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                      <title><![CDATA[The Offspring & Pennywise @ Molson Amphitheatre, July 2]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Last night's trip to Toronto's concrete musical fixture
involved stocky blond men, lots of f-words and a certain amount of
emotive anger. No, this wasn't some reenactment of the time a bird
smashed into Fabio's nose — it was the return of Pennywise and The
Offspring, two bands who rank shortly behind Green Day in helping
make something resembling SoCal pop-punk bigger than a few religions.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/65152</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/07/03</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Sonic Youth @ Massey Hall, June 30]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[There are Sonic Youth guitars that sound like airplanes about to jet
off into the sky. There are Sonic Youth guitars that sound like choir
bells, chiming on the offbeat. There are lunar mission-control guitars
and underwater-sea anemone guitars and rootsy Neil-Young-solos guitars
and static-clinged-hump-the-amplifier-crescendo guitars that make your
heart race. Any Sonic Youth concert is more about ideas than feeling — and the band is very much constructed that way.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/65069</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/07/02</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Gary Burton & Pat Metheny @ Four Seasons Centre, June 29]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Appropriately,
jazz-guitar deity Metheny is again
playing with the band that introduced him to the world as 20-year old
prodigy back in 1974: the Gary Burton Quartet. What began as a one-off
reunion gig has turned into a three-year outing for Burton’s band; last night's Toronto date marked the end of their
current tour. Consequently, everybody seemed eager to exhaust all the ideas in their respective arsenals.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/64874</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/30</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Chris Potter's Underground @ The Pilot, June 29]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Potter's phrasing was just as
immaculate as every other aspect of his playing, to the point where you
almost wonder whether he has any flaws at all.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/64956</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/30</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Sonny Rollins @ Four Seasons Centre, June 26]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[The thrill of
listening to Rollins today comes from hearing a craftsman who has
relentlessly perfected an individual style.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/64827</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/29</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Maria Schneider Orchestra @ Fleck Dance Theatre, June 28]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Big-band jazz is a lot like baseball. There are a considerable number
of players standing around in the outfield or sitting on the bench,
waiting to contribute their specific talents. And then there’s the
rhythm section of bass, drums and piano working as hard as any
pitcher/catcher combination to keep the game moving. All of which is
more or less contingent on the soloist
stepping up to the plate and knocking one out of the park. Or something
like that. In any case, the Maria Schneider Orchestra is a good team to watch.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/64736</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/29</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Richman & Vic Chesnutt @ The Great Hall, June 25]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts proto-punk legend and his weirdo Athens opening act beat the heat (and copious sound problems) to make a PDA-happy crowd fall in love all over again&nbsp;]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/64697</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/26</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[NXNE, Day 3]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Featuring reviews of Little Girls, Brian Borcherdt, Crystal Antlers, Golden Triangle and Red Mass.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63972</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/22</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[GZA & The Cool Kids @ Yonge-Dundas Square]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Though marred by a (non-fatal) post-show stabbing, the match-up between the Wu-Tang elder statesman and the Chicago retro-rap rookies made for a rousing — and incredibly profane — conclusion to North by Northeast.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63981</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/22</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[NXNE, Day 2]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Featuring Hexes &amp; Ohs, Zeroes, Blood Ceremony, Japanther and Matt and Kim]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63928</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/20</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[NXNE, Day 1]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Featuring reviews of Bloodgroup and Pirate Love at the El Mocambo; The Coathangers and Tijvek at the Bovine Sex Club; and a very mental HEALTH at the Horseshoe.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63880</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/19</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Passion Pit @ Lee's Palace, June 16]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about blog-buzz bands is that, with just one
album under their white belts, their sets never go longer than 45
minutes. Though the exuberant, sold-out crowd at a packed and sweaty
Lee’s Palace last night welcomed the synth-nerds from Cambridge,
Massachusetts with open arms (or at least, booty dancing), this was a
performance of the “hit it and quit it” variety.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63485</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/17</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[No Doubt @ Air Canada Centre, June 16]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Reunion tours are difficult things to master, even for the most revered of bands. But in spite of an eight-year absence since the
release of Rock Steady, No Doubt's current tour is a joyful reintroduction to the band, who have returned at the height of their powers.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63433</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/17</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[The Dead Weather @ the Horseshoe, June 13]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[When you combine the chance to hear as-yet unreleased new material,
the truckloads of anticipation and the band’s sheer ferocity, The Dead
Weather’s set can only be described as an arena show packed into the
best little venue in town.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63262</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/15</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Goran Bregovic & His Weddings And Funerals Orchestra @ Kool Haus, June 13]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[After a free and frantic show that jammed Yonge-Dundas Square, one
would be forgiven for wondering how Serbian beats-and-brass alchemist
Goran Bregovic could expect to fill Kool Haus at $45 a head the
following night. But while
not quite at capacity, it appeared that the proceedings worked out
splendidly for Bregovic and the Luminato festival alike.&nbsp;]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63276</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/15</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Lords @ Sneaky Dee's, June 11]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Human kittens. That's what Lords guitarist/singer Chris Owens referred
to us Canucks whilst belting out a succinct 45 minutes of his band's
ravenous and meticulous yet dirty and offensive blend of metal,
hardcore and punk-rock 'n' roll. Who could blame him? Here we were,
faced with a seemingly-modest three piece screaming and wailing but all
we could do was stand dumbfounded at their furious bombast. We were
kittens, shocked and naive at the band's forthright disposition.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/63161</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/12</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Dave Matthews Band @ Molson Amphitheatre, June 9]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Dave Matthews must live in some sort of time vortex that’s allowed his
world to have permanently stalled around 1994. It would certainly
explain the vast swaths of plaid flannel and World Series-vintage Jays
caps dotting the Molson Ampitheatre last night, or how his band’s
patented frat-rock sound seems to have evolved so little in the past 15
years. Unfortunately, the concert’s retro factor provided less of a
feeling of nostalgia than one of the band being stuck in a permanent
rut.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62857</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/10</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Isis @ the Phoenix Concert Theatre, June 7]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Sunday is the perfect day for a metal show — it is, after all, the
(Black) Sabbath. Still, none of the three acts filling the Phoenix’s
stage with amps, drums and cymbals were exactly taking a
day of rest, though there were moments when the audience might have
considered going for a quick snooze.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62745</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/08</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Grizzly Bear @ the Phoenix Concert Theatre, June 5]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Last summer's stint opening for Radiohead, and a handful of appearances performing for mainstream audiences on the surreal late-night television circuit, have helped
the Brooklyn art-rockers hone their live approach into something enthralling and
tremendous.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62712</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/08</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Secret Chiefs 3 @ Mod Club, June 4]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[The cult of Mr. Bungle is alive and well, and eager — even for shows
that don’t involve Mike Patton. Consequently, a respectable crowd
nestled itself comfortably into the Mod Club for Trey Spruance’s
side-project-turned-full-time-gig Secret Chiefs 3, despite the fact
that the band was here just over two months ago in a too-brief opening slot for Les Claypool. Thursday night’s headlining gig,
however, provided the Chiefs with ample time to get comfortable, enjoy
themselves and treat the audience to three sets and an encore.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62571</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/05</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Jane's Addiction & Nine Inch Nails @ Molson Amphitheatre, June 2]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Jane’s Addiction are back, and they won’t be playing any songs from 2003's Eric Avery-less Strays, or anything by Dave Navarro's Panic Channel or Perry Farrell's Satellite Party. What they will be doing is staging a rematch of the first ever Lollapalooza tour by co-headlining with Nine Inch Nails.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62330</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/03</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Apostle of Hustle @ the Music Gallery, May 29]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Broken Social Scene guitar hero leads a Friday-night mass for an appreciative gathering of wide-eyed youngsters and fedora-ed indie-rock dads.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62156</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/01</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Pitter Patter Festival review, May 30 & 31]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Heading into its junior year, Toronto promoter Keith Hamilton’s Pitter
Patter Festival is the feel-good outing of the season. Every show is
PWYC, with all proceeds going directly to the musicians, and the venues
span Mississauga's Marcello’s all the way to Oshawa’s Isabella’s giving
suburban bands who are unable to travel a chance to play.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/62179</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/06/01</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Billy Joel and Elton John @ Air Canada Centre, May 26]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert is like crying in the rain.
Getting drunk at a Billy Joel concert where Elton John is propped up
beside him, piano-manning to the latter's “Your Song” is like a
self-fulfilling pathetic fallacy. Tonight, the karaoke bar has come to
us and the men themselves are playing all the hits. It’s surreal, uber-campy and a little depressing, considering that both
Billy and Elton have long disguised their pain by tinkling the ivories
for years.]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/61641</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/05/27</pubDate>
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                      <title><![CDATA[Over The Top Festival review, May 22-23]]></title>
                      <description><![CDATA[Our critics report back from Friday's Think About Life/Tune-Yards/Bayonets show and Saturday's Budos Band/Word People blow-out at the Polish Combatants' Hall<br />]]></description>
                      <link>http://eyeweekly.com/music/liveeye/article/61510</link>
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                      <pubDate>2009/05/25</pubDate>
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