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Patrick Watson's Set Is A Dream

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) May 4, 2009 3:49 pm
Patrick Watson had five megaphones sprouting from his back on twisted wires like Dr. Octopus drawn by Dr. Seuss. His band were trailing behind him on patch cord tethers, all plugged into his megaphone suit, wandering through the aisles of Trinity-St. Paul's United Church. Up on the balcony, he sang through five robot mouths to a charmed audience...
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Patrick Watson (photo by Carrie Musgrave)
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Happiness Project's Live Triumph

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) March 12, 2009 1:22 pm
If you've heard Charles Spearin's Happiness Project, you already know it's unlike anything you've listened to before. Now picture the project brought to life. It's something only super-musical humans can do, and Spearin and his band did it. The results were astounding. If you haven't heard the album, you'll be downloading that sucker faster than...
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Sloan Cameo With Bicycles On Stage

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) November 10, 2008 11:09 am
It's safe to say that after 30 years, any statute of limitations on parodying monumental events in rock history has expired. Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz was released to the public in 1978. The documentary was a record of The Band's (original lineup) farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. The Can-Am rockers were joined on...
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Sloan's Jay Ferguson as a Bicycle (photo by Joe Fuda)Sloan's Jay Ferguson as a Bicycle (photo by Joe Fuda)

Laura Barrett — Victory Garden

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By John Papamarko (CHARTattack) September 23, 2008 10:37 am
It's rather obvious that Barrett studied linguistics at university as she packs an astounding amount of lyrics into her songs. She's truly on par with some of the most verbose rappers. That said, the word "ho" has thankfully been jettisoned for the less offensive, multi-syllabic "rapscallion" on "Chidiya." Album...
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LOLA Festival Day Two

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By Zack Vitiello (CHARTattack) September 22, 2008 11:47 am
I woke up ready for day two of the LOLA Festival feeling rejuvenated in the way that only the Do Make Say Think show the night before was capable of producing, so I packed some snacks and headed back to Victoria Park. I arrived just as Feuermusik were beginning their set. The experimental jazz outfit from Toronto seemed to be the perfect...
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Laura Barrett (photo by Zack Vitiello)

Laura Barrett @ CMW 2008

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 8, 2008 2:30 pm
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: Toronto's kalimba queen — and one of the few Paper Bag bands on the Paper Bag bill — plays twee, sweet indie pop songs that don't pack much punch, but sound nice enough. Grade: 79 Comment: I know a lot of people who don't really like Barrett, so I was pleasantly...
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Laura Barrett (Photo by Rachel Verbin)

Laura Barrett — Earth Sciences

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) February 26, 2008 3:18 pm
Several "e" words come to mind in conjunction with this EP: eclectic, eccentric and extraterrestrial. This re-release of Barrett's 2005 debut marks her first recorded foray into the world of the kalimba (an African thumb piano). The results are predictably weird, but in a good way. Barrett is obviously very talented on her instrument of...
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Brampton Indie Arts Festival Report #2: Ohbijou, Baby Eagle

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By Pras Rajagopalan (CHARTattack) February 22, 2007 12:30 pm
I began my second day at the festival on the main stage, where Ohbijou got things started. Their brand of smooth chamber pop was perfectly suited to the venue, and Ohbijou pulled out all the stops. All seven members were present, with a couple of guest violinists thrown in for good measure. The small army on stage gave their music a full, rich...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 13, 2010 12:37 pm
Broken Social Scene and Superchunk will play Toronto's Sound Academy on Dec. 9. —Collective ConcertsGang Of Four's first album in 15 years, Content, is out Jan. 25. Oh, and it comes with vials of the band members' blood. Biohazard, much? —Yep Roc tUnE-yArDs (fucking hell, I hate typing that out so much) has remixed the...
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Laura Barrett — "Wood Between Worlds"

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By CHARTattack Staff January 15, 2010 5:19 pm
Laura Barrett sits on the stairs playing her kalimba while a bunch of stop motion fruit and vegetables move around in the video for "Wood Between Worlds." The track appears on her 2008 Victory Garden debut album.
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City Sonic: Laura Barrett With Martin Tielli At Art Gallery Of Ontario

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By CHARTattack Staff October 9, 2009 3:46 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Laura Barrett explains how a Rheostatics show at the Art Gallery Of Ontario influenced her as a songwriter. The interplay and banter between Barrett and former Rheostatics singer/guitarist...
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Rock Lottery At Sneaky Dee's

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Joe Fuda
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Sneaky Dee's
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Toronto, ON
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November 29, 2008
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Rock Lottery At Sneaky Dee's

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
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Sneaky Dee's
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 29, 2008
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Old Soul, Forest City Lovers and 100 Dollars At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 8, 2008
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Laura Barrett Listen Up

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) October 29, 2008 2:56 pm
Content With Kalimba Coincidence "The story is one of randomness," explains a perplexed Laura Barrett. She's referring to her discovery of the kalimba (otherwise known as the thumb piano), the instrument that has become her trademark. "I was actually writing a lot of electronic music," she recalls, "and I was...
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LOLA 2008 at Victoria Park, Day Two

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Zack Vitiello
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Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
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September 20, 2008
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Laura Barrett Declares Victory

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By Ciara McCann (CHARTattack) August 6, 2008 5:10 pm
Toronto singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Laura Barrett will release her first full-length album, Victory Garden, on Sept. 23 through Paper Bag Records. Known more recently for experimenting with an African thumb piano called the kalimba, the classically-trained pianist returns to her musical roots on Victory Garden. She was supported...
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The Bicycles, Laura Barrett Part Of SummerWorks

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 24, 2008 3:30 pm
After 17 years of summer theatre, Toronto's SummerWorks Theatre Festival is set to debut the SummerWorks Music Series to highlight some of the city's musical acts. The CBC Radio 3-sponsored SummerWorks Music Series kicks off Aug. 8 and runs through Aug. 16 and will feature performances from Matthew Barber, Sunparlour Players, The Bicycles, Run...
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The Bicycles <BR><FONT SIZE=-3>(Photo By Graham Kennedy)</FONT>

Laura Barrett Sees Spreadsheets In Her Future

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) January 29, 2008 6:30 pm
Laura Barrett's success can be attributed to a number of factors. She's a classically trained pianist. Her degree in linguistics gives her an uncommon edge in lyric writing. In recent years, she's become a full-time member of Toronto favourites the Hidden Cameras and Henri Faberge And The Adorables. It was an off-the-cuff cover song, however,...
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Laura Barrett Celebrates Celine Dion And New Label

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) January 8, 2008 5:30 pm
Laura Barrett, known for perplexing audiences for singing like a siren and plucking at an African thumb piano called a kalimba, has just signed with Paper Bag Records. The label home of Tokyo Police Club and You Say Party! We Say Die! will re-release her 2005 EP, Earth Sciences, on Feb. 26. Barrett couldn't find a better time to announce...
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Laura Barrett<BR><FONT SIZE=-3>(Photo By Lee Towndrow)</FONT>
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