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Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk -- Exclusive Excerpt of Sam Sutherland's New Book

Bev Davies Sam Sutherland, a Toronto writer who also multi-tasks at AUX TV and in the band Junior Battles, dug deep into the squats and clubs in search of Canada's forgotten punk past. When he emerged, he'd written Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk, which was recently released by ECW Press. To celebrate the book's release ...

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12-Hour 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Marathon Boasts Indie Rockers, Rappers + Klezmer

Sam Sutherland for AOL Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is a dusk til dawn art exhibit that happens once a year in Toronto. It's a concept that began in France, today taking place in cities all over the world at different times throughout the year. From 7PM until 7AM, hundreds of performances, installations, and galleries pop up everywhere, from ...

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Anti-Flag Feel 'Let Down' by the Obama Administration -- NXNE

Ollie Millington, Redferns Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pa., Anti-Flag released their first split seven-inch in 1993, going on to Fat Wreck Chords superiority, a brief stint on major label RCA, and a return to indie punk turf with their most recent full-length, 2009's 'The People or the Gun.' Outspoken and politically charged, Anti-Flag have ...

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OFF! Claim to Be the 'Guided by Voices of Independent Punk Rock' -- NXNE

Vice Records OFF! formed when the last Circle Jerks record fell apart in the middle of the recording process and is the latest forum for hardcore legend Keith Morris to spit vitriol and inspire a new generation to grow out their dreadlocks and question musical and societal conventions. They're also a spectacularly fun band that has managed to ...

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Juno Awards Red Carpet, Spinner-style -- Exclusive Video

Spinner may have been squeezed between a local Rogers TV affiliate and a lady with a big Russian hat from Dose.ca, but we may nonetheless pushed our way into the media scrum-slash-pig pen of the Juno Awards Red Carpet for the star-studded and indie-loaded 40th annual celebration of all things musical, Canadian and Drake-related. Fighting for ...

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Metric and F---ed Up's Damian Abraham Bury Their Polaris Beef at Junos

CARAS/iPhoto When Metric vocalist Emily Haines tweeted "Wow, Popcore takes the Polaris prize! Surprise!" following her band's 2009 Polaris loss to Toronto art-hardcore outfit F---ed Up, it ignited the kind of full-fledged musical beef that Canadians so rarely get to indulge in. Haines and F---ed Up vocalist (and host of MuchMusic's 'The ...

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Los Campesinos! Go Gift Shopping -- Exclusive Video

Spinner In the spirit of the holiday season, Spinner took Welsh indie-popsters Los Campesinos! deep into the heart of Toronto's bargain mecca Honest Ed's. Occupying a full city block, and using enough electricity to power a small village, Honest Ed's hawks everything from ugly shower curtains to hideous luggage. So with holidays approaching, it ...

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