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DD/MM/YYYY @ NXNE 2009

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 22, 2009 12:56 pm
Background/ Composition: They don't care how you pronounce their name ("Day Month Year" seems to be the prevailing method) but they do care whether or not you join their frenetic ride. These five Toronto lads like their music hard and fast. Grade: 90 Comment: DD/MM/YYYY brought a huge pile of red, helium-filled balloons to the stage...
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DD/MM/YYYY — Are They Masks?

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) July 17, 2007 9:51 am
DD/MM/YYYY are trying to confuse you. Every single decision they make is confounding and enigmatic, and just when you think you have them figured out, they stop whatever they're doing just to fuck with you. It would be frustrating if it wasn't so weirdly enjoyable, mathematic yet danceable and, in spite of all their sonic riddles, strangely catchy...
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Blood Brothers Get The Indie Kids Screaming

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) March 30, 2007 3:30 pm
Nobody sees it coming, but we all become less excited to go to concerts as we grow older. Somewhere down the road, you stop lining up in the bitter cold for your favourite band and you begin to stroll in after the headliners have already started, content to cross your arms casually somewhere in the back. I'll admit to being guilty of this, but...
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Over The Top Diary #1

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By Pras Rajagopalan (CHARTattack) May 9, 2006 4:30 pm
Late last week, Toronto played host to the annual Over The Top Festival, an all-ages event that draws some of the coolest bands the kids never get a chance to see. We sent writer Pras Rajagopalan to check out the action. Here's his report of Thursday's action... The Music Gallery The Music Gallery, with its brilliant acoustics, is one of the...
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DD/MM/YYYY @ CMW 2006

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) March 4, 2006 2:30 pm
Hometown: Toronto, ON Background/Composition: Art-psych-punk-metal-everything quartet. Grade: 84 Comment: They name themselves after placeholders and throw in every single kind of time into their relentless, wailing, noise-rock. It's not something you play when Grandma is driving, unless she's into math, pot and primal screaming....
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 5, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 5, 2010 1:50 pm
Hard Core Logo 2 will premiere in Whistler, B.C. at that city's Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 4. It features a cameo from Die Mannequin's Care Failure, who plays herself, claiming to have picked up Joe Dick's spirit. —The Globe And Mail DD/MM/YYYY, Sunparlour Players and Elephant Stone all have new dates. Girl Talk has announced an epically long...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 26, 2010 11:46 am
Shanna Spalding, the singer for death metal band Divine Infamy, has been arrested and charged with two robberies. She's accused of being someone police are calling the "Cat Woman" robber, a serial robber who dons disguises like a cat mask while sticking up boutiques in New York. The Wall Street JournalBXI, the Boris and Ian Astbury...
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DD/MM/YYYY Playing 20 SXSW Shows (Yup, 20)

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 10, 2010 11:49 am
How many shows can you play in five days before you collapse from exhaustion? DD/MM/YYYY will attempt to find out when they play 20 (yes, that number is correct) shows during the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas next week. Vivian Girls and The Mae-Shi have performed 18 shows at South By Southwest in previous years, but DD/MM/...
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DD/MM/YYYY Arrested For... Getting In A Pillow Fight

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 15, 2009 10:31 am
Bands have been arrested for trashing hotel rooms many times in the past, but DD/MM/YYYY found themselves in a rather ridiculous situation earlier this month when they were arrested for smacking each other with pillows. Seriously. The Toronto experimental rock band were in Biloxi, Miss., where they were taking a day off between shows in Orlando...
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DD/MM/YYYY Prepare For Unknown

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By Travis Persaud (CHARTattack) April 16, 2009 4:48 pm
Toronto's DD/MM/YYYY have put a slightly more polished finish on their latest album, Black Square, and have sort of felt a backlash from their once supportive fan base. "There was this one guy in Quebec recently who told us that we were getting too big," says Matt King, who plays everything from the drums to alto sax for the eclectic...
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CHARTtrack: dd/mm/yyyy's "Infinity Skull Cube"

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By CHARTattack Staff February 20, 2009 12:31 pm
"Infinity Skull Cube" is one of the songs on DD/MM/YYYY's fourth album, Black Square. The track and album both feature the Toronto quintet's usual blend of indie rock and experimental music. It's an interesting mix of angular post-rock a la Gang Of Four and the more bizarro rock of bands like Liars.Check out the video for...
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Pumping: DD/MM/YYYY — Black Square

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) January 27, 2009 2:22 pm
For a band that are supposed to use such A.D.D. rhythms and be "experimental," this was pretty boring. One of my friends used to date Matt (I think it was Matt), by the way.
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DD/MM/YYYY Have A Black Square

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 23, 2009 2:36 pm
Toronto indie rockers DD/MM/YYYY will release their third album, Black Square, on Feb. 17 through We Are Busy Bodies. The 12-track album is the follow-up to 2007's Are They Masks?. You can hear "Digital Haircut" on DD/MM/YYYY's MySpace page. Tomas Del Balso, Mike Claxton, Jordan Holmes, Matt King and Michael Rozenberg formed DD/MM/...
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Mother Mother KOs VanGaalen Again

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) November 18, 2008 12:14 pm
There's a bit of a battle at the top of the chart these days. The champion for the majority of autumn has been Chad VanGaalen's Soft Airplane, which has held the top spot for seven of the past eight weeks. But it has been bumped to #2 by Mother Mother's O My Heart, which returns to the top of the chart for the second time after sitting there...
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Sled Island Day One: Grizzly Bear And The Mae Shi

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By Trevor Morelli (CHARTattack) June 26, 2008 3:30 pm
I heard last weekend's Virgin Festival was a gong show. Not only were Calgarians who shelled out $125 for a two-day pass subjected to a sub-par lineup, but they were expected to withstand a heat wave, seven-dollar diluted beers and typically terrible festival food. Boiled hamburgers, anyone? In all fairness, I didn't go. But hearing about all...
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Stream DD/MM/YYYY EP While They Tour

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By CHARTattack Staff May 9, 2008 2:00 pm
Toronto's DD/MM/YYYY will traverse North America through the spring and summer in support of their new 777 EP. The group's next full-length is slated for a fall release, with more touring to follow, including their first visit to Europe. The EP is available on CD and 500 copies will be pressed on vinyl and feature a silkscreen cover and insert...
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Charty Chart Chat: Weakerthans Celebrate Successful Reunion Tour

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) October 5, 2007 3:30 pm
So much for the hinted predictions of the last Charty Chart Chat. Hindsight is always 20/20 the next day. The inference that The New Pornographers' Challengers would have a lengthy ride at #1 has already been shattered as another popular Canadian college radio stalwart, who've released their first album in four years and taken the #1 spot by 22...
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DD/MM/YYYY Offer New Album And Heiress Sex Tapes

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) May 7, 2007 5:00 pm
DD/MM/YYYY (pronounced "Day Month Year") are an odd band. In addition to playing some of the most bizarre music you've ever heard — which includes more time changes than you can shake a stick at — they have an interesting live show to back it all up. Some members switch instruments between each song, while others walk on and off stage...
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Video Games And A Lot More Go Into DD/MM/YYYY's Music

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By Angela Kozak (CHARTattack) May 2, 2006 5:30 pm
The idea of Nintendo as creative inspiration first surfaced when Arcade Fire's Regine Chassagne began playing the Super Mario Bros theme during onstage technical glitches. Toronto's DD/MM/YYYY are influenced by the game, too, says Matt King, who sings, drums and plays the buchla synthesizer in the band. "Personally, I never actually had a...
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