Articles by Scott Tavener

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  Madonna

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, September 12

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2012

  Ah, Madonna. She of the countless personas and prolonged pop queendom has accomplished pretty much everything as a performer. So, what's le...

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  Bloc Party

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, September 10

  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2012

  Two-thirds through the first of a two-night stand at the Danforth Music Hall, Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke declared, "now for something.....

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  Diamond Rings

  Drake Underground, Toronto ON August 23

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2012

  Yes, a film trailer is a commercial. Distilling a movie into a perfect, quick-cut nugget, it is often doomed to misrepresent and over-hype...

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  Passion Pit

  Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC August 5

  PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2012

  "We're all having problems," sings Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos on "Carried Away." Lately, the singer has contended with a well-document...

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  Tame Impala

  Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC August 5

  PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2012

  If ever you and Otto Mann need to soundtrack a beanbag chair and herbal dalliance session, make sure you have a Tame Impala record lying ab...

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  Austra

  Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC August 5

  PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2012

  With their eerie soundscapes and Katie Stelmanis's otherworldly vocals, Toronto electro hippies Austra are built for darkly lit clubs; as i...

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  Yeasayer

  Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC August 4

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2012

  Ask any Quebec eater: an amuse bouche is vital foreplay. Accordingly, Yeasayer front-loaded their early evening set with samplings from the...

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  The Death Set

  Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC August 4

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2012

  At a nearly punk-free festival, Brooklyn-via-Baltimore, Australia, etc. agitators, the Death Set held a novel position in a diverse lineup,...