Chromewaves Chronicles 2010 in Photos

Posted on Dec 31st 2010 6:30PM by Spinner Staff
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2010 was a banner year for the Canadian music scene. Festivals like Toronto's NXNE blew up bigger than ever, indie darlings like PS I Love You and Diamond Rings debuted to rave reviews, and established artists like Broken Social Scene and Tegan and Sara proved they're at the top of their game with no end in sight. To mark the year's close, we've assembled some photographic highlights of musical moments captured on stages across Toronto by Chromewaves' Frank Yang. Happy New Year!

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Chromewaves: The Year in Photos

Our musical tour kicks off with an icon, the godfather of punk, Iggy Pop. The artist headlined a raging (shirt-free) outdoor 90-minute concert as part of NXNE for 10,000 fans in downtown Toronto on June 19, 2010.

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We decided to kick off our music gallery with a rock star everyone knows and loves and who better than the godfather of punk, Iggy Pop. The artist headlined a rocking (shirt-free) outdoor 90-minute concert as part of NXNE for 10,000 fans in downtown Toronto on June 19, 2010

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He showed critics and fans that he can still rock with the best of them and brought downtown Toronto streets to a standstill with his public performance at Dundas Square.

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The Flaming Lips brought high-end theatrics to the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on July 8, 2010. Only frontman Wayne Coyne could stand on the shoulders of a man dressed as a bear, while surrounded by multicolored confetti and still look cool.

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Lead singer, Wayne Coyle definitely gave fans their money's worth with this show. He not only traveled around the arena in a see-through "space-ball" he also gave those in the audience a non-stop 100-minute set chock full of the band's greatest hits.

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Quebecois indie group Karkwa found themselves in the limelight after winning the 2010 Polaris Prize and went from underdogs to music darlings all on in one night on Sept. 20th.

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The hardcore and 2009 Polaris Prize winners made some noise at a Toronto reference library as part of the city-wide Make Some Noise campaign aimed at getting music lovers to use the center's free music resources. Fans (and a lucky library staff) were treated to a free performance.

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Here Montreal-based trio Radio Radio perform at the 2010 Polaris Prize gala on Sept. 20th. The group were the second francophone group to be nominated that yearfor a Polaris Prize and even though they lost they're excited that fans who didn't know who they were merely a year ago are now eager to listen their music. "It's like we brought a pie to a Canadian music industry party and we got a good rep. Now people are asking what the recipe is."

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Everyone's favourite Kid Sister kept the momentum going at NXNE as she hit the stage and performed some of her hit songs on June 20 in Toronto.
The Chicago rapper, born Melisa Young, made her professional debut with her hit song "Pro Nails" in 2007.

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If you don't know who Ghostkeeper is you might want to look them up. The indie band had crowds moshing throughout their performance at the Paragon Theatre on Oct. 23. They were one of several bands featured at this year's Halifax Pop Explosion festival.

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2010 was a big year for the Toronto-based indie-rockers Dinosaur Bones. Not only did they sign an international music deal with Dine Alone Records they also managed to snag a spot performing at NXNE, one of the biggest, baddest music festivals in the world.
Here lead singer Ben Fox belts out a song at the Horsehoe Tavern on June 17th

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