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Toronto, Canada |
Toronto! It's a lovely city - it's by the water, it's clean, it's really culturally diverse, there are great places to eat, the exchange rate is awesome, and if you're a girl, you can walk around topless and nobody can arrest you! (but calm down boys, it doesn't happen very often). Historically, Toronto hasn't done well with indie cred, but that’s all in the past - now you’ll find lots of indie bands coming out of this city, both well-known and lesser known names: The Hidden Cameras, Broken Social Scene, Metric, Final Fantasy, The Russian Futurists, The Airfields, The Vulcan Dub Squad, Pony Da Look, The Diableros…This also makes Toronto a great city for gigs, and the weekly wavelength music series (http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com - every Sunday at Sneaky Dee's, pay what you can) is just one of many fantastic places to see all these cool local indie bands (on the cheap!). Have fun, and beware of mounties riding horses down the street! (SG) |
Clubs
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Steady On Revolution Rock |
Venues
El Morcambo Silver Dollar Sneaky Dee's Mod Club
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Bars
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Record Shops
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Criminal Records She Said Boom! Rotate This |
Local Bands
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The Hidden Cameras
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Miscellaneous
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Kensington Market Eye Weekly/Now Art Galleries Toronto Reference Library
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