Articles by Scott Tavener

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  Palma Violets

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, May 3

  PUBLISHED May 4, 2013

  It's not what you wear it's the way that you wear it — at least when it comes to well-worn Brit guitar rock. South London foursome Palma Vi...

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  Donovan Woods

  Central, Toronto, ON, March 23

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2013

  It doesn't take a feng shui expert, an engineer, or even much of a pragmatist to point out that tables at the rear of a small music venue w...

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  Light Asylum

  Wrongbar, Toronto, ON, March 23

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2013

  In music festivals, as in ketchup, patience is a virtue. Playing the midnight slot of CMW's penultimate night, Brooklyn duo Light Asylum dr...

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  The Indies Pt. 1 featuring Cold Specks, Candence Weapon, 360, the Wooden Sky

  Kool Haus, Toronto, ON, March 22

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2013

  What an odd beast the Canadian Independent Music Awards (aka the Indies) is. Is it an awards show with a sprinkling of concerts? A concert...

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  The Indies Pt. 2 featuring Diamond Rings, Matt Mays, Metric

  Kool Haus, Toronto, ON, March 22

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2013

  The Indies began with a pretty typical awards-show structure, albeit incongruently set in a big venue rather than a theatre. Initially, pac...

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  The Blue Stones

  Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, ON, March 21

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

  "Looking sharp," yelled a punter at dapperly attired Windsor duo the Blue Stones. Suit-clad but sweaty, the two-piece may have looked vague...

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  Reuben and the Dark

  Supermarket, Toronto, ON, March 21

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

  With four-piece harmonies and an occasional banjo, Calgary quartet Reuben and the Dark will inevitably garner Mumford & Sons comparisons &m...

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  Rachel Sermanni

  Cameron House, Toronto, ON, March 20

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2013

  Lou Grant may hate spunk, though one wonders how he feels about chutzpah. Scottish singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni semi-famously earned a...