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So, after having the plug pulled on the venue and
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So, after having the plug pulled on the venue and apparently almost losing their headliner, the Beyond Robson post-election soiree finally did go off at the Peanut Gallery on Saturday.Women had some technical difficulties near the beginning of their ...

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topics: commodore, pats, richards, show, shows
flashlights
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Just a heads up that the Women/Clips/Gang Violence/Bicycles/Hot Panda show is no longer going to be at DiMetric Studios. They're looking for a new venue, and you'll see an up date here when that happens.Happy voting and don't forget to check back abo...

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there's no light underneath you
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I was down at the Media Club last night to interview (for Discorder) and watch Land of Talk. The band's gone through some line-up changes since they last came through town, but the two new faces surrounding Liz Powell were in fine enough form to keep...

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topics: dance, richards
have love, will travel
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On Halloween, instead of catching Glassy Candy or some of my favourite bands doing their best Sabbath impressions, I drove down to Seattle to catch the Sonics, who were playing their first hometown (they're from Tacoma - close enough) show in 35 ye...

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topics: commodore, pats, plaza, show
desolation row
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Here is a very quick weekend recap and a whole bunch of show announcements, minus links, because I'm sort of busy and lazy:The Sweatshop on Friday was pretty good. No Gold were their usual charming selves. Ballz' set turned into a percussion free for...

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topics: bar, blues, commodore, jazz, republic
saturday night's alright
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So, as Steve noted in the comments of the last post, sometime between the end of Ballz' set and when No Gold were supposed to start playing last Saturday a rather large fight broke out at the Peanut Gallery. I don't what the future holds, but the sho...

20 views | aggregated: 5 weeks 6 days ago
topics: pats, show
designer drugs
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On Thursday, I went down to the Biltmore to catch Fake Shark-Real Zombie. The guys were (relatively) well behaved, at least compared to their last outing there, but they still put on a pretty good show. They also debuted a bunch of songs from their r...

21 views | aggregated: 6 weeks 1 day ago
topics: pats, show
needle and the damage done
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Earlier today, the fine gentlemen in Bend Sinister let me know that they were set to play a benefit/protest in support of Insite on Thursday. They were going to go on before Bedouin Soundclash. That is, apparently, before the radio darlings (or someo...

14 views | aggregated: 6 weeks 2 days ago
topics: show, show-announcements
burst transmission
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To be completely honest, the overall quality of the music at Shindig has been sort of lacking this year (although I missed one night and Hermetic were pretty good). Hopefully, yesterday is a sign of things to come, because it was pretty decent on the...

16 views | aggregated: 6 weeks 6 days ago
topics: dance, dancing, pats
i'm not judging you, i'm judging me
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After Eric's Trip, Wire, the Jesus & Mary Chain, and now Mission of Burma, I think I'm going to start watching bands full of old guys exclusively (I guess Eric's Trip aren't that old - also, not all guys).Mission of Burma was at the Plaza last night ...

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topics: commodore, plaza, show
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