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Vancouver band with sexy lead singer rocks out. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Seattle and L.A. singer/songwriters respectively; he's in Low Vs. Diamond, she's not. Robyn Hanson photos.
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New Zealand hitmakers continue pop winning streak with new album Intriguer and tour.
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NYC preppie band play the first of two sold-out shows in Vancouver in support of second album, Contra.
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Those people from that movie. Jade Dempsey photos.
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Veteran singer/songwriter and Vancouver favourite touring in support of album Street Songs of Love. Skot Nelson photos.
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Texas singer/songwriter opening for Alejandro Escovedo and touring in support of album Let the Light In. Skot Nelson photos.
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Five-piece Toronto pop-rock band play a hometown show. Kenzy Elbanna photos.
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Welsh grunge-pop trio plays last show of North American tour, in between the release of a debut EP and a forthcoming (major-label) debut album. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Three-day music festival near Shuswap Lake, BC. Old Man's Beard, Wasabi Collective, Nonstop Bhangra photos by JaNicka Grayston.
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Three-day music festival near Shuswap Lake, BC. Daniel Champagne, Five Alarm Funk and Jackie Essombe photos by JaNicka Grayston.
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Three-day festival on Shuswap Lake featuring the Alexis P. Suter Band, Ex-Centric Sound System, Grupo Fantasma, more. JaNicka Grayston photos.
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Three-day festival on Shuswap Lake featuring K'Naan, MarchFourth Marching Band, more. JaNicka Grayston photos.
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L.A. psyche-folk/pop band originally from Oregon (you can see by the clothes) and featuring two actual redheads.
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Baltimore, Maryland group on tour in support of album Tall Hours in the Glowstream. Skot Nelson photos.
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Vancouver band opens for Cotton Jones and the Parson Red Heads. Skot Nelson photos.
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Hasidic reggae beatboxer on tour for his album Light.
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Athens, GA nomadic husband-wife sludge-metal band. Loud. Skot Nelson photos.
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Indie-rock fans' favourite harp player with a full band performing songs from latest album Have One on Me. Skot Nelson photos.
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Fleet Foxes singer opening for Joanna Newsom. Skot Nelson photos.
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Crowd shots from Day 2 of the Montreal music festival. Adrian Smith photos.
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The Black Keys, Metric, Sonic Youth and Snoop Dogg on Day 2 of the Montreal music festival. Adrian Smith photos.
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Crowd shots from the Montreal music festival. Adrian Smith photos.
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Arcade Fire, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Japandroids, Keane and Avi Buffalo at the Montreal music festival. Adrian Smith photos.
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Anderson, Indiana alternative rock band on a summer tour. Renata Duran photos.
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Vancouver singer/songwriter/guitarist promoting his latest album, Adventurism. Photos by Jason Statler.
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Vancouver singer/songwriter von Hahn headlines a bill featuring Leif Vollebekk and Chris Smith.
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Montreal singer/songwriter on a cross-country tour in support of album Inland.
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Kyiv, Ukraine kozak-rock band on tour in support of album VooVoo i Haydamaky. Zrada opens. Patrick Boggs photos.
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Kyiv, Ukraine kozak-rock band on tour in support of album VooVoo i Haydamaky. Ailsa Dyson photos.
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Kyiv, Ukraine kozak-rock band on tour in support of album VooVoo i Haydamaky.
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Vancouver folk-pop singer with Vancouver Island lite-reggae act before the Celebration of Lights fireworks display. Photos by Ashley Tanasiychuk.
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Popular band plays its rock music in Toronto. Kayley Luftig photos.
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Fast-rising Canadian hip-hop star (and former Degrassi cast member) supporting full-length debut Thank Me Later. Jade Dempsey photos.
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California-based band on tour for its fifth album, Barbara. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Montreal band on tour in support of new album Expo 86. Jade Dempsey photos.
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Jon Philpot-formed Brooklyn band on tour in support of second full-length, Beast Rest Forth Mouth. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Vancouver alt-rocker (formerly with Age of Electric and Limblifter) playing songs from his debut solo album Irrational Anthems.
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L.A.-based band fronted by sexy rock chick Serrina and featuring Troy Van Leeuwen from Queens of the Stone Age. Photos by Skot Nelson.
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L.A.-based trio featuring sexy rock singer chick Aja Volkman. Photos by Skot Nelson.
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Hip-hop artist ("Pro Nails") plays a brief but high-energy set. Photos by Ashley Tanasiychuk.
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Kat Burns-led Toronto quintet on tour in support of album Carriage. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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French (Marseilles) world-music group fronted by Sista K. Photos by Robyn Hanson.
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Day 2, featuring Batata y Las Alegres Ambulancias, Crooked Still, Elisapie Isaac, El Puchero del Hortelano, Ladies of the Canyon, Tao Seeger Band, Valdy, Valentin Puentes and Alex Cuba, and dancers.
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Long Island band opening for Bear in Heaven. Monet Lucki photos.
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Vancouver indie-rock band with San Francisco's The Dodos, first of a two-night stand. Jade Dempsey photos.
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Freak-folk dude Ariel Rosenberg with his band Haunted Graffiti. Jason Statler photos.
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A party for imagine1day's first T-shirt design, to raise money for Ethiopian children.
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LA quirk-popsters in red jumpers play a great set to a very small Vancouver crowd on a Sunday night. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Local talent I Kandi, Rick Valiant and Hugh Phukovsky turn out to support Neil Hamburger on the funnyman's 2010 Vancouver tour stop. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Blake Zweig w/Dignan at Schubas, Chicago, July 3 2010. Monet Lucki photos
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Sugarland, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Sarah McLachlan at Lilith Fair 2010. Jade Dempsey photos.
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Ali Milner, Colbie Caillat, Steph Macpherson, Sheryl Crow, Erykah Badu and Kate Miller-Heidke at Lilith Fair 2010. Jade Dempsey photos.
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The BC Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier, a society of professional women foodies, at their annual scholarship awards ceremony at the Hamilton Street Grill in Vancouver.
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Seattle prog-indie-rock band on tour in support of latest album Omni. Photos by Renata Duran.
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Vancouver (and elsewhere) artists sell stuff for $200 a pop. People line up starting at 6 a.m. for the show, at the old Storyeum building in Gastown.
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Denton, TX singer/songwriter opening for Lou Barlow in support of her debut album Suburban Nature. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Brooklyn-based soul act acclaimed for its live show. See why in these photos from Diana J. Keng!
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Brooklyn-based soul act acclaimed for its live show. See why in these photos from Diana J. Keng!
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Brooklyn-by-way-of-Australia pop band with punky, spirited singer Patience Hodgson. Photos by Robyn Hanson.
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Indie-rock standard-bearers on reunion tour. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins.
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North/South Carolina rock band on tour in support of album Infinite Arms. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins.
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Baltimore duo on tour for album Teen Dream. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins.
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Duo (and couple) Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt of Matmos use unusual or 'non-musical' sounds in their approach to their eccentric and innovative music. Here they are on tour in support of a forthcoming album, Treasure State. Photos by Jason Statler.
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Montreal trio touring in support of debut album Carta Marina. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the Liptonians, Les Jupes, The Sheepdogs and Jicah are among this batch of pics from Winnipeg photog Mike Latschislaw
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Winnipeg indie country-folk artist playing songs from his album Love Songs For the Last 20. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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California indie/experimental pop bands The Happy Hollows and Wavves along with East Vancouver rockers form a North by Northeast bill. Amber Anne Dawkins photos.
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Montreal's MFM and Calgary's art-rockers team up at NXNE. Amber Anne Dawkins photos.
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New band formed by Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck), Mike Leblanc, Anna Edwards play a barbecue in Toronto June 18 2010, during NXNE. Amber Anne Dawkins photos.
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Toronto band known for its debaucherous (chainsaws, fire, dancers, Jagermeister) live shows caught in the act at North by Northeast 2010. Robyn Hanson photos.
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Houston psychedelic drone band and Los Angeles experimental rock act play North by Northeast. Amber Anne Dawkins photos.
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Veteran L.A. punk band plays outdoor stage at Yonge and Dundas as part of North by Northeast 2010. Photos by Robyn Hanson.
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Psychedelic Montreal foursome at North by Northeast. Photos by Robyn Hanson.
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Quirky British singer Imogen Heap at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, June 15 2010. Simon Kear photos.
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Montreal indie-rock band, long-listed for the Polaris Award for its sound recording Invisible Republic, at North by Northeast. Photos by Robyn Hanson.
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Australian duo mentored by Tegan and Sara on headlining Canadian tour. Photos by Sierra Blake .
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Irvine, CA band Thrice on tour in support of seventh (or sixth, depending on whether or not you consider the two-part Alchemy Index one record) album, Beggars. Photos by Heather Lynn Orr.
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Montreal trio touring in support of debut album Carta Marina. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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CD release for album Straight Line by Canadian/Swiss singer-songwriter Christina Maria. Diana J. Keng photos
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American/Canadian new wave rock hybrid on tour for the sound recording Fantasies as well as a song off the Eclipse soundtrack. Photos by Jason Statler
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American/Canadian new wave rock hybrid on tour for the sound recording Fantasies as well as a song off the Eclipse soundtrack. Photos by Jason Statler
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Exhibit featuring the work of artists Mandy Tsung and Kristian Adam, as well as Shwa, Emily Beaulieu, Taka Sudo, Megan Majewski, Mimy Wim and Camilla d'Errico. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Big-time Vancouver band starring AC Newman, Neko Case, Dan Bejar, on tour for sound recording Together. Photos by Mike Latschislaw
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M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are She & Him, on tour in support of second full-length sound recording Volume II. Photos by Kate Yang-Nikodym
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Swedish Sister Act First Aid Kit on tour in support of debut full-length sound recording The Big Black and the Blue. Photos by Jason Statler
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Art/photo/rock show put on by Skinny Magazine. Photos by Jason Statler
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Art/photo/rock show put on by Skinny Magazine. Jason Statler photos. Photos by Jason Statler
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Montreal band Braids at the Lo Pub. Photos by Cheyenne Rae
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Brazilian Top 40 dance singer Nessa V pulls out all the stops at her CD release party. Photos by Jason Statler
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Singer-songwriter John Darnielle with drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk) and bassist Peter Hughes in support of the latest Mountain Goats sound recording The Life of the World to Come. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Lo-fi Jackson Heights, NY trio The Beets opening for the Mountain Goats. Photos by Robyn Hanson.
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Still standing British punk band plays its first two albums three decades later. Photos by Jordana Meilleur
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Kelly Ogden-fronted LA trio The Dollyrots opening for Buzzcocks in Vancouver. Photos by Jordana Meilleur
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Brooklyn dance-rock faves play outdoors in Stanley Park. Photos by Jason Statler
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LA band ("Home") in support of 2009 debut album Up From Below. Photos by Jason Statler
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UK neo-folk band in Vancouver. Catherine Carmichael photos
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Bristol trip-hop superstars Massive Attack at Malkin Bowl. Photos by Jade Dempsey
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Australian dude cuts off his dreads and gets a new trio together. Simon Kear photos
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Vancouver rock band Louder Than Love at the Shark Club. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Cincinnati indie-folk trio Why? on tour in support of sound recording Eskimo Snow. Photos by Emmanuelle Prompt.
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Public Enemy at the Commodore. Kiri Rostad photos
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Vancouver indie-folk band The Fugitives play a hometown show. The Fits open. Photos by Diana Keng
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Graying punk band Buzzcocks at the Pyramid Cabaret. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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James Mercer/Danger Mouse collaboration Broken Bells in Vancouver. Photos by Jason Statler
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Berkeley CA band The Morning Benders opening for Broken Bells in Vancouver. Photos by Jason Statler
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Vancouver singer/songwriter Hannah Georgas playing a CD release show for her album This Is Good at the Venue. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Colleen Brown at the Venue, Vancouver, May 22 2010. Robyn Hanson photos
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Long-standing and Flavor Flav-featuring rap/hip-hop act in Winnipeg. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Bekki Friessen-fronted Winnipeg/LA hard-rock band Domenica opening for Danko Jones at the Venue. Photos by Jason Statler
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Toronto rock trio Danko Jones at the Venue. Photos by Jason Statler
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Noid, UK band The Heavy opening for Brooklyn soul/funk outfit Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. Monet Lucki photos
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Prog-rock band Coheed and Cambria touring in support of sound recording Year of the Black Rainbow at Sound Academy, Toronto. Photos by Heather Lynne Orr
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Pennsylvania band Circa Survive touring in support of sound recording Blue Sky Noise at Sound Academy, Toronto. Photos by Heather Lynne Orr
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Omaha band Box Elders at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Jason Statler
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Amanda Palmer at the Venue, Vancouver, May 17 2010. Diana J . Keng photos
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Evelyn Evelyn at the Venue, Vancouver, May 17 2010. Diana J. Keng photos
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Scottish band Frightened Rabbit at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Renata Duran
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Chicago indie/experimental-folk quartet Maps & Atlases at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Renata Duran
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Toronto band The Darcys at the Mondragon. Fabian Suarez photos
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Performers Rosie Bitts, Miss La Muse and Heather Witherden, aka Moonlight Madness Burlesque, shake their moneymakers at the Park Theatre for charity. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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Vancouver store Dandelion Records. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Fifth anniversary of alternative fashion event FAT April 21 - 25 2010. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Japanese noise band Mono at the Biltmore. Robyn Hanson photos
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Toronto punk rockers (and Polaris Prize winners) Fucked Up at the Biltmore. Jordana Meilleur photos
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Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Jason Statler
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Broken Social Scene at Criminal Records, Rotate This and Soundscapes, Toronto, May 9 2010. Photos by Adrian Smith
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Reykjavik singer/songwriter Olof Arnalds at the West End Cultural Centre as part of the Nuna Festival. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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Experimental Philly band Man Man at Lee's Palace. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins
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Outrageous Oakland garage-rock trio Nobunny at Pat's Pub. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Montreal indie-rockers Plants and Animals at the Commodore Ballroom. Photos by Jason Statler
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Vancouver hippie pop band Said the Whale opening for Plants and Animals at the Commodore. Photos by Jason Statler
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Montreal shoegaze band Besnard Lakes with Manotick, Ontario rockers Hollerado at the Media Club. Photos by Lana Maytak
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Three Vancouver bands play the every-other-Monday-night showcase Narnia at the Penthouse Nightclub. Photos by Jason Statler
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Zappa-loving Vancouver band Two Apple Tobacco play a strip club on a Sunday night. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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A launch party for Morrismore Models, an alternative modeling agency. Photos by Lana Maytak
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East Coast singer-songwriters Rose Cousins and Amelia Curran join forces at the Park Theatre. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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Led by Jonathan Meiburg (formerly of Okkerville River), Austin band Shearwater plays the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Baltimore duo Wye Oak open for Shearwater at the Biltmore. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Black Nepalese at the Mod Club. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins, who tells us: 'They are not wearing costumes. This is for real. They don't have a myspace yet because they are just finishing recording their first EP. Super Black Crowes meets Zeppelin meets Aerosmith! Pretty amazing. The lead singer, Liam MacKenzie is a friend of mine. He's just a wee 21 years old and is really rockin the '70s lifestyle.'
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UK blues-rock trio Band of Skulls at the Venue. Photos by Michael Caswell
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Toronto/Montreal power pop band the Dress Whites at the Piston. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins
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Brooklyn's might Yeasayer at the Commodore Ballroom. Photos by Jessica Bardosh
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Baby Dee at the West End Cultural Centre. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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UK guitar band the Wedding Present on their Bizarro Redux tour at the Biltmore. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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San Antonio trio Girl in a Coma opening for the Wedding Present. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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UK electro-pop sensation with the Tintin-looking frontwoman La Roux at the Commodore. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Vancouver hip hop/pop singer Piper Davis opening for La Roux at the Commodore. Photos by Robyn Hanson
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Durham North Carolina beardos Megafaun opens for string-y Portland folk act Horse Feathers at the Media Club. Photos by Ben Shulman
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Michigan band Breathe Owl Breathe opening for Megafaun and Horse Feathers at the Media Club. Photos by Ben Shulman
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Finnish band HIM at the Commodore Ballroom in support of its seventh album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice. Photos by Michael Caswell
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UK folk-rock sensation
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Barenaked Ladies at MacInnes Field, UBC, Vancouver, April 15 2010. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Saviours of British pop Florence and the Machine at the Commodore. Lana Maytak photos
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New York indie-rock band Holy Hail opening for Florence and the Machine at the Commodore. Lana Maytak photos
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Wet-behind-the-ears Brit trio the XX sell out the Commodore Ballroom. JJ opens. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Austin indie rockers Spoon at the Orpheum Theatre. Ben Shulman photos
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Atlanta indie-rock band Deerhunter opening for Spoon at the Orpheum. Photos by Ben Shulman
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London indie-pop act Micachu and the Shapes opening for Spoon at the Orpheum. Photos by Ben Shulman
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Boston indie-rock dance sensation Passion Pit at the Commodore Ballroom. Jessica Bardosh photos
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L.A. soul man Mayer Hawthorne and band the County opening for Passion Pit at the Commodore Ballroom. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House with New Zealand's Bachelorette at the Rickshaw Theatre. Catherine Carmichael photos
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French hottie actress chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg opens her IRM tour in Vancouver. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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Australian pop singer Sia at the Commodore Ballroom. Robyn Hanson photos
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Toronto-by-way-of-Ottawa indie-rock trio The Balconies at Neptoon Records. Shawn Conner photos
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Kitchener-Hamilton new wave-ish trio Spirits at the Shark Club. Robyn Hanson photos
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Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi dresses up in rags at the Vogue Theatre. Catherine Carmichael photos
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Jason Collett with Zeus and Bahamas at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, April 3 2010. Photos by Gabrielle Touchette
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Patty Griffin at the Commodore. Kiri Rostad photos
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Lights opening for Owl City at the Centre in Vancouver. Jessica Bardosh photos
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L.A. band Dead Meadow with singer/songwriter/guitaristImaad Wasif at St. James Community Square. Ben Shulman photos
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Vancouver new wave band You Say Party! We Say Die! in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern. Brandur Olaffson photos
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Oslo, Norway's foremost purveyors of My Bloody Valentine Serena-Maneesh at the Drake Hotel, Toronto, April 2, 2010. Brandur Olaffson photos
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Montreal trio Nightwood at the Boat. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Montreal's Murder Ford Monument at the Boat. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Vancouver's the Fugitives at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, April 1 2010. Photos by Ailsa Dyson
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Former Moldy Peach Adam Green at the Venue. Lana Maytak photos
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Glen Rock, New Jersey indie rock band Titus Andronicus at 917 Main. James Hay photos
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Glasgow's Twin Atlantic touring in support of its debut mini-album Vivarium at the Rickshaw Theatre. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Long Island band Envy On the Coast on tour in support of second album Lowcountry at the Rickshaw Theatre. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Mukliteo, WA trio The Fall of Troy on tour in support of its fourth (and last, according to the band) album In the Unlikely Event at the Rickshaw Theatre. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Reykjavik (that's in Iceland, folks) indie experimental folk band Seabear at the Horseshoe Tavern. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Citizen Cope. Kiri Rostad photos.
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The 'original dirty rapper' Blowfly at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Michael Caswell
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Rhode Island's harmony-happy, vintage-instrument-loving folk band The Low Anthem at St. James Community Square. Ben Shulman photos
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Timber Timbre at St. James Community Square. Ben Shulman photos
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Vancouver sustainability rock band Said the Whale on its Kill 'Em With Kindness Spring 2010 Tour at the El Mocambo, Toronto, March 28. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Halifax band featuring Joel Plaskett Thrush Hermit reforms for a couple of sold-out shows at Lee's Palace. Sarah Litwin photos
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Oslo, Norway's foremost purveyors of My Bloody Valentine Serena-Maneesh at the Media Club, Vancouver, March 27, 2010. Robyn Hanson photos
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Touring demons Tegan and Sara at The Aragon in Chicago, Illinois, March 26, 2010. Monet Lucki concert photos
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Toronto dance duo USS at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, March 23, 2010. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Every Time I Die at the Rickshaw Theatre. Photos by Michael Caswell
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Winnipeg's surf/garage-rock trio the Ex-Girlfriends opening for Diemonds and Dirty Penny on the Young & Wrecked Tour at the Royal Albert, Winnipeg, March 22, 2010. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Toronto hard rock band Diemonds on the Young & Wrecked Tour (w/ Dirty Penny and the Ex-Girlfriends) at the Royal Albert, Winnipeg, March 22, 2010. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Santa Cruz hard rock band Dirty Penny on the Young & Wrecked Tour (w/ Diemonds and the Ex-Girlfriends) at the Royal Albert, Winnipeg, March 22, 2010. Ailsa Dyson photos
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India.Arie at the Orpheum. Kayla Joffe photos
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Irish rockabilly dynamo Imelda May opens for Jamie Cullum at the Commodore. Kiri Rostad photos
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Neo-folkie Devendra Banhart at the Commodore. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Jay Malinowski at the Biltmore in Vancouver, BC on March 18th, 2010. Photos by Michael Caswell Check out the review by Ria Nevada
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Martha Wainwright at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC on March 18, 2010. Jessica Bardosh photos for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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Vancouver indie garage-pop band Blank Cinema at the Biltmore, March 16, 2010. Jessica Bardosh photos
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UK band The Big Pink on tour in support of debut album A Brief History of Love at the Venue, March 13 2010. Photos by Jessica Bardosh
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Edmonton's Hot Panda at Great Northern Way Campus as part of Hive 3. Photos by Kristina Mameli
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Danish indie pop-rockersEfterklang make a crowd full of hipsters happy at The Biltmore in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Jessica Bardosh was there taking some lovely pictures. Opening bands, Aunts and Uncles and Certain Breeds also grabbed our photographer's eye.
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East Van's The Fugitives at the VECC Culture Lab. Photos by Diana Keng
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UK band Gomez at the Orpheum Theatre as part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver. Jade Dempsey photos
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Brooklyn indie-pop band Via Audio touring for its Animalore album at Schubas. Monet Lucki photos
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The Cool Kids showed off their hip hop skills at the Venue in Vancouver on March 10. Michael Caswell photos for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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Lawrence, Kansas guitar-rock band the Appleseed Cast on its Low Level Owl Volume 1 and Volume 2 2010 tour at the Biltmore Cabaret. Ariana Rock photos
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Denton, Texas band (and favourite of actor Jason Lee) Midlake touring in support of its record The Courage of Others at the Biltmore Cabaret. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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L.A. psyche-rock trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Commodore Ballroom. Michael Caswell photos
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Basia Bulat at St. James Community Hall. Lana Maytak photos
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Former Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up singer Ian Svenonius dons the white suit to front his new party band Chain and the Gang at at the Media Club. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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Brit electro-pop sensation Elizabeth Hesketh, a.k.a Little Boots, at the Venue. Michael Caswell photos
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Brit electro-pop sensation Elizabeth Hesketh, a.k.a Little Boots, at the Venue. Michael Caswell photos
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The United Steelworkers of Montreal at the Horseshoe Tavern. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins
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Citizen Cope at the Vic Theatre. Monet Lucki photos
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UK punk band Leatherface and New York punk band Bridge and Tunnel at Harpers Ferry. Justin Perricone photos
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Photographer Svetlana Maytak makes her Guttersnipe debut with a series of pictures taken at the opening reception of Vancouver artist Tiko Kerr's latest series of paintings, Lush Life, at the Winsor Gallery Mar 4 2010.
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Mali band Tinariwen at Sonic Boom. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Omaha's 311 at the Commodore Ballroom. Michael Caswell photos
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Florida punk band Against Me! with Cancer Bats opening at the Rickshaw Theatre. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Scottish guitar-rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks at Biltmore Cabaret. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Swedish pop sensation Taken By Trees at the Biltmore Cabaret. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Swedish pop sensation El Perro del Mar at the Biltmore Cabaret. Jessica Bardosh photos
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K'Naan at the Orpheum Theatre as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Kayla Joffe photos
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Electronica dude Four Tet at the Biltmore Cabaret. Michael Caswell photos
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Portland electro-pop duo Yacht at the Biltmore Cabaret. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Montreal/Vancouver pop band Stars at the Orpheum as part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Michael Caswell photos
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Montreal/Vancouver pop band Stars at the Orpheum as part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Michael Caswell photos
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Montreal instrumental supergroup Bell Orchestre at Great Northern Way Campus as part of the Cultural Olympiad's Code Live series. Kristina Mameli photos
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Certain Breeds and Brasstronaut opening for Bell Orchestre at Great Northern Way Campus as part of the Cultural Olympiad's Code Live series. Kristina Mameli photos
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Rachel Fox snaps a few (several dozen, actually) during the first of two 2010 Winter Games Colbert Reports in Vancouver.
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Nosaj Thing and Daedelus at Lincoln Hall. Monet Lucki photos
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L.A. psyche-pop band Mini Mansions at the Mod Club. Kate Yang Nikodym photos
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A trio of East Coast acts, including Amelia Curran, Thom Swift and the Stanfields, play an afternoon show at the Atlantic House as part of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Kiri Rostad photos
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Toronto trio Elliott Brood at the downtown Vancouver LiveCity venue during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Kristina Memeli photos
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Trucks and helicopters transporting snow to Cypress Mountain on the days leading up the the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Ian La Rue and the Condor at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Feb 12 2010. Rudy Hintz photos
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Brooklyn indie-rock trio Vivian Girls at the Biltmore Cabaret. Cosmetics and Best Coast open. Photos by appletreecafe
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The protesters took to the streets on both the opening and second days of the Olympics in Vancouver.
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Toronto psyche-pop band the Russian Futurists at the Steam Whistle Brewery as part of Wavelength 2010.. Adrian Smith photos
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Those Darlins at the Horseshoe Tavern. Kate Yang Nikodym photos
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Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Renata Duran
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Minneapolis rapper Dessa on tour with P.O.S. at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Renata Duran
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Oakland metal band High on Fire at the Biltmore Cabaret. . Dean McLean photos
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Toronto instrumentalists Do Make Say Think at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Renata Duran
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Night 2 of the Transistor 66 party at the Royal Albert in Winnipeg, featuring Bloodshot Bill solo and with the Angry Dragons. Ailsa Dyson photos
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The Angry Dragons at the Royal Albert Arms, with the Vibrating Beds. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Vancouver noise rock trio Motorama at Pat's Pub. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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It had to be: a second gallery of punk/new wave covers band Nouvelle Vague pics by Michael Caswell.
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French (from France) punk/new wave covers band Nouvelle Vague at the Venue Feb 5 2010. Photos by Michael Caswell
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Yes! St. Vincent, a.k.a. the very talented Annie Clark, at the Venue. Photos by Michael Caswell
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Swedish duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums opening for St. Vincent at the Venue. Photos by Michael Caswell
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Los Angeles noiseniks Health at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Emmanuelle Prompt
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Finnish folk-metal band Korpiklaani at the Rickshaw Theatre. Michael Caswell photos
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Two indie-rock/electro Toronto bands, Everything All the Time and Lioness, at the Horseshoe Tavern. Adrian Smith photos
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Ann Arbor afro-beat band NOMO at the Biltmore Cabaret. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Hercules and Love Affair at the Abbey Pub, Chicago. Monet Lucki photos
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Toronto pop band The Dress Whites at Bread and Circus. Amber Anne Dawkins
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Hey Marseilles at the Crocodile Cafe. Sara Montour photos
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Loch Lomond at the Crocodile Cafe. Sara Montour photos
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Y La Bamba at the Crocodile Cafe. Sara Montour photos
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Toronto's Great Lake Swimmers at the Vogue Theatre, with Summerland, BC's Jon-Rae Fletcher opening. Ben Shulman photos
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Duluth, Minnesota's Retribution Gospel Choir, featuring Alan Sparhawk of Low, at the Drake Hotel. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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Toronto duo Lullabye Arkestra at the Garrison. Writes photog Amber Anne Dawkins, 'He [drummer Justin Small] set his kit on fire at the end, i managed to capture it even tho' it was only lit for about 2 seconds! They also closed with a 5 seconds Napalm Death song which was also amazing.'
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Guttersnipe photographers couldn't help getting a little carried away at times with these art shots. Nothing like a close-up of a guitar effects pedal...
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California alt-rock band AFI at the Commodore. Brandon Broderick photos
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Raleigh, North Carolina's Bowerbirds at the Biltmore Cabaret. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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Julie Doiron at the Biltmore Cabaret. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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Lost Gallery! White Denim at the Media Club on January 23, 2010. Photos by Michael Caswell.
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Steve Earle puts on a fantastic show at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, BC on January 23, 2010. Photos by Kiri Rostad for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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Kids On Fire at the Cavern. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Phoenix at the Orpheum Theatre. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Montreal's Ladies of the Canyon at the Dublin Street United Church in Guelph. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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An acoustic Asobi Seksu at the Media Club on January 21, 2010. Photos by Emmanuelle Prompt for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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The 'classic lineup' Dinosaur Jr at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, ON on January 21, 2010. Photos by Amber Anne Dawkins for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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Carly Rae Jepsen with opening act Michael Bernard Fitzgerald at The Media Club in Vancouver, BC on January 20, 2010. Michael Caswell Photos for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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Yep, it's those crazy Monotonix Monotonix again, this time at the Pyramid Cabaret. Ailsa Dyson photos
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Montreal's Nightwood at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, ON on January 19, 2010. Amber Anne Dawkins photos
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100 Monkeys at the Venue. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Blue Rodeo with Cuff the Duke at the MTS Centre. Lynlea Combot photos
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Sumner Brothers at the Bourbon. Jordana Meilleur photos
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Infected Mushroom at the Commodore Ballroom. Sandra Minarik photos
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Woodpigeon at the Biltmore Cabaret. Photos by Jessica Bardosh
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Tom House at Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club. Gratton Stefanation photos
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The Best Revenge. Jessica Bardosh photos
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DevilDriver at the Rickshaw Theatre. Michael Caswell photos.
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The Cribs at Lincoln Hall. Photos by Monet Lucki for guttersnipeconcertphotos.com
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San Diego band Switchfoot at the Commodore Ballroom. Brandon Broderick gives them the black-and-white treatment.
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Three Days Grace at GM Place. Sandra Minarik photos
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Joseph Arthur at the Railway Club. Emmanuelle Prompt photos
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More rock 'n' roll craziness from the past year, including more shots of Emilie Autumn, the Handsome Furs, and Mickey Avalon, as well as Gogol Bordello, Peaches and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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Oakland CA's Nobunny, at the Rickshaw Theatre. Michael Caswell photos.
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To go along with our Best of the Year photo gallery, we've put together a portfolio of some of the most outrageous moments captured by our photographers in 2009. Of course, how could we not include Juliette Lewis, Steel Panther, and Monotonix? But we've also got the Hold Steady, the Michael Jackson zombie Thriller dance and Handsome Furs' Alexie Perry.
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Guttersnipe's photographers were busy all year snapping fantastic shots of bands. We compiled some of our favorites for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy!
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Those Darlins at the Evening MuseEvening Muse in Charlotte, NC on January8, 2010. Photos by Ryan Harmening
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Chicago's Owen Ashworth, aka Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, finally makes it to Vancouver for a show at the Biltmore Cabaret. To Bad Catholics and Brasstronaut's Edo Vanbreemen open. Jessica Bardosh photos.
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Ever-lovable moppets Tegan and Sara kick off their Sainthood tour in Vancouver. Sarah BastinSarah Bastin photos.
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Laura Smith and Hannah Georgas party it up with members of Painted Birds, Elias, Bend Sinister, and a few hundred Vancouverites at the Media Club's New Year's Eve party. Emmanuelle Prompt photos.
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New York based rockers Moving Mountains wrap up a year of touring at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. Brent Doscher photos.
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Formerly front man Casey Crescenzo's side project, Boston's own The Dear Hunter take center stage at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. Brent Doscher photos.
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Jets Overheadopen up the Jingle Bell Rock Concert @ SOFMC in Victoria, BC on Dec. 21, 2009. Qué Banh photos.
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Tegan and Sara kick off their Sainthood tour in Victoria, BC. Photos by Qué Banh.
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Playing as part of this year's Wavelength event, Montreal's Murder Ford Monument impresses photographer Amber Anne Dawkins. 'Dark, brooding, and anthemic,' she writes. 'Murder Ford Monument are made up of a complex arrangement of crescendos and explosive noises. The crowd was filing in as they hit the stage and everyone was mesmerized by the intensity of the band.'
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The Mental Beast website throws a party with a whole bunch of Vancouver indie bands in celebration of its Christmas compilation at the Biltmore Cabaret. Part the second of Michelle Mayne's photo expose.
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The Mental Beast website throws a party with a whole bunch of Vancouver indie bands in celebration of its Christmas compilation at the Biltmore Cabaret. Michelle Mayne stays for the whole thing.
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Brooklyn buzz band (aren't they all?) Xylos touring for its EP Bedrooms and shot by Brent Doscher at TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge.
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Introducing Brent Doscher, a Boston-area photographer, who shot New York singer Lissy Trullie in Cambridge for us. Writes Brent, 'I was pretty frazzled actually - being a NH kid getting lost in Boston put me in a strange mood... However... The concert, like many others at TT the Bear's Place, had a great intimate feel. The small venue promotes a very personal show which allows the performers to just relax and enjoy playing, while the concert-goers enjoy being so close to the musicians and feeling like they're part of the music instead of just watching from a distance.'
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Longstanding Canuck alt-rockers Sloan give it their all on the last night of its 2009 tour. Brandon Broderick gives them the black-and-white treatment.
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Brandon Broderick snaps a few of Toronto band Magneta Lane on the last night of its tour opening for Sloan.
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Harper Simon (son of Paul) brings a crack band, including Money Mark and the Blues Explosion's Russell Simins, to the the Media Club for a set of originals and a mind-blowing cover of Television's 'See No Evil'. Emmanuelle Prompt took these photos.
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Yes, The Chapin Sisters are related to Harry—Abigail and Lily are his nieces, while Jessica Craven is horror film director Wes Craven's daughter. Usually a trio, the Chapin Sisters appeared Jessica-less at the the Media Club, opening for Harper Simon (son of Paul) in Vancouver. Even without Jessica their harmonies were pretty wonderful. A real life French person from France, Emmanuelle Prompt, took these photos.
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We photographed Die Mannequin when the Toronto punk group kicked off its Canadian tour at the Venue in Vancouver, and again with a review and some audience shots from the Winnipeg show. Thanks to Kenzy Elbanna, we've also got some shots from the last show of the tour. Says Kenzy: 'They were playing a fairly large venue [the Sound Academy] but had it set up to be more like an intimate club with a smaller stage. It made for an awkward photo pit but a really great intimate atmosphere, and Care [Failure, lead singer] is an incredible performer. It was pretty difficult to even narrow my best photos because she makes every shot so great.'
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We've got a second Mew gallery, this time with Jessica Bardosh capturing some of the Danish indie/prog-rock band's stunning visuals at the Venue in Vancouver.
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Photos from the 'Ski Challenge at the 9th annual Whistler Film Festival, including yet more pics of Jessica Pare, courtesy of Jason Whyte.
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Photos from the 9th annual Whistler Film Festival, including more Jessica Pare, courtesy of Jason Whyte.
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Photos from the awards brunch at the 9th annual Whistler Film Festival as well as cast & crew photos from A Gun to the Head and Best Worst Movie courtesy of Jason Whyte.
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Valleys, photographer Amber Anne Dawkins tells us, is a Montreal band "seriously up and coming." She describes the trio's El Mocambo set—their only Canadian date on a tour for their new album Sometimes Water Kills People—as "delicate, idiosyncratic, lovely, delphic, forlorn. the obscure mixed with true beauty."
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Fleet Foxes' J. Tillman brings his band to the Biltmore Cabaret for some mournful yet spastic indie folk. Matt Brown photos. What we want to know is, what's the story behind that set of keys J.'s holding up in one shot?
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Guttersnipe first-timer Angela Gillrie 'LOVED' the show by Patrick Watson and his band, including a string quartet, on a three-city Canadian tour in support of the new album Wooden Arms.
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Self-described 'something dusty and sun-spotted' Vancouver band Red Cedar opening for J. Tillman at the Biltmore Cabaret. Matt Brown photos.
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After opening for Lady Gaga, the tireless Kid Cudi ran over to the Commodore to headline his own show. Kevin Hagell delivers some great shots.
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Passion Pit, a Cambridge, MA band with a hit ('The Reeling') and a well-received debut (Manners) on its hands, plays the beloved Moore Theatre in Seattle, with Pyramiddd opening. Photographer Monet Lucki had this to say: 'the show was great! i enjoyed pyramiddd the most.. for some reason they were all wearing dresses. It was hilarious!'
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Trial by fire: Brandon Broderick makes his guttersnipe debut with these shots of hair-metal revivalists Steel Panther.
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L.A. 10-piece (nine for the touring lineup) Fool's Gold opens for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Biltmore. Jon Healy photos.
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'Great show,' enthuses photographer Jon Healy about Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Biltmore Cabaret . 'I would say the best of the year hands down!' The Los Angeles 10-piece is fronted by Alex Ebert, of the band Ima Robot, and released its debut Up From Below this year.
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Ontario folk-rock trio Sunparlour Players stop in at the Folk Exchange in Winnipeg for a set in support of their latest, Wave North. Cheyenne Rae captures the sweat on the brow of drummer Michael Rosenthal.
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Danish 'pretentious/progressive' (take your pick) art-rock band Mew plays the Mod Club and Adrian Smith is there.
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Supporting its new album Fate Unfolds, California (mostly) instrumental psyche-rock band Tristeza plays a Sunday night show at the Media Club in Vancouver.Jessica Bardosh photos.
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The Blue Violets are a Vancouver surf/pop/psychedelic band fronted by the Osborne sisters, Coral (vocals) and Kandle (guitar), daughters of Neil (54-40). Lindsay Elliott gets some super shots from a recent Saturday night show at the Biltmore Cabaret's weekly 'Glory Days' session.
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Montreal's Handsome Furs appear to be very much in love, and at least very drunk in one half of the couple's case, in these photos from the band's Dec 5 Lee's Palace show in Toronto. Photographer Adrian Smith writes, "This show was freekin' amazing but [Alexei Perry] was clearly high as a kite. Whoever said rock n' roll was dead?!? ;) Definitely one for the books."
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The Hoa Hoa's bring their psychedelic trance pop to Toronto record store Sonic Boom. Amber Anne Dawkins photos.
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Yeah Ghost is the fourth album from Zero 7, the UK group that is dependable for two things—seriously downtempo grooves and talented a revolving cast of female vocalists (Sia is an alumni). Adrian Smith zeros in on Zero 7.
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Photog Jessica Bardosh liked this one: 'WOW! They were amazing! Can't wait for their next album!' Portland's Blind Pilot was joined by Seattle's Laura Veirs, sporting a snappy four-piece in support of her latest, July Flame.
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Justin Perricone answered our call for some photos of Magneta Lane on the Canadian band's current tour opening for Sloan. The record: Gambling With God, the trio's third. 
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Brian King and David Prowse still going strong on the release of this year's full-length Japandroids debut, Post-Nothing. A hometown gig shot by Jon Healy before the band's European tour in the New Year.
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From an Exclaim! review of an Aug 21 09 show by Vancouver band Basketball: 'Vocalist Tome Jozic howled in Croatian and English above a bed of Euro-disco-influenced electronica and live drumming provided by multi-instrumentalists Davoud Rogria and Luka Rogers.' Jon Healy photos of the band's set opening for local heroes Japandroids.
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Whether it's Stella Rose Saint Clair showing off her heart-emblazoned flats or the Black Bird Orchestra rocking the black dress shoe, today's rock star knows a thing or two about footwear. Seattle photographer Angel Ceballos shares some of her favourites with guttersnipe.
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Winnipeg photog (and fan) Steph Willer snaps Brantford, Ontario punk band Moneen, in the midst of a cross-Canada tour for its fourth album, The World We Want to Leave Behind.
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Can't get enough Melissa McClelland? Welcome to the club. And check out those shoes! Amber Anne Dawkins did.
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Six Shooter recording artist Justin Rutledge in Toronto, photographed by Amber Anne Dawkins.
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Shirtless hippie with a new album out, What Will We Be. Kenzy Elbanna zooms in.
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We asked a friend, who is in a band with a similarly nautical-themed name, if he resented the success of newer, younger bands with names not dissimilar to his much more seasoned group, like maybe the whale bandwagon had passed them by. "No, because they actually write good songs." Said the Whale photographed by Sandra Minarik.
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Linda Vermeulen and Andru Valpy are witness to the CD release party by the Paps, an Icelander-heavy girl group from Gimli, Manitoba.
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Hannah Georgas opens for . Said the Whale at St. James Community Square. Sandra Minarik photos
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Care Failure and her band Die Mannequin kick off their Canadian tour at the Venue with a rock 'n' roll free-for-all. 'The best show for shots since Monotonix,' notes photog Jessica Bardosh.
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'Colourful wires, knobs, buttons, mini-keyboards, pedals, and kids toys... everything that a boy loves all packaged up in an old suitcase,' writes Amber Anne Dawkins of Monday night's Fuck Buttons show. 'This love of gadgets and electronics was well represented by the mostly male audience at the Fuck Buttons show. Everyone was practically frozen by the beats, the sheer volume and the ample geekiness.' The Bristol, England electronica duo is touring North America in support of their album Tarot Sport. Brooklyn drone/ambient trio Growing opens the El Mocambo show in Toronto.
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Our second set of photos of Miss Blank, whom we caught opening for Peaches in Toronto awhile back. Here is the Philly rapper on the same tour, this time in Seattle and photographed by eager beaver Monet Lucki.
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Those Darlins, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, photographed by Jessica Rolli at the Red Room, Vancouver, Nov 23, opening for King Khan.
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In gold sequined top and puffy black tulle skirt, New York singer-songwriter Nellie McKay breaks out the uke for a few songs during her show at Cleveland's Nighttown club during her Normal As Blueberry Pie tour. Mark A. Pirri photos.
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The King Khan and BBQ Show, as seen by Jessica Rolli.
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You might notice a preponderance of pictures of the lead singer. It's not what you think—Mia Moth had to play in front of the opening band's logo on a sign behind them. The band's name? 'Just Kidding'. 'Any full band shots are lame, mostly because of that banner,' photographer Dean McLean tells us.
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Despite having lost 2/3rds of his Led Zeppelin cover band, Aussie Andrew Stockdale carries on with a new lineup and a second album under the Wolfmother moniker, Cosmic Egg. Cincinnati, Ohio's Heartless Bastards open, Jade Dempsey shoots.
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A couple of fast-rising Vancouver bands hash it out onstage at the Media Club. Photographer Tara Bowen gets within smelling salts distance.
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'Ohbijou made my soul sing,' writes photographer Jessica Bardosh of the Toronto indie-pop septet. 'Lovely sets by both bands. It was a pleasure to experience such a wonderful show!' Vancouver indie-folk act the Wind Whistles, whose debut is entitled Animals Are People Too, open.
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The Bard of Barking on the Vancouver stop of his current tour. Jordana Meilleur photos.
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'Sorry for the lack of shots from the rest of the group,' writes Kiri Rostad of her photos of ThunderheistThunderheist at the Biltmore Cabaret. 'Girl [MC Isis] stole my attention and wouldn't give it back. Tragic they're done after this year.' (The band has announced Isis and Grahmzilla will work on 'solo projects' next year.) After seeing Kiri's photos, we think you'll agree.
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Montreal synth-pop quartet Winter Gloves ('Let Me Drive') opens for Thunderheist at the Biltmore in support of its Paper Bag Records release About a Girl. Kiri Rostad photos.
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Two Vancouver bands: Certain Breeds, who opened, is a synth band that lists British anarcho-punk act Crass (!) as an influence; and Sun Wizard, a country-rock-psychedelic quartet. Photographer Jessica Bardosh has a good time: 'Beautiful performances!' enthuses JB. 'Loved both bands!'
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Heather Lynne Orr photographs the Cranberries in Toronto.
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Montreal metal band Endast take it to the limit at the Bovine Sex Club. Amber Anne Dawkins wears earplugs.
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Photographer Amber Anne Dawkins enjoyed Peaches —we think. 'Words cannot describe the pure insanity that was Peaches,' she writes. 'Creepy, theatrical, spacey and sexy as all hell. Think The Dark Crystal's Skeksis meets the Starship Enterprise at a burlesque show. Totally absurd and amazing. Everyone, GO SEE PEACHES!!'
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'With a seven-minute build up to her entrance, Amanda Blank really had the crowd hyped,' writes photographer Amber Anne Dawkins of the Philly rapper's opening set for Peaches in Toronto. 'Her energy onstage is that of a teenage gymnast. Her huge grin had the fans literally screaming...'
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Besides Disco Doom, Boise/Hailey Idaho trio Finn Riggins has been opening for Built to Spill on its recent North America fall tour. When we heard the group's Myspace songs, including a couple from the group's delightfully fun second album Vs Nature, we asked photographer Monet Lucki to get some pics during the tour's Seattle stop.
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Boise, Idaho's finest, back in action in the Pacific Northwest. Touring in support of its seventh album, There is No Enemy, Built to Spill plays the Commodore Ballroom. Zurich, Switzerland-based opener Disco Doom 'gave me a seizure headache,' writes photographer Jessica Bardosh. 'They changed the amp halfway thru the set and it got a little bit better... got some great shots, especially of Built To Spill. Lighting was loads of fun!'
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Canada's queen of sophisticated schmaltz delivers renditions of songs off her latest, Free, as well as past hits such as 'Insensitive'. Sandra Minarik photos.
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The Red Room may not be much of a venue, but when it turns on the laser lights, watch out. Especially when it's a heavenly bill for indie-rock stargazers who appreciate smashing frontwomen. We know we're not the only ones—incredibly, someone from the normally staid Vancouver audience gifts the Fiery Furnaces'Eleanor Friedberger with a huge bouquet of flowers. Personally, we think Cryptacize's Nedelle Torrisi was just as deserving. Melissa Skoda gets it all on digital.
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The Bard of Barking in Toronto: 'Mr. Bragg is a wicked story teller, people worship his every word,' photographer Amber Anne Dawkins tells us. 'And the myth was proven correct, he really does drink tea on stage!'
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Spoken-word/slam-poet man Saul Williams breaks out his 'rock' persona with Niggy Tardust at the Venue in Vancouver. Kiri Rostad photos.
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We caught Alela Diane at the beginning of her tour with Marissa Nadler, and now here are the two singer-songwriters at mid-point in Toronto.
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Detroit's finest purveyors of party-rock disco treats come to Neumos in Seattle, along with openers the Gay Blades and Millions of Brazilians. Kelsey Ferguson fills in for Monet Lucki who, unfortunately, didn't meet the age requirements for this one!
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In the midst of his cross-Canada tour in support of his new album Resistance, Maxime Morin, aka DJ Champion, brings his guitar army and new vocalist Pilou to the Pyramid Cabaret. Photographer Steph Willer was there.
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The British hard-rock trio Band of Skulls ("I Know What I Am") at Toronto's famous El Mocambo Club. Heather Tufts photos.
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Tool's Maynard James Keenan's experimental rock project stops by the Centre in Vancouver for a multi-media performance. And yes, that appears to be actress/Puscifer collaborator Milla Jovovich behind one of those screens.
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Jessica Rolli finds the Pall Jenkins-led band at its most intense, touring in support of its latest album Six. Bellini, a raw, exciting band in the vein of Come, opens.
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"Debaser" band from Boston back in action. Seattle photographer Monet Lucki was really excited about shooting the show!
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Three Seattle-area acts shake it up at the Sunset Tavern. Dana Jonas takes us there.
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From Skabba the Hut to playing the Venue-New York City's oft-mocked The Bravery comes to Vancouver. Kiri Rostad's lens zeroes in on lead singer Sam Endicott's jawline.
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Quincy, Massachusetts' finest Celtic-punk band the Dropkick Murphys drop by to play a sold-out show in Vancouver. Jordana Meilleur gets some great shots.
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Australian slide guitarist Mason Rack and his blues trio photographed by Cheyenne Rae in Winnipeg. Rack's most recent album appears to have been 2006's Show Me Yours.
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Touring in support of her fourth album Love is Not Pop, Gothenburg Sweden's El Perro del Mar (Sarah Assbring) opens for fellow Swedes Peter Bjorn and John. Photographer Amber Anne Dawkins reports, 'Sarah Assbring is a pleasure to watch and I think everyone else in the band might have a crush on her...'
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Now, these are some beautiful shots from Ailsa Dyson of Toronto singer/songwriter Melissa McClelland, back on the road for her latest album Victoria Day. Co-headliner Justin Rutledge, also from Toronto, starts out solo and then brings out his band.
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North Carolina's John Darnielle and his band of Mountain Goats bring Darnielle's smartbomb pop to Seattle. The Goats' latest is Life of the World to Come, album number 17 (if we can believe Wiki). Toronto's Final Fantasy (violin player Owen Pallett) opens. 'Show was fantastic!' writes photog Jessica Bardosh. 'The crowd started moshing during the encore! It takes a special band and supremely energetic fans to cause such a ruckus, all in good fun. Two thumbs up!'
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Kiri Rostad, pretty much a zygote when Bug was released, photographs J Mascis and the Original Lineup of Dinosaur Jr playing to a nearly-full (!!!) Commodore Ballroom. What the--?
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Elle Harris shoots Seattle/LA singer-songwriter Alison Sudol, aka A Fine Frenzy, back in the Pacific Northwest in support of her second album Bomb in a Birdcage.
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Tennessee actor/singer Landon Pigg (he was Ellen Page's love interest in Whip It) and New York's Among the Oak & Ash opening for A Fine Frenzy in Seattle. Elle Harris photos.
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'One of the best shows of the year,' photographer Maurice Li tells us. 'Frontwoman Yukimi Nagano was both charismatic and contagious with her fervor and energy. Incredible.' The Gothenburg, Sweden electro-soul quartet is touring in support of its Peacefrog release Machine Dreams. Vancouver band Fine Mist opens.
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Quadra Island's biggest export and Matthew Good, supporting a new album actually called Vancouver, photographed by Sandra Minarik in Vancouver. Jasmin Parkin pictured.
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Somehow, when no one was looking, suburban Vancouver rock band Marianas Trench became big enough for a two-night stand at the Vogue. Here, the band supports its latest Masterpiece Theatre. Opening are Trois Rivieres (that's 'Three Rivers' to our American friends) pop-punk act New Cities and, originally from Mission BC, button-cute singer/songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen.
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The Montreal trio shortlisted for the Polaris Prize for its album Some Are Lakes play to a full house in Vancouver. Lead singer Elizabeth Powell can hardly believe her eyes, remarking that the last time they were in town they played to about 100 people. Issha Marie captures one of the best bands in a Canada on a great night.
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Photog Issha Marie reports it wasn't easy getting up front to take these pics of Valerie Poxleitner, aka Lights, Toronto synthpop sensation touring in support of her album, The Listening. 'People were mean!' says Marie, who manages to get some great shots despite the resistance of the audience and their boyfriends.
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That rascally Swedish act behind "Young Folks", in support of their latest, Living Thing. 'Everyone in the crowd was really adoring them, people were genuinely enjoying themselves,' writes photographer Amber Anne Dawkins. 'Lots of smiles from the band, and tons of interaction with the fans.'
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Toronto (formerly of Vancouver) photographer Heather Tufts makes her guttersnipe debut with some shots of the New York art-pop critics' faves Fiery Furnaces and suitably quirky opener Cryptacize.
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Brooklyn's Bishop Allen and Seattle's Throw Me the Statue both play sets of awesomely catchy power-pop. But it's NYC's Darwin Deez who steals the show with "indie rock with a side of calisthenics." That's no joke, as Julie Oya's photos show.
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Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner are the Raveonettes, the best Danish band to ever combine Blondie, Phil Spector, Jesus and Mary Chain and teen tragedy songs. Kiri Rostad checks them out as they tour in support of album number four, In and Out of Control.
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The Crooked Brothers headline a show that also features the Magnificent 7s, a roots/bluegrass collective that is one of Winnipeg's best-kept secrets. Dallas Ludwick's photos should help change that. Keri Latimer (of Nathan) opens.
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Elle Harris snaps some shots of indie/experimental Brooklyn band Dirty Projectors at the Seattle stop of its current tour.
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Welcome Seattle photographer Monet Lucki, who debuts on guttersnipe with some topnotch bum shots from the Mickey Avalon Showbox show Nov. 2. But when is Mr. Do the Jane Fonda gonna release a new album?
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The Russian-born, New York-based songstress faces an adoring audience armed with nothing but a piano, a guitar, a drummer, a string section, her own natural charm and some really perfect pop songs. Jupiter One, a Brooklyn indie pop band led by Spektor's violin player K Ishibashi, opens. Kiri Rostad, Jenn Laidlaw (who reviewed the show for us as well) and Maurice Li contribute photos.
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Icelandic band with hard-to-pronounce (never mind spell) names caught on digital at its Vancouver tour stop by Jessica Bardosh. Someone named Sin Fang Bous opens.
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'Soul-inspired indie' artist Florence Welch brings her machine, including harps and flowers, to Toronto's Mod Club on a handful of North American dates in support of the Florence and the Machine debut Lungs. Amber Anne Dawkins braves the packed club to get these shots.
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Weird night at the Biltmore, even for Halloween. Fortunately Lindsay Elliott was there with her camera, and allowed us to post a gallery of photos from her website lindsaysdiet.com. Included here - pics of electro-pop act Circlesquare (Jeremy Shaw, formerly of Vancouver, now living in Berlin); singer Jeremy Jay (someone threw a bottle at him!); and the synthpop duo Fan Death, which features Dandilion Wind Opaine and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever.
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Kings of the Vancouver indie-rock mountain clamber onto the Rickshaw stage Halloween night all costumed up. Photographer Jordana Meilleur also gets some shots of opening act Bison, dressed as juggalos (fans of Insane Clown Posse).
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British indie-folk band comes to Toronto in support of its 2009 album First Days of Spring. 'Tender lyrics filled with heartache [and] overshadowed by sweet melodies and the occasional uplifting burst of genuine charm,' writes photographer Amber Anne Dawkins.
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'What a show for "no fun city",' writes photog Dean McLean on Emilie Autumn's Vancouver appearance with her Bloody Crumpets to what he estimates at about 300 people. The seamstress' daughter from Chicago, who makes her own clothes and has played violin with the likes of Billy Corgan and Otep, 'deserved a lot more. She and her entourage gave 110 percent for the two-hour plus show and other than maybe a bit to much dialog, kept the crowd rocking. The stage and costumes were impressive as were the multi- talented girls.' Autumn is touring in support of a forthcoming album, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls.
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Things go haywire at the Atlas Sound show last night, as one-man-band Bradford Cox fights to be heard over the chattering masses. Jon Healy photos.
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Kiri Rostad's from Boston, home of Flogging Molly, so she really wanted to take some photos of the band during its two-night Vancouver tour stop, so here's gallery #3 from the Celtic punk band's Canadian tour...
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Boston Celtic-punk band photographed by Melissa Skoda on the first of a two-night stand at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver in support of 2008 album Float. Winnipeg pop-punk trio Inward Eye opens.
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Los Feliz' Airborne Toxic Event is still riding high off its self-titled 2008 debut, which included the hit 'Sometime Around Midnight'. Sandra Minarik catches the band on the Vancouver stop of its fall 2009 tour, before ATC heads down the coast and then over to the U.K.
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Burlington, Ontario's finest hellbilly band in Vancouver a few nights before Halloween, and right after Hellcat Records re-releases the band's latest, Run For Your Life. Leigh Eldridge photographs Sarah Sin, Sean Sickboy, the Reverend McGinty and Matt Pomade.
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The Dreadnoughts opened for Ontario's Creepshow, but Leigh's photos of the Vancouver Celtic-punk band are so good, and it looks like such a fun set, we though the pics deserved their own gallery.
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Photographers love Metric, and for one reason—Emily Haines. Sorry rest-of-the-guys-in-the-band, though we do have some shots of you. Alison Pattern takes the pics as the band comes through Winnipeg on its fall tour in support of self-released album Fantasies. Toronto's Zeus opens.
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Montreal indie-rock band Young Galaxy, featuring Vancouver transplants Stephen Ramsay and Catherine McCandless, captured at the Biltmore by Jon Healy as it tours in support of its self-released sophomore album Invisible Republic. Vancouver prog-rock group Bend Sinister opens.
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Touring in support of their third album Time to Die, San Francisco duo/sometimes trio the Dodos touch down in Vancouver with New Zealand's the Ruby Suns (featuring American transplant Ryan McPhun) opening. Reports photographer Jessica Bardosh, 'It was awesome! the crowd was eating them up! the first band was pretty good as well.'
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Wow—Melissa Skoda gets some breathtaking shots of singer Maja Ivarsson of Swedish rockers the Sounds. Meanwhile, opener Foxy Shazam (from Cincinnati) looks like a band formed in a high school gym locker room. Melissa's report confirms this: 'Show was great!" she writes. 'Fight broke out between some of the members of the opening band (hence fighting shot!) and security had to follow them off stage... Sounds were great and Maja WAS breathtaking!'
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The Osaka, Japan trio returns in support of its Good Charamel Records release Super Group. Appropriately, photographer Maurice Li reports, 'What a super fun show to shoot... Among my favorites!'
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Arriving a year after the release its latest, Float, L.A.'s Flogging Molly make its way across Canada. Ailsa Dyson photographs the Celtic-punk mayhem. 'The show was good,' writes Ailsa. 'The audience went mental for them! Not too sure about the [Flash and Supergirl] costumes.'
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The new band from actor Ryan Gosling and friend Zach Shields comes complete with a ghost choir and Halloween-ish backdrop. And of course, actor Ryan ('The Notebook', 'Half Nelson') Gosling. 'There were shit tons of dreamy eyed girls there, all of them super catty about another girl trying to get in front of them just cuz she wanted to take pictures, lol,' writes photographer JaNicka Grayston. 'So ya, mostly girls, but lotsa couples and a few dudes shouting out their love confessions.' She adds, 'The stage had a Halloween backdrop and they had a local young teenaged choir up there with them dressed up like ghosts. They also held up a sheet for a while with a projected shot black and white film strip of random stuff.'
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The scariest band of the '90s (outside of Collective Soul) tear the Commodore a new one. Of course, David Yow splits his time between howling, crowd-surfing and antagonizing ("Hello Revelstoke!") the fans. Sandra Minarik somehow gets close enough to get these shots.
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On a Saturday night in Vancouver, over 200 people showed up in full zombie regalia to dance to 'Thriller'. Jessica Bardosh took the photos to prove it.
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Memphis alt-country rockers Lucero photographed in loving black & white (and some colour) by Sara Montour. Check out the shot of singer Ben Nichols getting a light from an audience member—THAT'S rock 'n' roll.
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Our European correspondent Joachim Reinhardt filed these photos of Victoria-based musician Leeroy Stagger on tour in German with his band the Wildflowers.
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It's Friday night in Halifax, do you know where your favourite pop band is? Liz Stanton is there for Vancouver singer/songwriter Dan Mangan, Toronto guitarist Eddie Orso and eight-piece experimental country band entire cities, and Haligonain indie-dance band the First Aid Kit.
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Maurice Li photographs San Francisco's Thao Nguyen and The Get Down Stay Down (Willis Thompson on drums and no-relation Adam Thompson on bass) in Vancouver near the beginning of their tour for Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars), the trio's third full-length album. The Portland Cello Project, with whom Nguyen recorded The Thao and Justin Power Sessions, opens.
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Prominent '90s hitmakers ("Shine") from Georgia touring for their eighth studio album, self-titled or Rabbit, depending on who you listen to. "It was awesome," reports photog Jessica Bardosh. "The crowd was eating them up!"
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The second show of Portland's Alela Diane's tour in support of her beautiful second album To Be Still (Rough Trade), captured by Jessica Bardosh in the intimate confines of the Media Club.
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Newly minted fashion icon Beth Ditto & co on tour in support of their latest Rick Rubin-produced album, Music for Men. Le Tigre's JD Samson's band MEN open. In the words of photographer Melissa Skoda reports, 'Show was awesome! packed! I actually brought my mum along (lol) and she was dancing more than me...'
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French anti-folk duo Herman Dune, Montreal indie-rock trio (with guest vocalist Caila Thompson-Hannant) Think About Life and Edmonton hip-hop artist Cadence Weapon on Day 3 of the East Coast music festival.
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The biggest music festival on Canada's East Coast goes into high gear with shows by one of Iceland's finest pop bands, Sprengjuhollin, and the U.S.'s premiere married-couple indie-rock duo Mates of State. Also—Halifax acts the Fat Stupids and the Stolen Minks.
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Tom Wilson's rocking quintet as captured in lovely orange, red and sepia tones by Ailsa Dyson.
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Everyone's favourite indie-rock band is as magnificent as ever as Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew tour in support of their latest album, Popular Songs. Sandra Minarik photos.
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Put down that guitar! It's Moby with a band, including singer Kelli Scarr, on tour in support of his 2009 album Wait For Me. Photographer Kiri Rostad is there.
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Hop-hop artist Kid Sister, aka Melissa Young, has benefited from her association with Kanye West, who's on her single "Pro Nails". Here she's photographed by Elle Harris in Seattle at the start of her North American tour, with Flosstradamus, in support of her debut full-length Ultraviolet and its single, 'Right Hand Hi'.
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TV On the Radio's Kyp Malone lets his hair down with his latest project, Rain Machine. The band has a new, self-titled album out on Anti-records. Brooklyn singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten opens, Issha Marie takes photos.
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Jessica Bardosh captures sexy Martina Sorbara and Dragonette at the Venue, Vancouver, Oct 17 2009, near the start of a West Coast tour promoting album number two, Fixin to Thrill.
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Hip-hop soul funkstress Piper Davis, bilingual folk-pop band Wintermitts and rock juggernaut Catlow play a benefit for Oxfam. Jordana Meilleur photos.
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'Melodious laptop wiz' (thanks, Spin) Bryce Kushnier brings a two-piece version of his project vitaminsforyou to Winnipeg for a multi-media spectacle that includes bird masks. 'The Legend of Bird’s Hill is nothing short of a quiet miracle,' says XLR8R of the group's latest. Alison Pattern photos.
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The Flemish Eye recording artist and Polaris short-lister sells out Vancouver's Rio Theatre. Castlemusic opens, Jessica Bardosh photographs.
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Accompanied by Jason Narducy and Superchunk's Jon Wurster, the former Sugar/Husker Du frontman plays Seattle in support of his latest, Life and Times. Photos by Elle Harris, who reports 'The crowd was totally loving the show!'
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Live, Minnesotan Adam Young's creation is a full-fledged band, with strings. Maurice Li shoots the group on its Ocean Eyes tour.
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New York-based indie-pop singer whose tunes have been featured in One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs, as well as an Old Navy advertising campaign. Perhaps best known for her song 'The Way I Am' from her 2007 album Girls and Boys, Ingrid is seen here performing with her six-piece band in Vancouver on tour for her fourth album Everybody. Maurice Li photos.
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Yep, they're back—the psychedelic pranksters of '90s alt-rock are touring with the original lineup. New York group Psychic Ills, which itself might not be a stranger to mind-altering chemicals, opens. Leigh Eldridge photos.
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The Whip It star makes her fourth appearance in Vancouver, this time with a new band and a new album, Terra Incognita, to promote. Nashville's the Ettes open. Melissa Skoda photos.
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Brooklyn psychedelic band School of Seven Bells at the Biltmore Cabaret. Leigh Eldridge photos.
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Ukrainian punk act Gogol Bordello at the Vogue Theatre. Jessica Bardosh photos.
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Electro-pop outfit Junior Boys at the Venue for their album Begone Dull Care. Jessica Bardosh photos.
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Aimee Mann at the Commodore Ballroom for her album @#%&*! Smilers. Jessica Bardosh photos.
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New Jersey punk band the Bouncing Souls at the Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver. JaNicka Grayston photos.
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Ottawa photog Ming Wu catches Hey Ocean! when the Vancouver folk-pop quartet plays an inland show at this year's annual music festival Pop Montreal.
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Montreal electric folk/psychedelic pop band Adam & the Amethysts and Toronto one-man (John O) project Diamond Rings photographed at the Green Room. Ming Wu photos.
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Ottawa psychedelic roots band Flecton Big Sky (Bright Side of Dying), Manotick/Montreal indie-rock group Hollerado (Record In a Bag), Edmonton indie-poppers Hot Panda (Volcano... Bloody Volcano!), Vancouver blues-rawk duo Pack A.D. (Funeral Mixtape), and the tUnE-YaRdS, aka Merrill Garbus (BiRd-BrAiNs) on Day 3 of Pop Montreal. Ming Wu photos.
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Japandroids at Orange Divan on Oct 2, 2009, Day 3 of Pop Montreal. Ming Wu photos.
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Atlanta rowdies the Coathangers (Scramble) join Vancouver bands Makeout Videotape (Heat Wave!), No Gold and Japandroids (Post-Nothing), at Orange Divan on Oct. 2, Day 3 of Pop Montreal. Ming Wu photos.
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Swedish electronic artist Karin Dreijer Andersson, aka, Fever Ray, at Metropolis, and Vancouver indie pop band Said the Whale at Jupiter Room. Ming Wu photos.
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Bahamas, Amy Millan, Youjsh, Bruce Peninsula, and Joel Plaskett at Pop Montreal, Sept 30-Oct 1 2009. Ming Wu photos.
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Charlottetown, PEI's favourite sons Two Hours Traffic, on tour in support of its third album, Territory, at the Biltmore Cabaret. Jon Healy photos.
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Toronto's Spiral Beach, on tour with Charlottetown's Two Hours Traffic, in support of its second album, The Only Really Thing, at the Biltmore Cabaret. Jon Healy photos.
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Alison Pattern ventures out to the 'burbs to shoot Vancouver electro-pop duo Love & Electrik with KeysNKrates.
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Norwegian lad Sondre Lerche inspires adoring fandom at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver. Jon Healy photos
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Toronto death country trio Elliott Brood at the West End Cultural Centre in support of its album Mountain Meadows. Ailsa Dyson photos.
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Miike Snow at the Venue, Vancouver, Sept 29 2009. Jessica Bardosh photos
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Jessica Bardosh is there for Pink Mountaintops and Pack A.D. at the Rickshaw Theatre.
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Seattle grunge progenitors on the second date of their North American tour in support of album # 9, Backspacer. Jessica Bardosh was later for her own party to take these pics.
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Jessica Bardosh gets the Oshawa, Ontario alt-country band Cuff the Duke in all its flannel glory at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver.
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Jessica Bardosh is overwhelmed by the sweaty goodness of Monotonix at the Biltmore.
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Greg "I Am Not a DJ" Gillis aka Girl Talk mashes up the Commodore in Vancouver while Jon Healy looks on.
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A rip-roaring show by The Hold SteadyThe Hold Steady with Still Life Still captured on digital by Jessica Bardosh.
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With a back catalogue of over 20 albums, including her latest Red Letter Year, the staunchly independent singer/songwriter arrives in Winnipeg to deliver her best to fervent fans. Ailsa Dyson photos.
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A raucous set—is there any other kind— by Toronto's White Cowbell Oklahoma. Ailsa Dyson photos.
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Jessica Bardosh's pictures of Sunny Day Real Estate on the opening date (well, not counting that super-secret Tacoma gig) of the Seattle band's reunion tour in Vancouver.
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Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Neil Young and more at a fund-raising concert in West Vancouver. Heinz Ruckemann photos.
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Brazilian psyche pop band Os Mutantes reemerges from a lengthy hibernation. Jessica Bardosh catches the band at the Rio Theatre.
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Another batch of photos from this year's Bumbershoot, including shots of singer/songwriter Eleni Mandell and aerialist troupe Wise Fool New Mexico
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Katy Perry, Sheryl Crow, Black Eyed Peas, Dassdance and more are featured in Simon Kear's Bumbershoot 2009 gallery.
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The almighty Pretenders, still with original members Martin Chambers and of course the inimitable Chrissie Hynde, photographed by Jessica Bardosh at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park.
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Jessica Bardosh gets the good side of actress-turned-singer Juliette Lewis, skinny legs and all, shot here opening for the Pretenders at picturesque Stanley Park.
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Bat for Lashes put on a sexy, witchy show at the Venue in Vancouver, and Jessica Bardosh snapped these pics for us.
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Originally the Neighbourhood Council from Calgary, Braids—a Sterogum 'band-to-watch' now based in Montreal stops by Winnipeg on a tour for its 5-song EP, Set Pieces. Winnipeg's the Absent Sound opens. Dallas Ludwick photos.
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NOFX, Alexisonfire, and 3OH!3 at the Vans Warped Tour, Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, Aug 14 2009. Jessica Bardosh gets in the pit.
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Vancouver electro-pop duo Love & Electrik sex up the Modern nightclub as part of the Tremendous Records showcase at the inaugural edition of the Olio Festival music and arts festival in Vancouver. Brad Dykman photos.
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Our favourite Canadian twin sister act since Tegan and Sara, Ghost Bees—Sari and Romi Lightman—perform at a Winnipeg clothing store on the Tasseomancy tour. Dallas Ludwick captures the light.
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The Toronto duo of Joan Smith and Isaac Klein, aka Little Foot Long Foot, bring their gritty country rock to the 'Peg. Dallas Ludwick photos.
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Vancouver 'post-nothing' duo Japandroids play a hometown show at the Rickshaw Theatre. Listening Party and Twin Crystals open. Photos by Melissa Skoda.
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K-Os, De La Soul, Plants and Animals, Spinnerette, Jarvis Cocker, Ben Harper and dancing shrubs, photographed at the two-day festival by Kayla Joffe (July 25) and Jessica Bardosh (July 26).
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A cover of Heart's 'Crazy On You' is one of the highlights of the first night of the Portland band's Hazards of Love Vancouver tour stop. JaNicka Grayston photos.
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Jessica Bardosh gets some magnificent shots through the haze of pot smoke when the Blazed and Confused Tour rolls into Vancouver. Mickey Avalon and his dancers, Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dog are all here.
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Ming Wu shares some photos of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Dead Weather.
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Ska-pop band No Doubt at GM Place. Melissa Skoda photos
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Franklin, Tennessee's Paramore, featuring Hayley Williams and some dudes, at GM Place, Vancouver, July 18 2009, on the band's tour opening for No Doubt. Photos by Melissa Skoda.
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Vancouver's indie-rock ambassadors The New Pornographers open for Bellingham's finest Death Cab for Cutie at the Pacific Coliseum. Melissa Skoda photos.
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New York psyche-rockers Psychic Ills with Houston Texas band Indian Jewelry at Little Mountain Studios. Jessica Bardosh photos.
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Mr. Diana Krall opens the 2009 edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Mike Latschislaw photos.
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Brooklyn's premiere indie-rock vocal stylists Dirty Projectors at Richard's on Richards. Jessica Bardosh photos.
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Australia's burgeoning superstar act the Veronicas, aka the Origliasso sisters, rock Vancouver's Venue nightclub on the Hook Me Up tour. Note the Love and Rockets (the Hernandez Bros' comic, not the band) T worn by Lisa (the darkhaired one)—that very shirt was once worn by guttersnipe staff in the 20th century.
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Cut Off Your Hands and Fake Shark Real Zombie at the Media Club, Vancouver, June 22 2009. Siobhan Kelly photos.
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Langley band (but big in Japan) Fake Shark Real Zombie opening for Cut Off Your Hands at the Media Club. Siobhan Kelly photos.
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Photographer and super-fan Kate Yang-Nikodym shares some of her pics from this past summer's Spinnerette tour.
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Broolyn electro-pop trio Au Revoir Simone on tour for their album Still Light, Still Night at Richard's on Richards. Melissa Skoda photos.
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The Murray Lightburn-led Montreal band on tour in support of the album Missiles. Dallas Ludwick photos.
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Peaches brings Her I Feel Cream tour to the Commodore Ballroom. Melissa Skoda photos.
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M83, fronted by Antibes, France-based Anthony Gonzalez, bops by the now-defunct nightclub with songs, including their indie hit "Kim and Jessie", from the album Saturdays=Youth. British singer/songwriter James Yuill opens from behind a DJ table, and Jon Affolter photographs.
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That crazy trio from Tel Aviv leads fans out into the cold Winnipeg night. In one of our favourite shots, Mike Latschislaw catches singer Ami Shalev, in typical Ami Shalev fashion, hanging from a tree.
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Hot Hot Heat opens for English band Bloc Party in Vancouver. Melissa Skoda photos.
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United Steel Workers of Montreal do their working-class indie folk at Petit Campus, Shot by Amber Anne Dawkins.
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Montreal's the Unsettlers at Petit Campus, shot by Amber Anne Dawkins.
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Superchunk. X. My Bloody Valentine. Leonard Cohen (photos by Rebecca Ritters). And the 'vaudeville cirque' of L.A.'s Lucent Dossier Experience.
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The Ting Tings at the Commodore Ballroom. Melissa Skoda photos.
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Rockin' blues guitarist Colin James at the Orpheum Theatre. Jade Dempsey photos
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Photos, some blurry, of Valerie Poxleitner (aka Lights) accepting an award and performing at the Canadian Radio Awards luncheon March 13 2009.
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