Articles by Thierry Côté

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  Swans

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  "Let's bring these buildings down!", shouted Swans' Michael Gira before kicking into "The Apostate," from 2012's The Seer — and no on...

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  St. Vincent

  Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014

  With four LPs under her belt, St. Vincent's Annie Clark has built a solid back catalogue of first-rate songs and could probably get away wi...

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  Speedy Ortiz

  Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 19

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014

  Speedy Ortiz went through some turmoil recently when guitarist Matt Robidoux announced his "indefinite hiatus" from the band (Devin McKnigh...

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  PS I Love You

  Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto ON, June 19

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014

  With the release of their highly anticipated third album just weeks away, the no-longer-quite-Kingston duo P.S. I Love You (guitarist/vocal...

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  Miranda Lambert

  Platinum

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2014

  Miranda Lambert's ascent to the top of the country music world has always been marked by contradictions. Lambert is a reality TV (Nashville...

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  Petunia

  Inside of You

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2014

  On Inside of You, the followup to 2012's Petunia & the Vipers, Petunia and his Vipers take us once again on an unsettling trip to the darke...

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  Dolly Parton

  Blue Smoke

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2014

  Blue Smoke, Dolly Parton's 42nd studio album, does not try to make any grand lyrical or musical statements. It isn't an attempt to displace...

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  Johnny Hallyday

  The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, May 1

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2014

  The term living legend gets bandied about rather loosely these days, but it unquestionably applies to Johnny Hallyday. While most English s...