Brooklyn indie-pop band Via Audio touring for its Animalore album at Schubas. Monet Lucki photos

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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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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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Anvil at the Venue. Ken Paquette 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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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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Saw her at CMW in Toronto last year. She was great—the real thing when it comes to songwriting. Here she is opening for Said the Whale at St. James Hall, Vancouver, Nov. 25. 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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Southern California alt-rock/pop band the Like on tour for its new single 'Fair Game'. Kenzy Elbanna shared these photos with us from her blog.

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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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Holy Fuck at the Venue, Vancouver, Sept. 24. Jon Healy captures the essence.

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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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