON band and their vaguely hippie, Sublime-in...

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  Zoobombs

  Baitshop, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  Starting on an atypically reflective note, Zoobombs frontman Don Matsuo discussed the recent Japanese devastation, thanking Canadians for t...

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  Diemonds

  Baitshop, Toronto ON March 12

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  It's a shame that "wail" -- à la Wayne's World -- never entered popular vernacular. Sure, babies and banshees are constantly wailing, but n...

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  Bright Eyes

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON March 13

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2011

  Bright Eyes mastermind Conor Oberst doesn't often sweat the small stuff. Obsessed with grand themes -- often writ in broad strokes but pepp...

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  Dinosaur Bones

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  Strokes-looking rock-boy band -- albeit without Albert Hammond, Jr.'s razor sharp guitar -- with more per capita denim than an alt-country...

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  Bombay Bicycle Club

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  Ostensibly, Bombay Bicycle Club should fall into the UK's nouveau folk/Americana movement with outfits like Noah and the Whale, Mumford and...

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  Gentlemen Husbands

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON March 11

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2011

  In "El Scorcho," Rivers Cuomo admitted, "god damn you half-Japanese girls, you do it to me every time." I have a similar relationship with...