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Shawn Hewitt — Spare Hearts

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) October 3, 2008 3:09 pm
Shawn Hewitt has spent the last five years toeing the Toronto underground, building buzz without the aid of a full-length album. His carnal blend of indie, art rock and soul has transfixed audiences and Spare Hearts is his attempt to bottle his stage show for listeners at home. The album's ambition makes it a bit daunting from the outset as it's...
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Shawn Hewitt & The National Strike — The Soft Society

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By Christine Estima (CHARTattack) July 5, 2005 1:14 pm
Scarborough, Ontario's Shawn Hewitt is a peculiar genre-hopping master of "Afro-Kraut," the odd yet delicious fusion of Afrobeat and Krautrock. After almost a year of buzz and hype, having opened for the likes of K-OS and The Dears, we are finally allowed to devour the first fruits of his prog-soul-hybrid labours with The Soft Society,...
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Shawn Hewitt Finally Strikes

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) September 25, 2008 4:38 pm
It's a long way from the east end of Toronto to the borders of West Germany, and yet somehow singer/songwriter Shawn Hewitt has managed to bridge the gap one note at a time. Hewitt has garnered a reputation for making "Krautrock for people who don’t know what Krautrock is," even though his music is so much more than plodding drums and...
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