Articles by Scott Tavener

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  The Wolfman

  Joe Johnston

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2010

  Borrowing its characters' names and a handful of plot points from 1941's The Wolf Man, The Wolfman re-imagines the classic men-becoming-wol...

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  Frozen

  Frozen

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2010

  A relatively under-serviced genre, snowboarding/skiing movies tend toward highbrow prestige pictures like Hot Dog... The Movie, Ski School...

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  Asobi Seksu

  The Drake Hotel, Toronto ON February 1

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2010

  The New York new gaze outfit Asobi Seksu have gone acoustic. The four-piece usually thrives on distortion, pairing big guitars with soaring...

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  The Notwist

  Sturm Soundtrack

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2010

  German outfit the Notwist have a flare for combining electro elements with shoegaze and post-rock touchstones to forge refreshingly eccentr...

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  Guns N' Roses

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON January 28

  PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2010

  Like a Parisian waiter's aloofness, Axl Rose's perpetual tardiness has a certain charm to it. When he finally arrived onstage at the Air Ca...

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  The Dutchess and the Duke

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON January 12

  PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2010

  Onomatopoetic buzz, as in a fuzzy sound produced by a malfunctioning cord/speaker combination, tarnishes an intimate show pretty quickly. F...

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  Fanfarlo

  Reservoir

  PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

  Unlike its out-there North American counterpart, the UK's nouveau folk movement holds onto bygone tropes, incorporating elements of America...

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  Snow Patrol

  Up to Now

  PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

  Christmastime always sees a deluge of "best of" records. An easy cash grab, compilations capitalize on the need for palatable, if not perso...