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Closing out the weekend was Big Business, who played a bristling hour-long set at Mercury Lounge tonight. Bassist/vocalist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis – who are also 1/2 of Seattle's […]

For the second consecutive Friday, my ears were ringing with the brassy wail of big band jazz. Last week, it was Vancouver's Hard Rubber Orchestra at Kitchener's Open Ears Festival; last night,

I've seen The Books before (twice actually), but it was new to the large, enthusiastic crowd here last night at the Gig Theater, who ate up their infectious blend of mashed up

Finishing off last night was Vancouver's Hard Rubber Orchestra, which came at the audience like a speedball freight train. Together almost 20 years, these guys were as tight as an

I'd never seen the Dave Matthews Band before their sold-out show last night at Madison Square Garden, and on paper, it looked promising: electric violinist, brass section, high-energy lead singer. But, the

Admittedly, 11pm on a Tuesday isn't the best time to catch a show, but my friend Sean spoke so highly of My Education, I just had to suck it up. I'm

On their way back to Toronto from a North America tour that included eight shows at SXSW, I caught up with DD/MM/YYYY last night at Union Hall. A bunch of former art kids

At first, I didn't know what to make of accordionist Chango Spasiuk, who played Zankel Hall on Friday night. He looked a bit like Jesus with his long hair and

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