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This Friday's Steam Whistle Unsigned is already the fourth in a series of independent music showcases at the Roundhouse, but it's the first we're really excited about. Really excited. Check out this lineup: The Carps are the best thing to come out of Scarborough since... er... hmm. Right. Anyway, the punk-soul duo recently opened for MIA at the Kool Haus, and if they're good enough for Maya, they're good enough for you. Opopo sound like...

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On September 4, the The Misshapes released their style book, and the trio of trend-setting, New Wave rock-producing New Yorkers are hitting Toronto on Thursday, September 6 in celebration of its release.

If you're not already exhausted on September 7 after trying to check out M.I.A., Stars, The Hidden Cameras, k-os, and You Say Party! We Say Die! playing for free for U of T and Ryerson's frosh, why not throw in a little free Yeah Yeah Yeahs for good measure?

The bands for both the University of Toronto and Ryerson's frosh week concerts are all confirmed and good to go, and they're all extraordinarily excellent.

A lot happens in and around Toronto, but we can only write about so much in a week. Here's the best of the rest, in a new weekly feature we're calling Superfluist. Superfluist will appear every Friday night.

The WSFF's program of not oft seen music videos is always a good time, even if it's not always true - it can be a bit annoying to pay good money to see Franz Ferdinand's latest onscreen, when you have indeed seen it on Much ad nauseum. But, for the most part, Scene Not Heard offers up little seen gems. This year, we're curious about Howie Beck's video. To wit: 'A nebbish dance floor neophyte aims to conquer his darkest fears by embarking on a regimen of hard core urban/jazz dance training.'

Didn't get your ticket for MIA/LCD at the Opera House? You're not entirely outta luck, cause Diplo launches his new website (and Them Finest a mix cd) and drops some fat beats at the Social following the social event of the weekend. Featuring DIPLO, NICK CATCHDUBS, RORY THEM FINEST and WENDY MORGAN. $10 before midnight.

TO's got its own little one woman Huffpost in the Star's Antonia Zerbisias. Get ready for the Star media maven's music picks, or 'chick licks,' as she so, uh, cleverly, calls them. Mildly frightening, but TOist knows you're all very strong people.

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.

While most of the world has moved on to M.I.A., Torontoist hasn't forgot about that lone handclap in "Rebellions (Lies)" or the Win Butler-as-the-next-Springsteen notion of 2004. But before adding another blog post to the most blogged about band in history, TorIst does throw down a few new tracks for the week...

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.

It's a very Sakamoto of us to put a cover song in this week's mixtape, but it's a nice cover and the two bands seem to be the subject of a lot of talk lately. Don't worry though; we'll stay away from any of those Strokes/Chingy mash-ups that Sakamoto likes so much.