Articles by Thierry Côté

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  Dead Obies

  M at NXNE Bruise Cruise, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015

  When it was announced that Montréal's Dead Obies were planning to record the follow-up to debut LP Montréal $ud during three concerts later...

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  Michael Rault

  M at NXNE Bruise Cruise, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015

  Summer was still officially a couple of days away when Michael Rault took to the makeshift stage of the Captain Matthew Flinders as part of...

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  Lia Ices

  Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 19

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2015

  Lia Ices decided to reinvent herself following her sophomore LP, trading Grown Unknown's Cat Power inflections and baroque, mournful ballad...

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  Chastity Belt

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 19

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2015

  Riding high on the crest of a series of dates opening for 2015 breakout star Courtney Barnett, Chastity Belt's NXNE showcase was one of the...

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  Gina Chavez

  The Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

  Gina Chavez is one of those artists whose music is impossible to pigeonhole. On up.rooted, the exceptional sophomore album that garnered Ch...

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  Betty Who

  Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

  Betty Who is not yet a star of the stature of former tourmates Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue, but if she never reaches those heights it won'...

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  EZTV

  The Garrison, Toronto ON, June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2015

  The list of ingredients that go into making great power pop songs is simple: chiming guitars, a tough backbeat, keening harmonies and plead...

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  Jessica Pratt

  The Garrison, Toronto ON, June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2015

  Returning to Toronto for the first time since the release earlier this year of an acclaimed sophomore LP that has rightfully drawn comparis...