broken social scene Halifax Pop Explosion and Live 105 have done the unthinkable: they’re presenting a summer concert with four bands AND I DON’T HATE ANY OF THEM. M-Fest, happening Sunday, August 7 at Alderney Landing, features Broken Social Scene, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Surfer Blood and Diamond Rings as the first wave of acts (more will be announced Monday April 18.) There’s no Counting Crows. There’s no Tonic, or Kid Rock, or Black Eyed Peas, or any other watery second-run acts “rounding out the bill.” Nope – it’s just four good bands that are at various levels of
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Matador turns 21, Vegas turns hipster
Ryan McNutt travels to the Nevada desert for three days with some of the greatest indie rock bands of the past 20 years. Oddness and epicness ensues.

