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Brooklyn indie buzz band Bishop Allen play Lee's Palace this Thursday night. Their music is infectiously catchy with great pop hooks. If you're looking for a frame of reference, one music blogger described their sound as "a mix of the brainy lyrics of The Talking Heads and the stripped-down guitar work of the Violent Femmes." Their records are on regular rotation on the iPods of several Torontoist staffers. We can't get enough of them.

In our last report on Drum Circle, Toronto's weekly celebration of drum and dance, one commenter lamented, "Its going to be a looooong [sic] winter without it...:(" Fear not, faithful reader, for the beat goes on.

A club-goers alternative for alternative club-goers. Virtually every journalist/band/college student/artiste has come here on at least one occasion, and the same demographic are amongst the regular visitors. There's a good chance you'll run into the same people that were there last week, which is both good and bad for one-night stands (On one hand, that girl with the dress-over-the-pants look will be there every Saturday, on the other it's awkward city since that time in the booth.) But the student-friendly Dance Cave (free with student card) always has a good mix of forward and forward-thinking individuals ready and willing for whatever. Stay till the last song and it's highly likely that you'll be making it happen to that slower Jet song.

Brit-pop has officially become a legitimate cultural subset in Toronto. The Anglo-affectionate crowd already has several successful music nights (Dance Cave, Labyrinth Lounge, or anything involving DJ Mark Holmes), clothing stores (FCUK, Vespa, anywhere that sells Ben Sherman), and now a publication.