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  • Agriculture @ The Great Hall: February 10th

    Agriculture played Toronto on an unusually mild day for early February. Dozens of heavily eyelinered, university-aged concertgoers stood chatting and smoking outside The Great Hall on Queen and Dovercourt, a refreshing sight after yet another brutal winter. The Great Hall is a rather unique venue: the Victorian building was built to house the YMCA in…

Your Mind Is Your Might

Secretly, I like to think that Fiona Apple and I are kind of alike. So…

A Bebe and Oona Summer

By Sofia Lebovics You will never see two brighter, kinder, more-laughter-filled faces in the Toronto punk scene than those of bandleaders and twin sisters Bebe and Oona Sun Cutter. They’ve been performing together practically since they were born, but have been playing shows as a band for four years after starting as high school students.…

Like a Song With No End: Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman @ Massey Hall

For a venue as storied as Massey Hall, it has a remarkable shortage of good seats. My last three outings to the beautiful and recently renovated theatre have been marred by impaired sightlines and a lack of leg room. MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchee’s show on Saturday was no different, being that I watched the performers…

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Demo Magazine is the University of Toronto’s only music magazine since 2006. You can find us sweating over our print issues, hosting concerts, and preaching about the local scene. We are the subcommittee of Hart House Student Music Committee, who are kind enough to let us publish and collab on events.

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At Church With Medieval Found Footage

 Photos by Shayla Little Maclean. View the whole photo gallery here. Medieval Found Footage’s Abagnale is here, and it feels like the talk of the town across southern Ontario. The London, Ontario four-piece have spent the past five years growing into their own unique sound, and the culmination of all those years of work is…

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The Revival of Riot Grrrl: Through the Lens of Toronto’s Local Scene

In the past few years, I’ve been noticing a rising trend on social media centering on  reviving the Riot Grrrl subculture. Examples of this range from the prevalence of viral audios which span new Riot Grrl releases such as “Wet” by Dazey and the Scouts to classics like “Deceptacon” by Le Tigre. Do teenage girls…

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13 (Unofficial) Vampire Anthems To Add To Your Playlist

Have you ever wondered what a vampire might listen to while driving down the highway after experiencing a heartbreak? Well, this is the article for you. Vampires and their narratives not only meet the theme of red through blood, but also through revenge, passion, monstrosity, anger, love, lust, desire, self hatred, and self-empowerment. To emphasize…