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We can't quite put away our coverage of CMW without letting you in on some great music that went on Saturday night. Thousands of people milled about town on the busiest night of the festival, and that made it even more difficult to decide which bands to go see. People lined up around the block for the city's hottest events, such as the songwriter's showcase starring Bedouin Soundclash and Jim Cuddy at The Mod Club.

The year is winding down and so is the music, which is kind of nice, actually, because there seem to be a lot of tours already gearing up for 2007. Hopefully Alexisonfire isn't one of them...we have no idea how they can manage to go onstage and scream for 7 solid days (they have a few more shows this week). Insanity.

Where have Bedouin Soundclash not been over the last year? Well, they've definitely not been nowhere (that is, they've been everywhere). And with this type of saturation inevitably comes backlash. Thus far, though, the only real hint of mainstream backlash came after their hyped Lee's Palace show last year - one which was rampantly attended by jocks and 'dudes in khakis.' (We discussed that issue a long long time ago, here).

After sifting through the heaps (mounds?) of MIA discussion around the internet over the past few months, Torontoist thought it's about time we came up with some of our own opinions on the Sri Lankan/British, by-way-of-blog superstar. As most conscious MIA listeners already know, there's a growing controversy over MIA's Palestine Liberation Organisation shout-out as well as alleged ties to the Tamil Tigers. As Torontoist interprets it, the MIA debate surrounds the political message of her songs, and her attachment to said message.

Last night the Drake was a veritable spectacle of boldfaced grandeur, trendy sneakers and perfectly worn in high-heeled leather boots. M.I.A. took to the stage, and a gaggle of journos, bloggers, and people with Dov Charney-esque facial hair shook their booties like TOist has rarely seen in this town. PopWherry, our occasional concert cohort, was tucked in the back, and Eye guy Stuart Berman was somewhere thereabouts too. Torontoist hero Mr. Zoilus told us that M.I.A. was up to the hype, and rumour has it that Torontoist's other hero Hannah Sung and her lanky dance partner Isaac King were on hand as well. On the musical front, Four Tet was in the hizouse as well as Sofi P.'s favourite reggaetons Bedouin Soundclash.