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Remembering Don Pardo’s hilarious cameo in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “I Lost On...
Maybe you didn't know his name, and even more likely you don't know his face, but the voice of Don Pardo likely inhabited your world. His clean, ear-grabbing voice has boomed the names of almost every...
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LIVE REVIEW: Electric Wizard align dark planets on a sea of hair, denim and weed
When a dove holding an olive branch swooped into Noah’s Ark, it was a good omen. I too saw a good omen during Blood Ceremony’s opening set for Electric Wizard in Toronto last night. Three equal-height,...
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HOT DOCS REVIEW: Breaking a Monster asks what happens when a young band gets...
Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary film festival. This week, we're zooming in on some of the festival's music-related films and examining what they say about various questions and issues...
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Is Babymetal Metal?
Based on postering and magazine covers alone, Babymetal seems to be one of the top three acts hovering around Japan. Their reach has spread from Japan to the internet to Toronto, where the viral...
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NXNE Report Card ’15: U.S. Girls @ The Garrison
Background/Composition: U.S. Girls is the moniker of US-born, Toronto-based Meg Remy, whose style isn’t as hard to pin down as much as it is ever-changing. Depending on the year, Remy sounds like a...
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NXNE Report Card ’15: Liturgy @ The Opera House
Background/Composition: Hailing from Brooklyn, Liturgy are a metal outfit who shined in the eyes of many critics with their 2011 album Aesthethica. Frontman and human tongue-twister Hunter-Hunt Hendrix...
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NXNE Report Card ’15: Deafheaven @ Adelaide Hall
Background/Composition: Deafheaven is a San Fran-based triumphant black metal outfit whose 2013 release, Sunbather, is so fucking good. Hands: B+ Frontman George Clark doesn’t have an instrument on...
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NXNE Report Card ’15: Wreckless Eric @ The Garrison
Background/Composition: “Wreckless Eric” Goulden is one of the original British guitar goons. Peers with Elvis Costello and Ian Dury on the legendary London-based new wave label Stiff Records....
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5 Classic Horror Movie Soundtracks (That Rarely Get Named Classics)
It’s that magical time of year again. That passing but rich segment between Back-2-School and Happy Holiday aisles at Shoppers Drug Mart, when emerges some dollar store face paint, plastic cauldrons...
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