Articles by Vincent Pollard

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  Andy Haas

  OCAD University, Toronto, ON, October 17

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  While Bob Ostertag opened Toronto's X Avant festival, Andy Haas kick-started its second run of shows. Haas, a former member of Martha and t...

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  JP Carter

  OCAD University, Toronto, ON, October 17

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

  Trumpeter JP Carter was Polaris-nominated for his work with Vancouver's Destroyer and is a member of several bands, including Aeroplane Tri...

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  Philip James de Vries

  Philip James de Vries

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  Most electronic musicians start off with a twelve-inch EP but not Philip James de Vries, who debuts pretty much straight off with an album...

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  Emptyset

  Collapsed

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  As a fan of Emptyset's self-titled debut and 2011's excellent successor Demiurge, this year's Medium, a mostly live piece based on an insta...

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  Grischa Lichtenberger

  And.IV (inertia)

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  It has taken musician, painter and installation artist Grischa Lichtenberger two years to follow up his excellent ~Treibgut EP for Raster-N...

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  Young Smoke

  The Space Zone

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  Chicago's Young Smoke (aka David Davis) is "young" indeed. At only 18 years old, his debut album The Space Zone is quite the accomplishment...

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  DJ Shadow

  Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  Best of compilations are a strange beast. Often cynically released as a cash-grab by a record label to plug the gaps between the release of...

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  The Afghan Whigs / Crocodiles

  Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, October 3

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

  It didn't take long for the five members of San Diego's Crocodiles to warm up the crowd with their fuzz-laden, UK shoegaze-inspired sound....