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Japanther @ NXNE 2009

Background/ Composition: Japanther are two guys on drums and bass who sing into bright yellow phones. They're like a poppier, more melodic Death From Above 1979, but with samples and songs about skipping school and funny grade school rhymes instead of songs about doing it. Grade: 95 Comment: From the guys to their songs to the crowd to the...
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Over The Top Diary #1

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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Over The Top Festival 2006

Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Sneaky Dee's
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 4, 2006
Japanther

Over The Top Festival 2006

Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Sneaky Dee's
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 4, 2006
Japanther

Over The Top Festival 2006

Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Sneaky Dee's
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 4, 2006
Japanther

Over The Top Festival 2006

Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Sneaky Dee's
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 4, 2006
Japanther

I Believe In Toronto

I began my weekend by heading out to the Junction (the area of Toronto on Dundas St. W. between Keele Street and High Park) for its annual street festival. I had a huge bowl of noodles at The Friendly Thai and then went over to the main stage to watch Justin Rutledge play. Rutledge is Junction born and raised and brought up amusing anecdotes...
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Buck 65, Constantines And Japanther Art Rocks "Colour Is The Keyboard"

Have you ever wondered what your favourite indie rock artists do with their free time, aside from trudging to work during the day and rocking your face off at night? It turns out that a whole pile of 'em make art — in all its forms. "Colour Is The Keyboard," a new multimedia art exhibition running from April 4 to 13 at Toronto's...
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Japanther Are A Punk Band And A Living Organism

In the opening of "The Boss" from Japanther's new Skuffed Up My Huffy album, a girl yells out, "When you're a kid, everyone tells you what to do. Your bosses! Your teachers! Your parents and those bullies at school! Well we say fuck that! You're not the boss of me!" Those lines alone explain everything that Japanther stand...
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