
Despite legitimate criticism concerning Canadian Music Week's relative lack of A-listers this year, it had been a more than exhausting five days as the fest drew to a conclusion Sunday night. It occurred to me as I walked into the Horseshoe Tavern that aside from Friday night's set by New York-based Nicolas Jaar , every band I had seen (and there were a good many) had actually been Canadian, making the festival nothing if not true to its name. With my Canuck quota more than filled, I anticipated at least some degree of eclecticism as [...]