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Independent, provocative, now! The CJLO Magazine is the resource for features, reviews, and interviews. Established in 2004, and run by dedicated CJLO volunteers, the magazine covers the latest and best in local and international music, art, theatre, film, festivals, and more!

JULLY BLACK @ Club Soda

March 21 2008 // Magazine // Concert Reviews

By Ann Marie Williams - Gospel Unlimited - 03/15/2008

Jully Black and her band took over Club Soda on last Saturday. She commanded the stage the moment she stepped on it. Her performance was engaging and very enjoyable! She really connected with the audience, especially when she acknowledged what seemed to be an autistic young girl in the front row. The look of appreciation on the child’s mother’s face said it all. Yes, there were some children there -- it was a family show.

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FLOGGING MOLLY + Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band @ Metropolis

March 20 2008 // Magazine // Concert Reviews

By Josh Mocle - The Kids are So-So - 02/19/2008

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THE GUTTER TWINS + Great Northern @ Cabaret Juste Pour Rire

March 20 2008 // Magazine // Concert Reviews

By Comma Chameleon - Semicolon Cancer; - 03/15/2008

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ACE FREHLEY @ Metropolis

March 16 2008 // Magazine // Concert Reviews

By K-Man - 03/03/2008

O.K., here's the deal. I'm going to tell you a little story right off the bat to make the rest of this review make more sense. More than a few years ago, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss got together for a tour called "The Bad Boys of Kiss" and subsequently rolled on through Montreal....to the Metropolis. I bought a ticket without hesitation, as did two of my buddies that had been huge Kiss fans all of their lives too. Thick n’ thin, that's the way it goes.

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LADYHAWK - Shots

March 8 2008 // Magazine // Music Reviews

By Simon Howell - The Listening Ear - 03/08/2008

Vancouver band Ladyhawk's self-titled debut was a bit of a revelation. Here, lo and behold, was an honest-to-goodness emotionally driven rock band with a chunky, early-‘90s indie-rock sound, that didn't sound at all contrived. Better yet, they had great songs to back up their chutzpah and passion. Shots finds them, like label mates Okkervil River, continuing to find solace and strength in sounds left behind by their hipper contemporaries.

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SIA + Har Mar Superstar @ Les Saints

March 7 2008 // Magazine // Concert Reviews

By Abby E. Schachter - The Kids are So-So - 03/04/2008

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HOT CHIP - Made in the Dark

March 6 2008 // Magazine // Music Reviews

By Simon Howell - The Listening Ear - 02/04/2008

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WINSLOW - Easy Access EP

March 6 2008 // Magazine // Music Reviews

By Omar Goodness - Hooked On Sonics - 03/01/2008

Mixing a variety of pop punk styles, local punk pop quartet, Winslow have put together a nice batch of catchy hook-driven tunes on their debut six song EP. The lead off track, and the best of the bunch, "Another Stiff in a Jacket," has some great jerky guitar work reminiscent of early ‘90s So-Cal skate punk; the Get Up Kids-esque "Next Time Around" skips along with a nice piano line and melody, and closer "Arthur Rightus" speeds through at a brisk pace, reminiscent of early Blink 182 and Face to Face.